July 2011 Volume 7, Issue 7 July 2011 Volume 7, Issue 7 p e d i a t r i c s A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN July is coming to a close as I write this piece. The new residents have made a posi9ve impact in their first month. Many of us have had much needed vaca9ons including my family. Unfortunately the nightly news has been dominated by tragedies like the one in Norway, the one involving inability of US leadership to solve the debt ceiling and the severe heat wave. A liDle depressing when the only good news for some of us was that overpaid athletes and billionaire owners could agree to allow the NFL season to occur. While at our place in Tennessee I went to the Saturday Farmers market. Representa9ves of FEMA had a booth since this area in Tennessee had been hit by tornadoes at the end of April. I picked up some good informa9on on preparing families for event like hurricanes. I would urge you to take a few moments and go to the FEMA website hDp:// www.fema.gov / where a lot of good informa9on is available. For anyone new to Florida the next couple months is the normal high hurricane season. While I hope Tampa Bay area con9nues to be spared beDer to be prepared. In the News 2 Residency News 3 New Interns 4-5 Neonatology News 6 Allergy and Immunology 7 Adolescent Medicine 8 iPad Proposals 9 Publications 9 Pediatrics Growing Family 9 August Birthdays 10 Inside this Issue:
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J u l y 2 0 1 1 V o l u m e 7 , I s s u e 7
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p e d i a t r i c s
A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN July is coming to a close as I write this piece. The new residents have made a posi9ve impact in their first month. Many of us have had much needed vaca9ons including my family. Unfortunately the nightly news has been dominated by tragedies like the one in Norway, the one involving inability of US leadership to solve the debt ceiling and the severe heat wave. A liDle depressing when the only good news for some of us was that overpaid athletes and billionaire owners could agree to allow the NFL season to occur.
While at our place in Tennessee I went to the Saturday Farmers market. Representa9ves of FEMA had a booth since this area in Tennessee had been hit by tornadoes at the end of April. I picked up some good informa9on on preparing families for event like hurricanes. I would urge you to take a few moments and go to the FEMA website hDp://www.fema.gov/ where a lot of good informa9on is available. For anyone new to Florida the next couple months is the normal high hurricane season. While I hope Tampa Bay area con9nues to be spared beDer to be prepared.
! Dr. Kersti Linask was invited to give a platform talk on her teamʼs alcohol research findings at a symposium session put together by the National Institutes of Health at the Research Society on Alcoholismʼs 34th Annual Meeting which was held in Atlanta, June 25-29, 2011. The Symposium was titled “Gene-Nutrient Interactions in Disease Development in Alcoholics: Folates and Retinoids”. Her talk was on Folate Protection of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome-Associated Cardiac Defects by Modulation of Wnt.
! Emily Shaffer Hudkins successfully defended her dissertation: “Health Promotion Behaviors and Subjective Well Being among Early Adolescents”. Emily is beginning her Post-Doc with NeuroDevelopmental Medicine. She will also be working on the “Bringing Science Home” initiative, specifically in integrating positive psychology constructs into training for medical students. Positive psychology focuses on the connection between health promoting behaviors and psychological well-being, and teaches strategies to improve optimism and hope.
! Congratulations to Dr. Julia Ogg, Dr.Eva Kimonis, and Dr. Jonathan Worcester, who will complete their Post Doctoral training in Pediatric Psychology in August.
! Also congratulations to Dr. Jillian Williams Childres, a former post doc with our Divisions, who is now a licensed psychologist. She will be joining Pediatrics as an Assistant Clinical Professor.
Armstrong, K & Agazzi, H. (2010).The Bayley III Cognitive Scale. In L Weiss, T.Oakland, & G. Aylward (Eds). Bayley-III Clinical Use and Inerpretation. London: Elsevier, Inc.
! The divisions of General Pediatrics and Neurodevelopmental Medicine have a few congratulations to extend and the announcement of a book chapter that may be of interest for researchers and practitioners using Bayley-III for infant assessment.
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PEDIATRICSResidency News
Starting with this monthʼs newsletter we are going to be featuring a short update on the Pediatrics or Med-Peds residency program written by one of the Chiefs. This monthʼs contributor is Pediatrics Chief Jennifer Kim.
! Welcome intern class of 2014! Another year has begun in our residency program and their have been many changes afoot with the new ACGME requirements across the nation. We have been working diligently to adjust our residents roles and so far, things have been going well overall. We appreciate all of the residents continued feedback. You continue to shape our residency program and make it great! Upcoming resident activities include multiple back-to-school health fairs and we appreciate all the volunteers! We look forward to working with everyone this year!
Jenny :)
Dr. Elimarys Perez-Colon (Med-Peds, PGY-3) was named the Tampa General Hospital Resident of the Month for June. Congratulations Eli!
Tampa General awards a Certificate of Appreciation for Very Good Care several times throughout the year to physicians and nurses who have had individual recognition by patients during the Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey. During June, Lindsay Graham was given a Certificate Of Appreciation for her efforts. Excellent work, Lindsay!
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PEDIATRICSNew Residents
We would like to welcome the newest members of the Pediatrics family. They have already made a big impact so make sure you say “hello” and get to know their faces. Welcome new interns!!
Pediatrics:
Christine Booth, MD Kim Chau, DO Jacqueline Endaya, MD Ivey Gayahan, MD
Noah Gram, MD Krista Kohout, DO Laura Levitt, MD Philip Matar, MD
Kelly Montgomery, MD Lisa Oelschlaeger, MD Alisha Pineiro, DO Marsha Ramsay, MD
PEDIATRICSHere is Pediatrics intern Christine Booth, with husband James and daughter Sara, at the USF College
of Medicine graduation in May. Thatʼs one smart looking baby!
Neonatology News
! Dr. Rubin is Co-Chair of the Florida ʻPrescription Drugs in Pregnancy Workgroup,ʼ a joint initiative of the Florida Chapter of the March of Dimes and the Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions. There is an apparent epidemic in abuse of prescription drugs nationally and in Florida. The aims of the coalition are to gather data on prescription drug use/abuse in pregnancy and as a cause of neonatal abstinence syndrome; link with providers, hospitals, public health and advocacy agencies and government; educate providers and the public; increase clinical awareness; advocate for women at risk and assure child safety.
! Dr. Xiaoming Gong presented a research seminar entitled, “Colors with Functions: Carotenoid Metabolism and Human Health,” at the Bay Pines VA Medical Center, St. Petersburg, on June 28, 2011.
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PEDIATRICSAllergy and Immunology News
! On Saturday, June 18th, the Pediatric Allergy/Immunology faculty and staff came together to celebrate the graduation of fellow Maliena Longley, M.D. The celebration took place at the Black Palm in Pass-a-Grille.
! The Allergy/Immunology division welcomes two new fellows: USF COM graduate Jean Brown who completed her peds residency at Nationwide Childrenʼs Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and Hava Ladinsky from University of Maryland medical school and pediatric residency.
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PEDIATRICSiPad Proposals
! There is still time to submit your proposals for the iPad research projects! These proposals should involve a combination of a resident and a faculty member. Deadline for receipt is August 1, 2011. Residents who want an iPad 2 or faculty who want an iPad should consider applying.
! Proposals should be submitted to Dr. Nelson. Any questions about the project can be directed to Dr. Sally Coovert.
Publications
Salinas, A., Smith, J.C., Armstrong, K. Engaging Fathers in Behavioral Parent Training: Listening to Fathers’ Voices. Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 2011 Aug; 26(4). 304-311.
Ranells J, Carver JD, Kirby R. Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: epidemiology, genetics and clinical update. Advance in Pediatrics, 58: 195-206, 2011.
Haraguchi S, Ho SK, Morrow M, Goodenow MM, Sleasman JW. Developmental regulation of P-glycoprotein activity within thymocytes results in increased protease inhibitor activity. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 2011 Apr 19.
Rubin LP, Chan GM, Barrett-Reis BM, Fulton AB, Hansen RM, Ashmeade TL, Oliver JS, Mackey AD, Dimmit RA, Hartmann EE, Adamkin DH. Effect of carotenoid supplementation on plasma carotenoids, inflammation and visual development in preterm infants. J Perinatol. 2011 Jul 14.doi: 10.1038/jp.2011.87. [Epub ahead of print]
Pediatrics’ Growing Family
Third year Med/Peds resident Linh Nguyen and her husband welcomed daughter Sophia Lynn Tran into the world on July 18. Both mother and baby are doing well!
Lectures are from 8:00 to 9:00 AM at MacInnes Auditorium; Tampa General Hospital. Lectures are also videoconferenced to the All Childrenʼs Hospital/USF Childrenʼs Research Institute first floor conference room and to the CMS Building, Room 2004.