Region
6
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
2007 Summer Newsletter article
Join your colleagues for the Region VI fall business
meeting during the Midwest Society for Pediatric Research
Annual Meeting October 18-19, 2007 in Indianapolis,
Indiana. After attending the MWSPR program on Thursday
Oct. 18th, Region VI will have our fall networking
and business meeting from 5:00-7:00 PM. The meeting
will be held in the Ruth Lilly Learning Center of the
Riley Outpatient Center on the lower level adjacent
to the MWSPR meeting. Encourage participation in the
APA by bringing your trainees with you to this meeting.
We anticipate having a lively panel discussion regarding
Faculty & Resident Career Development: Teaching
Educators & Residents to Teach. Please volunteer
to be a panel member and share what your institution
is doing to address this important issue. Contact one
of the co-chairs if you are willing to participate
on the panel. Panel participants and trainees who attend
the meeting will receive a prize! Let’s have
a good turnout and support our organization while we
recognize and encourage research at our institutions
through the MWSPR. You can register for the MWSPR meeting
and/or submit an abstract at www.medpubinc.com. Meeting
registration continues through Sept. 28. See you in
Indianapolis!
Your region needs your participation and support.
Currently we are in need of an additional co-chair
for this year. This position is an easy and fun way
to network with colleagues throughout the region and
complete activities needed for professional development
and promotion. Division and Section Chairs please nominate
and discuss with appropriate faculty members at your
institution. Junior faculty members, don’t be
shy! You will enjoy the job! Please email one of the
current Co-Chairs as soon as possible if you are will
ing to help.
Region Chairs:
Lorraine Brewer, MD
Children's Mercy Hospital
2401 Gillham Road
Kansas City MO 64108
Email: labrewer@cmh.edu
Heidi Sallee, MD
1465 South Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63104-1095
Phone: 314-577-5643
Email: salleehm@slu.edu
Young J. Yung, MD
Mayo Clinic
200 1st Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905
Phone: 507-284/9528
Fax: 507-284/9744
Email: juhn.young@mayo.edu
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