Inside Pediatrics Winter 2017

News, Honors and Awards

DR. ASHRAF INVITED TO CO-CHAIR PES EDUCATION COMMITTEE Ambika Ashraf, M.D., Pediatric Endocrinology, has been invited to co-chair the Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES) Education Committee. The PES has over 1,300 members representing the multiple disciplines of Pediatric Endocrinology. The members are dedicated to research and the treatment of children with endocrine disorders; reproductive, bone, thyroid, diabetes, obesity, growth, pituitary and adrenal. DR. BARBER HONORED FOR SPS SERVICE Judson Barber, M.D., Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) physician and Medical Director of the PEM Sedation Service, was recognized at the 2017 Society for Pediatric Sedation (SPS) Conference for his six years of service on the Board of Directors for the society. Barber is also a founding member of the SPS and serves as the chairman of the communications subcommittee. The SPS was founded in 2007 to promote safe, high-quality care, innovative research and quality professional education in pediatric sedation. DR. BOPPANA SELECTED FOR THE PREP INFECTIOUS DISEASES EDITORIAL BOARD Suresh Boppana, M.D., Pediatric Infectious Diseases, has been appointed to the Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) Infectious Diseases Editorial Board. PREP is a program of the American Academy of Pediatrics. As a member of the PREP Infectious Diseases Editorial Board, Dr. Boppana will play an important role in the development and success of the PREP Infectious Diseases Self Assessment. DR. CHEN TO SERVE AS TREASURER ON APSA BOARD OF GOVERNORS The American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) has selected Mike Chen, M.D., Pediatric Surgery, to be on the APSA Board of Governors. Dr. Chen will serve as the APSA treasurer for a three-year term. DR. COHEN ELECTED TO AAP SECTION ON GASTROENTEROLOGY, HEPATOLOGY AND NUTRITION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AMSPDC COMMITTEES AND IMPROVECARENOW BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mitchell Cohen, M.D., Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition, has been elected to serve as a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Executive Committee. Dr. Cohen was also appointed to the Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs (AMSPDC) Education Committee and New Chairs Program Committee. He has also been elected to the Board of Directors of ImproveCareNow. DR. DIMMITT NAMED AS DAVID E. DIXON ENDOWED CHAIR IN PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY Reed Allen Dimmitt, M.D., is the first holder of the David E. Dixon Endowed Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology. Dr. Dimmitt is a professor in the UAB Department of Pediatrics, the director of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, and the medical director of Children’s Intensive Feeding Program.

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