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I hope that you all had a good summer break. COVID is still here and causing 1500 deaths a day in our country. Vaccine rates are increasing but have not reached levels to give us herd immunity.
Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act of 2021 was the topic of this year’s AAP Advocacy Conference. Bipartisan house bill H.R. 2347, and bipartisan senate bill S. 2691 are moving through congressional committees for the betterment of children.
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I would like to welcome our new chapter members and encourage them to make use of the resources available on our website, aapca2.org
Voting for National AAP President Elect, District IX Chairperson and Vice Chairperson concluded on September 8. Sandy L. Chung, MD, FAAP, of Fairfax, VA has been voted AAP president-elect. Dr. Chung will take over as president on Jan. 1, 2023, following Moira A. Szilagyi, MD, PhD, FAAP, of Marina Del Rey, who will serve as president in 2022. At the District level, I would like to congratulate Yasuko Fukuda, MD, FAAP for being elected as District IX Chairperson, and Eric Ball, MD, FAAP as District IX Vice Chairperson.
For physicians to apply for the grant money through American Rescue Plan (ARP) and Provider Relief Fund (PRF), the HRSA website will open on September 29, 2021. Please check with your accountant to see whether you qualify for these grants. All qualified physicians will get paid grant money, but physicians from rural areas will get higher payments. Find the details here.
I would like to welcome Karinne Van Groningen, MD, FAAP to our team. Dr. Van Groningen is the new AAP-CA2 Legislative and Policy Analyst, and will be leading all advocacy efforts in our Chapter, representing us locally and in Sacramento. You may read about Dr. Van Groningen in this issue's Member Spotlight.
First 5 LA is offering Technical Assistance to a few practices who are interested in implementing universal developmental screening, but are not sure where to start. Learn from the team who developed the "Early Screening, Better Outcomes: Developmental Screening and Referral Toolkit for Pediatric Medical Clinics". See the details below to sign up. Space is limited.
The Climate Change Committee is hosting a Social Hour via Zoom on October 27. Please register to join this meaningful conversation in our region.
We will also be hosting a webinar on November 11 with a special guest from the American Board of Pediatrics. They will be sharing the latest options for obtaining maintenance of certification (MOC) credits.
Our Advances in Pediatrics Symposium is set for February 26, 2022 at UCLA. This will be a hybrid event with the option of attending in person, or virtually via Zoom. Please save the date! Residents and medical students, the abstract submission deadline is December 15th.
If you missed any of the most recent webinars, you may watch the recordings by following the links provided in the Recent Events section below.
Best wishes,
D. Rajasekhar, MD, FAAP
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COVID-19 Dashboards by County |
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How to Prepare Your Families - National Preparedness Month
Millicent Wilson, MD
September is “National Preparedness Month” - the month recognized each year to promote family and community disaster planning.
I know that this thought may seem a little overwhelming, considering that we are barely emerging from under the huge, international disaster of a global pandemic. Read more ...
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AAP-CA2 Advances in Pediatrics Symposium 2022
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Please Save The Date for this Hybrid event.
Attend in Person - Attend Via Zoom
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Call for Abstracts
AAP-CA2 Advances in Pediatrics Symposium
February 26, 2022
Abstract Submission Deadline: December 15, 2021 at 11:59PM PST
General Information:
The AAP California Chapter 2 will accept abstracts on scholarly projects by pediatric and medicine-pediatric residents from CHLA, Harbor-UCLA, Kaiser LA, Loma Linda, UCLA, and USC.
Students from medical schools in the Southern California counties of Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura are also invited to submit their abstracts.
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L.A. school officials order sweeping student vaccine mandate, a first by a major district
Los Angeles Times | By Howard Blume, Melissa Gomez Sep. 9, 2021
All children 12 and older in Los Angeles public schools must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by January to enter campus under an order approved Thursday by the Board of Education, the first such mandate among the nation’s largest school systems and a decision that triggered immediate pushback. Read More ... (This article references the AAP-CA2 press release) |
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AAP-CA2 Press Release
Pediatricians in Support of LAUSD School Board Vaccine Mandate
LOS ANGELES, CA (September 9, 2021)
Pediatricians applaud Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD, the second largest school district in the country) for taking the monumental step in mandating COVID-19 vaccines for eligible students aged 12 and older.
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AAP-CA2 legislative and policy analyst Karinne Van Groningen, MD (Left) and AAP-CA2 Member at Large Ilan Shapiro, MD (Right) interviewed by KCAL 9. |
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Health Advisory: Off-Season Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections and Use of Palivizumab
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in infants and a cause of severe disease in adults older than age 65 years. Although RSV typically circulates during the winter, RSV infections have been increasing this summer throughout the United States; compared to historical summer levels. Read more ...
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UCLA Anti-Vaping Task Force
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The UCLA Anti-Vaping Champions Task Force needs YOU to help protect children and young adults from the harmful influence of big tobacco companies and the e-cigarette/vaping epidemic! Our Task Force is looking for members who are passionate about fighting against the use of tobacco products in our communities. Read More...
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First 5 LA - Technical Assistance
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First 5 LA is offering brief technical assistance to a few small pediatric practices or solo practitioners to support application of aspects of the toolkit that would be workable within their practice. For example:
- Are you interested in implementing universal developmental screening, but you’re not sure where to start?
- Are you already doing developmental screening, but you want help knowing when to refer and where?
- Do you want strategies to talk about screening results with parents?
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Karinne Van Groningen, MD |
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Karinne Van Groningen, MD, MPH is a UCLA preventive medicine and public health fellow physician and board certified pediatrician. She is also the AAP California Chapter 2 legislative and policy analyst.
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The Member Spotlight is written to highlight our chapter membership. Chapter members can submit personal narratives about themselves with a focus on how they maintain their physician wellness in the face of everyday struggles and challenges. Authors may also choose to highlight a practice, volunteer activities, QI projects, etc. The purpose of the spotlight series is to encourage and foster unity and support within the chapter. |
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Please Share Your Story
Are you currently enrolled in a pediatric or medicine-pediatrics residency in our Chapter region? Are you involved in a project that you would like to showcase? Do you practice a sport, or have an artistic talent that you would like to share? We want to showcase YOU in the Residency Corner of our Chapter Newsletter.
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Advocacy Week at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)
By Victoria Goldman, MD and Bethany Burdick, MD, MPH
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in over a year of virtual learning, as well as changes in how we view education. In response, the second-year pediatric residency class at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) selected a longitudinal advocacy focus on educational disparities in public schools.
More than 6.5 million school age children miss more than 15 school days per year. California data show one in ten students... Read more...
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Residency Corner Articles: The Residency Corner is dedicated to highlighting resident voices and providing an opportunity to find peer connections across the residency programs in the chapter. It is a space for residents to publish articles on their topics of interest. Submissions from all areas are welcome, including sharing ideas to stay socially connected during residency, describing personal hobbies or passions, highlighting resident research or QI projects, describing advocacy efforts, or providing advice and perspective on transitions during residency. The Residency Corner will rotate monthly to showcase a representative from each of the residency programs in the chapter. Please find the submission guidelines HERE.
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September 20 | ACEs Aware Ventura County
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Self-Care Strategies for Provider Burnout
September 20, 2021 at 6 pm
Presented by Ruby Kalra, MD and Adwoa Osei, MD
In this session, attendees will learn:
- To identify the features of physician burnout and compassion fatigue as it relates to ACE screening.
- About the benefits of self-care tools for use in personal well-being.
- How yoga, mindfulness, and other practices can be used as self-care tools.
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Section on Early Career Physicians (SOECP) EVENTS
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All members are welcome to attend the SOECP’s virtual H-Program
Building Relationships & Improving Productivity: Tools to Navigate Burnout
VH1253 | 2021 AAP National Conference & Exhibition Virtual Session
October 9, 2021 | 1-3pm ET | Virtual CME: 1.50
Early career physicians working to establish themselves can become frustrated and feel unfulfilled when priorities compete, and progress is stalled. Whether you are in a community or academic setting, we invite you to join a discussion on redefining one’s mission, addressing productivity barriers, and managing relationships to ensure career success.
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Leadership, Equity, and Advancement in Pediatrics (LEAP) Webinar Series
Webinar series presented by the AAP Section on Early Career Physicians
The purpose of this 4-part series is to educate, empower, and equip our early career members so that they have the tools to lead with confidence.
- Work-Life Integration | Wednesday, October 20, 2021 | 7-8pm CT
- Navigating a Structurally Discriminatory Environment | Thursday, December 2, 2021 | 7-8pm CT
- Negotiation | Thursday, November 4, 2021 | 7-8pm CT
- Graceful Self-Promotion | Thursday, January 20, 2022 | 7-8pm CT
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October 27 | Climate Change Committee - Social
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The AAP-CA2 Climate Change Committee invites you to attend an informational webinar on October 27th at 6:30 PM. This event is intended to be a Social Hour, for chapter members to come together via Zoom and discuss how climate change is impacting our youth. We want to hear from you. Our primary objectives are to learn about the most impactful climate change factors in our region, and what pediatricians can do to help mitigate them. Halloween theme - costumes welcome!
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November 11 | ABP MOC Options
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Please join us on November 11 at 6:30 PM to learn about the latest news and options for pediatricians interested in obtaining Maintenance of Certification (MOC) credits. Presented by Keith Mann, MD, MED of the American Board of Pediatrics.
- About the American Board of Pediatrics
- The MOC Program in Pediatrics
- Part 2 Activities
- MOCA-Peds
- How to obtain Part 4 (QI) Credit
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September 23 - CHOC Children's Lecture Series
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CHOC Children’s Virtual Pediatric Lecture Series provides online CME lectures at no cost. |
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- September 23 at 12:30 PM - Inguinoscrotal Swelling
- October 27 at 12:30 PM - Chronic Cough in Children
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Welcome New Chapter Members |
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Welcome the following NEW members who joined the Chapter in August.
Thank you for your support!
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Simon Boostanfar, MD, FAAP - Oak Park
Danielle Fernandes, MD, FAAP - Redondo Beach
Johnathan Kao, MD, MPH, FAAP - Los Angeles
Jody Krantz, MD, FAAP - Santa Monica
Shannon Liu, MD, FAAP - San Leandro
Gregory Lizer, MD, FAAP - La Cañada
Brittany Middleton, MD, FAAP - Los Angeles
Jonas Owen, MD - Los Angeles
Saumya Pathak, MD - Los Angeles
Ivette Pena, MD, FAAP - Monterey Park
Yanina Queen, DO, FAAP - Venice
Charity Santiago, MD, FAAP - Bakersfield
Sherri Tysch, DO - Oak Park
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Enterprise Membership - Did you know? |
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Signing up your entire practice (clinical and non-clinical staff) qualifies for a 20% discount on Chapter membership dues. Contact us for details.
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Did you miss a lecture? Click on any image to watch. Please subscribe
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Amazon Smile - Support the Chapter |
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Did you know that you can select a charity of choice and make all of your Amazon purchases count toward charitable contributions?
Next time you are on Amazon.com, go to smile.amazon.com and select "American Academy of Pediatrics District IX Chapter 2" as your charity of choice. There after, always be sure to begin at smile.amazon.com when you make purchases, or they will not count. Amazon will donate half a percent of all purchases. This is a way of supporting the chapter so that we may have a greater impact through our programs. We thank you for your support!
Use this link to select us as your charitable organization at AmazonSmile.
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Reach Out and Read IE
Are you a pediatrician in Riverside or San Bernardino County? Through a generous grant from First 5 Riverside and First 5 San Bernardino, the AAP Chapter 2 can provide free books and support to start a Reach Out and Read program at your clinic. Learn more ...
Reach Out and Read is excited to launch a cause marketing partnership with the high-quality diaper brand Millie Moon sold exclusively at Target. Learn more ...
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Los Angeles County Immigrant Youth Resource Toolkit |
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The Immigrant Youth Task Force (IYTF) at UCLA and the American Academy of Pediatrics California Chapter 2 (AAP-CA2) invite you to visit The Los Angeles County Immigrant Youth Resource Toolkit, a website consolidating community resources in the greater LA area for immigrant youth and families. Our goal is to help professionals from all disciplines address the needs of their immigrant youth patients/clients with regards to health care, legal services, education, social services, and more. As our toolkit continues to evolve, we encourage you to explore and use it in your practice going forward.
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To All Pediatricians in San Bernardino County |
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ARE YOU UTILIZING ACES AWARE TOOLS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF YOUR PATIENTS?
Receive $29 per visit reimbursement for each Medi-Cal office visit
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To All Pediatricians in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura County |
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The Landon Pediatric Foundation received a grant from ACEs Aware to provide supplemental training to providers in Ventura County (and neighboring counties)... Read more >>>
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Chapter Committees and Sections |
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Chapter committees are great opportunities to get involved in areas that interest you the most. Furthermore, if you are a Fellow member (FAAP), local involvement could position you for leadership opportunities at National AAP. To learn more about our various Committees and Sections, and to sign up, please visit aapca2.org/committees.
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New: ADVOCACY
Be the voice in your County. Share local issues that need to be addressed with grassroots efforts.
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New: CLIMATE CHANGE
Join discussions on what pediatricians can do to address climate change in our region.
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New: MEDIA and COMMUNICATIONS
Do you have an interest in media and communications? Would you like to learn how to structure sound bytes when speaking with the media? Or perhaps how to be a more effective Tweetrician? .
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Advertise in Our Newsletter |
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AAP-CA2 invites you to advertise in our newsletter
AAP-CA2 publishes its electronic newsletter, Peds@CA2, which is emailed to its 1,500+ members on the second weekend every month. Chapter members and non-profit organizations receive a 50% discount. Please follow the link below for more information.
For advertisement rates and guidelines, please click here.
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Article submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The newsletter is published the second Sunday of each month.
You may direct questions and article submissions to the "American Academy of Pediatrics - CA Chapter 2" <chapter2@aapca2.org>.
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The AAP-CA2 Newsletter Editorial Review Board |
Established in July 2020 to highlight educational content and resources of value to chapter members, and to showcase our chapter membership. |
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AAP-CA2 Chapter Excellence Award
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For the ninth year in a row, the AAP-CA2 is a recipient of the 2020 AAP Award of Chapter Excellence in recognition for its accomplishments during the 2020 calendar year. We would like to thank you, our members, for your loyalty as we advocate for children, pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists, bringing you opportunities for engagement and professional development. |
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Thank you to the 1,213 who follow us on Twitter! @AAPCA2
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