Dixon began his volunteer leadership service at Children’s in 1998, serving on the Board’s Research and Education Committee, Executive Committee and as an officer of the Alabama Children’s Hospital Foundation. He has contributed to the community through his commitment to numerous philanthropic boards, especially his family’s foundation, the Dixon Foundation. The Dixon Foundation has a strong partnership with the UAB Department of Pediatrics, including its support of the Dixon Fellowship Training program.
Reed Allen Dimmitt, M.D., is the first holder of the David E. Dixon Endowed Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology. Dr. Dimmitt is a professor in the UAB Department of Pediatrics, the director of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, and the medical director of Children’s Intensive Feeding Program. In addition, Dr. Dimmitt will serve as the president of the Children’s of Alabama medical staff and chair of the medical executive committee beginning in January 2018. Dimmitt’s research includes mucosal immunology, the role of intestinal microbiota in the pathogenesis of injury, and the causes of intestinal failure associated liver disease.
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Samuel Hopper, M.D., Assistant Professor in Pediatric Neurology, earned his medical degree from Tulane School of Medicine. He completed his pediatric residency at UAB. He joins us from Jackson, Mississippi, where he worked with Children’s Medical Group, Batson Children’s Hospital and University of Mississippi Medical Center, and Mississippi Baptist Medical Center. His clinical and research interest is headaches in children. He sees headache patients at Children's South.
“Indeed, the benefits of antenatal corticosteroids were substantially larger for infants born at the lowest gestations, including less than 28-week infants, for which data from randomized controlled trials are most limited,” said Wally Carlo, M.D., senior investigator of the study and director of the UAB Division of Neonatology.
Compared to babies born at term, premature babies carry a greater risk of death or serious complications after birth, with problems tending to be more severe the earlier a baby is born. Infants exposed to antenatal corticosteroids had lower mortality and lower rates of brain bleeding.
Colm Travers, M.D., third-year fellow in the UAB Division of Neonatology and principal investigator of the study, and a team of researchers analyzed data for 117,941 infants born between 23 and 34 weeks of gestation from 2009 to 2013 at 300 neonatal intensive care units across the United States. Death or major illness was analyzed by gestational age and exposure to antenatal corticosteroids, adjusting for factors such as birth weight, sex, mode of delivery and multiple births.
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Books will be available in print and e-book format on Amazon and in Audiobook format from audible.com, Amazon, and iTunes. Locally, they will be sold at the new location of Little Professor in Homewood.
Russell has two upcoming book signings at Little Professor in Homewood on April 4 from 5 - 7 p.m., and at Emmet O’Neal Library in Mountain Brook on April 9. See more on his website at www.authorstephenrussell.com.
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The Second Annual Pediatric Science Day was held on March 9, 2017 in the Bradley Lecture Center. The organizers are pleased to announce the day was another huge success! Nineteen pediatric presentations were showcased including presentations by 15 pediatric fellows, three residents, and one medical student. Additionally, 11 posters were presented, ten by pediatric fellows and one medical student. We were thrilled that Dr. Michael Haller, Professor and Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology at the University of Florida, was able to join us as the featured Grand Rounds speaker. He was an integral active participant during both the platform and poster sessions, and gave a very informative grand rounds presentation on his experiences into the type 1 diabetes research world. Two fellows and one resident were highlighted with best abstracts in their section: Dr. Corey Falcon (second year Hematology & Oncology fellow), Dr. Colm Travers (third year Neonatology fellow), and Dr. Erika Bishop (third year Pediatric resident). The day was even more complete as many faculty members took time to enjoy the presentations and the poster session. Special thanks to the seven faculty who took time to review the abstracts: Drs. Tofil, Wu, Cohen, Lebensburger, Nassetta, Iyer and McCormick. We look forward to next year - Pediatric Science Day 2018!
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