Jamie Calabrese, MD, FAAP Executive Board President
Monthly Features
CME/CEU Let's Talk Teleconferences - Save the Date!
Join your colleagues on February 8 (12:15 – 1:30 pm) for the next teleconference Let’s Talk: Child Passenger Safety - Side Impact Protection for Children and Child Restraints: Making Sense of New Information. Speakers are Kristy Arbogast, PhD from the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CHOP) and David Campbell, an engineering consultant focused primarily in the infant and juvenile products categories. Click here for the registration form.
Join your colleagues for a teleconference in March for Let’s Talk: Puberty – Too Early or Too Late, When is it Time to Investigate? with Craig Alter, MD, (Div. of Endocrinology, CHOP).
PA AAP EPIC Program on Pediatric Obesity
SOUTHEAST and SOUTHWEST PA REGIONS: Schedule your CME/CEU Presentation now! Email Sharon Shepherd - Senior Program Assistant. Presentations are held at your practice, according to your schedule. For more information, click to read the flyer.
Thanks to funding support from the PA Dept of Health, the leadership of William Cochran, MD, FAAP (Geisinger) and the partnership of the PA Dietetic Association, the PA Chapter launched a new Educating Practices In their Communities (EPIC) program targeted to pediatric obesity. Entitled EPIC: Pediatric Obesity Evaluation, Treatment and Prevention in Community Settings, this on-site educational course will bring a pediatrician/registered dietician team to your practice with information, tools, patient handouts and resources.
The program began in Southeast and Southwest PA in 2011 and will spread to the other regions of the state in 2012 and 2013.
2010 Pediatrician of the Year
The PA Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics congratulates Dr. Robert Cicco as the 2010 Pediatrician of the Year. This prestigious award is given annually to a Pennsylvania Fellow who exemplifies the ideals of the pediatric profession and participates in the type of activities that are the foundation of the AAP.
PA AAP and PCA PA Response to Penn State University Concern
Click here to read the entire message from Jamie Calabrese, MD FAAP, President of the PA AAP.
This message was sent to all pediatricians in the state in response to the recent events involving Penn State University. Here you will also find the press release that was sent to all newspapers statewide. As pediatricians we must re-direct the message to every single PA adult that each of us has the responsibility to believe and support children and report suspected abuse.
EHR and Meaningful Use Incentive Program
KUDOS to the following pediatric practices who have successfully attested to meeting meaningful use criteria using certified EHR technology as of June 30, 2011:
Helping Hands Pediatrics - Sharon, PA
Next Generation Pediatrics - Butler, PA
Meadville Pediatrics - Meadville, PA
Warren Pediatrics - Warren, PA
Dr. B.R. Chekka, MD - Erie, PA
Pediatric Care Center, Marion Center, PA
Pocono Adult/Pediatric Medical Group, East Stroudsburg, PA
Indiana Pediatric Assoc, PC, Indiana, PA
Hanover Pediatrics, Hanover, PA
Visit the DPW site for the latest information and re-plays of recent webinars on calculating patient volume and provider attestations. If you would like to sign up for free technical assistance, go to PA Reach East or PA Reach West depending on your location.
