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February/March 2006
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New year will build on previous momentum |
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Grand Rounds calendar |
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Advisors
Ralph D. Feigin,
M.D.
Physician-in-Chief
Texas Children's Hospital
Professor and Chairman
Department of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Joseph A. Garcia-Prats,
M.D.
Neonatologist
Texas Children's Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Medical Ethics Baylor
College of Medicine
Arnold G. Kagan,
M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Editor
Cindy Shanley
Marketing and
Public Relations
Texas Children’s Hospital
832-824-2180
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For members of the Texas Children's Hospital medical staff
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From
the medical staff president
New year will build on previous momentum
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By Joseph A. Garcia-Prats
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By Joseph A. Garcia-Prats,
M.D.
The new year brings new hope of individual practices and for our
families. Likewise, the new year ushers in new challenges for
our medical community. I feel fortunate to serve as president of
this outstanding medical staff. When I was first approached to
accept the nomination, then-president Dr. Jeff Starke remarked
how impressed he was by
the tremendous amount of time spent in Texas Children’s
committee work by our medical staff and the remarkable
leadership by Dr. Ralph Feigin and Mark Wallace. The decision
for me to accept the nomination became an easy one, especially
in light of all that Texas Children’s Hospital and the pediatric
medical staff has done for my family over the years. It was my
opportunity to give back in a small way. I must admit there is
some anxiety on my part in following in the footsteps of Drs.
Jeff Starke and Bob Warren. I now have a great sense of empathy
for the quarterback at UT following Vince Young. I will never be
that big or that fast – however, I look forward to the duties,
challenges and opportunities of this 2006 presidency and ask for
everyone’s support.
There will be several items from 2005 that I will continue to
bring to the medical staff’s attention this year. One of these
will be the selection and implementation of the electronic
medical record system, which will greatly impact all areas of
Texas Children’s. We all look forward to its stepwise rollout
over the next several years. Another focus of mine will be the
ongoing strategies to address safety issues. I intend to keep
these efforts highlighted throughout the year and hope this will
stimulate all of us to cooperate and support these efforts.
Lastly, I will continue to develop our electronic newsletter,
Progress Notes, as a source of information for our medical staff
with a goal that it will be regularly accessed by all of us. In
this same vein, please work with me to continue to improve
communication and involvement of all of our medical staff in the
activities of Texas Children’s Hospital. I look forward to a
great year. |
Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, M.D., is the 2006 president of the medical staff and a neonatologist at Texas Children’s. He also is a professor of pediatrics and a professor of medical ethics at Baylor College of Medicine.
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Special topics in Pediatrics: Diagnosing a
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Grand Rounds calendar
8:30 a.m., Fridays,
Texas Children's Hospital,
lower-level Auditorium
unless
otherwise listed.
February 10
State of Adolescent Health In 2005: Nationally and In Texas
Claire Brindis, M.D., Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of
Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine at the University of
California
February 17
Gastrointestinal Bleeding In Infants and Children
Xavier Villa, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
February 24
Dysfunctional Voiding
Ewa Elenberg, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Eric A.
Jones, M.D., Assistant Professor of Urology
March 3
Pulse Oximetry: A Great Technology Can Be Misapplied
Khoulood F. Fakhoury, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
March 10
Just Say "No"--An Update on iNo Usage In the Neonate
Caraciolo J. Fernandes, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics;
Lisa M. Adcock, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
March 17
Clinical Pathological Conference: TBA
Dolores H. Lopez-Terrado, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of
Pathology
March 24
Arnold J. Rudolph, M.D. Memorial Grand Rounds:
Demographics of Houston Over the Last Two Decades
Stephen L. Klineberg, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Rice
University
March 31
Kleberg Auditorium, Baylor College of Medicine
What’s New With Flu: An Update on Influenza Epidemiology and
Prevention
Kathryn Edwards, M.D.
April 7
Fellow’s Day
April 14
Good Friday
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