In 1989, in a cornfield in southeastern Pennsylvania, Holmes Morton, MD, built a timber-frame clinic to care for the area’s Old Order Amish and Mennonite children, many of whom had poorly understood, complex medical problems …
Month: October 2012
Using Pulse Oximetry to Find Hidden Congenital Heart Defects
Each year in the United States, approximately 10,000 babies are born with critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs)—life-threatening anatomic problems that require surgery within the first month of birth. Fortunately, in nearly all cases, CCHDs are …
John Frohna, MD, MPH, Named to the Board of Directors of American Board of Pediatrics
Congratulations to John Frohna, MD, MPH, for recently being named to the Board of Directors of the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP). The Board of Directors of the ABP consists of distinguished pediatricians in education, …
Dr. James Conway Discusses Vaccine Rejectionism
Vaccine rejectionism has been around for 200 years, since Edward Jenner used the harmless cow pox virus to immunize people against deadly small pox. Cartoons from the early 1800s showed people sprouting cow heads because …
Juan Boriosi, MD, Receives The James Sutherland Award from MWSPR
Congratulations to Dr. Juan Boriosi, who was presented with the James Sutherland Award at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Society for Pediatric Research. The Sutherland Award is presented for the outstanding abstract presentation …
Dr. Tracy Flood: We’re Getting Fatter, and It’s Costing Us a Fortune
In 2005, obesity cost us $190 billion in obesity-related illnesses, $14 billion of which was related to kids. The military has a hard time finding recruits who are not overweight. What we previously called “adult-onset …
Dr. Marlowe Eldridge Awarded $3.13 Million National Institutes of Health Grant
Marlowe Eldridge, MD, was awarded a grant of approximately $3.13 million over 5 years from the National Institutes of Health – National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, for his project, “Right Heart-Pulmonary Vascular Interactions in …
Christine Seroogy, MD, Receives Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center Award
Christine Seroogy, MD, recently received an award of $20,000 from the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH) for her project, “Exploratory Immunologic Differences in Cord Blood from Infants Born into Farming Environments Compared …
David Bernhardt, MD, Receives WIAAP Recognition of Service Award
Congratulations to David Bernhardt, MD, on receiving the WIAAP Recognition of Services Award. Dr. Bernhardt has served for six years on the WIAAP Board of Directors and continues in his leadership role as the chair …
Dr. Dipesh Navsaria Receives AAP Special Achievement Award
Congratulations to Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, on receiving the AAP Special Achievement Award. A specialist in early childhood development and children’s librarian by training, Dr. Navsaria champions the value of literacy for long-term learning …