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This Month In Pediatrics
November 2024
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Pediatric Cardiology Now at Long Island City
The Division of Pediatric Cardiology is excited to announce the expansion of outpatient pediatric cardiology services to the Weill Cornell Medicine – Long Island City practice, located at 28-25 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City. As of August 2024, Dr. Denis Donovan sees pediatric patients (ages 0-21) once weekly on Wednesdays at the LIC location, complete with full EKG and echocardiography capabilities. Future expansion to include fetal echocardiography is planned. Pediatric cardiology referrals and appointments can be made through the standard EPIC referral workflow or by calling 212-746-3561.
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Pediatricians Are Skeptical About TruHeight, A Supplement Brand
In a recent Yahoo Life article, Dr. Zoltan Antal discusses how nutrition has a major role in growth, especially during infancy but also throughout life. Pediatricians are not confident that TruHeight can help kids grow.
Read more here!
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Dr. Oliver Barry has been named as Site Director for the Pediatric Catheterization Lab and Program at the Children’s Heart Center at NewYork-Presbyterian, a combined program at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Barry to his leadership role. This is great news for our pediatric patients with heart disease, for their families, and their physicians. | |
The Department of Pediatrics is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Perdita Permaul to Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy, & Immunology, effective November 1, 2024. We are delighted about Dr. Permaul’s accomplishments and promotion to Associate Professor and look forward to her future achievements at Weill Cornell Medicine. | |
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Daniel Lowenstein, MD
Division of Child Neurology
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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. Applications open December 2, 2024. This is the final opportunity to add your program and take on an intern for the summer!
Learn more about participating programs here!
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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. Brittany Groh (Pediatric Critical Care Fellow) has been selected to participate in the T32 program in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Brittany will continue to be mentored by Dr Stefan Worgall as she characterizes the airway microbiome in children with acute respiratory failure secondary to viral bronchiolitis. | | | |
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Celebrating the Success of Suffs and Inspiring Advocacy for Children’s Health
Our recent event combining the powerful Broadway show Suffs with an engaging panel discussion on children’s health was a remarkable success! Suffs, which portrays the bravery and determination of early 20th-century suffragists, set the stage for a stirring evening, reminding us of the power of advocacy and collective action.
Following the show, Chelsea Clinton moderated a dynamic talkback with Tony-nominated Suffs actor Nikki M. James and Drs. Peter Hotez, Edith Bracho-Sanchez, and Omolara Uwemedimo, who shared insights on the pressing challenges facing children’s health today. Topics ranged from equitable healthcare access to building a pipeline of pediatric providers and researchers, each sparking meaningful dialogue and inspiring the audience to take action.
Panelists also shared their perspectives on how policy changes can improve health outcomes for children and increase access to quality care. Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to the evening’s success. Keep using your outside voice!
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Exciting Advocacy Training Opportunity for Medical Students: Trainees for Child Injury Prevention
We are thrilled to share an outstanding opportunity that might interest medical students. Trainees for Child Injury Prevention (T4CIP) is a national initiative of medical trainees dedicated to promoting child injury prevention. This unique program invites trainees from across the country to participate in one-day advocacy campaigns, where they develop and share impactful outreach materials.
Why Participate?
Now entering its fifth year, T4CIP has had remarkable success, with 280 trainees from 117 institutions across 39 states taking part over the past four years. This program provides an excellent opportunity for trainees to:
• Build leadership and advocacy skills as they engage in national health campaigns.
• Develop communication expertise by conveying vital information to various audiences.
• Network with peers and mentors in the field of pediatric injury prevention.
• Receive mentorship from nationally recognized experts in child injury prevention.
How to Apply
We encourage trainees at all levels to apply for T4CIP. For more information and to apply, visit http://bit.ly/T4CIP. The application deadline is December 1, 2024.
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Dr. Jimin Lee was nominated for a 3-year term as the Nanette Laitman Clinical Scholar in Quality of Care Research. | | | |
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Dr. Perdita Permaul was recently inducted on November 8th as the incoming President of the New York Allergy and Asthma Society. Read more here! | | | |
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Dr. Kimberley Chien became the Chair of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Professional Development Committee.
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Emily Coppedge (Nurse Practitioner) won the 2024 Nicole Rioles Outstanding People with Diabetes Advocate Award, given by the T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Collaborative. | | | |
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Dr. Hannah Federman (PostDoc) received a $74,908 CTSC TL1 Training Award for her proposal titled New Tools for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Kidney Fibrosis.
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Dr. Michelle Ramos (3rd Year GI Fellow) received the NASPGHAN Child Nutrition and Health Equity White House Challenge Award on behalf of the her work with the NASPGHAN DEI Committee on The Middle School Outreach by NASPGHAN to Promote Nutrition Education and Pediatric Gastroenterology. The award amount is $3,600. | | | |
Click here to view publications by faculty members published in the last 30 days! | | |
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Dr.Sallie Permar discusses congenital viral infection, a "silent" epidemic that receives little attention especially with its scale of impact on child wellbeing in a podcast with Charting Pediatrics presented by Children's Hospital Colorado. Listen to podcast here! | | | |
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Dr. Perdita Permaul explains how biologics have evolved since 2003 and how they are changing the way allergic conditions are treated. She also explains why some of the biologics treat multiple diseases, whereas some are only approved for one. Listen to podcast here!
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Dr. Barry Kosofsky continues his national leadership in training pediatric neurology clinician-scientists as co-director of the NIH National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke Child Neurologist Career Development Program (CNCDP-K12). He co-led the CNCDP-K12 retreat, attended by fellows, faculty, and applicants, in San Diego from November 8 - 10. Two additional Weill Cornell Medicine faculty, Dr. Zachary Grinspan (CNCDP faculty) and Dr. Yasmin Khakoo (representing the Child Neurology Society), were also in attendance.
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Dr. Lisa Roth gave an inspirational Grand Rounds, where she discussed her experiences as a pediatrician scientist, including how she overcame, defined, and changed the way we treat cancer in adolescents and young adults.
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Dr. Sean Cullen shared his experiences as a pediatrician scientist at Grand Rounds, emphasizing the qualities of a feasible project throughout training, embracing the change in direction, and leveraging a "coven" of mentors and colleagues. | | | |
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Dr. Jennifer Bassetti presented at a conference of the Multidisciplinary Prenatal Diagnostic Center of the American Hospital in Paris on November 15th. She will be speaking on “Advancements in Prenatal Diagnostic Testing Using Whole Genome Sequencing”.
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Dr. Kimberly Chien gave a presentation on Block the Clot: VTE Prophylaxis in Pediatric IBD and moderated the Women in Medicine Breakfast at the NASPGHAN Annual Meeting 2024 on November 7th in Hollywood, Florida.
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Dr. Shipra Kaicker spoke at the Global Action Network for Sickle Cell and Other Inherited Blood Disorders (GANSID) Congress 2024. Her talk was on November 2nd in the plenary session entitled “Improving Access to Non-Curative Therapies in Inherited blood Disorders”: My specific topic was “Increasing Access to Factors in Hemophilia”. It was focused on improving access to care in hemophilia in lower-middle income countries that are resource limited.
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Dr. Robert Finkelstein served as Master Faculty for the Trauma In Kids (TRIK) Course in Ilorn, Nigeria. TRIK is the premier pediatric trauma course in North America, initiated by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and currently provided by the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians. | | | |
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Dr. Omar Abdul-Rahman was a speaker at a webinar hosted by the Marlene Meyerson Community Center on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. | | | |
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Dr. Aliza Soloman presented her abstracts titled, Reducing the Strain: A Multidisciplinary Collaboration to Standardize Care for Children with Constipation while Improving Patient Care and Healthcare Resource Utilization; and Collagenous Gastritis in Children, at the NASPGHAN ANNUAL Meeting in Hollywood Florida.
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Dr. Nicole Kucine was an invited speaker at a virtual patient webinar for an organization called Global MPN on November 18th. Read more here!
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Dr. Alisha Akinsete's abstract was accepted for presentation at the the American College of Rheumatology Conference.
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Dr. Michelle Loy was featured on SAGE Publishing for her recent blog post on Healing Through Connection. Read more here!
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Dr. Rachel Kowalsky was a panelist at the New York University Black Women's Health Collective, discussing health equity, race, and providers of color.
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Dr. Krithika Karthigeyan's (PostDoc) abstract, The Role of Maternal Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Activity in Perinatal Transmission of HIV-1, has been accepted for poster presentation at the 2025 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). CROI 2025 will be held from March 9 to 12, at the Moscone Center North in San Francisco, California, USA. | | | |
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Farewell to Maria Reyes (Assistant Director, Revenue & Billing Compliance)
We are grateful her years of service and her unwavering dedication to the department. Many of us have been touched by Maria, and her absence will be felt. Even though it's difficult to say goodbye, we have no doubt that her new chapter will be equally as remarkable as the one she has had with us.
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On November 20th, the Pediatrics Book Club met and heard author Dr. Jessi Gold, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Chief Wellness Officer, at the University of Tennessee System, talk about her book, How Do You Feel?: A Physician's Quest for Humanity in Medicine. Everyone who attended enjoyed meeting the author and learning about her work in wellness and mental health. | | | |
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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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Pediatrics Holiday Celebration
The holiday season is just around the corner, and we're excited to spread some festive cheer! It's that time of the year when we come together to celebrate and appreciate all the hard work and camaraderie that makes our department special.
Date: December 10, 2024
Location: Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021
RSVP HERE!
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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 10019
Register HERE!
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Kudos to Pediatric Physician Assistant, Lauren McCarthy for winning the 2024 Physician Assistant Mentor of the Year for the Weill Cornell Medicine campus! Additionally, several Pediatric PAs were nominated for Physician Assistant of the Year for the Weill Cornell Medicine campus, including Allyson Kines, Taylor Dempsey, and Nina Koester!
Share your appreciation for colleagues by submitting a shout-out for inclusion in the department newsletter here!
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