Dear Chapter 2 Member,
Your
local Chapter of the American
Academy of Pediatrics encompasses
Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and
Suffolk, and its Executive
Committee has been working hard on
your behalf. We have a core of
energetic physicians who volunteer
their time to benefit all members.
To keep you informed, below is a
concise, bulleted list of
important initiatives we have been
working on at the local level.
Do
you have a particular field of
interest in Pediatrics? If so,
you may be interested in serving
on one of the Chapter's
Committees (view the list of
committees here: http://ny2aap.org/nyexec.html).
To get involved, email Jessica
Geslani at jgeslani@aap.org,
express your interest, and
someone will contact you. We
welcome your involvement and
support.
Sincerely,
Marc Lashley, MD, FAAP
President, AAP NY
Chapter 2
Some
Current Chapter
Activities
- Advocate
for passage of New
York City wide, and
soon to be
statewide, controls
on e-cigarettes
including banning
e-cigarette sale to
minors.
- Continue
to advocate for our
revised and
reintroduced
Maternal Depression
legislation to allow
pediatricians to
screen Moms for
maternal depression
and to get paid for
it.
- Fight
for fair payment for
immunization and
immunization through
legislation and work
with insurers with
our Pediatric
Councils.
- Continue
to work with
insurers through our
Pediatric Council to
make sure
pediatricians get
fairly paid for the
work they are doing.
- Offer
our members local
educational
opportunities.
Dinner Conferences
on ICD-10
Implementation and
Developmental
Disabilities will be
announced soon.
- Provide
opportunities for
members to work on
pediatric issues
important to them
and their practice
of medicine through
participation in our
many active Chapter
Committees.
- Support
our members in their
work to raise grant
funds for programs
in their
communities.
- Speak
out on major issues
like children in
poverty, the
increase in homeless
families, children's
unmet need for
mental health
services including
services in the
primary care
setting, the erosion
of herd immunity due
to parental vaccine
hesitancy,
environmental
concerns including
fracking, chemicals
in home fabrics and
cosmetics, and
increases in asthma,
diabetes and obesity
in children, the
increases in
substance abuse of
prescription drugs,
as well as the
recent turn toward
heroine.
- Advocate
for physicians
adversely affected
by the ACA.
- Provide
useful, periodic
newsletters from our
committees, such as:
http://ny2aap.org/pdf/EnvHealthNewsIssue1.pdf
- Advocate
for Children and
Pediatrics in Albany
and in Washington.
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HIV Testing Requirements
Offering HIV
testing starting at age
13, is mandated by the
NYS DOH. Providers
should document that
testing was offered.
Written consent is no
longer necessary. The
state is updating
materials to reflect the
new regulations.
However, click
here for a link to an
interim summary.
The
chapter urges members to
integrate HIV testing into
care for all patients
starting at age 13 in
order to comply with NYS
law. The chapter will
provide links to
additional NYS education
resources when they
are available.
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About Us
AAP
New York Chapter 2 is one of three
local AAP chapters in NYS (AAP
District II). Chapter 2
is made up of four counties:
Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and
Suffolk.
We
are a non profit organization with almost
1,600 members.
To
learn more about your chapter,
please call us at 516-326-0310,
email our Assistant Exec. Director,
Jessica Geslani, at jgeslani@aap.org
or visit our website:
NY Chapter 2 Officers:
President: Marc
Lashley, MD
Secretary: Steven
Goldstein, MD
Treasurer: Shetal
Shah, MD
NY
Chapter 2 Staff:
Exec.
Director: Elie Ward, MSW
Asst.
Exec. Dir.: Jessica
Geslani
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Congratulations!
A
special congrats to the following
AAP NY
Chapter 2 members who were recently
recognized by the NYC DOHMH for their
outstanding immunization rates:
Qurrath
Ain, MD, FAAP
Yu-Mei
Fan, MD, FAAP
Jogesh
Syalee, MD, FAAP
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AAP
NY Chapter 2 Committees
Contact
Jessica Geslani at jgeslani@aap.org
to learn more or to become active in
any of our committees:
*
Adolescence
*
Bullying Prevention
*
Developmental/Behavioral
Pediatrics/Children with
Disabilities
*
Disaster Preparedness
*
Environmental Health
*
Family Violence Prevention
*
Fetus and Newborn
*
Infectious Disease
*
Injury, Poison and Violence
Prevention
*
International Language and
Translations
* International
Pediatrics
*
Legislative
*
Medical Student Outreach
*
Membership
*
Nutrition
*
Pediatric Council
*
School Health
*
Senior Pediatricians
*
Yoga and Meditation
*
Young Physicians
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