The 2018 graduating class presented the following awards at their Graduation Banquet on Friday, June 1.
Michele St. Romain Award
Robert D. Sellers IV, M.D.
This award recognizes a graduating resident with the finest qualities of a pediatrician: enthusiasm, compassion, and dedication to the care of children.
Ralph E. Tiller, M.D. Distinguished Faculty Award
Morissa Ladinsky, M.D., Academic General Pediatrics and Christiana Cochran, M.D., Pediatric Emergency Medicine
This award recognizes a faculty member who has contributed the most to overall education and training.
Sergio Stagno, M.D. Friend of the Housestaff Award
Morissa Ladinsky, M.D.
This award recognizes an individual demonstrating a strong commitment to resident education and quality of life.
Quarterback Subspecialty Education Award
Lydia Marcus, M.D.-Child Neurology Fellow
This award recognizes a selected fellow’s contributions to resident education.
Best Teaching Rotation Award
Nephrology
This award recognizes the rotation that is viewed to be the best teaching rotation by the graduating class.
Congratulations to Rachel Calhoun, M.D. and Brooke Goar, M.D. for winning the Joe LaRussa Intern of the Year Award!
Congratulations to Ariel Salas, M.D., Neonatology, on receiving a pilot research award from the Obesity Health Disparities Research Center! He was awarded $50,000 for his project "Serial Assessments of Body Fat Accrual in Very Preterm Infants."
Monday, June 18 | 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Bradley Lecture Center
Please join us for a reception honoring Alyssa Reddy, M.D., Pediatric Neurology and Hematology/Oncology, for her outstanding service!
Reception invitation
completed the Graduate Certificate in Health Care Quality and Safety in April. The Graduate Certificate is developed for healthcare leaders who desire to move their organizations forward in this value driven healthcare system by spearheading quality and patient safety improvement initiatives.
Cathy Turner, CPA, CGMA, who completed the MOMENTUM leadership program (Class 15). MOMENTUM, launched in 2002, accepts approximately 25 women annually to participate in its prestigious program. The curriculum is designed to provide tools and resources to inspire and educate women to serve in leadership roles, network these leaders to learn and work on problems together, enhance the image of executive women in business and community, and attract and retain the nation’s brightest women to help solve business and community challenges.
Since 1988, the Dixon Foundation has endowed a fellowship training program in Pediatrics expressly aimed at supporting postdoctoral training and research in Pediatric subspecialties. As part of this prestigious award, recipients benefit from salary support and an additional $5,000 per year discretionary fund to support research and continuing education activities. The selection committee for the Dixon Fellowship recently met and selected five fellows. Candidates were selected on a competitive basis.
Please join us in congratulating the Dixon Fellow recipients for the 2018-2019 academic year:
Abdulsalam Alsulami, M.D., Pediatric Infectious Diseases, will research the "Impact of Different Human Coronaviruses (HCoVs) on Pediatric Patients at a Tertiary Pediatric Hospital – Retrospective Study and Assessment of Interventions."
Neha Gupta, M.D., FAAP, Pediatric Critical Care, will work to develop a Children’s of Alabama Delirium Scale (COADS).
Samantha Hill, M.D., MPH, Adolescent Medicine, will research "Identification of Strategies that Increase PrEP Uptake for Adolescents and Young Adults in the Deep South."
Nazia Kabani, M.D., Pediatric Infectious Disease and Neonatology, will research "Defining the full spectrum of neuroimaging findings and determining their impact on outcome in infants with congenital cytomegalovirus infection."
Cali Reynolds, M.D., Allergy/ Immunology, will research "Addressing Penicillin Allergies in the Inpatient Pediatric Population."
Graduating Dixon Fellows are:
Claudette Poole,M.D., Pediatric Infectious Disease, who will be joining UAB Pediatric Infectious Diseases as an Assistant Professor.
Jamie Aye, M.D., Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, who will be joining UAB Pediatric Hematology/Oncology as an Assistant Professor.
Corey Falcon, M.D., Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, who will be joining Tulane Medical School as an Assistant Professor in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Miranda Curtiss, M.D., Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, who will be joining the Department of Medicine’s Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care as an Instructor.
Four outstanding Department of Pediatrics faculty members were named recipients of the 2018 Dean's Excellence Awards, an honor recognizing exceptional contributions made by the School of Medicine faculty in service, teaching, research, diversity enhancement and mentorship.
Steven Rowe, M.D., Pediatric Pulmonology, has been selected for the 2018 Dean's Excellence Award in Research, Senior Faculty.
Stephanie Berger, M.D., Pediatric Hospital Medicine, has been selected for the 2018 Dean's Excellence Award in Teaching, Junior Faculty.
Michael Barnett, M.D., Palliative Care, has been selected for the 2018 Dean's Excellence Award in Teaching, Junior Faculty.
Jaime McKinney, M.D., Academic General Pediatrics, has been selected for the 2018 Dean's Excellence Award in Diversity Enhancement, Junior Faculty.
Click here to read about each of the 2018 winners and their accomplishments.
A reception to honor the award recipients will be held on Tuesday, June 19 at 5 p.m. at the Barbara and Edward Partridge Atrium at the Wallace Tumor Institute. All Department of Pediatrics faculty and staff are invited to attend in support and celebration of their colleagues. Congratulations to Drs. Rowe, Berger, Barnett and McKinney and all other Department of Pediatrics nominees. Click here to view the reception invitation.
Congratulations to Michael Stalvey, M.D., Pediatric Endocrinology, on being elected to the UAB Faculty Senate as a representative for the School of Medicine. Dr. Stalvey will serve as a Senator from September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2020. Thank you for representing the Department and the School of Medicine in the Senate!
Children's of Alabama and the Department of Pediatrics has been given a generous donation from the Chu Family to support educational initiatives. From this donation, a portion has been set aside for Pediatric Fellows. The selection committee for the Chu Family Educational Scholarship recently met and selected two fellows to receive this educational scholarship. Candidates were selected on a competitive basis. These awards will provide funds for tuition, books and fees related to their educational endeavors.
Please join us in congratulating the recipients for the 2018-2019 academic year:
Aman Wadhwa, M.D. – Rising 3rd year Pediatric Hematology/Oncology fellow
Awarded $5,000. Dr. Wadhwa will use funds towards completing a MSPH degree in Outcomes Research at UAB.
Jeremy Loberger, M.D. – Rising 2nd year Pediatric Critical Care fellow
Awarded $5,000. Dr. Loberger will use funds towards completing a UAB Quality Academy Certificate Course.