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| Alice Kuo, MD, PhD, MBA, FAAP President, AAP - CA2 2018 - 2020 |
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What a difference a month makes. I was asked at UCLA to oversee COVID exposures in all health care workers throughout our system, so I have been living and breathing COVID every day for the past three and a half weeks. I am well aware of the fear and anxiety that COVID can cause among health care providers, having fielded by now hundreds of calls from our own staff and providers at UCLA. These are some tips that I can share that pertain to pediatrics with a caveat that this is the best knowledge that I have at the time of writing Read more
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The American Academy of Pediatrics, California Chapter 2 (AAP-CA2) Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine (COPAM) recommends the following measures to prevent and mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more >>
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The American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) thanks each and every pediatrician for the exceptional commitment to caring for children during the COVID-19 pandemic. We recognize that these are truly unprecedented times and want to do everything we can to allow you to focus on what is most important: your patients and your families. Our commitment is that no pediatrician will lose their ABP certification because of the extraordinary patient care pressures associated with this pandemic. View full statement
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Ilan Shapiro Strygler, MD, FAAP Medical Director of Health and Welness - Altamed
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2020 Census Materials - Make Kids Count
Children between 0 to 5 are usually under counted. We have the opportunity to help our community share important information about Social Determinants of Health and the importance of being represented. Please go to
Census Materials to use any tools.
You may refer parents to our website during in-person or telemedicine encounters. Have them visit
https://www.altamed.org/census Information is available in English and Spanish.
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Adam Schickedanz, MD, FAAP
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We are using a standardized approach in an effort to identify best practices and improve ACEs screening on a larger scale. All interviews will be de-identified and kept confidential. This effort will help us learn how to deliver optimal trauma-informed care in this time of rapid change in child health care delivery.
If you are interested in learning more about participating in a brief, 30-60-minute interview, please follow
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| Welcome New Chapter Members |
We would like to welcome and thank the following
NEW members.
- Marc Durocher, Medical Student (Fontana)
- Kathryn Fekete, DO (Fort Irwin)
- Camila Garcia Paz, Medical Student (Downey)
- James Kimpo, Medical Student (Delano)
- Jody Krantz, MD (Santa Monica)
- Julianne Lee, MD (Arcadia)
- Brittany Middleton, MD (Los Angeles)
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- Suhad Niazi, MD Moorpark)
- Janessa Peralta, MD (Manteca)
- Julia Reading, Medical Student (Los Angeles)
- Lawrence Ross, MD (Santa Monica)
- Chad Vercio, MD (Redlands)
- Shanice Wells, Medical Student (Bakersfield)
- Shanice Wells, Medical Student (Bakersfield)
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ADVANCES IN PEDIATRICS
31st Annual AAP-CA2 Pediatric Symposium
Coronavirus Updates... Pain Management and Opioids... Vaping/Nicotine Addiction Treatment... Fever Management, and more!
NEW DATE
Saturday, August 22, 2020
at UCLA
9 Speakers - 3 Tracks
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- The Committee on Service, Education, and Mentoring, which awards scholarships to pediatric residents for outstanding research projects.
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