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Plan of the Week: June 9-June 15

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)


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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:


Link to PI/QI Google Doc: Google Doc 

Educational/Teaching Opportunities


USU Teaching Opportunities

ICR Small Group Teaching/Pediatric Teaching Opportunities at USU

  • Click the following this link to sign up for ICR teaching opportunities at USU

  • Click this link to sign up for other pediatric teaching opportunities in September (i.e. HEADS Exam, developmental delay, growth).

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

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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