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August/September 2005
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A high-energy summer at Texas Children’s |
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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
Robert W. Warren, M.D.
Medical Director, Rheumatology Service
Medical Director,
Information Services
Assistant Medical Director, Ambulatory Services
Texas Children's Hospital
Associate
Professor 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
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
A high-energy summer at Texas Children’s
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Robert W. Warren
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By Robert W. Warren, M.D.
I vaguely remember summers as lazy times away from school and off at camp. This summer at Texas Children's has been extremely busy, with multiple initiatives now past us and many more well under way.
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In this issue of Progress notes, Dr. Feigin writes about, and welcomes, the more than 100 new members of the medical staff and, of course, July brought new fellows and residents, as well.
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The hospital's strategic planning initiative continues, with a report due to the
board in September.
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The Health Care Information System selection effort is in full swing, with second visits by our two vendor finalists, Epic and Cerner, scheduled for July 21/22 and August 9/10, respectively. More demonstrations of these integrated inpatient/outpatient electronic medical records are planned, and Dr. Feigin and I hope that many of you will participate in these evaluations.
Medical and hospital staffs have been busy doing other truly extraordinary things. In this issue, for example, Dr. Steve Abrams writes about his team's recent trip to tsunami-damaged Sri Lanka to help with health care system recovery. The 11-member Texas Children’s team donated thousands of dollars worth of supplies and equipment and, even more importantly, shared much-needed knowledge and training with hospitals in Galle, Colombo and Kandy. Since their return, various team members have described the mission as “a phenomenal experience.”
Dr. Mark Kline and his group are extending the international network of AIDS clinics for children with the launch of a groundbreaking program in Africa. The $40 million project with Bristol-Myers Squibb entails the formation of a pediatric AIDS physician corps and the construction of four new clinical centers of excellence in Africa.
These are truly uplifting stories of caring for others.
Meanwhile, here at home, at the August 9 medical staff meeting, we celebrated the
incredible years and years of commitment of 76 physicians who have served our community's children as members of the Texas Children’s medical staff for an inspiring 25 years and more. I particularly want to offer my congratulations to Drs. Frank Hill, Leighton Hill, Allen Kline and Nicholas Tengg, who have been members of the staff for 45 years.
Robert W. Warren, M.D., is the 2005 president of the medical staff; medical director, Rheumatology Service; medical director, Information Services; and assistant medical director, Ambulatory
Services at Texas Children’s. He also is associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, at Baylor College of Medicine.
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Grand Rounds calendar
8:30 a.m., Fridays,
Texas Children's Hospital,
lower-level Auditorium
unless
otherwise listed.
August
12
TBA
Moise L. Levy, M.D.,
Professor of Dermatology
August 19
Evidence Based Medicine
Charles G. Macias, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
August 26
Chronic Abdominal Pain in Children – It’s Not C.R.A.P.
Anymore
Robert J. Shulman, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics
September 2
Vaccines for Adolescents: Victories and Vexations
Carol J. Baker, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and of Molecular
Virology and Microbiology
September 9
Pertussis In Children and Adolescents: Current Epidemiology
and Prevention Strategies
Flor Munoz-Rivas, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
Molecular Virology and Microbiology
September 16
Clinical Pathological Conference: TBA
James Versalovic, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology
September 23
Project DOCC: Delivery of Chronic Care. Parents’ Perspective.
Elaine J. Hime
September 30
Menstrual Disorders In Adolescence: Diagnosis and
Treatment.
Albert C. Hergenroeder, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics
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