2012

January

Executive Committee Meeting
Canceled

February

Executive Committee Meeting
6:00 pm - Chateau Briand

General Membership Meeting
Prevention of Pediatric Obesity
William Cochran, MD, FAAP
Vice Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
Director of Pediatric Weight Management Program
Janet Weis Children's Hospital at Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA  1782-1320
7:30-8:30 pm 

Learning Objectives: 

1. To discuss the impact of childhood obesity during childhood and adulthood.
2. To discuss nutritional issues with parents and or children to help prevent obesity.
3. To discuss lifestyle issues with parents and or children to help prevent obesity.

Needs: Pediatric obesity is now of epidemic proportions in the United States.  Pediatric overweight and obesity now affects more than 30 percent of children, making it the most common chronic disease of childhood.  However, pediatricians and parents often feel helpless in preventing and treating pediatric obesity.

April

Executive Committee Meeting
6:00 pm
NYIT de Seversky Center
Northern Blvd & Old Campus Road
Old Westbury, NY 11568
(516) 686-7675
1st Annual David Annunziato Memorial Lecture
General Membership/Spousal Meeting
Bullying
Warren Seigel, MD
Chairman of Pediatrics
Director of Adolescent Medicine at Coney Island Hospital
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
SUNY-Health Science Center at Brooklyn
7:30-8:30 pm
(Pending confirmation)

Learning Objective:

1. Understand the social dynamic of bullying
2. Clear up misperceptions about bullying and its solution
3. Developing a bullying prevention initiative in your practice

Needs: 56% of students have personally witnessed some type of bullying at school.  Bullying does not just happen face-to-face.  Students and young adults may also struggle with embarrassing or hurtful messages via text or online.  How can the pediatrician play a role in the prevention of bullying and youth violence?

June

Executive Committee Meeting
6:00 pm - Chateau Briand

General Membership Meeting
7:00 pm - Vote for Officers, Residents' Night
5th Annual Harvey Aiges Memorial Residents' Night Presentation

Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center

Winthrop University Hospital

Nassau University Medical Center

Stonybrook University