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Terence (Terry) Doherty joins the LA BioMed Team as the Director for Interdisciplinary Research - 04/19/2010
On March 1, Terence (Terry) Doherty joined the LA BioMed staff as the Director for Interdisciplinary Research within the President’s Office. He has been given the monumental task of altering LA BioMed’s research funding landscape. His charge is to increase the grant portfolio of LA BioMed, especially from federal sources.
Terry is a veteran of Harbor-UCLA, having worked in the cath lab under Bill French in the 1990’s. During much of this period, he worked on various research projects as well, including some of the pioneering investigations on using heart scans to detect coronary calcification. For the past decade, Terry served at Cedars-Sinai, first in a basic cardiology research lab, and then as a grant writer and promoter of collaborative research. The significant increases in NIH funding achieved by Cedars-Sinai in the past five years are in large part due to Terry’s efforts. We are looking forward to his having the same effect at LA BioMed.
Dr. Carol Berkowitz featured in the Daily Breeze for new iPhone App - "VisualDX" - 04/19/2010
Dr. Carol Berkowitz, the Executive Vice Chair in the Department of Pediatrics at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, was featured in the Daily Breeze for providing the expertise and editorial support for a new iPhone and iPod Touch application.
Dr. Carol Berkowitz, Dr. Noah Craft and Dr. Loren Miller were instrumental in providing the expertise and editorial support for the new application, VisualDx Mobile, which helps doctors diagnose disease by putting images and information in physicians’ pockets.
The new application takes physicians through a series of categories to fully describe their patients, the symptoms and circumstances surrounding the disease. Based on that information, VisualDx displays information about potential diagnoses and treatments, and it displays the relevant images from the world’s most comprehensive collection of digital medical images.
Neonatology Presentations at PAS May 1 - May 4 - 04/19/2010
The 2010 annual joint meeting of the Society for Pediatric Research and the American Pediatric Society will take place from Saturday, May 1, 2010 to Tuesday, May 4, 2010 in Vancouver, B.C. (Canada).
The Division of Neonatology has the following abstract presentations at the meeting:
Saturday, May 1, 2010:
Julia Corral, MD (Fellow):
1) Metyropone, a Cortisol Production Inhibitor, Blocks Maternal Food Restriction-Induced Changes in Offspring “Lung Lipid-Programming”
Time: 10:15am – 12:15pm
Location: Room 122 (Vancouver Convention Centre)
Virender Rehan, MD:
2) Elevated Wnt-Related Tracheal Aspirate Proteins LEF-1 and β-Catenin Predicts the Development of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Vancouver Convention Center)
Board # 153
Sirisha Perugu, MD (Fellow):
3) Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Echocardiographic Indices of Left Ventricular Performance in Very Low Birth Infants
Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: Exhibit Hall C (Vancouver Convention Centre)
Publication Number: 1471.208
Session: 1471 − Neonatology
State of the Campus Address - Tuesday, May 4th - 04/15/2010
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Chapter of the National Management Association
State of the Campus Address
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 at Noon
Parlow Library Auditorium
Speakers:
Miguel Ortiz-Marroquin, Chief Executive Officer
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Gail Anderson, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Peggy Nazarey, RN, MSN, Chief Nursing Officer
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Susan Partridge, Vice President / COO
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
Mack Oliver, Chief Executive Officer
Harbor-UCLA Medical Foundation, Inc.
See attached flier.
Two new papers for Dr. Tetteh, PL-2 - 04/02/2010
Two papers have recently been published or in press, co-authored by Dr. Beatrice Tetteh, PL-2.
The first (Lutfiyya et al) was a cross-sectional analysis of diabetes care in rural versus urban environments. The study, published in the October 2009 issue of the journal Primary Health Care Research & Development, found that diabetes care was more likely to be inadequate in patients living in rural areas (OR 1.205). Risk factors included being under 40 years of age, male gender, Caucasian race, not a high school graduate, not partnered, without health insurance, inactive or without an identified health care provider, and that diabetes care in rural areas was more affected by patients deferring routine care appointments for cost issues. This study may have important implications for the role of health care reform in improving diabetes care, and shows the need for outreach into rural parts of the country.
The second paper (Ezra et al), currently in press for the American Journal of Medical Genetics (part A). The paper is a case report of a patient with spinal cord compression due to hereditary multiple exostoses.
"PediProm" - Save the Date - June 6 - 04/01/2010
The Pediatric Residency Graduation ("PediProm") will be held this year on Sunday evening, June 6th. More details to follow.
Welcome Incoming PL-1 Class of 2013 - 03/22/2010
Harbor-UCLA Pediatrics announces our incoming new pediatric residents!
Diana Bruno -- UC San Francisco
Shom Dasgupta -- Northwestern
Darci Evans -- Western University
Jeremy Lamkin -- University of Cincinnati
Jeffrey Lee -- USC
Emily Mathews -- UCSD
Daniel Murphy -- Touro University
Kara November -- USC
Tyisha Seymour -- Drew/UCLA
Sanjay Shah -- Ross University
A warm welcome you all of you! See you soon!
Spring Ahead This Weekend! - 03/08/2010
Daylight Saving Time starts on Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 2:00 a.m.
Set your clocks AHEAD one hour.
Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds on Autism 3/9 - 03/08/2010
The Department of Psychiatry's Grand Rounds this week will be on a topic of interest to pediatricians.
James McCracken, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UCLA, will present "Autism Controversies: What Do We Really Know?" on Tuesday, March 9 at 3:00 in the Parlow Auditorium.
Dr. Jennifer Yee receives Liu Young Investigator Award, Weitzman Award - 02/26/2010
Dr. Jennifer Yee (Faculty, Div. of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism) has been named the recipient of the 2010 Liu Young Investigator Award and the 2010 Weitzman Award.
These awards are given annually to an outstanding young investigator at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA. Dr. Yee completed her pediatric endocrinology fellowship training here at Harbor-UCLA and became a faculty member in 2007. Her main research interest is in the mechanisms of the development of obesity. She is currently using stable isotope techniques to study the fatty acid metabolic pathways in a rat model of prenatal nutritional programming of adult obesity. In parallel, she is also studying the plasma fatty acid composition of infants exposed to in utero nutritional imbalance. The goal of these projects is to evaluate fatty acid pathways as potential targets for obesity prevention. Dr. Yee is also studying the timing of development of cardiovascular disease in young adults with Type 2 Diabetes.
Congratulations!