Dear
Chapter 2 Member,
Greetings
AAP NY Chapter 2!
Please
read on for a
short list of our
top priorities and
other important
information:
ICD-10
Colin
Powell
once
said:
"There
are
no
secrets
to
success.
It
is
the
result
of
preparation,
hard
work
and
learning
from
failure."
As
ICD-10
transition
approaches
(205
days
as
of
this
writing),
we
must
all
prepare
and
do
some
hard
work.
100
pediatricians
attended
the
ICD-10
lecture
given
by
Chapter
2
on
March
2,
2015.
If
you
were
not
able
to
attend,
please
review
the
attached
slides
from
the
presenters
to
get
a
glimpse
of
some
of
the
things
we
must
start
doing
NOW
to
get
ready.
This
transition
is
sure
to
be
painful,
and
is
sure
to
disrupt
cash
flow
in
the
average
practice.
In
addition,
if
you
email
our
secretary
(contact
info
below),
he
will
send
you
additional
files
and
links
to
help
in
your
research.
Let
us
be
prepared.
Click
the
link
below
for
PowerPoint slides:
Dr.
Susan
J.
Kressly's
Introduction
to
ICD-10
Medco's
Mrs.
Thelian
ICD-10
Presentation
Anti-Vaccine
Movement
Recently
a
parent
in
Rochester
filed
numerous
complaints
against
area
pediatricians
who
refused
to
accept
her
non-vaccinated
child-alleging
religious
discrimination.
The
opinion
of
our
lawyer
at
the
firm
of
Kern
Augustine
Conroy
and
Schoppmann
is
that
if
the
physicians
can
give
a
rational
explanation
-
based
upon
clinical
considerations,
why
they
withdraw
from
treatment
of
a
child
whose
parent
refuses
vaccination
-
the
doctor
can
argue
that
the
determination
is
based
upon
clinical
considerations
rather
than
upon
religious
discrimination.
I
would
like
to
remind
our
members
that
it
is
the
official
policy
of
the
AAP
not
to
refuse
these
patients,
but
to
work
with
them
to
use
any
opportunity
to
educate
them
about
the
benefit
of
vaccines.
Also,
here
is
a
humorous
clip
from
a recent
episode
of
Jimmy
Kimmel
(Warning
-
some
inappropriate
language).
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Know
a
physician
who
wants
to
become
a
member
of
chapter
2?
E-mail
his
or
her
name
to
our
secretary
below.
Sincerely,
Marc
Lashley
M.D.,FAAP
President
AAP
NY
Chapter
2
Interim
AAP
Chapter
2
Secretary
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About
Us
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New York
Chapter 2
is one of
three
local AAP
chapters
in the
NYS AAP,
District
II. Chapter
2 is made
up of four
counties:
Brooklyn,
Queens,
Nassau and
Suffolk.
We
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profit
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with over
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members.
To
learn more
about your
chapter,
please
call us at
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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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NY Chapter
2
Committees
Contact
Jessica
Geslani at jgeslani@aap.org
to learn
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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:
Loretta
Au, MD,
FAAP
Harry
Bond, MD,
FAAP
Edgar
Flores-Castillo,
MD, FAAP
Jack
Kabariti,
MD, FAAP
Karen
Myrie, MD
Magalie
Pierre-Louis,
MD, FAAP
Elizabeth
Szilagyi,
MD, FAAP
Wenjing
Zhou, MD,
PhD, FAAP
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