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Summer 2007 Newsletter Article
The Emergency Medicine SIG meeting at 2007 PAS was jointly sponsored by APA Emergency
Medicine SIG and AAP SOEM for the first time. Thanks to all of the exceptional
presenters and attendees. The session focused on new innovations/technologies/approaches
in PEM and provided a new sense of excitement for the future of pediatric emergency
medicine. Terry Klassen from University of Alberta presented on his work on knowledge
translation in emergency medicine. Amy Drendel from Medical college of Wisconsin
discussed pharmacogenetics and the implication for PEM. Tom Abramo from Vanderbilt
discussed new approaches to noninvasive monitoring in PEM. Pam Okada and Michael
Dowling from Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, presented experience in implementation
of a clinical care guideline for stroke management in a PED. The meeting was
extremely well received by the attendees and was hailed as one of the best PEM
SIG meetings ever.
Milton Tennenbein introduced the creation of a new joint award from the APA
SIG and the AAP SOEM for the Best Platform/Abstract presentation.. The award
will be presented at the AAP National Conference and Exhibition to be held
in San Francisco on October 27-30th. Thanks to Milton Tennenbein, Lalit Bajaj,
and Marc Gorelick for attending all the platform sessions as the judges.
This year’s Ludwig/Seidel award was presented to Darshan D. Patel for
his research titled “TheUtility of Bedside Ultrasonography in Identifying
Fractures and Guiding Fracture Reductions in Children”. Thanks to Chris
Walsh-Kelly, Genie Roosevelt, Donna Moro-Sutherland, Ethan Wiener, Evie Alessandrini,
and Tom Abramo for their efforts as the judges.
Having served for last 3 years as a Co-chair of the Emergency Medicine SIG,
Michael Kim would like to thank you for the opportunity to serve and sends
much appreciation to all the members for encouragement, support, and participation
which will be cherished for a long time as he is stepping down. Joan Bothner
also thanks everyone for the opportunity.
The new chairs will be Lalit Bajaj (Bajaj.lalit@tchden.org) and Evie Alessandrini(alessandrini@email.chop.ed).
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Lalit Bajaj MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
1056 E 19th Ave
B251
Denver, CO 80230
Phone: 303-764-8252
Fax: 303-764-8694
Bajaj.lalit@tchden.org
Evie Alessandrini MD, MSCE
Professor
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th Street and Civic Center Blvd.
Philadephia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-590-1437
Fax: 215-590-4454
alessandrini@email.chop.ed
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