Inside Pediatrics Winter 2018

TURNER COMPLETES MOMENTUM LEADERSHIP PROGRAM Cathy Turner, CPA, CGMA, Executive Administrator of UAB Pediatrics, has completed the MOMENTUM leadership program (Class 15). MOMENTUM, launched in 2002, accepts approximately 25 women annually to participate in its prestigious program. The curriculum is designed to provide tools and resources to inspire and educate women to serve in leadership roles, network these leaders to learn and work on problems together, enhance the image of executive women in business and community, and attract and retain the nation’s brightest women to help solve business and community challenges. SALAS RECEIVES RESEARCH GRANT, YOUNG PHYSICIAN AWARD Ariel Salas, M.D. , Neonatology, has received a pilot research award from the Obesity Health Disparities Research Center. He was awarded $50,000 for his project “Serial Assessments of Body Fat Accrual in Very Preterm Infants.” Salas was also awarded the Samuel J. Fomon Young Physician Award endowed by the Nestlé Nutrition Institute. This award is one of the National Scientific Achievement Awards given out by the American Society of Nutrition Foundation. These awards are given in honor of scientists, clinicians and scholars for significant achievements in nutrition research and practice. BHATIA NAMED FELLOW OF AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY Smita Bhatia, M.D. , Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. As mentioned on the ASCO website, “the Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (FASCO) distinction recognizes ASCO members for their extraordinary volunteer service, dedication, and commitment to ASCO. Their efforts benefit ASCO, the specialty of oncology, and, most importantly, the patients at risk for or with cancer.” SASSER NAMED AS NEW ASSISTANT PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR PEDIATRIC RESIDENCY The Pediatric Residency Program announced Will Sasser, M.D. , Pediatric Critical Care, joined the program as an Assistant Program Director as of July 1, 2018. When asked about his new role, Sasser said, “I’m thrilled about the opportunity to work more closely with our residents alongside faculty and staff who have meant so much to me as a trainee and junior faculty member.” FRIEDMAN TO LEAD DEVELOPMENTAL THERAPEUTICS Gregory Friedman, M.D. , Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, has been appointed the new Phase 1 PI at Children’s of Alabama and approved by the DVL Executive Committee of the Children’s Oncology Group. In addition, Friedman will lead Developmental Therapeutics in the Division of Hematology-Oncology and the Department of Pediatrics. NEW APTC MEMBERS SELECTED Pallavi Iyer, M.D. , Pediatric Endocrinology, has been elected by the faculty to serve a three-year term on the Pediatric Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee (APTC). Gregory Friedman, M.D. , Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, and Susan Walley, M.D. , Pediatric Hospital Medicine, have been selected to fill the two vacancies for appointed faculty on the APTC.

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