CALENDAR OF EVENTS

 

May Events

 

Chapter 2 Elections

Electronic ballot sent weekly via email.

Please vote by May 31st. 

UCLA Health Disaster & Trauma Symposium

 

Office of Emergency Preparedness

 

Date: Friday, May 23, 2014 

Time: 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM (PDT)

 

You are cordially invited to join us. This event will feature trauma and medical emergency experts who will share their real world experiences in responding to recent disasters, and a military physician who will present current battlefield trauma protocols and their application to civilian practice. Following the talks there will be a medical surge capacity demonstration.

 

The symposium is free, but seating is limited.   Please register today by clicking the link below to reserve your spot. 

Click to Register 

  

  

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June Events

 

 

Updates in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Conference

June 7th, 2014

Stauffer Conference Room @ CHLA

(See full ad on right)

 

 

 

Chapter 2 

Town Hall Meeting

June 17, 2014 6:30 PM

Host: Dr. Ken Saul

Speaker: Dr. Mike Fitzgerald

Topic: The Needs of The Preterm and Near Term Infant

 

Where:  Maggiano's

6100 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 

(818) 887-3777 

 

Invitation with required RSVP will be sent out separately.

  

 

 

  

Chapter 2 Quarterly Board Meeting

June 18, 2014

6:30 PM (social/dinner)

7:00 PM (meeting)

Where: Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)

 

 

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 July Events

 

 

Hollywood Bowl Social

  July 13, 2014 7:30 PM

 

Join AAP Chapter 2 for a night

at the Hollywood Bowl

 

Tickets are $13 each

Section W (Center)

 

If you would like to reserve your tickets, please email

Chapter2@aap-ca.org

 

Tickets are limited. 

  

 

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Future Events

 

 

Chapter 2

Town Hall Meeting

 

September 24, 2014

in Los Angeles (west side)

 

Host: Dr. Cori Cross

Location: TBD  

Speaker: Paul Cummins

Topic: Childhood Poverty

 

 

 

 

 Peds@CA2      

May is the time for Chapter elections, and the slate of candidates for the 2014-2016 Board was sent out in the form of an electronic ballot on May 5th. Be sure to review the statements and biographies of this year's candidates, and make your vote count.  The last day to vote is May 31st.

Newly elected Officers will be announced in the June Quarterly Newsletter, and assumption of duties will take place immediately following the June Quarterly Board Meeting, on June 18.

In addition to upcoming events, included in this issue are the results of the resolution process at the Annual Leadership Conference which occurred in March, and the number ONE resolution was our own incoming chapter president Paula Whiteman's on banning marijuana advertising to children!

Also included are information on the annual art contest for the AAP, teen driving, and forms that might be required as children start coming in for their pre-kindergarten physicals (TB screening, and vaccine refusal counseling documentation).

For your patients' mothers who are pregnant, enclosed are handouts to encourage them and their OBs to give the Tdap vaccine in the third trimester.  This is especially important after the recent death of an infant from pertussis in the San Diego area this year.

Hoping everyone had a wonderful Mothers' Day, and have a thoughtful Memorial Day!

Sincerely,

Heide Woo, MD, FAAP
Secretary
AAP - California, Chapter 2

                               

Link to full article below 

Late resolution takes top spot

Read full article 

AAP Invites Children to Enter Art Contest Depicting "Helping Others to be Healthy and Happy"

For Release:  March 4, 2014

Children can be powerful advocates in their world, helping their friends, peers, family members and others in their community to become healthier and happier.  For the 10th annual Children's Art Contest, the American Academy of Pediatrics invites children to create a piece of original artwork on the theme: "Helping Others to be Healthy and Happy."

First prize is a trip to San Diego, Calif., where winners will receive a $500 cash prize during a presentation at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

Entry forms below!

In the USA, the contest is open to children in three divisions: grades 3 to 5, grades 6 to 8, and grades 9 to 12. 

Group winners and their parents or guardians will be invited to a presentation ceremony before several thousand pediatricians at the AAP national conference on Sunday, October 12, 2014. 

Each first-place winner will receive a $500 cash prize and up to $1,000 for travel-related expenses. 

The three second-place winners will each receive $250. The six winners' schools will be awarded matching cash amounts. Some artwork will be featured on the AAP website and in promotional materials. 

Entries are also welcome from children outside the USA. For the single international award, the contest is open to children ages 13 to 18. The international winner will receive a USD 500 cash prize with a matching amount for the school or home school. 

"Children have a unique perspective on the world," said James M. Perrin, MD, FAAP, president of the AAP. "We look forward to seeing the vision these young artists share of how children can help those around them be healthier and happier."

To enter, children in the USA and abroad should mail original artwork to: Children's Art Contest, American Academy of Pediatrics, 141, Northwest Point Boulevard, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007. International category entries may also submit entries by email to Deandra Galarde (artcontest@aap.org).

Entry forms and consent forms must accompany all entries, along with official rules and regulations. Entries must be postmarked by August 30, 2014. Winning entries will be selected by a panel of judges, including pediatricians, and announced in the fall. 

Entry Form

Consent Form

Rules and Regulations 

Sharis Shahnazarian, MPH at (323) 361-5754 or

Current Tuberculosis Risk Assessment Questionnaire is attached below as a link. 

You may save the document to your computer for future use.

Document Highlights:

There is a note at the top clarifying the current recommendations for the appropriate test for TB infection to use for children under 5 years of age and for children over 5 years of age.

The first question has been re-worded to focus on children born in high-risk countries.

There is a note at the bottom clarifying that a test for TB infection need only be re-applied if the child presents with any new risk factor since his / her last assessment. 

Click the link below to access the newly revised RAQ 

Revised TB RAQ (english) 

For Practicing Pediatrician Members of the AAP-CA:

Practical Advice About Your Role In The New Immunization Law Relating To School-Entry Vaccine Exemptions

Links below to the full article, Assembly Bill No. 2109, PBE form, and more. 

Effective January 1, 2014 a new California law requires parents/guardians who want to exempt their child from one or more school-entry vaccines to obtain a health care provider's signature documenting that they received specified information about vaccines, with certain exceptions.  

The following is based on information provided by the Department of Health Care Services and is intended as general guidance for pediatricians regarding how to comply with the new law. 

• Why establish a new law and new form for exemptions from school-entry vaccines?

• What is being asked of me, as a pediatrician, under the new law? 

• Is there legally prescribed information that I need to provide parents/families who request that I sign the new Personal Beliefs Exemption (PBE) form? 

• Am I legally required to sign the new PBE form if a patient asks me to? 

• When should the form be signed?

Read the full article 

Access Assembly Bill No. 2109 here.

Personal Beliefs Exemption form (CDPH 8262) click here.

The California Department of Public Health provides additional information about school-entry vaccines, the new law and more. Click here to view.

Tdap immunization is recommended between 27 and 36 weeks gestation. Immunize with every pregnancy, even if 

your patient received Tdap before becoming pregnant. 

We have included several resources accessible by clicking on the links below.

All documents are FREE to download/ distribute: