The ASCO Post recently released a series of interviews by and with leaders in oncology. Smita Bhatia, M.D., MPH, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, discusses long-term and late effects experienced by cancer survivors. To view the video with Dr. Bhatia on the science of survivorship, click here.
As surgeon-in-chief, Dr. Chen will lead one of the largest pediatric surgical services in the country. Dr. Chen is the Joseph M. Farley Chair in Pediatric Surgery at Children’s and also a professor of pediatric surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He received his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. Dr. Chen completed his residency in general surgery and a transplantation fellowship at the University of Florida. He then completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis.
To view the full press release, click here.
To view the full press release, click here.
Alan Percy, M.D., Child Neurology, presented the inaugural Bengt Hagberg Memorial lecture at the annual Swedish Neuropediatric Society meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, January 21st at the Swedish Society of Medicine, Svenska Läkarsällskapet. Dr. Hagberg was a renowned child neurologist who is credited with establishing child neurology in Sweden, creating training programs both for child neurologists and neuropediatricians in Sweden, and making seminal contributions to our current understanding of static encephalopathy (cerebral palsy), neonatal hydrocephalus, and a number of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders including Krabbe disease, metachromatic leukodystrophy, and Rett syndrome. Dr. Hagberg died in the Spring of 2015. This lecture acknowledges his illustrious career.
John J. Brewington, M.D., is a clinical fellow in pediatric and pulmonary medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Dr.Brewington will present “Bedside-to-Bench Theratype Studies in Cystic Fibrosis" on Thursday, Jan. 28 at 2 p.m. in Tinsley Harrison Tower (THT) 740, 1900 University Blvd.
The UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center recently released the latest issue of its magazine. This issue featured women in science, which highlights Smita Bhatia, M.D., Ph.D., and her internationally renowned expertise in cancer outcomes research. Of the Cancer Center's senior leadership team, almost half are women. Click here to read the latest issue of the magazine where you will find the center profile on Dr. Bhatia.
The third annual Rare Disease Genomics Symposium will be held on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 from 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. It is located in the Bradley Lecture Center on the 4th floor of the Children's Harbor Building located at Children's of Alabama. The cost to attend is $15. To register, visit www.childrensal.org/genetics.
Please contact Shaila Handattu with any questions. To view the informational flyer, click here.
Please contact Shaila Handattu with any questions. To view the informational flyer, click here.
Congratulations to Lindy Winter, M.D., Pediatric Neonatology, on presenting two of her research efforts in simulation education at the 8th International Pediatric Simulation Symposia and Workshops (IPSSW2016) in Glasgow, Scotland on May 9 - 11, 2016. In addition, she will lead a workshop demonstrating the implementation of Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice in training simulations. Nancy Tofil, M.D., Pediatric Critical Care, and Crystal Rutledge, M.D., Pediatric Critical Care, are co-instructors for the workshop, representing the UAB Department of Pediatrics at this international conference. Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice is a new training methodology capitalizing on immediate and rapid correction of learner errors, using repetition, to achieve learner mastery.
We are excited to announce that Drs. Bry Lewis, Spencer Poore, and Michelle Udine will serve as our Pediatric Co-Chief Residents for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Stephanie and Christopher Smith have been on a long, difficult and often frustrating journey to find answers for the mysterious health issues of their children. It started 24 years ago when their third child, Gage, was born. Gage, his younger brother Aiden and then sister Mandalynn, now 13, all developed mysterious symptoms that mystified doctors. All had severe inflammation of their joints, and delayed intellectual development. But no one knew why.
Through luck, or fate, or divine providence, the family ended up in Boaz, Alabama. The children became patients of Children’s of Alabama and pediatric rheumatologist Robb Lowe, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Pediatrics.Their timing was fortunate, because UAB had just created the Undiagnosed Diseases Program, a multidisciplinary effort aimed at unraveling the most perplexing medical cases that have defied diagnosis.
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Through luck, or fate, or divine providence, the family ended up in Boaz, Alabama. The children became patients of Children’s of Alabama and pediatric rheumatologist Robb Lowe, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Pediatrics.Their timing was fortunate, because UAB had just created the Undiagnosed Diseases Program, a multidisciplinary effort aimed at unraveling the most perplexing medical cases that have defied diagnosis.
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Congratulations to Reed Dimmitt, M.D., Pediatric Gastroenterology, on his term as President Elect of the Medical Executive committee and Children's Medical staff. His two-year term began Jan. 1, 2016 through Dec. 31, 2017. Beginning Jan. 1, 2018, Dr. Dimmitt will serve as President of the Medical Staff and chair of the Medical Executive committee. Congratulations to Dr. Dimmitt!