Plan of the Week: June 9-June 15
- emily.ferraro
- Jun 8
- 5 min read
Updated: Jun 12
Schedule:
Event | Time and Location | Audience/Notes | |
Monday, 6/9 | MR: Case, International Travel- Dr. Crecelius | 0745-0850 America 2525 | All Welcome |
Tuesday, 6/10 | MR: Case, Contraception-Dr. Ahmed | 0745-0850 America 2525 | All Welcome |
Wednesday, 6/11 | USU Peds/Peds Surgery Combined Grand Rounds: From Bench to Bassinet: Rescuing Livers and Reimaging Neonatal Nutrition | 0800-1000 USUHS Sanford Auditorium and Virtual https://meet.google.com/abn-tkfw-xom | All Welcome |
Thursday, 6/12 | MR: Journal Club-Dr. Perez | 0745-0850 America 2525 | All Welcome |
Friday, 6/13 | MR: Wellness-Yoga in the Healing Garden | 0745-0850 Healing Garden (7th floor, Buildling 10). Rain plan: America 2525 | Medical students and residents only |
Save the Date 🗓 | Upcoming Birthdays 🎉 |
13 JUN: 2025 NCC Graduation | |
20 JUN: Hail and Farewell | |
23 JUN: Supervisory Seminar | |
24 JUN: PI/QI End of Year Presentations | |
25 JUN: Intern Welcome Lunch | |
30 JUN: Intern Shadow Day |
THIS WEEK Journal Club Thursday, 6/12-Dr. Leanne Perez- Clinical Question: Is there any tangible benefit to neurodevelopment by supplementing iron to full-term, breastfed infants?
Meet our Rotating 4th Year Applicants!
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Resident Announcements
EOY PD Meeting Reminders
Complete the following tasks prior to your meeting:
Update your MedHub Resident Portfolio. MedHub Resident Portfolio How-To
Update your Procedure Log on MedHub.
Complete 100% of AAP PREP questions for AY24-25
REMINDER Check your BLS/PALS Expiration Dates!
Reminder to check your BLS and PALS expiration dates and sign-up early for recertification courses
Classes fill quickly so sign-up early!
Follow the steps below to sign up for a recertification class
Click this link to access the Walter Reed Relias website
Click “Course Library”
Search “BLS” or "PALS"
BLS: You can sign up for for either Blended (requires pre-work) or Challenge Course
If challenge courses are full on Relias, reach out to POCs below to see if they will accept an add-on
BLS POCs: HN Beaty (maddox.r.beaty.mil@health.mil) and HN Roccabruna (bradyn.m.roccabruna.mil@health.mil)
NEW AY25-26 Rotations Superviors-Prepare for Block 1!
The below attachment has the most up-to-date contact information for rotation supervisors
Remember to check MedHub and review updated goals & objectives for your rotations!
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Transition to Practice (PGY-3s Only)
The Pre-Graduation Handbook is linked here.
TTP Schedule: Click Here
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All Staff Updates
NEW 2025 Graduation: Friday, June 13
Graduation will be held at Strathmore Music Center from 1000-1230
No tickets are required, all faculty and staff are invited to attend!
Transportation on June 13:
Bus Pick Up: In front of Bldg 1 (Tower) at 0800 for the graduates; and 0900 (front of Bldg 1) for faculty, staff, and families. Return from Strathmore back to Walter Reed is at 1200.
Metro rail is available across the street from WRNMMC, Medical Center Metro Station to Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro Station. Note: you will need your cover if taking Metro.
Limited paid parking available at the venue
PI/QI Reminders
Upcoming Sessions/Due-Outs:
Prepare for end-of-year presentations on Tuesday, June 24th.
When: Tuesday, June 24th during morning report
What: Steps 1-6 of DHA A3 template (see hyperlink below)
* Build from your Mid-Year presentations
* 10-min max
Who: PGY-2 lroject leads should confirm presenters NLT Friday, June 13th
Reminder to use the DHA A3 template for your presentations (linked here: https://www.nccpeds.com/_files/ugd/d99c2d_5cf9bd3a8e604cfaadc49ec32b40c124.pptx?dn=DHA_Project_A3_Template_2023-24.pptx)
Link to PI/QI Google Doc: Google Doc
Educational/Teaching Opportunities
USU Teaching Opportunities
POET Round Robin Teaching at USU
POET week Pediatrics half day is a round robin format to orient USU medical students just prior to their pediatric clerkship rotation.
Upcoming sessions: 27AUG2025 (1300-1700 at USU)
Sessions run from 1300-1700 (report NLT 1245)
All teaching materials and PPTs are provided to instructor prior to events
Please email Dr. Katie Jones (katherine.jones@usuhs.edu) if interseted
Faculty Development
Register for all courses at this website: http://fac-dev.usuhs.edu/
Research & Upcoming Conferences
If you were recently published, send a copy of your paper Emily to be included in the POW!
Community Pediatrics/Advocacy Updates:
ARMY
Army Leave
Current leave process
Please send email to Emily and Military Advisor notifying of specific leave requests
Please use IPPS-A for all leave/absence requests; go to https://myaccess.dmdc.osd.mil/identitymanagement/app/login and login with your CAC
Make sure you change your email in order to receive email notifications -> My Profile -> My Current Profile -> down arrow next to name -> Personal Details -> Contact Details
Submit leave
Submit Leave to your specific Military Advisor
Click My Absences in the home page
Complete the appropriate information, an example of chargeable leave is below:
Absence Type: 1-Chargeable Absence
Absence Name: Absence
Absence Reason: 01- Annual (Ordinary) Absence and complete the remainder of the page
Enter Start and End Dates
For supervisor ID: direct it to your ARMY ADVISOR
Complete address information with the location of where you are going
Click submit
See the powerpoint below for instructions
AIR FORCE
Leave:
Please complete and sign the attached checklist when submitting leave.
Put Dr. Zanetti as 1st Approver, and email checklist to both.
For the checklist - When out of training these are items that will result in leave not being approved. I will NOT be rejecting leave, but if there are things overdue we need a plan to get updated. If you have a lot of overdue items and you are doing OCONUS or leave requiring commanders signature this could cause issues, but we’ll address that if it comes up.
Here’s how you should answer Checklist:
1 – in JKO ensure that your annual cyberawareness, Hippa, level 1 antiterrorism training are done
2- Check your IMR and ensure all green https://asimsimr.health.mil/imr/myIMR.aspx if not use comment box to write what is not up to date and plan
3 – TR closeouts are end of the academic year 30June
4 – N/A
5 – check myfss for next PT Test date https://myfss.us.af.mil/USAFCommunity/s/usaf-fitness-management
6 – this is your birth month
7 – N/A
NAVY- NEW Leave Approver- Dr. Barnes
Leave:
LCDR Sierra Howell is now deployed through August 2025. Please send leave requests to CDR Danielle Barnes.
When submitting leave, please email CDR Barnes and cc the chief resident
Chief Resident will send email confirming that dates have been approved
Leave & Liberty Divisional Readiness LPO: 4th Div LPO- HM2 Mariavicka Sanchez- Responsible for DMS, which includes Pediatricshttps://wrnmmc-intranet.health.mil/sites/TNT/NMSD/SitePages/4th%20Division.aspx
(hover over 4th Division tab)
Play of the Week:
Play of the Week: Goes to our NICU intern Dr. Grace Manno for holding down the fort during a busy week. Extra thanks to Dr. Anna Raymond and our fantastic medical students for lending a helping hand during the volume surges!
Bonus Play of the Week: Goes to Dr. Anthony Recupero for his promotion to COL. Congratulations, sir!
Please reach out to Emily at emily.ferraro@nccpeds.com or emily.m.ferraro2.mil@health.mil with any questions or concerns.
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