Plays of the Week:
Play of the week goes to Dr. Sebastian Lara for his return from Guam! See above for some pictures from Guam.
Play of the week also goes to the Girl Scouts and COL (ret.) Peterson for their generous cookie donation on Friday.
Congratulations to the following for their PAS 2023 presentation acceptances:
- Alex Mauro: "Naloxone Co-Dispensing for High-Risk Opioid Prescriptions in the Pediatric and Young Adult Population"
- Emily Ferraro: "Trends of Cardiac Complaints In Pediatric and Young Adult Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic."
Congratulations to all of the finalists for 15th Annual NCR Research and Inquiry Competition! Peds snagged 43% of the finalists' spots, making it the 3rd year in a row to represent over one third of the finalists.
Paul Florentino Patient– and Family–Centered Care (2 total finalists)
• CPT Sidney Zven, MC – Pediatrics
o Food insecurity and the impact of WIC enrollment in Military families
• CPT Janet Jang, MC- Pediatric Gastroenterology
o Improving outpatient pediatric endoscopy counseling through utilization of an educational patient handout
Quality/Performance Improvement (4 total finalists)
• Capt Amy Davis, MC - Pediatrics
o Combating food insecurity: Increasing WIC enrollment in the Military
• Capt Sidney Zven MC - Pediatrics
o Development and implementation of a novel abscess trainer in graduate medical education
Evidence-Based Practice (1 total finalist)
• Maj Nathan Kolasinski, MC – Pediatric Gastroenterology
o Evaluation of a novel, evidenced-based, pediatric nutrition status screening protocol at a tertiary care military medical center
Case Report - Interns & Residents (12 total finalists)
• LT Robert Crutcher, MC - Pediatrics
o IgA anti-platelet antibodies in breast milk contributing to neonatal autoimmune thrombocytopenia
• CPT Elizabeth Rahman, MC - Pediatrics
o When salmonella surprises – Progression of pyomyositis to osteomyelitis and brodie’s abscess following NTS infection
• Maj Sharen Wilson, MC - Pediatrics
o Pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency in a newborn with congenital absence of the corpus callosum
• CPT Sidney Zven, MC – Pediatrics
o VACTERL-L: A unique presentation of VACTERL association with pulmonary manifestations
• Capt Amy Davis, MC – Pediatrics
o Open your eyes to a new variation of ethylmalonic encephalopathy
Case Report - Fellows & Staff (7 total finalists)
• CPT Janet Jang, MC – Pediatric Gastroenterology
o Two cases of blau-like syndrome successfully treated with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors
• CPT Elena Crecelius, MC – Pediatric Infectious Disease
o Itching to get to the cause of a case of urticarial vasculitis
• MAJ Christopher Stark, MC – Perinatology-Neonatology
o Massive fetomaternal hemorrhage warranting novel use of tandem therapies
Robert A. Phillips – Laboratory
• Fellows & Staff (2 total finalists)
• MAJ Sarah Anisowicz, MC – Pediatric Endocrinology
o Parity increases corticosterone response to restraint-induced stress after mild blast traumatic brain injury in mice
Robert A. Phillips – Clinical
• Interns & Residents (5 total finalists)
• CPT Emily Ferraro, MC – Pediatrics
o Trends of cardiac complaints in pediatric and young adult populations during the Covid-19 pandemic
• Fellows & Staff (5 total finalists)
• CPT Sarah Jiang, MC - Pediatric Endocrinology
o Can preschool BMI changes flag children at highest risk for adolescent obesity?
• CPT Janet Jang, MC - Pediatric Gastroenterology
o Association between celiac disease and pneumococcal infections in hospitalized pediatric patients within the United States
Bailey K. Ashford – Laboratory – (3 total finalists)
• MAJ Sarah Anisowicz, MC – Pediatrics Endocrinology
o Parity increases corticosterone response to restraint-inducted stress after mild blast traumatic brain injury in mice
Bailey K. Ashford – Clinical (4 total finalists)
• CPT Theresa Urbina, DO - Neonatal Perinatal
o Salivary sampling as a noninvasive method of monitoring gentamicin levels in neonates
• LCDR Charles Groomes, MC – Neonatal Perinatal
o Ru'ach: Mastery learning tele-training to ensure effective ventilation in neonatal resuscitation
Schedule:
Date | Event | Time and Location | Audience/Notes |
Monday, 3/6 | MR: Case & Alternative Birth Practices Lecture, Schulz | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
Tuesday, 3/7 | MR: Case & PI Working Session | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
Wednesday, 3/8 Holi 🕉 | SIM/Skills: Suturing (Zanetti), Abscess I&D (Bumgardner), and Foreign Body Removal (Patterson) | 0745 - 0845 SIM Center (4th Floor Heroes Bldg) **3rd Deck Team report to the PICU** | Medical students and residents only; Before the session, please review the related modules here OR go to www.classroom.google.com and enter the class code xwe5vzj |
Thursday, 3/9 | MR: CPC, Kondiles | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
Friday, 3/10 Alexis Ghersi's Birthday 🎉 |