Matthew Kutny, M.D. has been appointed Associate Scientist in the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center Experimental Therapeutics Program.
Susan Walley, MD, has been selected as a member of the Executive Committee of the national AAP Section on Tobacco Control (SOTC) and currently serves as the AAP SOTC Publications Chair and Newsletter Editor. To see the Spring Edition of the SOTC Newsletter, please clickhere. She has also been selected to author the AAP Policy Statement on Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (i.e. electronic cigarettes).
Jeffrey Lebensburger, DO, is one of six US clinical junior faculty recipients of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2015 Scholar Award. The awards, in the amount $150,000 for junior faculty over a two- to three-year period, support basic, translational, and clinical research that advances the hematology field. Read the full story.
Susan Walley, MD, has been selected as a member of the Executive Committee of the national AAP Section on Tobacco Control (SOTC) and currently serves as the AAP SOTC Publications Chair and Newsletter Editor. To see the Spring Edition of the SOTC Newsletter, please clickhere. She has also been selected to author the AAP Policy Statement on Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (i.e. electronic cigarettes).
Jeffrey Lebensburger, DO, is one of six US clinical junior faculty recipients of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2015 Scholar Award. The awards, in the amount $150,000 for junior faculty over a two- to three-year period, support basic, translational, and clinical research that advances the hematology field. Read the full story.
Kathy Monroe, MD, has been elected to serve as a member on the AAP’s Executive Committee of the Council on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention.
Traci Jester, MD, has been selected to join the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America’s (CCFA) Pediatric Affairs Committee.
Dr. Suresh Boppana, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, is the 2015 recipient of the inaugural Congenital CMV (Cytomegalovirus) Award presented at the 5th annual International Congenital CMV Conference in Brisbane, Australia. This important award represents premier recognition of our Pediatric Infectious Diseases division by our international peers.
The UAB Center for Teaching and Learning announced the 2ndannual Teaching Innovation and Development Awards: Dr. Lindy Winter, Neonatology, was one of the 9 recipients for her project using a rapid-cycle simulation for infant CPR combined with a team-based training approach.
Wally Carlo, MD, Neonatology, was recently honored with a Special Recognition and Tribute at the Pediatric International Symposium hosted by the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires for his extraordinary work and accomplishments in South America and the rest of the world. The Department congratulates you on this well deserved honor.
Dr. Gregory Friedman, Hematology/Oncology, is committed to improving therapies for children with brain cancer. (7/2014)
Dr. Paola Mendoza, Rehab Medicine, received the Samuel L. Stover Excellence in Teaching award from the UAB PM&R residents.
Dr. Prescott Atkinson has been elected Vice Chair-Elect of the American Board of Allergy & Immunology; and also as Vice Chair of the Allergy & Immunology Program Directors Assembly Executive Committee for 2014.
Congratulations to Roger Berkow, MD, recently retired from the UAB Department of Pediatrics, for his reception of a 2014 Special Recognition Certificate from the American Academy of Pediatrics Education Award Subcommittee recognizing his contributions to Education.
Dr. Melissa Peters has been chosen by the Administration on Children, Youth and Families to receive the 2014 ACYF Commissioner’s Award for outstanding service in child protection in Alabama.
Dr. J.R. Hartig, Associate Professor and MedPeds Residency Program Director, has been selected as the 2014 recipient of the UAB President Award for Excellence in Teaching. Pediatrics congratulates him on achieving such exceptional excellence as an educator!
Congratulations to Dr's David Bernard and Melissa Peters, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, for passing their Child Abuse Subboard exam.
UAB, Children’s of Alabama working to advance pediatric research
Forty-nine UAB Department of Pediatrics Doctors on the 2013 Best Doctors of America list. (published December, 2013)
Stagno receives President’s Medal - UAB Medicine Article, December 2013.
New UAB Password and Passphrase Standards
Dr. David Kimberlin, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, has joined the working group of coalition researchers who will prepare for engagement with NIH to align the new pediatric research bill (signed by President Obama on November 27th) with the priorities of NICHD.
Scott James. MD, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, has been selected to receive the 2014 Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Ralph D. Feigin Apprenticeship Award.
Crayton Fargason, MD
Dr. Fargason was appointed a panel member to serve a four year term on a new study section, Healthcare Safety and Quality Improvement Research (HSQR) by The Division of Scientific Review Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. In addition, he also passed the Clinical Informatics certification exam in December, 2013.
Dr. William Britt
Dr. Britt, Professor of Pediatrics, has been appointed Chair of the Clinical Research and Field Studies of Infectious Diseases Study Section at the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health.
Brian Sims, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Sims, assistant professor of pediatrics and cell, developmental and integrative biology, has been recognized with the 2013 Graduate Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentorship. His nominator says, “Dr. Sims constantly motivated us to elevate and exceed our goals. He always remained optimistic and pushed us to never lower our goals when faced with obstacles and difficulties. In the past, when I have thought about quitting or exploring easer roads, Dr. Sims always took the time to sit down and talk to me to help me regain my focus.”
Drs. Ashraf and White
Drs. Ambika Ashraf Pediatric Endocrinology, and Marjorie Lee White, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, have been selected to the PREP Editorial Board as writers for their specialties.
Dr. Hussein Abdullatif
Dr. Abdullatif is the recipient of two Argus Awards from the Class of 2014 - Best MS2 Organ Module and the Dale J Benos Award for Best Module Director.