Inside Pediatrics Spring 2018

WALL AND TOFIL NAMED TO ENDOWED CHAIRS IN PEDIATRICS Terry Wall, M.D. , Academic General Pediatrics, was named the John W. Benton Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, and Nancy Tofil, M.D. , Pediatric Critical Care, was named the Ann Dial McMillan Endowed Chair in Critical Care Medicine.

CARLO ELECTED TO ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS Waldemar “Wally” Carlo, M.D. , Neonatology, was elected to the Association of American Physicians.The Association of American Physicians is a professional organization founded in 1885 by seven physicians, including Drs. William Osler and William Henry Welch, for “the advancement of scientific and practical medicine.” The Association is composed of members who are leading senior physician scientists and are competitively selected. RAMANI WINS SSPR YOUNG FACULTY AWARD Manimaran Ramani, M.D. , Neonatology, was selected as a winner of the 2018 SSPR Young Faculty Award. The award program was established to honor and support travel of junior faculty. MONROE RECEIVES SSPR FOUNDER’S AWARD Kathy Monroe, M.D. , Pediatric Emergency Medicine, received the 2018 Southern Society for Pediatric Research (SSPR) Founder’s Award. The award is given to a member of SSPR who has made significant contributions to health care of children and SSPR. BHATIA NAMED TO NASEM CANCER CONTROL STUDY COMMITTEE Smita Bhatia, M.D. , Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, has been named to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine ad hoc Committee on National Strategy for Cancer Control in the United States. JESTER TO SERVE AS CO-CHAIR OF PEDIATRIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Traci Jester, M.D., R.D. , Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, will join the National Scientific Advisory Committee Cabinet of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation to serve as Co-Chair of the Pediatric Affairs Committee. This is a three-year term from June 2018 to May 2021. Dr. Jester has served on the Pediatric Affairs Committee since June 2015. BEIERLE WINS UAB GRADUATE DEAN’S EXCELLENCE AWARD Elizabeth Beierle, M.D. , Pediatric Surgery, was one of 10 graduate faculty honored with the UAB Graduate Dean’s Excellence in Mentorship Award. The award is given for exceptional work with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. When asked about what she has learned as a mentor, Dr. Beierle said, “The most important thing I’ve learned through mentoring graduate students is that this next generation of scientists is absolutely amazing. These young investigators are going to make scientific advances that my generation and I only imagined in our wildest dreams.”

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