Dear
NY2 Member,
 I'd
like to take this opportunity to
introduce your new Chapter
officers. My name is Bram
Jelin. I will be your
president for the next two years.
I am a pediatric
gastroenterologist practicing in
Brooklyn and I am the Associate
Chairman of Pediatrics at the
Brooklyn Hospital Center.
Your vice-president is Rich Ancona
who is in private practice in
Suffolk County. Marc Lashley
is your secretary. He is in
private practice in Valley Stream.
Jay Abularrage is your treasurer.
He is the Chairman of Pediatrics
at New York Hospital Queens.
Ishvar Patel who is in private
practice in Queens, is the
immediate past president.
I
am looking forward to a productive
tenure as your president. I
will try to keep your informed of
chapter activities including
dinner meetings, advocacy events
and issues. I am serious
about communication but
communication is a bilateral
proposition. I want to hear
your concerns so that I can
accurately represent you. My
email address is bramjel@aol.com
Sincerely,
Bram
Jelin, MD, FAAP
President, AAP NY Chapter 2
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Save
the Date!
Pediatric Coding
Update for 2010 - Dec. 15th
 We
are planning an educational dinner program
on December 15th which will
concentrate on billing and coding
issues. Registration
details will be emailed to NY Chapter
2 members. Plans for other
dinner meetings are also in the
planning stage.
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Working
with the
County Pediatric Societies
Your officers had their first
formal meeting to begin planning
for the next two years. A
major thrust will be to integrate
chapter activities with the
activities of the county
societies. We will be
inviting the society presidents to
participate in the officers
meetings. We hope to have a
chapter presence at society
meetings. We believe that
this integration will enhance the
value of society membership and
promote membership in the AAP and
Chapter 2.
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New Committee on
Membership
We have a new committee comprised of
past presidents. This
committee was the inspiration of
Warren Seigel and will focus its
energy on expanding chapter
membership.
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Advocacy
Update
 The
children of New York will benefits
by two bills passed in the
legislature and signed by the
Governor. The first mandates
that flu vaccine be offered by
hospitals to parents, caretakers and
siblings of NICU patients.
This measure will reduce the
exposure of these vulnerable infants
to influenza. The second
provides for the promulgation of a
breast feeding bill of rights to be
posted in hospitals and birthing
centers. Our advocacy efforts
continue unabated guided by George
Dunkel and Elie Ward our
representatives and mentor in
Albany. By the way, put
February 23, 2010 on your calendar
to travel to Albany for our annual
Lobby Day. It will be a long
day but I can guarantee it will be
educational, fun and productive.
Your participation will make a
difference.
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Be
Heard! Write a Resolution!
Voting
is an important privilege and
responsibility of membership in
the Academy. It is a way
for you to influence your
academy. There is another
avenue for you to influence
academy policy. You can
write a resolution. A
resolution is a document that
reflects your opinion about
issues that are relevant to the
practice of pediatrics. Once you
write a resolution it will be
presented and debated by the
leadership of the Academy at the
Annual Leadership Forum.
If it is passed by a majority at
that meeting it gets forwarded
to the AAP Board of Directors
for consideration as AAP policy.
If there is something concerning
you, you will be heard!
For resolution assistance,
please contact the NY Chapter 2
Office at 516-326-0310 or jgeslani@aap.org.
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NY
Chapter 2 on ITV!
 Many
of you know that the chapter,
under the leadership of Ishvar
Patel, developed a TV series
broadcast on ITV, a local cable
network catering to a South Asian
audience. Nearly 40 segments
covering a variety of pediatric
issues were aired. This is
an ongoing project and Ishvar may
be calling on one of you to share
your expertise in this project.
I did two segments and enjoyed the
experience. It was
particularly fun seeing Ishvar
grow in his role as moderator.
Larry King had better watch out!
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Vote
for AAP President Elect!
You
can vote from now until Oct. 1st for
National AAP President Elect!
*
(AAP membership categories with
voting privileges are: Fellows,
Specialty Fellows, Emeritus
Fellows & Retired
Fellows.)
Candidates for President Elect:
Anne
Francis, MD, FAAP - Rochester, NY
O.
Marion Burton, MD, FAAP -
Columbia, SC
Learn
more about the candidates here (you
will be prompted to log into the
Member Center): http://www.aap.org/moc/vp/eleclink.htm
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AAP
New York Chapter 2 is one of three
local AAP chapters in NYS. Chapter
2 is made up of four counties:
Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and
Suffolk. We are a non profit
organization with over 1,700
members. To learn more about
your chapter, please call us at
516-326-0310, email our Executive Director,
Jessica Geslani, at jgeslani@aap.org or
visit our website:
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Committee
Corner:
Pediatrics-Psychiatry
Collaboration Project
Many
pediatricians are becoming more
involved in caring for
complicated mental health issues
such as ADHD, OCD, Tourette's
and depression. Issues of
diagnosis and treatment can
become very involved. In
an effort to improve office
management of these difficult
issues, a group of general
pediatricians and developmental
specialists in Chapter 2 are
collaborating with Dr. Carmel
Foley, Chief of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry at
Schneider Children's Hospital.
Dr.
Jack Levine and Dr. Marc Lashley
have developed this project
based on models of pediatric
mental health programs presented
at the 2007 AAP Future of
Pediatrics conference. The
physicians get together three or
four times a year for face to
face discussions and case
presentations. The crux of
the program, however, consists
of email communication with Dr.
Foley resulting in patient
specific timely psychiatric
input. An additional
component is facilitated
psychiatric referrals if needed.
Some recent examples of
consultations include a child
with ADHD unresponsive to
stimulants, a teen with autism
who won't sleep, a child on
stimulants and Clonidine with
night terrors and advice on how
to switch from one SSRI to
another.
While
this project is not for all
pediatricians, if you like
dealing with mental health
issues on your own, it is a
great opportunity. If
interested please contact Jack
Levine at jmlevine@optonline.net.
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