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See the details about the presentations below.
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To view the complete database of UAB physicians on the Best Doctors list, click here.
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The mission of the American Pediatric Society is to advance academic pediatrics. This is accomplished through promoting pediatric research and scholarship, serving as a strong and effective advocate for academic pediatrics, recognizing and honoring achievement, and cultivating excellence, diversity, and equity in the field of pediatrics through advocacy, scholarship, education and leadership development. Congratulations to Dr. Bhatia on this distinctive honor!
Additional congratulations are in order for Dr. Bhatia, as she was recently elected to the position of Children's Oncology Group (COG) Executive Committee Member At-Large representing the Hematology/Oncology Discipline for a term of three years.
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For a list of winners from each state click here.
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On behalf of the Department of Pediatrics and Children’s of Alabama, Happy Holidays. Thanks for all you have done this past year, all that you are doing now and all that you will do in the next year for the children of Alabama.
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Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, the University of Alabama Birmingham and Children’s of Alabama led the study, published online Nov. 23. They suggest people with other types of infections and identical gene mutations also may be prone to the disorder, known as reactive HLH (rHLH), or hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
To continue reading the article on UAB News, click here.
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Just Keep Smiling is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Just Keep Smiling is a local organization that exists to help support families with seriously ill children. Over the 10 years, they have disbursed more than $450,000 in monetary support and helped over 2000 families.
Click here to visit the Just Keep Smiling website and find out more about their mission.
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