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Fellows in the News: TIME Magazine honors Dr. Hanna-Attisha, and moreby Trisha Korioth, Staff Writer
TIME Magazine honors Dr. Hanna-Attisha
Mona Hanna-Attisha, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, of West Bloomfield, Mich., was named one ofTIME Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world, taking the 20th spot.Director of the Michigan State University and Hurley Children's Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative, Dr.Hanna-Attisha discovered that children's blood lead levels were elevated due to drinking Flint, Michigan's lead-tainted water. She became a recognized and trusted face in the media and when speaking with governmentofficials as she advocated for the children's immediate and future health needs.
Dr. Hanna-Attisha will give a plenary address titled "Cracking the Case: the Flint Water Crisis and Public HealthAdvocacy" on Oct. 23 at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition, http://bit.ly/1WQqBOa.
CDC names immunization champions
Several AAP members were among those honored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)and CDC Foundation as Childhood Immunization Champions.
The award recognizes up to one individual in each state and eight territories for efforts in vaccine leadership,collaboration, innovation and advocacy. Honorees include
Graham Barden, M.D., FAAP, of New Bern, N.C.; Matthew Dorighi, M.D., FAAP, of Denver; Robert Dudley,M.D., M.Ed., FAAP, of New Britain, Conn.; John Dunn, M.D., FAAP, of Bothell, Wash.; Colleen Mattimore,M.D., FAAP, of Orchard Park, N.Y.; Jody Murph, M.D., FAAP, of Iowa City, Iowa; Ronald Samuels, M.D.,M.P.H., FAAP, of Boston; and Don Wilber, M.D., FAAP, of Midwest City, Okla.
Find biographical information on each winner at http://1.usa.gov/21cqnBd.
Additional Fellows in the newsPeter C. Adamson, M.D., FAAP, of Medford, N.J., and Augusto C. Ochoa, M.D., FAAP, of New Orleans, wereappointed to the National Cancer Institute's Blue Ribbon Panel to inform the scientific director and goals of VicePresident Joe Biden's National Cancer Advisory Board. The panel will provide scientific guidance to advancecancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Among the themes is the development of new approaches to thetreatment of pediatric cancers.
Dr. Adamson is chair of the Children's Oncology Group, which includes more than 200 hospitals, universities
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and cancer centers. He also serves as chief, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and director,Experimental Therapeutics in Oncology at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and professor of pediatrics atPerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Ochoa directs the Louisiana State University (LSU) Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center. He holds the AlCopeland/Cancer Crusaders Chair in Neuroendocrine Cancer, co-directs the Louisiana Cancer ResearchConsortium and is head of the Al Copeland-LSU Health New Orleans Partnership in Viruses, Cancer andImmunotherapy. He is a professor of pediatrics and adjunct associate professor of biochemistry at LSU HealthNew Orleans School of Medicine. He served a five-year term on the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Board ofScientific Counselors for Clinical Sciences and Epidemiology and is a member of the NCI Clinical Trials andTranslational Research Advisory Committee and Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Network.
Dr. Christoffel Katherine K. Christoffel, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, of Chicago, received theLifetime Achievement Award from the National Medical Council on Gun Violence.Professor emerita of pediatrics at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, Dr. Christoffel wasrecognized for trailblazing research that helped establish gun violence as a pediatric and public health concernin need of more funding and further study. Her current studies are focused on childhood obesity.
Dr. Curran John Curran, M.D., FAAP, of Tampa, Fla., was named deputy secretary forChildren's Medical Services (CMS) by the Florida Department of Health. He will oversee the Office of the CMSManaged Care Plan and Specialty Programs, Division of Children's Medical Services and CMS area offices. He
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has served as medical director of the Tampa Bay Region Children's Medical Services since 1986.As Florida Chapter president, he helped lead a team of pediatricians in the implementation of the StateChildren's Health Insurance Program and a statewide immunization registry. He served as AAP District X chairand AAP board member, and was a member of the AAP Committee on Child Health Financing.
Dr. Curran is the senior administrator and faculty member of the University of South Florida College of Medicineand was founding neonatologist at the Tampa General Hospital. He served 26 years in the U.S. Air ForceMedical Corps, retiring as a colonel.
Dr. Day Scottie B. Day, M.D., FAAP, of Nicholasville, Ky., was named associate chiefmedical officer for Kentucky Children's Hospital and vice chairman of inpatient pediatrics.He is a member of the National Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Expert Work Group of the Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services' Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act Pediatric Measurement Center ofExcellence.
Matthew W. Gillman, M.D., FAAP, of Boston, was named program director of the National Institutes of HealthEnvironmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes. The seven-year initiative uses large existing study cohortsto conduct research on high-impact pediatric outcomes.
Dr. Gillman has served as principal investigator or co-investigator on several large, high-profile studies, includingthe National Children's Study. He is professor of population medicine at Harvard Medical School and a professorof nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health.
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Dr. Jacobs Richard F. Jacobs, M.D., FAAP, of Little Rock, Ark., was named the 2016Distinguished Alumnus by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine.The Robert H. Fiser Jr., M.D., Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, he is professor and chairman of the Department ofPediatrics at UAMS College of Medicine. Dr. Jacobs also is pediatrician-in-chief, specializing in pediatricinfectious diseases at Arkansas Children's Hospital.
Brian Lynch, M.D., FAAP, of Rochester, Minn., received the Public Health Champion Award from OlmstedCounty, Minnesota, for his work with the county's public health services and other community organizations onhealth promotion.
Among efforts, Dr. Lynch was honored for implementation of a childhood obesity project at elementary schoolsand launching a sustainable model of improving care coordination and referral processes among pediatricprimary care, public health, and child and family services providers offering developmental and mental healthservices to children from birth to age 5.
He is a general pediatrician and assistant professor of pediatrics in the Department of Pediatric and AdolescentMedicine at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Lynch also coordinates the Minnesota AAP Community Access to Child HealthGrant.
Anthony J. Mancini, M.D., FAAP, of Chicago, was selected to chair the 2017 WorldCongress of Pediatric Dermatology in Chicago. Co-sponsored by the Academy, the meeting is held every fouryears.Dr. Mancini is professor of pediatrics and dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.He is head of the Division of Dermatology at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, where healso directs the fellowship training program in pediatric dermatology. A member of the AAP Section on
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Dermatology, he is president of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology.
Dr. Miloh Tamir Miloh, M.D., FAAP, of Bellaire, Texas, was named director of pediatrichepatology and liver transplant medicine at Texas Children's Hospital. He is associate professor of pediatrics-gastroenterology at Baylor College of Medicine.
Dr. Moyer Virginia A. Moyer, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, of Chapel Hill, N.C., received the 2016Distinguished Alumni Award from the Association of Rice University Alumni. Dr. Moyer received herundergraduate degree from Rice in 1974.Vice president of Maintenance of Certification (MOC) and Quality at the American Board of Pediatrics, Dr. Moyeroversees the development and administration of MOC in general pediatric practice and 14 pediatricsubspecialties. Dr. Moyer is a past member (2003-'0 8) and chair (20011-'14) of the U.S. Preventive ServicesTask Force from 2003-'14.
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Eliezer Nussbaum, M.D., FAAP, of Huntington Beach, Calif., was named chief of staff at Miller Children's andWomen's Hospital Long Beach.
Chief of Miller Children's Pediatric Pulmonary Center, Dr. Nussbaum helped develop the hospital's pediatricintensive care unit. He is professor of clinical pediatrics at the University of California, Irvine.
Dr. Pendergrass Dr. Shifrin Thomas Pendergrass, M.D., FAAP, ofKirkland, Wash., and Donald L. Shifrin, M.D., FAAP, of Mercer Island, Wash., received the Richard A. MolteniMedical Staff Award for Professionalism and Quality from Seattle Children's Hospital.Dr. Pendergrass received the award for contributions in the hospital setting. For 24 years, he served as directorof medical education at Seattle Children's Hospital. He is professor of pediatrics at the University of WashingtonSchool of Medicine, adjunct professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Healthand associate in the Clinical Research Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Dr. Shifrin was honored for efforts in community pediatrics. He is senior pediatrician at Allegro Pediatrics andclinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. His contributions have helpedraise awareness of media's impact on children.
Dr. Warren Michael Warren, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, of Nashville, was appointed deputycommissioner for population health for the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH). He most recently served asassistant commissioner for TDH Family Health and Wellness.Dr. Warren has helped lead efforts in maternal and child health, chronic disease prevention, health promotionand supplemental nutrition.
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