American Academy of Pediatrics California Chapter 2
2023 - May Edition
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Grant Christman, MD, MACM, FAAP |
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President's Message
Our chapter joins health and advocacy organizations across the region in recognizing May as Mental Health Awareness Month. Chapter members have been diligently advocating at the state and federal levels for policies that would begin to address the child mental health crisis.
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Our commitment to this issue is also reflected in the agenda for the upcoming annual Advances in Pediatrics symposium, which will take place this Saturday, May 20, at UCLA. We hope you will join us!
The symposium features three sessions on child mental health. Dr. Cheryl Green, author of Heal Your Daughter: How Lifestyle Psychiatry Can Save Her from Depression, Cutting, and Suicidal Thoughts, will present: "The Crisis in Adolescent Girls’ Mental Health: How Lifestyle Psychiatry Can Help". Dr. Natalie Cruz will present: "The Journey of Undocumented, Latinx Immigrant Youth: Mental Health Considerations". Finally, Dr. Janet Charoensook will present on acute mental health care: "My child needs help! What do I do now? – How to handle psychiatric emergencies."
In addition to mental health, there will be presentations on other topics relating to clinical pediatric care, advocacy, and practice management. We will have 14 speakers and a total of 16 sessions, including the impact of air quality on child health, media training, reproductive health, febrile infants, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, and gender-affirming care. Please click on this link to review the full agenda and register.
I would like to thank Dr. Lulua Mandviwala and Dr. Mia Lagunda (both chapter board members) for hosting an outstanding social event in Bakersfield. I enjoyed meeting pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists practicing in Kern County, and hearing about the amazing work they are doing to care for the children and families of that region. I also appreciated the opportunity to meet representatives from our co-sponsors, Kern Medical and Clinica Sierra Vista. We hope to have many more such events in Kern as well as the other counties of the chapter!
I would also like to welcome our new chapter members and encourage them to get involved by joining a chapter committee. Information about our committees and other resources are available on our website, aapca2.org. Your support makes the work of this chapter possible!
Upcoming events in this month’s newsletter include:
May 20 | AAP-CA2 Advances in Pediatrics Symposium at UCLA
May 31 | Everybody Deserves Healthcare (Webinar)
July 11 | LAC DPH/AAP Pediatric Information Session
I hope you have a wonderful month!
Best wishes,
Grant Christman, MD, MACM, FAAP
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Feature Article | Mental Health
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Danielle Shaw, MD, FAAP, FAPA
April showers bring May flowers. For those who are struggling with a mental health issue or have a loved one with a mental health issue, April showers are the tears we shed over not having access to the services needed to bring the May flowers of recovery.
My story regarding lack of access to mental health services is both personal and professional. As a parent, I was unable to obtain adequate mental health services for my daughter, whom I adopted at birth. Despite being a pediatrician, I didn’t know how to help her. Continue reading...
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Thank you to all who attended the Kern Social on April 29th.
Co-Sponsored by Kern Medical and Clinica Sierra Vista
Kern County Representative Dr. Lulua Mandviwala, and Member-At-Large Dr. Mia M. Lagunda were the hosts of the Kern County Social, held at The Padre Hotel in Bakersfield on April 29th. Attendees included pediatricians, pediatric subspecialists and staff. This event was an opportunity to share stories from recent travels abroad, as well as common trends in local pediatric care and to network professionally. This was the first ever social event in Kern County. The next event will be a dinner/lecture/Town Hall after the summer.
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The Quorum
What the California Budget Revise Means for Kids
By Kamaal A. Jones, MD, FAAP
Policy and Legislative Affairs Analyst
On Friday, May 12 th, Governor Gavin Newsom announced his May Revise to the 2023-2024 budget proposal. For background, each year in January, the governor announces his budget proposal, which he then revises in May, based on updated revenue information and priorities. A final budget must then be passed by the legislature by June 15 th, with the state fiscal year beginning on July 1 st of each year. Read more...
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QI Project | UCLA Anti-Vaping Champions
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Participate in Quality Improvement with UCLA Anti-Vaping Champions!
UCLA Anti-Vaping Champions is interested in collaborating with clinics on quality improvement projects to incorporate vaping screening, counseling, and treatment referrals during visits for pediatric patients. Receive MOC Part 4 credit for your participation.
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Do you Tweet?
To all the Tweetiatricians out there, the AAP provides monthly content ideas to facilitate your communication with your followers. Follow the links below to access templated content for your messages.
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Tweetiatrician Update - May is Mental Health Month
Here are a few sample posts to share this month:
Check out AAP’s toolkits to learn more about our mental health initiatives and recommendations for youth suicide prevention. Find strategies, resources, and tools for pediatricians and families:
Check out our Mental Health video series:
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The video series aims to empower and educate teens about mental health and well-being by providing them with straightforward, medically accurate video content featuring AAP pediatricians. A new video is released every Wednesday. View and share past videos on topics such as “Self-harm”, “Eating Disorders” and “Depression” on AAP’s YouTube channel.
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6 CME | 6 MOC Part 2
Free Parking
Trainees attend at no cost
(Med students/Residents/Fellowship)
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Gender Affirming Care
Jonathan Warus, MD, FAAP
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Teen Mental Health
Cheryl L. Green, MD
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The New Infection Prevention
Ken Zangwill, MD, FAAP
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Healthy Air For Healthy Kids
Catherine J. Karr, PhD, MD, MS
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Updates of Advocacy
Kamaal Jones, MD, FAAP
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Breakout Sessions - Three Tracks
Advocacy - Practice Management - Clinical
(See website for full lecture titles)
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E-Cigarrete Update
Hannah Kwak, MD
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Optimizing Remuneration
Anthony Moretti, MD, FAAP
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Febrile Infant
Jennifer Savitz, MD, FAAP
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Undocumented Youth/Mental Health
Natalie Cruz, Psy.D.
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Contract Negotiations
Anthony Moretti, MD, FAAP
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Hyperbilirubinemia
Mitchell Goldstein, MD, FAAP
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Media Training
Cori Cross, MD, FAAP
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Financially Sound Practice Management
Anthony Moretti, MD, FAAP
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Mental Health Crisis Management
Janet Charoensook, MD
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Afternoon Plenary Lectures |
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Reproductive Health
Sophia Yen, MD, MPH
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Glomerular Disease Outcomes
Kelly Garrity, MD, FAAP
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Free registration for medical students, residents and fellowship trainees
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Trainees Corner - Symposium Abstracts
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We would like to recognize the following finalists whose abstracts were selected to be showcased at our upcoming Advances in Pediatrics Symposium. Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's research awards.
Accepted for Oral Presentation
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Kelly Garrity, MD (Second year pediatric nephrology fellow at UCLA) Adolescent and Young Adult Onset Glomerular Disease Outcomes, the Social and Clinical Implications
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Accepted for Poster Presentation |
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Dear Medical Students and Residents… We want to highlight you in our newsletter!
We are reaching out to invite medical students and pediatric trainees to contribute an article to our AAPCA2 monthly newsletter to be published in an upcoming month. The AAPCA2 Newsletter Editorial Board will help to review and edit all submissions prior to publication. Read more...
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David Braun, M.D.
Practice location: Los Angeles, CA
Number of years in practice: 38 years
My grandparents emigrated to the US in the first 3 decades of the 20th century. I grew up in a multigenerational family in Cleveland, moving as a young child to Los Angeles in 1960. I remember seeing palm trees and wondering if LA was in the tropics! Continue reading ...
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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.
Please complete THIS FORM to be considered for a future Member Spotlight in the AAP-CA2 Newsletter! |
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Reach Out & Read Inland Empire
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ROR-IE Gets Involved with Mental Health Month in May
By Delesa Barnes
Reach Out and Read Inland Empire Program Coordinator
Reach Out & Read Inland Empire (ROR-IE) expanded to new heights in May, now supporting 88 active sites in both San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. Originating in 1949, Mental Health Month invites us all to look around and look within as we consider every part of our environment in conjunction with its effect on our mental health and well-being. Continue reading...
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Child Development Institute | Resources
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Child Development Institute (CDI) provides enriching programs, community resources and therapeutic services for infants, young children and their families. CDI has been providing comprehensive early intervention services, in-home and clinic based, throughout the San Fernando Valley for over 25 years. Our team of multidisciplinary specialists are highly skilled professionals who help families understand and support optimal developmental outcomes for their child(ren). |
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CDI’s Hospital to Home Bridge Program provides free multidisciplinary services ensuring that families and babies receive the emotional and developmental support needed when they transition from the NICU to the home.
If you have patients who are at risk for developmental delays or have concerns about their development, we are a 1 stop shop and can help. We are contracted with Regional Center and most insurance companies. Additionally, our free Early Learning Centers in Reseda and Canoga Park provide enrichment activities as well as free developmental screenings for infants and young children. Contact CDI at (818) 888-4559 or www.cdikids.org. |
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LAC DPH | Vaccine Preventable Diseases Control Program
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COVID-19 Vaccine Updates
Effective April 18, 2023, the FDA amended the emergency use authorization for Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 updated bivalent mRNA vaccines and withdrew the authorization for the monovalent products. The Advisory Committee
on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met on April 19, 2023 to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine changes and the CDC made the following recommendations to the vaccine schedule:
For people ages 6 years and older who are unvaccinated or previously received only monovalent vaccine doses, the recommendations were simplified to receive 1 updated mRNA vaccine dose
For young children under age 6 years, multiple doses are still recommended. The vaccine schedule guidance requires careful attention to the patient’s age and history of vaccination, including product type and number of doses administered.
Children who are moderately or severely immunocompromised will require additional doses for their primary series and have an option to receive 1 or additional updated mRNA doses.
RESOURCES:
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Save the Date for LAC DPH-AAP Pediatric Information Session
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health invites you to join our next Vaccine Preventable Disease Control Information Session for Pediatric Providers scheduled Tuesday, July 11th at 12:00 pm. The theme is School
Health and we are pleased to announce that LAUSD's, Chief Medical Director, Smita Malhotra, MD, will join us to present "Health Access and Equity in a School Setting”. Click to view the flier
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Welcome New Chapter Members
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Welcome to the following NEW members who joined the Chapter in April.
Thank you for your support!
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Daniela Borecky, MD - Loma Linda
David Golergant, MD, FAAP - Hidden Valley Lake
Abigail Gopez (Med Student) - Fontana
Annelise Lupica, MD, MPH, FAAP - Glendale
Carlin Merkel (Med Student) - Los Angeles
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May 20, 2023 | AAP-CA2 Symposium
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May 31 | Universal Care Webinar
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“Everybody Deserves Healthcare”
No Child is an Island
Medical bills bankrupted mom & dad. So, 5-year-old Mason became homeless.
Financing is upstream from virtually everything in pediatrics and in healthcare. This presentation explores how and why our healthcare financing system is broken…harming children, families, pediatricians and our entire society…and how we can make universal and better.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- To better understand the inadequacies of, and downstream harms caused by, our current healthcare financing system.
- To better understand how universal, affordable, equitable healthcare can be achieved through a unified system of public financing.
Presented by: Robert Vinetz, MD, FAAP
(Drawing provided by patient)
May 31, 2023
6 - 7 PM
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Save the Date for LAC DPH/AAP Pediatric Information Session
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health invites you to join our next Vaccine Preventable Disease Control Information Session for Pediatric Providers scheduled Tuesday, July 11th at 12:00 pm. The theme is School
Health and we are pleased to announce that LAUSD's, Chief Medical Director, Smita Malhotra, MD, will join us to present "Health Access and Equity in a School Setting”. Click to view the flier
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Every Tuesday @ Noon | Lactation Office Hours
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Fridays - Miller Children's Grand Rounds
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Pediatric Grand Rounds
Fridays at 8 AM
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 924 5224 4153
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RESOURCES Help Me Grow LA
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Help Me Grow LA website: www.HelpMeGrowLA.org
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Help Me Grow LA Call Center phone number: (833) 903-3972
You can help improve the system by partnering with Help Me Grow LA to make sure all young children in your care are supported and provided resources to benefit their development.
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Membership Options | Large Groups
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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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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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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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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 Board of Directors 2022-2024
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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 1,349 who follow us on Twitter! @AAPCA2
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