ON THE COVERDr. Samer K. ElbabaaNeurosurgery Division Director Dr. Samer K. Elbabaaremoves a tumor from a pediatric patient’s brain. Since Dr.Elbabaa’s arrival in July 2011, the Division of Neurosurgery at<strong>SSM</strong> <strong>Cardinal</strong> <strong>Glennon</strong> Children’s <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Center</strong> hasincreased its neurosurgical clinic times and expanded its staffto see more patients, and added state-of-the-art endoscopicand microsurgical equipment for innovative procedures.FOCUS ON<strong>Pediatrics</strong>TMEditor In ChiefSherlyn HailstonePresident<strong>SSM</strong> <strong>Cardinal</strong> <strong>Glennon</strong>Children’s <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Center</strong><strong>Medical</strong> EditorKenneth Haller, MDAssociate Professor of <strong>Pediatrics</strong>Saint Louis UniversitySchool of MedicineEditorAndrew SuttonPhysician Services Team Leader<strong>SSM</strong> <strong>Cardinal</strong> <strong>Glennon</strong>Children’s <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Center</strong>WriterJessica HedgesPhysician Services Communications Specialist<strong>SSM</strong> <strong>Cardinal</strong> <strong>Glennon</strong>Children’s <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Center</strong>For comments and suggestions, please email FocusOnPeds@ssmhc.com.
Announcements2012 <strong>Glennon</strong>Express GuidesMailed in January<strong>Glennon</strong>ExpressGuide2012Each physicianoffice receivedtwo 2012<strong>Glennon</strong> ExpressGuides and anorder form foradditional guidesin January. If youdid not receive your guides or would likeextras, please e-mailJessica_Hedges@ssmhc.com.To view a printable PDF of the2012 <strong>Glennon</strong> Express Guide, go towww.cardinalglennon.com,For Physicians, Office Resources,2012 <strong>Glennon</strong> Express Guide.One-Stop-Shoppingfor ContinuingEducationOpportunities2012EducationConnections - anew CME/CEU guide with<strong>SSM</strong> <strong>Cardinal</strong><strong>Glennon</strong>, <strong>SSM</strong>Maternity Careand Saint LouisUniversity Schoolof Medicine educational opportunities- was mailed to physician offices inFebruary. If you did not receive yourguide or would like extras, please e-mailJessica_Hedges@ssmhc.com.To view a printable PDF ofEducation Connections, go towww.cardinalglennon.com,For Physicians, Education,Education Connections.AppointmentsKoenig, Joyce, MDAppointed to serve as 2012-2013 President for the Midwest Society for Pediatric ResearchAwardsDanis <strong>Pediatrics</strong> at <strong>SSM</strong> <strong>Cardinal</strong> <strong>Glennon</strong> Children’s <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Center</strong>The Danis <strong>Pediatrics</strong> office staff and the General Academic <strong>Pediatrics</strong> faculty received the 2011 Bright FuturesPreventive Services Improvement Project award from the American Academy of <strong>Pediatrics</strong> (AAP) QualityImprovement Innovation Network on Nov. 11, 2011 in Chicago. The mission of the improvement project isto improve health supervision care of children from birth to age 3 as outlined by Bright Futures: Guidelines forHealth Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents.InvitationsKoenig, Joyce, MDInvited grant reviewer: National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Child Health and HumanDevelopment. 21 February 2012.Invited grant reviewer, special emphasis panel: National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Allergyand Infectious Diseases. 2-3 February 2012.Invited platform session chair: 2012 Pediatric Academic Societies meeting – Chorioamnionitis, Inflammationand the Developing Fetus. 2012. (upcoming meeting)Zand, Debra, PhDInvited Membership: Association for Psychologists in Academic Health <strong>Center</strong>s. December 2011.PresentationsAbraham, Elizabeth, MD“Steroid-Based Versus Steroid-Free Immunosuppression in Children.” American Transplant Congress. Boston.June 2012. (upcoming presentation)Elbabaa, Samer MD“Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury.” Midwest Pediatric Trauma Conference. St. Louis. 18 November 2011.“Revisiting the Endoscopic Ventricular Shunt Catheter Insertion and Revision: Risk Factors for Failure.” 39thAnnual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. Goa, India. 16-20 October 2011.Koenig, Joyce, MD“Leukocytes, Platelets and Coagulation Disorders in Neonates.” American Academy of <strong>Pediatrics</strong> NeoPrepReview Course. New Orleans. 21 January 2012.Research abstract accepted for platform presentation. Pediatric Academic Societies meeting. Boston. 30 April2012. (upcoming presentation)PublicationsBabusis, Elizabeth, MD“Live and Inactive Influenza Vaccines Induce Similar Humoral Responses, but Only Live Vaccines InduceDiverse T-Cell Responses in Young Children.” The Journal of Infectious Diseases. September 2011.Elbabaa, Samer, MD“Code the Complexities of Intracranial Endoscopies in Pediatric Neurosurgery.” AAPC Coding Edge. January2012.“Myelomeningocele and Associated Anomalies” (Chapter 117). Benzel, Edward (2012). Spine Surgery:Techniques, Complication Avoidance and Management (3rd Edition). Elsevier.Haller, Kenneth, MD and Scalzo, Tony, MD“I’ve Heard Some Things That Scare Me: Responding with Empathy to Parents’ Fears of Vaccinations.” MissouriMedicine. January/February 2012.Jain, Ajay, MD“Enteral Bile Acid Treatment Improves Parenteral Nutrition Related Liver Disease and Intestinal MucosalAtrophy in Neonatal Pigs.” American Journal of Physiology – GI. November 2011.ResearchAbraham, Elizabeth, MDCompleted an M.S. in Clinical Research from the University of CincinnatiKoenig, Joyce, MDAwarded a two-year grant (Feb. 2012-Jan. 2014) totaling $412,000 by the National Institutes of Health andNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study neonatal immunity and inflammatory mechanismsResignationsKumar, Tarun, MD - Department of SurgeryWalsh, David, MD - Department of Child Neurology1
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