2013 & 2014 Year in Review Resident Dr. Willa Liao represents McMaster’s Pediatric Residency Program at the Canadian Society of Allergy & Immunology’s 2013 Annual Scientific Meeting. Dr. Robert Issenman and colleagues receive the Best New Technology Poster Award for “Using a tablet screening tool (TickIT) in Adolescent Health Care” at the Canadian Association of Pediatric Health Centres Conference held in Toronto.
Drs. Michelle Butt and Marilyn Ballantyne (Co-PIs), with Lucy Giglia, Susan Jack, Sarah McDonald, and Wendy Sword receive a CIHR Planning Grant in the amount of $18,225 for their project “Addressing Primary Health Care Service Gaps for Late Preterm Infants and their Families.” Dr. Fawaz Alanzi (supervised by Drs. Karen Choong and Cynthia Cupido), Dr. Shazli Shethwala (supervised by Drs. Moyez Ladhani and Madan Roy), and Dr. Allison Rodrigues (supervised by Drs. Lucy Giglia and Moyez Ladhani) receive RMA Scholarship Awards.
Dr. Peter Rosenbaum gives the invited Presidential Guest Lecture at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine.
Anthony Crocco
Jon Gilleland
Dr. Anthony Crocco is appointed Division Head and Medical Director of the Division of Emergency Medicine, and Dr. Jon Gilleland is appointed Acting Division Head and Medical Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Unit.
November 2013 Dr. Daisy Liu, pediatric resident, receives the 2013 Dr. Derek Puddester Canadian Association of Interns and Residents Award for Resident Well-being.
Dr. Robert Issenman presents “Motivational Interviewing in the Office Approach to Overweight” at the OMA Summit on Children’s Nutrition. Dr. Ronnie Barr receives the 2013 Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario Companion Award. Department members celebrate at the Annual Recognition Dinner. December 2013
There were 50 pediatric Residents and 52 Fellows during the 2013/2014 academic year 12
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Dr. Ehud Rosenbloom and his research team are recognized at the International Meeting on Simulation Healthcare (IMSH). Their abstract, “The Mirror Technique: A Novel Use of In-Situ Simulation to Test Flow and Environment of a New Pediatric Emergency Space,” wins the first place award in the Program Innovation Abstract category. Drs. Quang Ngo, Ehud Rosenbloom, Lennox Huang, Kevin Middleton, and colleagues conduct four workshops and present two posters at IMSH.