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This Month In Pediatrics
October 2024
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NewYork-Presbytrian Hospital Named #1 Children's Hospital in New York
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has been recognized as the #1 children’s hospital in New York, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-2025 “Best Children’s Hospitals” rankings. This is the 18th year in a row that the Hospital has ranked among the best children’s hospitals in the nation. Read more here!
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Protecting Confidentiality in Adolescent Patient Portals
In their study on the potential for parental disclosure through online patient portals, Drs. Erika Abramson and Marianne Sharko found that older teenagers were reluctant to provide clinicians with all of their health information, which could result in missed diagnosis and treatments. Read more here!
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Dr. Duncan Hau has been promoted to Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics effective October 1, 2024. Dr. Hau is a clinical pediatric hospitalist with scholarship focused on global health outcomes research and global health medical education. He conducts global health work with colleagues in East Africa. Through a combination of peer-reviewed research publications, grants, invited presentations, and local and national leadership positions, he has established himself as a leader in pediatric hospital medicine global health. | |
Dr. Nitya Gulati has been appointed the John D. and Lili R. Bussel Assistant Professor in Pediatric Hematology, effective November 1, 2024. Her appointment as the John D. and Lili R. Bussel Assistant Professor in Pediatric Hematology recognizes her role as a leader in the research of Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma bringing distinction to Weill Cornell Medicine. | |
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Dhristie Bhagat, MD
Division of Child Neurology
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Sana Hussain, PhD
Division of Child Psychology
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Hannah Welch, PsyD
Division of Child Psychology
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We are delighted to announce the launch of the third annual Department of Pediatrics Summer Internship, designed to provide high school, college, and graduate students with exposure to the field of Pediatric medicine and familiarization with career opportunities in medicine and research. The internship is full-time and offers two options: a 6-week program or a 10-week program from June 2 through August 8, 2025.
If you are from one of the programs listed on the website and would like to continue with your program in 2025, please confirm your participation by signing this link by November 11, 2024.
If you would like to initiate a new program, we encourage you to do so, by completing this one page 10-minute survey describing your program for the internship by November 11, 2024.
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Pediatric Fellows' Research in Progress takes place on the 4th Thursday of each month. Third and second year fellows present their ongoing academic scholarship work. This month's presenters were:
Christina Tempesta, MD (3rd Year Critical Care Fellow)
Topic: Assessing Needs of Critically-ill Children with Non-cancer Diagnoses: An Innovative Qualitative Study
Nicole Meyers, MD (2nd Year Hospital Medicine Fellow)
Topic: Preparing Medical Students for the Transition to Residency: A Qualitative Study of New Pediatric Intern Perspectives
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Dr. Chani Traube was featured on WCM Newsroom for being awarded a $3.4 million grant, with the possibility of extending to a total of $17 million over five years, from the National Institutes of Health, for a large-scale clinical trial called Optimizing Pain Treatment in Children on Mechanical ventilation (OPTICOM). Read more here! | | | |
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Dr. Nicole Meyers (Fellow) has been selected to receive a Fellows Small Research Grant for her project on, Use of single cell surface protein and gene expression studies to map immune alterations in female patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia as compared to those with acute disease and systemic lupus erythematosus.
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Dr. Jennifer Schloss (Fellow) has been selected to receive a Fellows Small Research Grant for her project on, Use of single cell surface protein and gene expression studies to map immune alterations in female patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia as compared to those with acute disease and systemic lupus erythematosus.
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Dr. Chelsea Crooks (Postdoctoral Associate) received the Hartwell Fellowship which supports scientists at early stages of career development who exemplify the values of the Foundation by benefiting children’s health in the U.S. The fellowship provides support at the level of $50,000 per year for 2 years.
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Remind Others to Vote
For a limited time, you can access an optional icon for your email signature to remind others to vote. Log into the Weill Cornell Medicine Brand Center with your CWID and password and select the third option. Your vote is your voice. Register to vote today.
To register to vote you must:
- Be a United States citizen
- Be 18 years old on election day
- Be a resident of this state and the county, city or village for at least 30 days before the election
- Not claim the right to vote elsewhere
Additional Resources:
New York
Board of Elections website here.
New Jersey
Board of Elections website here.
Connecticut
Board of Elections website here.
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The Food Allergy and InTolerance (FAIT) support team held a pumpkin painting activity for children with food allergies and intolerances on October 15th to raise awareness for the Teal Pumpkin Project, an advocacy project to promote safety and inclusivity in advance of Halloween. | | | |
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Dr. Juan Pascual received a $3M R01 grant entitled Mechanisms of motor superperformance from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
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Dr. Michelle Loy received the Top Abstract Award at the 2024 American Academy of Pediatrics National Convention for Section on Med/Peds.
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Our Pediatric PAs were nominated for PA of the Year and PA Mentor of the Year at the Weill Cornell Medicine campus:
PA of the Year Nominees
- Allyson Kines
- Taylor Dempsey
- Nina Koester
PA Mentor of the Year Winner
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Click here to view publications by faculty members published in the last 30 days! | | |
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Dr. Theresa Hetzler has been recognized by the Board of Director of the Academic Pediatric Association for her extraordinary contributions:
- Contiunity Research Network Steering Committee Special Interest Group Liaison
- Continuity SIG Co-Chair
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Dr. Juan Pascual was an editor for Rosenberg's Molecular and Genetic Basis of Neurological and Psychiatric Disease 7th edition publication.
Additionally, Dr. Pascual gave several presentations on various topics related to brain function all around the nation.
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Dr. Jennifer Salant is running her third consecutive TCS New York City Marathon on November 3rd while fundraising for the Pediatric Advanced Care Team (PACT)! This annual event is important for PACT’s continued growth and ability to meet programmatic and educational goals in order to serve as many children with serious illness and their families as possible. Click on her donation page for further information, and spread the word! | | | |
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In September, Dr. Kimberley Chien co-chaired the NASPGHAN Junior Faculty Conference in New Orleans. Beginning in November 2024, she will also chair the NASPGHAN Professional Development Committee.
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Dr. Sean Cullen has been selected to participate in the APS SPR Journeys & Frontiers in Pediatric Research program for 2024-2025!
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Dr. Alexandra Huttle has been selected to participate in the APS SPR Journeys & Frontiers in Pediatric Research program for 2024-2025! | | | |
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Dr. Jules Beal was invited to the Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar visiting professor's program in September and also gave Grand Rounds in Child Neurology at Sidra Medicine in Doha, Qatar on "Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathies."
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Dr. Nicole Kucine wrote a poem about giving bad news to patients and sharing in their pain. Read here!
She was also an invited speaker at the 16th International Congress on Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, where she gave a talk on “Myeloproliferative Neoplasms in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults.”
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Dr. Christine Salvatore was an invited seminar speaker at the Assembly Bio in San Francisco to present on "Congenital CMV: The Silent Global Burden." | | | |
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We are pleased to share our 2024 Pediatrics Cardiac Outcomes Report. This was created in collaboration with the Children’s Heart Center at NewYork-Presbyterian leadership team. The Advances newsletter goes out to pediatricians of all specialties nationally. | | | |
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Complimentary Hotel Stays
The department continues to offer complimentary hotel rooms based on availability and with approval of their Division Chiefs to faculty who are in need an overnight stay in the city due to inpatient clinical duties. Any requests, approved by your Division Chief, need to be sent to
PedsChairAdmin@med.cornell.edu one week in advance of the intended stay. If space is available (we have a limited number of rooms/month), you will be contacted with further details.
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Our residents and fellows enjoyed a lovely evening with the Chair. We are thankful for your commitment to our patients and your positive energy that shines through every day! | | | |
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Weill Cornell Medicine to Host Peds Section
In December, pediatric neurosurgeons from across the United States will meet at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel for the annual AANS/ CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery. Hosted by NewYork-Presbyterian, NYU Langone, and Mount Sinai. For more information visit pedsneurosurgery.org.
Date: December 12-15, 2024
Location: Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel 811 7th Ave New York, NY
Register HERE!
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Dr. Jennie Ono wants to thank the incredible personnel at all of the NYP campuses. On Thursday, a 15-year-old patient who had previously received a heart transplant arrived at Queens' pediatric emergency department in severe condition and needed ECMO. This was a remarkable instance of cooperation between peds and adult services, as well as across campuses, to arrange for her safe transportation up to Morgan Stanley. She arrived in critical condition, and with the help of the Morgan Stanley heart failure team (David Kalfa's team and the PICU), Queens peds ED, peds cardiology (Maria Thanjan), and the Queens adult heart team (Charlie Mack, adult CT surgery, Queens, and Steve Oh, pediatric surgery), along with roughly thirty other individuals from various disciplines, she was stabilized and cannulated for ECMO at Queens prior to transfer to MSCH and is currently stable. It was an impressive mobilization, and everyone went above and beyond for this patient. It was really an incredible effort.❤️
Share your appreciation for colleagues by submitting a shout-out for inclusion in the department newsletter here!
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