April 2024

Register for June Chapter Member Networking Events

LAS VEGAS

Sunday, June 23

4 PM

Chapter Members &

Invited Guests

Flight Club @ The Venetian

RENO

Friday, June 28

5:30 PM

Chapter Members &

Invited Guests

107 Vines

Nevada AAP Member Updates

Red Flags in Pediatric Ophthalmology

Nevada AAP Chapter President & Vision Advocate Mitchell Strominger, MD, FAAP recorded this 1-minute video for the American Academy of Ophthalmology on When to Image a Child With Nystagmus.

Worth a Watch

An AAP Star is Born

Congratulations to Nevada AAP E-cigarette Chapter Champion & Chapter Immunization Representative Jose Cucalon Calderon, MD, FAAP on becoming an official Spanish-language spokesperson for the AAP.

Please share ¡NO CEDAS A LA PRESIÓN DE GRUPO! Dile NO al alcohol with your Spanish-speaking patients.

For Parents in Your Practice who Want to Advocate for Improved Care in Nevada

The awesome team at Act4Kids Nevada is offering a FREE storytelling workshop for parents who want to join them in their advocacy efforts for comprehensive pediatric healthcare in Nevada!

State Advocacy

The 2023-2024 Nevada Legislative Interim Session is well underway. Whenever the posted agenda for the monthly Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services meetings include an item from past member-voted advocacy priorities, Nevada AAP Executive Director Leann "Lee" McAllister submits a written public comment as well as gives a verbal public comment if her schedule allows. Click here to view our chapter statement for the February meeting and here for the Nevada AAP comment for the April meeting.

Now is the perfect time for Nevada AAP members who want to request a BDR for the 2025 session to act! Senator Fabian Doñate, Chair, Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services, is currently seeking ideas for bills for the next legislative session. Keep in mind that getting a law passed in Nevada usually takes 3 - 5 legislative cycles. It's a marathon, not a sprint, but we know that change can happen when pediatricians are determined to change the law! NB: Any individual is able to propose a BDR, howver, to do so in the name of the Nevada AAP you must have support from the Nevada AAP Executive Committee.

Pediatricians Support the Kids Online Safety Act

The internet was not designed with kids in mind -and every day, pediatricians see the impacts of social media in their offices. That's why they are making their voices heard.

One more Nevada AAP Advocacy Highlight: There are SEVEN representatives from Nevada traveling to DC for the AAP Advocacy Conference April 14 - 16! At the conference, 240 pediatricians from across the US will be meeting with their state's elected officials and/or their senior staff to advocate for protecting young people online and reauthorizing the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC). We'll send an update to Chapter Members after the conference.

In DEI News

The Nevada Minority Health & Equity Coalition has launched #NMHECPartnerSpotlight! a short series for Minority Health Month where they ask partners why health equity work is important to them. Nevada AAP Executive Director Leann "Lee" McAllister was honored to be a featured partner!

From the beginning, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has been guided by its mission to ensure the health and well-being of all children.

Nevada AAP Calendar Highlights

Full Calendar on NevadaAAP.org/calendar

Sat - Tue

Apr 20th-30th

Executive Director Vacation

Nevada AAP Executive Director Lee McAllister is on vacation.

Sat May 4th

8:30 AM-9:30 AM

For Chapter Members: Office Hours with Executive Director

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Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86770419383?pwd=el9yPFbKicabcSQtTzD46E0b7XZLgK.1

Meeting ID: 867 7041 9383

Passcode: 968172

Wed May 8th

Application Deadline: The REACH Institute's Patient-Centered Mental Health in Pediatric Primary Care

Highly recommended by AAP leadership. FREE

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Tue May 21st

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Gender Affirming Care ECHO Series

If interested, please register here to receive more information.

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Thu May 23rd

8:00 AM-7:00 PM

Inaugural Wolf Pack Pediatric Symposium

The closing reception will be hosted by the Nevada AAP. Please join us for this free CME event!

Learn More and Register

Basin Street Club 1664 North Virginia Street Reno, NV 89557

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Mon Jul 1st

Deadline: Self Nominations for Executive Committee

The Nevada AAP is entirely run by members who volunteer their time and talents resulting in improved pediatric outcomes in Nevada and leadership experience for the volunteer.

Per our Chapter Bylaws (posted at the bottom of https://nevadaaap.org/members) and under the direction of our Executive Committee (posted on https://nevadaaap.org/leadership) this year chapter members will be invited to vote for a Vice President and a Secretary/Treasurer for 2025 - 2026 term.

Members interested in running for either post must contact Nevada AAP Lee McAllister no later than July 1, 2024 to indicate your interest.

ED@NevadaAAP.org

508-685-0918

Nevada AAP Social Media