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Plan of the Week: May 12th - May 18th



Plays of the Week:


Happy Mother's Day to all our moms! Thank you for all you do!


Play of the week to Dr. Maggie Hasler, who presented at the NCR Research and Innovation last week. Maggie's presentation was described as polished, poised, and impressive in her ability to field tough questions from the judges with no problem! She did a great job representing Pediatrics.


Play of the week to our numerous current and alumni faculty award winners for Department of Pediatrics, Teacher of the Year Awards for Clerkship Year 2023:


Carl R Darnall Army Medical Center

- Faculty: CPT Riordan Ledgerwood

Madigan Army Medical Center

- Faculty: CPT Nelson Vick 

National Capital Region: 

Faculty: Maj Subodh Arora

Resident: LCDR Robert Crutcher


Huge shout out to our incoming intern, 2d Lt Grace Manno, who was awarded the Virginia Randall Spirit of Pediatrics Award from USU! Great work!


Congratulations to Dr Richard Zanetti, Dr. Emily Parsons, and Dr. Binny Chokshi for being inducted into the USU Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha.


Congratulations to a NCC legend, Dr. Joseph Lopreiato, who received two major national awards: the National Academy of Distinguished Educators in Pediatrics (NADEP) elected Dr. Lopreiato as Distinguished Educator in Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Pediatrics presented him with the Dr. Lou Halamek Award for Simulation in Pediatrics Education.


Congratulations to our winners from the NCR Research and Innovation Competition!

  • PAUL FLORENTINO PATIENT– AND FAMILY–CENTERED CARE Award: Dr. Marianna Caballero - Take my breath away: A multidisciplinary approach to improve screening for sleep disorder breathing pediatric patients     with sickle cell disease

  • QUALITY IMPROVEMENT First Place: Dr. Marianna Caballero - Take my breath away: A multidisciplinary approach to improve screening for sleep disorder breathing pediatric patients     with sickle cell disease

  • CASE REPORT -INTERNS & RESIDENTS First Place: Dr. Alexis Ghersi -Idiopathic Papilledema in Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria with Severe Aplastic Anemia 

  • CASE REPORT -INTERNS & RESIDENTS Second Place: Dr. McKenzie Bowling - Dissecting a difficult diagnosis: Nephrogenic DI

  • ROBERT A. PHILLIPS - CLINICAL INTERNS & RESIDENTS Second Place: Dr. Maggie Hasler - Evaluation of the Bhutani nomogram versus a Delta-TSB model in predicting the need for neonatal photherapy

  • ROBERT A. PHILLIPS - CLINICAL FELLOWS & STAFF First Place: Dr. Topher Stark -Maternal and fetal health risks among female military aviation officers

  • BAILEY K. ASHFORD CLINICAL First Place: Dr. Topher Stark -Maternal and fetal health risks among female military aviation officers



Schedule:

Date

Event

Time and Location

Audience/Notes

Monday, 5/13

MR: Case, Lecture: Scoliosis - Dr. Hootwn

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Tuesday, 5/14

MR: DEI- 3rd Annual Religion in Medicine

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Wednesday, 5/15

Grand Rounds

0745-0850 USUHS Building A, Room A3, Virtual

All Welcome

Thursday, 5/16

MR: Case, Lecture: GI - Dr. Burklow

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Friday, 5/17

MR: Case, Lecture: Orthopedics - Dr. Lopreiato

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome


Save the Date 🗓

Upcoming Birthdays 🎉

17MAY: PGY-2 Retreat

20MAY: Brian Fissel

17MAY: Dr. Larson's Promotion Ceremony

29JUN: Taylor Meyers

19MAY: JDRF Walk


21MAY: PEC Meeting #6


22MAY: GI AHD


27MAY: Memorial Day


31MAY: Intern Class Retreat


03JUN: Block 13 Starts


04JUN: PI/QI Final Presentations in NiCOE


07JUN: Hail and Farewell


12JUN: Joint Surgery-Peds Grand Rounds


14JUN: Graduation Day





Announcements:


All Staff Updates



24hr/Day MWR Gym Access:

  • NSA Bethesda MWR Fitness Center is now officially open 24 hours

  • This is a phased process for 24 hour access.  Only activity duty will be able to access the gym after normal gym staff hours.  Once bar scan readers are obtained and installed, expanded access to civil service employees, dependents, and retirees will begin. 

  • To access the gym after normal staff operating hours, personnel must register their CAC at the MWR Fitness Center’s (bldg. 17) front desk between the hours of 0430 to 2000 Monday through Friday and 0800 to 1400 on Saturdays.   Activation of CAC my take up to 48 hours.


DEI MR: Tuesday, May 14th

  • Tuesday will be our 3rd Annual "Religion in Medicine" DEI Session.

  • Five members of the Walter Reed pastoral team will join us for a panel-style discussion.

  • Please make plans to attend and bring 1-2 questions for discussion/reflection."


Twilight Tattoo: Wednesdays May through July

  • The U.S. Army Military District of Washington’s Twilight Tattoo, a live, action-packed military experience that takes place at Summerall Field on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall on select Wednesdays at 7 p.m. from May through July.

  • Twilight Tattoo features dramatic vignettes, musical performances, and ceremonial demonstrations by members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) and The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own.” 

  • Each show also includes a pre-show concert at 6:30 p.m.

  • In addition to these evening shows, you may attend one of our Daytime Twilight Tattoo shows on May 15th, which begin at 1 p.m., with a pre-show concert starting at 12:30 p.m. 


C. Everett Koop Lecture

  • Joint Pediatrics-Pediatric Surgery Grand Rounds

  • Wednesday, June 12th from 0800-1000 in America 2525

  • Adolescent/Young Adult Cancer Presentation by our own Dr. Sarah Cole

Faculty Development

You must register for all courses at this website: http://fac-dev.usuhs.edu/ Upcoming FOCUS Faculty Development Workshops




It’s No Small Thing: The Challenges of Small Group Teaching (FACULTY ONLY) (IN-PERSON) Date: 22 May 2024 Time: 11:00 - 13:00 Track: Teaching Location: USU, Bldg A, Rm A2053

Resident-Specific Updates

PI/QI Final Presentations:

  • The session will run on Tuesday, June 4th from 0730-0850 in NiCOE to allow ample time for presentations and Q&A. 

  • Each group should finalize their A3 Slides  in order to present a summary of Steps 1-8. 

  • You will have 10 minutes for your presentation. 

  • Presenters: Decibel Detectives- Dr. Liggett PB&J- Dr. Davis and Dr. Westbrook Omega-3-Pi- Dr. Neal Genesis Genies- Dr. Morgis and Dr. Rochford


Transition to Practice (PGY-3s Only):


This week's focus: Graduation and TTP

  • Graduation Information: Please review the TTP Handbook

  • Graduation Practice on June 12th, Graduation on June 14th

  • TTP Schedule



Block 12 Schedules - Rotation Contacts Updated FEB2024

  • Don't forget to reach out to your Rotation Supervisors regarding your schedule if you have any questions/concerns. The below attachment has the most up-to-date contact information.

  • Additionally, check MedHub and review updated goals & objectives for your upcoming rotation!



Educational/Teaching Opportunities


USU Teaching Opportunities

Clerkship Round Robin (recurring throughout the year)

  • Contact Dr. Brian Hughes (brian.hughes@usuhs.edu) if interested

  • Tentative Dates and Times:

  • Designed to mimic a clinic half day, each faculty member will be in an MDL room with your particular case. The students have 30 minutes with you to go through the case/skills. The students will move. You stay put and will deliver the same content 5 times to groups of 9-10 students.

ICR Module Small Group Teaching Opportunities at USU


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 (starting in next 3 weeks)

  • Current sessions:

  • All teaching materials and PPTs are provided to instructor prior to events

  • Please email Dr. Hughes (brian/hughes@usuhs.edu)


Research Opportunities & Upcoming Conferences

Upcoming Conferences

2024 Section on Uniformed Services Scientific Awards Abstract Competition -September 27th - October 1st in Orlando, FL (AAP Conference)

Beginning February 16 Submit your Abstract at: https://aapexperience.org/abstracts/

SUBMISSION DEADLINE – April 12, 2024

Submission Types:      Case Report, Original Research, or Quality Improvement (may be eligible for MOC 4 credit).


Abstracts will be considered within six scientific award topics to be given to honor research efforts by Uniformed Pediatricians. The awards are:

 The Ogden Bruton Award (certificate of merit): for the best paper by a Uniformed Pediatrician on either basic science research or research on the development, evaluation, or application of an emerging technology in pediatrics.


 The Andrew Margileth Award (certificate of merit): for the best pediatric paper by a Uniformed Pediatrician documenting clinical findings or assessing clinical diagnostic studies, therapeutic regimens, and outcomes leading to improved quality of health care for children.


 The Howard Johnson Award (certificate of merit): for the best paper by a Uniformed Resident (of any specialty) on a pediatric topic.


 The Leo Geppert Innovation Award (certificate of merit): for the Uniformed Pediatrician with the best paper outlining a Quality Improvement or Patient Safety innovation affecting the care of pediatric patients.


The Leo Geppert Case Award (certificate of merit): for the best case report by a Uniformed Pediatrician.  It is the only category that accepts case reports.

 The Val G. Hemming Award (certificate of merit and a travel award per individual command's approval): for the USUHS, HPSP, or ROTC medical student submitting the best paper on a pediatric-related topic in clinical or basic science research.


 

Your submission will only be considered under one award topic. If you are unsure which topic to submit under, please contact Michelle Kiger, MD at michelle.e.kiger.mil@healthl.mil or Patrick Reeves, MD patrick.reeves@usuhs.edu for assistance.

 

Formats: Poster and Oral Presentations (Oral presentations only for Bruton, Johnson and Margileth categories).

Abstracts limited to 450 words. Prior IRB approval will be required for submissions involving human or animal subjects  research.

Publication:  Abstracts can be previously presented but not previously published.

Awards:   Certificates for top 3 abstracts in each category. Top winner only for Hemming award. Announcement of first place during SOUS educational program during AAP National Conference.


 Meeting:  AAP National Conference is scheduled for September 27-October 1, 2024 in Orlando, FL.

Questions:  For questions about abstract submission guidelines, contact Jackie Burke at jburke@aap.org. If your abstract is accepted for presentation, at least 1 author must register for the NCE.


 

National Medical Association Conference -August 3rd-7th in New York City

Deadline for Abstracts and Scholarship Opportunities is April 16th!


The NMA is the nation's oldest and largest organization representing African American physicians and health professionals in the United States. Established in 1895, the NMA is the collective voice of more than 30,000 African American physicians and the patients they service. 


There are currently several calls for abstract submissions to highlight medical students, trainees and faculty that she has attached to this email. Some of those selected can receive funding to attend this year's convention. Anyone with questions about the process or the meeting can reach out directly to Dr. Seide for more information at witzard.seide@usuhs.edu or Dr. James at genesis.james@nccpeds.com, who was a Billie Wright Adams Scholarship recipient last year!

SOPT Trainee News & Views Blog




Community Pediatrics Updates:


Walter Reed JDRF Walk - May 19th - This Week!





DEI Grand Rounds: June 7th

ARMY

Soldiers assigned to HHC, MRB, NCR will report to Building 14 at 0800 on Saturday, 11 May 2024, if they cannot provide proof that they are current on the following annual requirements. Proof of completion of the following requirements must be submitted to SSG Cruz, Michael (michael.a.cruz54.mil@health.mil), SSG Lee, Seulah (Seulah.lee.mil@health.mil), SPC Thompson, Grace (grace.y.thompson.mil@health.mil), with the HHC Orderly Room Group box cc’d (dha.bethesda.walter-reed-med-ctr.mbx.hhc-mrb-ncr-orderly-room@health.mil) NLT COB 9 May. The uniform for this formation is ACUs or IPFU; Wear of civilian attire is not approved.





Army Leave

  • Current leave process

    • Please send email to Jack 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

    • Make sure you continue to send leave dates and locations to the Peds Leave Listserv: dha.bethesda.j-11.mbx.pediatric-alpha-co-leave@health.mil

    • See the powerpoint below for instructions



AIR FORCE

Leave:

  • Please complete and sign the attached checklist when submitting leave.

  • Put Dr. Zanetti and Jack as 1st/2nd 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

BCA and PRTs:

Command is utilizing SignUpGenius to schedule BCAs and PRTs during designated dates for each Division. Click on the link to schedule your BCA as a participant once you have read NMRTCBETHESDANOTE 6110.:

* 4th Div: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094BABAB2FA5F4C16-47503519-4thdiv


The command-wide dates for the PFA and FEP for cycle 2024 are from 1 April 2024 through 24 May 2024, with makeup dates scheduled 28 May 2024 through 7 June 2024.


Additionally, I have attached a copy of the NAVMED 6110/4 (02/2021) PHYSICAL FITNESS ASSESSMENT MEDICAL CLEARANCE/WAIVER.





Leave:

  • Dr. Ferrara will approve leave in NSIPS

  • When submitting leave, please email Dr. Ferrara and 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 Pediatrics https://wrnmmc-intranet.health.mil/sites/TNT/NMSD/SitePages/4th%20Division.aspx

(hover over 4th Division tab)


2024 Training Schedule:

All Trainings are assigned to each Sailor and tracked via the Relias LMS at https://dha20433.training.reliaslearning.com/







Please reach out to Jack at jack.goetzman@nccpeds.com or henry.j.goetzman.mil@health.mil with any questions or concerns.

 
 
 

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