Inside Pediatrics Spring 2023

Drs. Ladinsky and Latif receive the Courage Award from the National Center for Lesbian Rights The 2022 Courage Awards honored Morissa Ladinsky M.D. and Hussein Abdul-Latif M.D. and Cameron Wright. Dr. Ladinsky co-leads the Youth Multidisciplinary Gender Team at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, while Dr. Abdul-Latif is a pediatric endocrinologist in Birmingham, Alabama. Both doctors have been providing medically necessary care for transgender youth in the South and have been at the forefront of fighting against a bill in Alabama that would criminalize that care and charge parents and doctors with a felony for providing the care that these youth need to survive and thrive as their authentic selves.

Dr. Wadhwa receives American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy New Investigator Award Aman Wadhwa, M.D. , assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology, has received the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy New Investigator Award. Dr. Wadhwa has been awarded $50,000 per year for two years.

Drs. Huls and Hodges receive award from Center for Countering Human Trafficking On January 31, 2023, Kara Huls, M.D. , assistant professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine, and Ashley Hodges, Ph.D., CRNP , professor in the School of Nursing, received the inaugural Outstanding Victim Protection in Countering Human Trafficking Award by the Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Three pediatric faculty appointed to Pediatrics Review and Education Program Editorial Boards Giovanna Beauchamp, M.D. , assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Ammar Saadoon Alishlash, M.D. , assistant professor, and Guillermo Jose Beltran Ale, M.D. , assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, have been appointed to the American Academy of Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) Editorial Boards for their subspecialties.

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