So… you say you weren’t able to join us for the first annual Pediatric Science Day. Here is your chance to see the 20 pediatric platform presentations that were showcased. These included presentations by 12 pediatric fellows, six pediatric residents, one post doc in psychology, and one medical student. The link below will take you to individual links for the respective presentations. Thank you again for your interest, and we look forward to seeing you next year!
Click here to view the Pediatric Science Day 2015 Lectures.
Click here to view the Pediatric Science Day 2015 Lectures.
Krista Casazza, Ph.D., Associate Professor in General Pediatrics, and David Allison, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Dean of the School of Public Health, were highlighted in ConscienHealth for their writing in a Clinical Obesity publication titled, "Stagnation in the clinical, community and public health domain of obesity: the need for probative research." Click here to read more.
On May 1, the Civitan - Sparks Clinics will join the Department of Pediatrics! This will now align these clinical and training efforts within the Department of Pediatrics and specifically with the new Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (DDBP). Dr. Fred Biasini and colleagues will continue to provide interdisciplinary evaluations for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and serve as a long and short-term training experience for many disciplines such as social work, audiology, psychology, occupational and physical therapy, speech/language pathology, nutrition, nursing, pediatric dentistry, and medicine. The Clinics are an important component of the Alabama University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), and are the home base of the MCH Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities training program (LEND). Clinics include the Child Development Clinic, Behavioral Assessment Clinic, Psychoeducational Clinic, and Autism Clinic. Located in the UAB Community Health Building at 930 20th Street, the Civitan-Sparks Clinics also includes Sparks Pediatrics, a primary care clinic that serves healthy children as well as children with complex medical and social needs. Dr. Snehal Khatri, a developmental pediatrician, leads this team. All of these professionals are strongly committed to serving children with neurodevelopmental disabilities, and we welcome them to the Department of Pediatrics!
The new division, approved by the Board of Trustees on April 8, represents a move to more fully align and integrate with other clinical divisions that provide care for congenital cardiac patients at Children's of Alabama, said Department Chair Dr. Keith A. (Tony) Jones. “Because of the highly complicated nature of these surgical procedures, the faculty members who provide this care have become highly subspecialized,” Jones said. “Moving forward, they will be fully dedicated to congenital cardiac anesthesiology and will have their own space at Children’s.”
Yung R. Lau, M.D., director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology and the Thomas N. Carruthers Endowed Chair in Cardiology, welcomed the new division. “The formation of the Division of Congenital Cardiac Anesthesiology is a welcomed step by all the stakeholders of the Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center at Children’s of Alabama. We see this as an important part of the evolving understanding that congenital heart disease is one of the unique and signature programs that UAB has,” he said. “Having dedicated Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia colleagues codifies the practice of focused multidisciplinary care of patients as well as research efforts that contribute significantly to the knowledge.”
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Yung R. Lau, M.D., director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology and the Thomas N. Carruthers Endowed Chair in Cardiology, welcomed the new division. “The formation of the Division of Congenital Cardiac Anesthesiology is a welcomed step by all the stakeholders of the Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center at Children’s of Alabama. We see this as an important part of the evolving understanding that congenital heart disease is one of the unique and signature programs that UAB has,” he said. “Having dedicated Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia colleagues codifies the practice of focused multidisciplinary care of patients as well as research efforts that contribute significantly to the knowledge.”
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A panel of local doctors including Jaime McKinney, M.D., General Pediatrics, and educators discuss the complications of childhood poverty and what can be done to improve the quality of life in the news source Weld for Birmingham. Alabama is a poor state that consistently ranks among the lowest in categories pertaining to child poverty. A town hall meeting hosted by the UAB School of Medicine sought to address these issues last week.
“Frederick Douglass once said, ‘It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men,’” said Dr. Jaime McKinney, a general pediatrician at UAB who moderated the event. “I think that really encapsulates what we are trying to do.”
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“Frederick Douglass once said, ‘It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men,’” said Dr. Jaime McKinney, a general pediatrician at UAB who moderated the event. “I think that really encapsulates what we are trying to do.”
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Children's of Alabama published the spring/summer 2016 issue of Inside Pediatrics, which highlights the excellent care provided by Children's of Alabama and the UAB Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery.
Among the highlights: our innovative pediatric concussion clinic, global surgery program, and Alan Percy, M.D., as one of the world's leading experts in Rett Syndrome.
If you have not received your printed issue, click here for a link to the electronic, flipping book version of the recent edition of Inside Pediatrics. Please feel free to share this link with any colleagues around the country.
Among the highlights: our innovative pediatric concussion clinic, global surgery program, and Alan Percy, M.D., as one of the world's leading experts in Rett Syndrome.
If you have not received your printed issue, click here for a link to the electronic, flipping book version of the recent edition of Inside Pediatrics. Please feel free to share this link with any colleagues around the country.
Prescott Atkinson, M.D., Ph.D., Division Director of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, writes in Birmingham Medical News on potentially life-changing changes afoot for children with food allergies.
New medical research is ushering in big changes in how doctors think about food allergies and the way they will be treated in the near future.
The turning point came last year with the LEAP (Learning Early About Peanut) Study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. This five-year study showed that avoidance of food allergens by children at risk for food allergy is often the wrong strategy, which, of course, is contrary to something doctors had been advising for decades.
Data in the study were so powerful that doctors have already changed the advice they are giving to parents with children pre-disposed to food allergies.
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New medical research is ushering in big changes in how doctors think about food allergies and the way they will be treated in the near future.
The turning point came last year with the LEAP (Learning Early About Peanut) Study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. This five-year study showed that avoidance of food allergens by children at risk for food allergy is often the wrong strategy, which, of course, is contrary to something doctors had been advising for decades.
Data in the study were so powerful that doctors have already changed the advice they are giving to parents with children pre-disposed to food allergies.
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Click here to read an interview with Mary Halsey Maddox, M.D., Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, on Fox 6 WBRC. It's something adults can easily say we don't get enough of: sleep. But adults aren't the ones some doctors say we should be worried about. A new CDC study shows teens aren't getting enough rest - putting them at risk of injury and even death. It’s a concern Dr. Maddox says needs to be adjusted for kids and teenagers.
"Over 50 percent of teenagers nationwide do not get sufficient sleep,” Dr. Maddox said. Dr. Maddox is a sleep medicine specialist. Typically, she says 56 percent of teenagers ages 15 to 17 get fewer than seven hours of sleep.
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"Over 50 percent of teenagers nationwide do not get sufficient sleep,” Dr. Maddox said. Dr. Maddox is a sleep medicine specialist. Typically, she says 56 percent of teenagers ages 15 to 17 get fewer than seven hours of sleep.
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Avi Madan-Swain, Ph.D., Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, was a recipient of the 2015 Dean’s Excellence Award in Service. Click here to read the story in an ongoing series highlighting the 2015 award winners.
One of the lessons Avi Madan-Swain learned early in life was the importance of seeing the beauty and good in individuals and reaching out to provide a helping hand to those in need. She observed this directly through her experiences as a young woman studying to be a teacher and working at a school for multi-handicapped children in Kolkata (previously known as Calcutta), India. It was the only school in Kolkata that provided services to school-aged children regardless of their ability to pay.
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One of the lessons Avi Madan-Swain learned early in life was the importance of seeing the beauty and good in individuals and reaching out to provide a helping hand to those in need. She observed this directly through her experiences as a young woman studying to be a teacher and working at a school for multi-handicapped children in Kolkata (previously known as Calcutta), India. It was the only school in Kolkata that provided services to school-aged children regardless of their ability to pay.
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Crystal Rutledge, M.D., Pediatric Critical Care, was selected to receive a 2016-2017 Faculty Development Grant Program award. The proposal, entitled “Assessing Emergency Care for Alabama's Children” has been funded for May 15, 2016 to August 30, 2017 from the UAB Office of the Provost and the Department of Pediatrics.