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Terri Coco, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, was elected to serve a three-year term on the Pediatric Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee (APTC). 

Kent Willis, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Neonatology, has been selected for the AJP-Lung Editorial Board Fellowship Program (EBFP).

Brian Sims, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor in the Division of Neonatology, was selected to serve on the Committee on Diversity, Inclusion and Equity of the American Pediatric Society (APS). Dr. Sims will serve a three-year term beginning in 2021. 

Top L to R: Ambika Ashraf, Allison Black, Nefertiti Durant, Lauren NassettaThe UAB Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA) is a collaboration between the Collat School of Business and the School of Medicine. The program offers training opportunities and develops leadership skills essential to academic healthcare.

Aman Wadhwa, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology was awarded an Emerging Scientist Award from the Children’s Cancer Research Fund. This award will help fund Dr. Wadhwa’s research project titled, “Body composition and adverse outcomes in pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma.” 

Dan Feig, M.D., professor in the Division of Pediatric Nephrology, received a Service Award from the Pediatric Academic Society in gratitude for his leadership, service, and commitment as a member of the Pediatric Academic Societies 2021 Meeting Program Committee.

The UAB Department of Pediatrics is pleased to announce that Aman Wadhwa, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology has been selected by the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to participate in the 2021 ASH Clinical Research Training Institute (CRTI).

Susan Walley, M.D., professor in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, received the 2021 Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) Excellence in Clinical Care Award. This award recognizes a pediatric hospitalist who exhibits excellent leadership in the clinical care of pediatric patients. The 2021 PHM awards were presented at the PHM21 Conference held this week from Aug. 4-6.

Top L to R: Emily Johnston, Melissa Mannion, Spencer Poore, Robert Richter, Emily Smitherman, Tennille Webb and Kent WillisEmily Johnston, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Melissa Mannion, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Spencer Poore, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine, Robert Richter, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Emily Smitherman, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Tennille Webb, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Nephrology, and Kent Willis, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Neonatology,, received Loan Repayment Program (LRP) awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 

Top L to R: Adam Cohen, Miles Fowler, Zia Kabani, Kasztan Malgorzata, Vivek Shukla and Ryne SimpsonThe UAB Department of Pediatrics welcomed six new faculty members in the month of July. Please join us in making them feel at home! 

The UAB Department of Pediatrics believes that recognizing the exceptional contributions of our faculty and colleagues is a vital aspect of our culture. The department honors individuals with the following awards.

L to R: Drs. Erica Bjornstad and Nora SwitchenkoTwo faculty from the Department of Pediatrics received 2021 Pilot Project Grants from the Sparkman Center for Global Health.

The UAB Pediatric Primary Care Clinic (PCC) celebrated its annual Reach Out and Read Day on Tuesday, July 13 by passing out copies of “Leo Gets a Checkup” to patients and their families. The clinic staff, faculty and residents added to the celebration by dressing up in a toddler theme.

Hope Wilson, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, has been selected to serve on the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Clinical Research Training Institute (CRTI) Steering Subcommittee.

Medical students at the UAB School of Medicine participate in the learning communities (LC) course across all four years of medical school. Housestaff members from across UAB are selected each year to serve as mentors for students in these LCs.

L to R: Drs. Kevin Gutermuth and Eric JorgeKevin Gutermuth, M.D., first year fellow in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and Eric Jorge, M.D., second year fellow in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, were named the recipients of the UAB Emergency Medicine Pediatric Emergency Medicine Instructor of the Year Award.

L to R: Drs. Gabriela Oates, Steven Rowe and Tom HarrisThe paper Tobacco Smoke Exposure Limits the Therapeutic Benefit of Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor in Pediatric Patients with Cystic Fibrosis by Gabriela Oates, Ph.D., assistant professor, Steven Rowe, M.D., professor, and Tom Harris, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, has been selected as Best of Journal of Cystic Fibrosis for 2020.

Yung Lau, M.D., professor in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology and Erin Shaughnessy, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, have been named vice chairs for Clinical Affairs for the Department of Pediatrics. They began their new roles June 1, 2021.

After a national search, Kathy Monroe, M.D., has been named the next division director of the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She began her new role June 1, 2021.

Shea Duerring, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine, has been elected to the Alabama Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Board of Directors.