Member Updates, Opportunities and Events

Member Updates,

Opportunities &

Events

Friday, 7 October 2022| Issue 61

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Dear Nevada AAP Members,

Right now, over 10,000 pediatricians, including many from Nevada, are gathering in Anaheim, California for AAP Experience, the first in-person American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition (NCE) since 2019. I've been attending NCE since 2004, first as a pediatrician's supportive spouse, then as a practice administrator, and now as the Nevada AAP Chapter Executive Director. I love NCE and credit my participation at past events in strengthening my knowhow and resolve in order to improve pediatric care in my community. Joining me at AAP Experience this year are Nevada AAP Board Members Jose Cucalon Calderon, MD, FAAP, Randi Lampert, MD, FAAP, Terence McAllister, MD, FAAP, Mitali Sahni, MBBS, FAAP, and Steven Shane, MD, MS, FAAP, Dipl. of ABOM. I'll have photos to share in the next member update.

My only regret is that attending AAP Experience means missing Las Vegas PRIDE this weekend. I've been attending PRIDE events in the various communities in which I've lived since long before I ever attended my first NCE. Since I was an adolescent myself I've attended PRIDE events and have wonderful memories of sharing them with friends and family including with my own kid.

Although historically Nevada has struggled with passing laws to care for and educate LGBTQ+ youth,, here in Southern Nevada, we are lucky to have Youth Programs at The Center for families seeking inclusive support groups and comprehensive sex education.

At AAP Experience, I and the other attendees will renew our dedication to the health of all children. We do so in the atmosphere of news of attacks on pediatricians for providing gender-affirming care. These attacks led the AAP earlier this week to join with the American Medical Association (AMA) and Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) to urge action from Attorney General Merrick Garland to protect physicians, hospitals, patients and families from violence. These are scary times, but through events like AAP Experience and PRIDE, we find our community.

Thank you for being a part of the Nevada AAP community! Read on to learn of the many exciting member updates and opportunities for pediatricians in Nevada.

Be well,

Leann

Leann D. McAllister, Executive Director

Nevada Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

Cell 508-685-0918

ED@NevadaAAP.org

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Dedicated to the Health of All Children

UPDATES

New UNR Pediatric Residency Training Program

This is BIG News: There is a new pediatric residency program at the University of Nevada in Reno!

With a vision to train foundationally strong pediatricians who will become caring pediatricians in the Reno community, the UNR pediatric residency program is a massive step in lessening the physician shortage in a state.

A heartfelt congratulations and recognition of the handwork of Nevada Chapter members in bringing this new training program to Nevada:

Max Coppes, MD, PhD, MBA, FAAP

Caroline Barangan, MD, FAAP

Sonia Budhecha, MD, FAAP

Crystal Castaneda, MD, FAAP

Jose Cucalon Calderon, MD, FAAP

Kristina Deeter, MD, FAAP

Brittany Lemons, MD, FAAP

Alison McWilliams, DO, FAAP

Lauren Sandefur, MD, FAAP

Cynthia Schreiner, MD, FAAP

Shipra Singh, MD, FAAP

Vanessa Slots, MD, FAAP

Pediatrics Residency | School of Medicine | University...

Pediatrics Residency | School of Medicine | University of Nevada, Reno

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New Nevada AAP Blog Posts from Chapter Leaders

Since our last Members Update we have added two new blog posts to our website that are worth a read!

In the first post, Nevada AAP Immediate Past President Pam Greenspon, MD, FAAP and Chapter Board Member Priya Chib, MD, FAAP share their thoughts on why they are joining over 230 other cyclists as they ride up to 100 miles through Death Valley in southern California to raise money to find a cure for type 1 diabetes.

Next, from Sergio Trejo, Chapter Diversity and Inclusion Champion and Medical Student Representative from the University of Nevada, Reno, a post on COVID-19 and the Latino Immigrant Paradox. Sergio's post includes links to videos created by Board Member Jose Cucalon Calderon, MD, FAAP explaining that immigration regulations have changed so that using health, food, or housing programs families qualify for won’t affect immigration applications.

The Nevada AAP Blog gives our members an opportunity to take state-wide, national, and international health news and best practices, and focus it specifically on improving pediatric healthcare in Nevada. Members are invited to send post ideas and drafts to ED@NevadaAAP.org.

Riding for a T1D Cure

In October, Nevada Pediatricians Pam Greenspon, MD, FAAP and Priya Chib, MD, FAAP will join over 230 other cyclists as they ride up to 100 miles through Death Valley in southern California to raise money to find a cure f...

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nevadaaap.org

COVID-19 and the Latino Immigrant Paradox

Sergio Trejo, Chapter Diversity and Inclusion Champion and Medical Student Representative, University of Nevada, Reno

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nevadaaap.org

Drs. Shane, Hendrickson, and Wijesinghe In the News

Nevada AAP chapter members talk with journalists and write op-eds to provide accurate and reliable medical information to the public.

Recent earned media includes Nevada AAP Chapter Obesity Prevention Chair Steven Shane, MD, MS, FAAP speaking with the Elko Daily Free Press about 5-2-1-0 Health Active Living, an opinion piece on the health benefits of replacing your old fossil fuel appliances in the Reno Reno Gazette-Journal from Chapter Climate Advocate Debra Hendrickson, MD, FAAP, and a TV interview with chapter member Carrie Wijesinghe, MD, FAAP on AAP flu vaccine recommendations. Excellent public relations work from all three!

Successfully working with the media requires planning, strategy, hard work, and allocation of resources. The AAP provides tools to help pediatricians ensure that journalists get the most accurate information possible on pediatric issues. Visit Working with the Media to learn more about the many resources from the AAP to support members wishing to work with the media.

Increase in allergy, asthma symptoms among kids during...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - There's a correlation between our active monsoon season and kids being seen at the local pediatrician's office. With kids and teens back in school, pediatrician offices are seeing children for a variety of reasons. "We just...

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Childhood obesity in Nevada: Can we turn the tide?

"I always tell people, it took 40 to 50 years to get where we are," pediatrician Steven Shane said while discussing childhood and adult obesity in Nevada and throughout the U.S. "We can't expect to turn the tide and get back to where weight...

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elkodaily.com

Fight wildfire, smoky conditions - by replacing your old ...

This opinion column was submitted by Dr. Debra Hendrickson, a Reno pediatrician and the Climate Advocate for the Nevada Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. No one in Northern Nevada needs to be told that wildfire smoke has become a...

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Drs. Simangan & Vilai Leading Innovations in Pediatric Training on FASDs

Congratulations to Assistant Professors of Pediatrics at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine Dodds Simangan Jr., DO, FAAP and Julpohng "JP" Vilai, MD, FAAP for their approved application into the AAP Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) Improving Continuity of Care for Children and Families Affected by Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Project.

The project will provide first year resident trainees with strategies, tools, and resources necessary to introduce the future pediatric workforce to key components of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders most relevant to the primary care setting.

OPPORTUNITIES

Don't Miss HPV ECHO with Dr. Slots

Project ECHO Nevada in partnership with the American Cancer Society is pleased to announce a special session event under their Complex Pediatrics ECHO program titled: Importance of the HPV Vaccination and Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy. This session will begin on October 14th, 2022 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm Pacific Time via Zoom and feature Nevada AAP Chapter President Vanessa Slots, MD, FAAP.

If you are interested in attending this session, please click here to register.

Dr. Laskey Presents UCARE at November 5 Chapter Meeting

Utah pediatrician and AAP leader Antoinette L. Laskey, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAP will present a brief introduction to UCARE: University of Utah Child Abuse Recognition and Education at the November 5th virtual Nevada AAP Chapter meeting.

UCARE is a combined online and in-person training experience to improve the recognition, evaluation and management of child physical abuse. The course material targets providers in a variety of settings ranging from community practices to tertiary care hospitals. The goal of this program is to provide advanced training in the evaluation and management of child abuse to the health care professional to support their local community. Providers then have the option to engage in ongoing supported work with Child Abuse Pediatricians through peer review and real time support.

Free and open to all active Nevada AAP members, our quarterly virtual board meetings are an opportunity to hear from Chapter leadership about current projects. Learn more and register here.

University Child Abuse Recognition & Education...

The purpose of this certificate program is to focus on important topics in the field of child abuse pediatrics. Our program provides more in-depth training than would be gained through the graduate medical education, but less than in fellowship.

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medicine.utah.edu

Silver State Scripts Board Recruiting

Nevada Medicaid is recruiting practicing, licensed physicians, pharmacists, and mid-level practitioners to become members of the Silver State Scripts Board (SSSB).

The SSSB is the equivalent of a Pharmacy & Therapeutics (P & T) Committee for Nevada. The SSSB develops and maintains the preferred drug list (PDL) for Nevada Medicaid Fee-for-Service.

Learn more here.

Strominger Warning

With Halloween just around the corner, Nevada AAP Chapter vice President and ophthalmologist Mitchell Strominger, MD, FAAP encourages pediatricians to talk with patients about the dangers of colored contacts.

Wearing colored contact lenses without a prescription may seem harmless, but beware: Costume contacts can severely damage your eyes and even cause permanent blindness if they're not fitted by an eye specialist. And many costume contact lenses are sold without a doctor’s prescription, which is illegal in the United States.

Learn more here.

Danger: Colored Contacts Can Harm Your Eyes

Wearing colored contact lenses without a prescription may seem harmless, but beware: Costume contacts can severely damage your eyes and even cause permanent blindness if they're not fitted by an eye specialist. And many costume contact lenses are ...

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