Inside Pediatrics Winter 2017

DR. WALLEY SELECTED AS CME CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBER OF THE AL-AAP AND SELECTED FOR PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL MEDICINE ADVISORY BOARD Susan Walley, M.D., CTTS, FAAP, has been selected as Continuing Medical Education (CME) Chair and Board member of the Alabama Chapter-American Academy of Pediatrics (AL-AAP). In addition, Dr. Walley has been selected as a member of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Advisory Board for the Inaugural edition of Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) Hospital Medicine. PREP is a program of the AAP. DR. WU NAMED APA REGION VIII CO-CHAIR FOR 2017-2019 Chang L. Wu, M.D., Pediatric Hospital Medicine, has been selected for the Academic Pediatric Association (APA) Region VIII Co-Chair position. RETT SYNDROME ADVOCACY GROUP RECOGNIZES CHILDREN’S/UAB AS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Civitan Rett Syndrome Clinic, under the leadership of Alan Percy, M.D., director of the UAB Civitan Rett Syndrome Clinic, has received the Center of Excellence Award from Rettsyndrome. org, a leading advocacy organization for patients and families affected by Rett syndrome. SEVEN CHILDREN’S OF ALABAMA SPECIALTIES RECOGNIZED AMONG NATION’S BEST BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT For the eighth consecutive year, Children’s of Alabama is ranked among the nation’s best children’s hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Seven of Children’s pediatric specialty services – Cancer, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Orthopedics and Pulmonology – were placed among the top 50 in the U.S. in the magazine’s 2017- 18 Best Children’s Hospital rankings.

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