Inside Pediatrics Fall/Winter 2023-2024

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

ADMINISTRATION Tom Shufflebarger, President and CEO Garland Stansell, Chief Communication Officer EDITORIAL Conan Gasque, Editor Amy Dabbs Leslie Edmondson

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The Fight to Prevent Spina Bifida: Children’s

A Game Changer: New device makes esophageal endoscopy safer for EoE patients

DESIGN Dana Stuckey Scott LeBlanc Becca Hodges Trent Graves PHOTOGRAPHY Patrick Deavours Eric Gray Denise McGill CONTRIBUTORS Kathy Bowers

Cori Cross, M.D., FAAP Debra L. Gordon, MS Rhonda Lee Lother

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Savanah Kirchner Marti Webb Slay Heather Watts GLC DIGITAL CONTENT Andre Green MEDICAL LEADERSHIP Mitchell Cohen, M.D. Katharine Reynolds Ireland Chair of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham Physician-in-Chief, Children’s of Alabama Mike Chen, M.D. Joseph M. Farley Chair in Pediatric Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham Chief of Pediatric Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief, Children’s of Alabama James Cullinan, D.O. Associate Professor Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Chief of Service, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Children’s of Alabama

A Destination of Choice: New chief of gastroenterology hopes to raise division’s national profile

Life After Treatment: Long-term follow-up care for cancer survivors

Casting a Broad Net: How collaboration is making a difference in rare disease research

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