Adolescence

• Goal: To improve the delivery of health care by pediatricians to
  adolescents in Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties.
• Objectives:
  1. To provide education to pediatricians on adolescent health
     topics
  2. To research the health needs of adolescents in our region
  3. To work towards the removal of barriers to the provision of
     optimal health are to adolescents.
  4. To provide outreach to adolescents, parents and the community
• Meetings: Wednesday, 
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Breastfeeding

• Breastfeeding Brochure!
• Vision: Reestablish breastfeeding as the cultural norm
• Mission: Breastfeeding promotion through collaborative education
  and action.
• Goals:
  1. Coordination and encouragement of state activities related
     to the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding.
  2. Assistance of physicians and other health care and public
     health professionals in the promotion and management of
     breastfeeding.
  3. Development of community-based multidisciplinary teams
     for the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding.
• Meetings: e-mail CBC for updates
• Location: http://www.motherfriendly.medem.com
• Members: AAP Chapter Breastfeeding Coordinator (CBC), WIC
  Breastfeeding Coordinator, MCHB Regional Office Program
  Coordinator, ACOG and AAFP representatives, any
  Community-based groups concerned with improving the health
  of women, infants and families.

CATCH Co-Facilitators

• Goal:  The Community Access to Child Health Program provides
  pediatricians with small grants to plan community-based
  initiatives to increase access to health care for children.  If you
  have an idea to improve access to health care for children in your
  community or practice, you are encouraged to apply.
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Chapter Newsletter

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Child Care Contact

Coding Trainer

• Goal:  Available as a resource for coding issues
• Members are encouraged to go to the AAP Members Only
  Channel and go to the "Coding Hotline".  Written answers to your
  questions will be faxed back to you, usually on the same day.

Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics/Children with Disabilities Committee

• Goal:  If you have any information that you would like to share, please bring it with you.
  1- Specific disabilities like PDD, ADHD, MR, LD;
  2- Screening and surveillance;
  3- Reimbursement and
  4- Early intervention.
• Next Meeting: We will be holding the next meeting of the AAP Chapter 2 Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics/Children with Disabilities Committee on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Mary's Hospital for Children. 
  We have asked Sheryl Frishman, a special education lawyer, to speak about special education law and advocacy.  This will include information on IEPs and section 504 accommodations.  There will be plenty of time for questions.
• Location: Ed Simpser has been kind enough to sponsor the meeting at St. Mary's Hospital for Children in Bayside, Queens. 
  29-01 216th Street, Bayside, NY  11360.
  Phone number: (718) 281-8800.
  Directions can be obtained on the website http://www.stmaryskids.org/default.htm.
• Members: Anyone who would like to attend should contact Dr. Levine by e-mail so he can arrange for dinner.

The purpose of the Chapter 2 Family Violence Committee will be to establish an open and inclusive forum that will increase the awareness and understanding of as it relates to the practice of Pediatrics.  Utilizing a multidisciplinary and culturally-informed approach, the committee will focus on identification, intervention, prevention and education in all areas of family violence as it relates to the pediatric setting facilitated by collaborative efforts to result in an improved community response and enhanced supports for improvements in systems responding to family violence.

Goals:

• To influence policy makers to prioritize policy issues affecting the health and well being of children exposed to family violence.
• To create additional resources in Chapter 2 where children can be evaluated in a child-friendly environment in the management of all forms of family violence.
• To develop lasting collaborations to facilitate working effectively with individuals or agencies concerned with efforts to prevent or intervene with the goal of breaking the cycle of violence within families.
• Reduce the stigma associated with family violence by coordinating primary care provider efforts in prevention, detection, and reporting cases in a manner that supports victims in reporting incidences.
• Through collaborative efforts, create a unified Family Advocacy curricula in residency training programs such that pediatric residents will acquire core knowledge about family violence necessary to engage in meaningful and creative community-based, policy or investigative work in the area of Family Advocacy.

Objectives:

• Create new resources and identify existing resources that will facilitate a unified approach to the management of the different forms of Family Violence in the Pediatric setting.
• Create new resources and identify existing resources that will facilitate a unified curricula for teaching residents about Family Violence and Child Advocacy.
• Organize an annual ½ day session in collaboration with other chapters or chapter committees to attract a multidisciplinary audience to address issues that will enhance our understanding and approach to Family Violence.
  
• Members:  Ingrid Walker-Descartes MD, Jamie Hoffman-Rosenfeld MD, Steve Ajl MD, Debra Jenssen MD, Leslie Quinn MD

Jamie L. Hoffman-Rosenfeld, M.D.
     

Fetus and Newborn

• Goal:  Assisting practicing pediatricians in improving newborn care on
  whatever issues arise.
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• Members:  Bruce Ackerman, Hedda Acs, Eleanor Babinski, Harriet
  Boxer, Frantz Brea, Marie Brignol, Salvatore Caravella, Susana
  Castro-Alcaraz, Jonathan Davis, Swarna Devarajan, Ed Dilello, Marty
  Ellington, Tatyana Gabinskaya, Alice Garner, Eustace Georgatos, Madhu
  Gudavalli, Rita Harper, Howard Heiman, Anatolyiy Ilizarov, Lita Isaacson,
  Ajey Jain, Paul Jean-Charles, Katherine King, Robert Koppel, Chetna
  Kothari, Michael La Corte, Carolyn Levine, Edna Lord, Belinda Marquis,
  Pranav Mehta, Gina Murza, Shahnaz Orner, Raphael Osei, Aruna
  Parekh, Ammukutty Paulose, Sudha Prasad, Warren Rosenfeld, Nathan
  Rudolph, Richard Schanler, Jerry Schlessel, Hari Shukla, Concepcion Sia,
  Myron Sokal, Regina Spinazzola, Andrew Steele, Allan Steinberg, Behzad
  Talebian, Gloria Valencia, Suja Vijayan, Kim Williams, Les Wolkoff, Ki
  Yoo
  
• New Hearing Screen Resources page

Foreign Language Translations

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Infectious Diseases

• Goal:  Update on current infectious disease issues; risks of piercing and
  tattooing
• Meetings:  Monday, 
• Location:  Nassau University Medical Center
                  Pediatric Clinics Conference Room
• Members:  Donald Gromisch, Susan DeVivio, Thomas Bloom,
  David Annunziato, Mark Lashley, Paul Lee, Abby Greenberg, Stephen
  Barone, Sunil Sood, Lorry Rubin, Sharon Nachman, Leonard Krilov

Leonard Krilov, M.D.
     

Injury, Poison & Violence Prevention

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International Pediatrics

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Medical Student Outreach

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Membership

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Nutrition
(See our new Vegetarian Diet Brochure or download in PDF
format, page 1 and page 2, to print for your patients!

• Goal:  Discussion of planned Obesity study
• Obesity Anticipatory Guidance Handout
• Meetings:  Monday, December 17, 2007
• Location:  Schneider Children's Hospital, 3rd floor,  Room 301
• Members:  Marc Jacobson, Abraham Jelin, Arnold Schussheim,
  Toba Weinstein, Katherine King, Victor Turow

PROS Representatives

• Goal: PROS – which is the acronym for Pediatric Research
  in Office Settings – meets two times a year. The goal of this AAP
  sponsored committee is to obtain data through research in the
  offices of pediatricians, rather than in academic milieus, which
  was previously the only way information was acquired on children.
  This information is used to further the best care of children.
• Meetings:
• Location:  Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk
• Members:

Paul Lee, M.D.
    
Vipin Agarwalla, M.D.
    

Resident Needs

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School Health

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Senior Pediatricians

• Goal:  The goal of this committee is to advocate for children, and to work
  as advocates with the Resident and Immunization committees.  Issues
  regarding financial planning and medical liability are also addressed.
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• Members:  Any member of the American Academy of Pediatrics over the
  age of 55.

Web Page

• Goal:  The purpose of the web site is to keep the members of our
  Chapter informed regarding activities of the Chapter.  Societies are
  encouraged to supply similar information through separate pages.
• Meetings:  E-mail communication and suggestions.
• Location:  E-mail conferences as needed.
• Members:  Open to all members

Young Physicians

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Youth Advocacy

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• Meetings:  Monday, May 19, 2008, 7:00 pm                 
• Location:  205 E 22nd Street,  Apt 7L
                   New York, NY
• Members:  Dina Lieser, Anthony Battista, Warren Seigel.