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A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN   I hope your holiday season was great. Certainly mine was, although too short. We are down to the last two weeks of resident applicant recruitment. I want to thank everyone involved in the effort. Since this year had unique challenges the effort is even more impressive. The candidates for both Pediatrics and Med-Peds have been very impressive and from a wide geographic range of schools. All note the openness and friendliness of the residents and staff. Keep up the good work and we should have a superb Match.

! I hope most of you saw the news about the groundbreaking for CAMLS, Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation. Dr. Laura Haubner, Division of Neonatology, was announced as the Director of Simulation for this new facility which will be in downtown Tampa. It should open in the next 18 months. Simulation will become even more important in the future and it is fantastic to have a Pediatrician in a leadership role. Please congratulate Laura when you see her.

! January is the the month of the Circus and the Gasparilla Childrenʼs Parade. I hope those who were at the Ringling Bros. Circus enjoyed the performance. The Parade will be on Saturday, January 22. I hope to see you there.

-Bob N.

Awards and Honors 2 Children’s Gasparilla Parade 3

CAMLS Ground Breaking 3 A Night at the Circus 4

Special Recognition/Publications 5 Allergy/Immunology News 6

Fundraising Walk 7 February Birthdays/New Hires 8

Pediatrics’ Growing Family 9 Grand Rounds 10

Inside this Issue:

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PEDIATRICSAwards and Honors

Rachel Richesson, PhD, MPH has been invited to serve on the Editorial Board of the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association.

Faculty and staff from the Division of Child Development and Neurology had a chapter published in the recently released Handbook of Pediatric Neuropsychology. Contributors for their chapter, “Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities”, include Kathleen Armstrong, Jason Hangauer, Heather Agazzi, Arlene Nunez, and Maria Gieron-Korthals.

Their work focuses on providing an overview of characteristics of people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) and on, “the impact of IDD on childrenʼs cognitive, academic, social, and emotional functioning.”

Dr. Sharon Dabrow was recently recognized by the Academic Pediatric Association for her contributions to the Educational Scholars Program. The ESP is a competitive and rigorous three-year national faculty development program from which graduates receive a Certificate of Excellence in Educational Scholarship. Dr. Dabrow serves as a faculty advisor to junior faculty enrolled in the program, providing guidance on scholarly projects and feedback on curriculum vitae and educational portfolio development.

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! The USF Health Department of Pediatrics and the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile will once again be participating in the Childrenʼs Gasparilla Parade. The parade will be held on Saturday, January 22 beginning at 3:30 in the afternoon.

! The parade has been a lot of fun in years past for both marchers and those in attendance. Come on down to Bayshore and show your Bull pride!

! A ground breaking ceremony was held on the morning of January 11th to mark the beginning of construction on the new USF Health Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation. (CAMLS) When completed CAMLS will be a 90,000 square foot, state-of-the-art conference and learning facility that will transform the way healthcare professionals train. Creative learning models and simulators designed to help participants practice and perfect complex medical techniques will be utilized in the new facility. The Centerʼs Research and Innovation Lab will design and test new surgical and medical devices. !

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CAMLS Ground Breaking

Children’s Gasparilla Parade

Asked to speak at the ground breaking ceremony were USF President Judy Genshaft, Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio and Dr. Stephen Klasko, CEO of USF Health and dean of the College of Medicine.

Once completed, the Center will become an important addition to downtown Tampa. It is estimated that as many as 60,000 learners will visit the Tampa Bay community to train and learn at CAMLS. However, the greatest benefit will be to the patients of those medical professionals that utilize the new USF Health facility.

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PEDIATRICSA Night at the Circus

! Students, residents and employees with their families got to enjoy a night under the big top with Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus on January 6.

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PEDIATRICSSpecial Recognition

CMS Update is the name of the monthly newsletter put out by the Childrenʼs Medical Services division of the Florida Department of Health. The following article appears in the December edition.

Publications

Havranek T, Ashmeade T, Mari A, Carver J; Effects of Maternal Magnesium Sulfate Administration on Intestinal Blood Flow Velocity in Preterm Infants. Neonatology 100:44-49, 2011.

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PEDIATRICSAllergy/Immunology News

! Dr. Elena Perez presented her research on “Zinc Finger Nuclease Technology for HIV Therapy” at the Molecular Medicine Fall Seminar Series on December 17.

! John Sleasman, MD and Carla Duff, RN MSN CCRP received a funding from CSL, Behring Inc. to perform an “Evaluation of Efficacy and Tolerability of Hizentra in subjects transitioning from Vivaglobin (16% SCIG product) to Hizentra (20% SCIG product).” The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the ease of transition in PIDD patients switching from subcutaneous Vivaglobin to Hizentra.

! Dr. Carina Rodriguez published “Recommendations on the use of pneumococcal vaccines in HIV infection” in the HIV CareLink newsletter for the HIV/AIDS primary care providers. It comes from the Florida/Caribbean Aids Education and Training Center where Dr. Rodriguez serves as faculty.

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PEDIATRICSFundraising Walk

Join the excitement! Get Involved!

Tampa Bay�’s 1st Annual NEDA Walk

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Registration Begins: 9:00 am Walk Begins: 10:00 am

Al Lopez Park, north of Raymond James Stadium, Tampa

�“It�’s Time to TALK About It�… Time to WALK About It�”

Until Eating Disorders Are History...

It is estimated that nearly11 million

men, women, and children suffer from anorexia and buli-

mia; 25 million more from binge eating disorder.

Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of

any mental illness.

Without treatment, up to 20% of people with serious eating disor-ders die. With treatment, that

number falls to 2-3%. Register Today!!

http://neda.nationaleatingdisorders.org/TampaWalk

**For more information, please contact the walk coordinator, Bailey Monarch, at fighteatingdisorders@tampabay.rr.com or (727) 992-0022. **

The Center for Eating and Weight Disorders is helping to promote a charity walk to benefit the research efforts of the National Eating Disorders Association. Register today!

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PEDIATRICSFebruary Birthdays!

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Maria Gieron-Korthals

Maritza Morales

Tenisha Ramnath

Leslie Cinnante

Sureka Bollepalli

John Landi

Donna Eason

Sally Coovert

Carol Taylor

Emily Van Orden

Kersti Linask

Alicia Truitt

Megan Lowe

Rasheedah Brown

Masmina Sirleaf

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Xiaohong Song

Osunguaide Olafemi

Ashanti Dixie

Alicia Diaz

Preceousa Serna

Christine Curran

Timothy Adams

Ming-da Han

Rong He

Jennifer Ketchum

Maria Bernal

Mary Creech

Kristen Ruffalo

Jennifer Kim

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Vinita Kiluk

Erin Cipko

Taryl Crisp

Lenora Edwards

Susan Johnson

Katie Newell

Christie Bock

Mary Meiron

Lewis Rubin

Melanie Leto Barone

Karalyn Grant

Laura Smith

Audra Walsh

Susan Lukas

Craig Bobik

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New Hires

NAME POSITION

Annette Bloise Client Services Assistant

Lisa Clifford Professional Support/Service

Danielle Dodge Student Assistant

Jianmei Wang Applications Developer

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! Please welcome Oliver Jude Sutsko into the ever expanding Pediatrics family. He was born at 10:33 on the morning of December 30, 2010 and weighed in at 7 pounds, 7 ounces.

! Congratulations to Dr. Ronald Sutsko and the entire Sutsko family.

Pediatrics’ Growing Family

! Dr. Elena Perez and her husband, Robert Philips, are the proud parents of Sophie Elena Philips, their third daughter.

! Sophie was born on December 30, 2010 at 12:51 p.m. She weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and was 20 inches long.

! Jessica Cortese gave birth to Britney Kate Cortese on January 16. Britney came into the world weighing 7.6 pounds and was 20 inches long.

! Congratulations Jessica and Rich!

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PEDIATRICSGrand Rounds - February 2011

Lectures are from 8:00 to 9:00 AM at MacInnes Auditorium; Tampa General Hospital. Lectures are also videoconferenced to the All Childrenʼs Hospital/USF Childrenʼs Research Institute first floor conference room and to the CMS Building, Room 2004.

February 3: Treatment of Major Depressive DisorderSaundra Stock, MDUSF Psychiatry and Neurosciences

February 17:Prevention of ErrorsSandra Strickland, RN, MSNFirst Professionals InsurancePlease Note: This week will run for two hours.8-10AM

February 10:Recognition of Metabolic Disorders and Emergency ManagementAmarilis Sanchez-Valle, MDUSF Pediatrics

February 24:Type 1 Diabetes: Challenges & OpportunitiesHenry Rodriguez, MDUSF Pediatrics

EditorEd Kelly

Phone: (813) 259-8847Fax: (813) 259-8792

Email: ekelly@health.usf.eduUSF Health - Pediatrics

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