Plan of the Week: Sep 29- Oct 3
- Nicole Martin
- Sep 26
- 4 min read
Play of the Week:
Play of the Week goes to Dr. Brandon Neal, Dr. Keenan Caswell, Dr. Paul McQuillen, and Dr. Kaitlyn Yeh for individually receiving anonymous positive comments from families in the General Pediatric clinic. Your hard work and compassion does not go unnoticed.
Schedule:
Event | Time and Location | Audience/Notes | |
Monday, 9/29 | Education Meeting/ Reverse Education | 0745-0850 Residents: America 2525 ---- Faculty: Canyon Conference Room | Residents only (America 2525) ---- Rotation supervisors and advisors only (Canyon) |
Tuesday, 9/30 | Case and Beyfortus/RSV Lecture by Dr. Stagliano | 0745-0850 America 2525 | All Welcome |
Wednesday, 10/1 | Grand Rounds at USUHS Delivering Feedback: A Framework for the Right Recipe for Feedback by Dr. Joshua Hartzell | 0745-0845 Room A2, Bldg A, USUHS and Virtual Google Meet Platform for inpatient teams | All Welcome Inpatient teams can join virtually at: https://meet.google.com/abn-tkfw-xom |
Thursday, 10/2 | Case and NICU Dermatology by Dr. Harrell | 0745-0850 America 2525 | All Welcome |
Friday, 10/3 | Case and Headaches by Dr. Hiraldo-Delgado | 0745-0850 America 2525 | All Welcome |
Save the Date 🗓 | Upcoming Birthdays 🎉 |
30 SEP: Patient Memorial held by Peds Heme Onc 1600-1500 with reception to follow | 7 OCT: Andrew Koury |
12 OCT: Deborah Kolade | |
18 OCT: Katy Crandall | |
30 OCT: Kaitlyn Yeh |
Meet our Rotating 4th Year Applicants!
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Continuity Clinic: See Continuity Clinic Assignments for AY 25-26 here!
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Resident Announcements
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)
Rotation Supervisor Contact List for AY 25-26
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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All Staff Updates

Pediatric Memorial
1600-1700 with reception to follow
The USO Warrior and Family Center at Bethesda
4565 Taylor Rd Building 83, Bethesda, MD 20815
Virtual link available
PI/QI Reminders
Upcoming Sessions/Due-Outs:
PI/QI is being moved to Morning Report! Each session will start with a PGY3 project update (max 5 minutes).
Session Dates for updates: 7 Oct (Behavioral Health), 7 Nov (Symbicort), 2 Dec (Beyfortus), 6 Jan (Mid year presentations), 3 Feb (Behavioral Health), 3 Mar (Symbicort), 31 March (Beyfortus), 29 April (Behavioral Health), 2 June (End of year presentations)
See PGY3 template for project updates below:
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
Please reach out to Nicole if you have been accepted to any upcoming conferences.
Congratulations to Rebecca, Jacquelin, Kayla, and Genesis on their acceptance to COMPRA 2025!
Congratulations to Karina, Brandon, Brenda, McKenzie, Genesis, Erin, and Keenan on their acceptance to AAP National Conference 2025!
Congratulations to Karina, Erin, and Keenan on their acceptance to the Child Neurology Society conference 2025!
Community Pediatrics/Advocacy Updates:
UPCOMING
Pathway to Pediatrics: The next Pathway to Pediatrics event will take place in the afternoon of 5 November (official time TBD). This is a volunteer event hosted by Population Health and Community Conversations at Washington School for the Girls and it is always a very fun time. Please reach out to Kayla Dahlquist if you are interested in attending!
ARMY
Army Leave
Current leave process
Please send an email to your 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 (PGY2/3) or Dr. Vasta (PGY1)
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 Maj Jean as first approver and Lt Col Reynolds as second approver
For the checklist - Overdue items will need a plan for updating or else leave is at jeopardy of not being approved.
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 – BCA tests are due at the end of your birth month
4 – PT test due date. You can check at myfss https://myfss.us.af.mil/USAFCommunity/s/usaf-fitness-management
5 – N/A for residents
NAVY
Leave:
LCDR Sierra Howell is now deployed through August 2025. Please send leave requests to CDR Danielle Barnes. CDR Barnes will be on leave 7/21-7/30, please submit upcoming leave prior to this.
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)
Please reach out to Nicole at nicole.martin143@gmail.com or nicole.m.martin56.mil@health.mil with any questions or concerns.
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