The APA Newsletter Volume 44, Number 3, Spring 2008 www.academicpeds.org

In this Issue: President's Message Past President's Report Secretary's Report Treasurer's Report Commitee Reports Education Committee Research Committee  Region Reports Region II Region III Region IV Region V Region VII Region VIII Region IX Region X Special Interest Group News Advocacy Training Continuity Evidence-based pediatrics Faculty Development Fellowship Directors Injury Control  Medical Informatics Newborn Nursery Pediatric Tobacco Issues Race in Medicine Special Reports Academic General Pediatric Fellowship Accreditation Committee (AGPAC): Progress Report Call for Reviewers for AAP Julius Richard Center Grant APA Council of Academic Societies Liasion Activities Report Announcements 2008 Diabetes and Obesity Confernce  Difficult Conversations in Healthcare Course Listserv Community Engagement workshop Leadership Conference Primary Care Organigations Consortium Job Postings

From the Communications Director This edition of the newsletter is packed with information about the upcoming PAS meeting. We hope it will allow you to plan your meeting well. At the PAS meeting, I will step down as Communications Director. It has been a pleasure and privilege to serve in this capacity. Donna D'Alessandro, Chair of the APA Medical Informatics SIG, will become the new APA Communications Director. As a member of the Communications Committee, Donna has demonstrated that she is a wonderful choice for this role. Please join me in welcoming her. Sincerely,                                                      Karen Edwards Chair,Communications Committee Academic Pediatric Association ---------- President's Message Back home, people sometimes chuckle about all of my meetings. Like many of you, my days are filled with meetings, and I sometimes feel as if I have too few hours in which to accomplish the work that gets generated from my meetings! Yet it is through meetings, through personal interactions with others, that the greatest strides are made. I have not had too many "eureka's" in the shower; nearly all have arisen during meetings with colleagues, either locally or nationally. Click here to read entire message   -------- Upcoming Meetings & Events PAS Meeting May 3-6,2008 Honolulu, Hawaii read more 2008 Pediatric Hospital Medicine July 24-27,2008 Denver, Colorado read more -------- Welcome to Our New APA Members Erika Abramson                             Jonathon Maguire Ashley Alexander                           Jennifer Marin Wendy Anderson                            Auden McClure  Arash Anoshiravani                         Lynn McDaniel Amy Barton                                   James McElligott Jill Baumgartner                             Megan McGraw Samantha Berkule                          Sarah Mennito Cara Biddle                                    Fred Milkin Catherine Birken                            Melissa Miller Denise Bothe                                 Vineeta Mittal  Rachel Boykan                               Anita Moonjely Patrick Brady                                 Penny Murata Carrie Brown                                 Sandra Murray  Mary Brown                                   Suresh Nagappan Ashley Brunelle                              Vinita Nair Katherine Burns                             Sharmila Nanda Deepa Camenga                            Jo-Ann Nesiama  Tammy Camp                                Maria Fernanda Nota Elena Caron                                   Leticia Oliveros Mark Cicero                                   Heather Paradis Melitza Cobham-Browne                 Jillian Parekh John Cowden                                 Sowmya Patil Cynthia Cutler                               Alicia Pekarsky Roy Davis                                     Rebecca Phillips Emily Densmore                            Sarah Polk  Geetha Devdas                              Brian Que Nadia Dowshen                              William Randazzo Joy Drass                                      David Rappaport William Edwards                             Vinay Rawlani Sara Emerick                                 Varalakshmi Reddy  Karen Farst                                    Catherine Riley Rosemary Faust                              Bobbie Riley Mark Feldman                                 Zujaja Sadiq Clara Filice                                     Sarah Schlegel Signe Maria Elisabet Finnell              David Schnadower  Jennifer Foltz                                  Lisa Schnettler Matthew Garber                              Margarita Scott Karla Garcia                                   Desiree Seeyave Aris Garro                                      Thomas Selva  Jeffrey Goldhagen                           Ishrat Siddique Allison Gorman                               Laura Sisterhen  Nicole Greenwood                           Adam Sivitz  Alma Guerrero                                Leann Smith Andrew Hashikawa                          Mary Solomon  Lisa Haynes                                    Nicole St Clair Lara Head                                      Robin Steinberg-Epstein Adam Hersh                                   Lesley Stephens Hanes Elsie Higalgo                                  Michelle Stevenson Nili Israeli                                      Diane Straub Terri Jay                                        Anu Subramony Laurie Johnson                               Jennifer Thomas Amy Jost                                       Tonya Thompson Maria Kelly                                    David Turell Mikelle Key-Solle                           Wendy Van Ittersum Eric Kroner                                    Tetyana Vasylyeva Ursula Kneissl                                Lisa Vaughn Matthew Kronman                          Susan Walley Cynthis Kuelbs                               Michael Warren Carole Lannon                               Victoria Wilkins Grace Lee                                      Asha Willis Carols Lerner                                 Kee Yeo Ellen Lipstein                                  Megan Yunghans Deb Lonzer                                    Susan Yussman                                                     Mark Zonfrillo                                                     Katharine Zuckerman