Inside Pediatrics Winter 2018

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Network for Change

ADMINISTRATION Mike Warren, President and CEO Coke Matthews, Executive Vice President Garland Stansell, Chief Communications Officer EDITORIAL Cassandra Mickens, Editor Trent Graves, Design

Kylin’s Brave Heart

Independent Streak

Amy Dabbs, Digital Content Denise McGill, Photography Patrick Deavours, Photography CONTRIBUTORS

Andre Green Adam Kelley

John Tracy Tina Wilson Mary Stephens Pugh Mike Strawn L. Amanda Owens PHYSICIAN MARKETING Tiffany Kaczorowski MEDICAL LEADERSHIP Mitchell Cohen, M.D. Katherine Reynolds Ireland Chair of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham Physician-in-Chief, Children’s of Alabama Mike Chen, M.D. Joseph M. Farley Chair in Pediatric Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham Chief of Pediatric Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief, Children’s of Alabama Lee I. Ascherman, M.D., M.P.H. Chief of Service, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham For questions or additional information or to share feedback, please contact us at insidepediatrics@childrensal.org. An online version of the magazine is available at childrensal.org/insidepediatrics.

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Novel Cancer Therapy Squares Up Against Leukemia

News, Honors and Awards

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