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A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN:
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For many of us this month was a classic glass half full
versus glass half empty moment. Tough decisions were
required that on the short term were and are painful. Hopefully
these decisions will allow the Department to ultimately thrive
and grow in a direction better able to compete in the future. All
of us need to dig deep and look at ways to further the
development of the Department. We can and will succeed. If
any of you have questions and most importantly ideas please
email me or talk to me. Have a great Labor Day weekend!
- Dr. Nelson
Inside this Issue:
In the News
2-3
Resident News
4-5
Neonatology
6
Allergy and Immunology
7
Publications
8
New Hires
8
Pediatrics Growing Family
9
Around the Bay
9
Birthdays
10
Grand Rounds
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In the News
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Dr. Marisa Couluris has been invited to discuss USF Pediatric
Pulmonology as a future Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) Clinical
Care Center at the PCD Foundationʼs meeting to be held November
2nd in Anaheim, CA. This meeting will serve as an initial discussion
about what can be done to move PCD research and care forward,
which in turn will dramatically increase our knowledge of PCD and
improve the lives of affected individuals.
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USF Pediatrics currently has over ten patients taking part in
PCD studies with at least five others awaiting an initial evaluation.
Four students who worked in the Division of Child Development, in the HOT DOCS and Early Steps
programs, received their PhD degrees on August 6 at the Ice Palace. They are:
Dr. Ariz Rojas (Psychology), Dr. Mulu Mogos (Nursing), Dr. Emily Shaffer-Hudkins (psychology), and Dr.
Marissa Feldman (Psychology). Congratulations to each of you!
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The Ronald McDonald Care Mobile has been awarded a grant in the amount of $12,500 from the
BJʼs Wholesale Club Charitable Foundation. This marks the second time that BJʼs has give to the Care
Mobile. The first was awarded in 2009 for $10,000.
“I hope that all of us – the Thai students,
as well as USF faculty and our student
residents – get a broader appreciation for
medicine around the world,” Dr.
Rodriguez said. “That we learn about our
differences as well as how alike medicine
is in our different countries.”
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Dr. Lisa Rodriguez was quoted in an August 19th article featured on the USF Health homepage. The
article focussed on the Klasko International Exchange Program that allows USF students and medical students
from Thailand to travel abroad in order to learn from each otherʼs programs.
The article can be found by following this link.
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Residency News
Dr. Brian Knox has recently been appointed Associate Program Director for the
Internal Medicine - Pediatrics Residency Program. Dr. Knox had already taken
an active role in integrating the use of technology into the program and clinics
and has been a wonderful addition this year to teaching faculty. Congratulations
Dr. Knox!
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Also in Med-Peds news, the program is going to partner with Catholic Charities by serving as a new
continuity site for their Hispanic Migrant Worker Population in Dover. They will be staffing the San Jose
Mission clinic the first Friday of every month from 3pm-6pm. This is a great opportunity to serve an
underserved population and address some chronic health care needs such as HTN, DM, etc. The residents
will also use this opportunity to develop community education and activities such as nutrition and educational
counseling.
Follow this link to learn more about Catholic Charities.
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Residents and Faculty participated at a number of health fairs around the Bay area during the past month.
The August 13th fair was at Blake High School. In
attendance were Cary Aungst, Kim Chau, Fateema
Turay, Tracy Burton, Kevin Whitworth, Marsha
Ramsay, Sharon Dabrow and 4th year student Jenny
Kaplan (not pictured). They performed over 200 free
physicals during the event!
On August 20th the fair was held at 34th St. Church
in Tampa. Over 60 children received physicals.
Pictured are Dr. Soylu with a patient and Drs.
Indriolo, Grams, Gayahan, Yalamanchili, Kelly, Bui,
Dabrow and Judd. First year medical students also
took part.
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Jennifer Takagishi, General Peds attending, Deanna Indriolo, 2nd year resident, and Marsha Ramsay, first
year resident each spent a day as a medical volunteer at "Camp for Champions" in mid August. This program
is a collaborative effort between Derrick Brooks Charities, the Department of Children and Families (DCF), and
Hillsborough Kids. The goal of the camp was to educate foster children about topics ranging from how to deal
with peer pressure to the importance of education and how to persevere beyond one's circumstances to achieve
success. Derrick Brooks, several other professional athletes, and Governor Rick Scott took time to speak to the
children. Both residents were on-hand to assist with medical complications that arose throughout the day and had
a great time with the kids.
Neonatology News
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Dr. Rubin was interviewed on Fox 13 News on July 25 about the rise in
babies born to women addicted to prescription drugs. He described the situation at
the Tampa General Hospital NICU and in Florida generally. Dr. Rubin is Co-Chair
of the Florida Consortium on Prescription Drug Use in Pregnancy that works with
the state Attorney Generalʼs office on this important issue.
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He also attended the 3rd Annual Meeting of the States Monitoring
Assisted Reproductive Technologies (SMART) Consortium. SMART is a CDCfunded contract with the Departments of Health in Florida, Massachusetts and
Michigan. SMART uses large population databases to determine pregnancy and
neonatal outcome. Dr. Rubin is Scientific Lead in Florida. Dr. Russell Kirby (Marrell
Endowed Chair, Community & Family Health and Joint Appointment in
Neonatology), is the Florida Epidemiology Consultant. He also attended the Annual Meeting.
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Dr. Rubin was also Visiting Professor of Neonatology, Michigan State University College of Human
Medicine, Lansing, MI, on August 17-18. He spoke to the Department of Pediatrics on, “Nutrition for high-risk
neonates: lesions from evolutionary biology and genetics.”
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Finally, Dr. Rubin is among the many USF Pediatrics physicians named to the Best Doctors 2011-2012,
which will be published in the September issue of Tampa Bay Metro Magazine.
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Allergy and Immunology News
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Dr. Sleasman spoke on diagnosis and management of
Primary Immunodeficiency Disease (PID) and diagnosis and
management of Hereditary Angiodema (HAE) at the Alabama
Society of Allergy & Immunology Annual Post Graduate Board
Exam Review Course on Saturday, Aug. 6.
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Dr. Elena Perez was promoted from Assistant Professor to
Associate Profess on August 7.
Two posters were presented at the Florida Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Society meeting held in Amelia
Island, FL on the weekend of July 8.
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Dr. Elizalde presented her poster abstract titled, “CD21-/low B Cells Are Increased in Both Common
Variable Immune Deficiency (CVID) and Specific Antibody Deficiency (SAD).”
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Dr. Nguyen also presented a poster titled, “Elevation of Soluble CD14 levels Supports Chronic
Innate Immune Activation in Subjects with CVID, XLA, and SLE Compared to Healthy Subjects.”
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Publications
Balakrishnan M, Tucker R, Stephens
BE, Bliss JM. Blood urea nitrogen and
serum bicarbonate in extremely low birth
weight infants receiving higher protein
intake in the first week after birth. J
Perinatol. 2011;31(8):535-9.
Rodriguez B, Bazdar DA, Funderburg N,
Asaad R, Luciano AA, Yadavalli G,
Kalayjian RC, Lederman MM, Sieg SF.
Frequencies of FoxP3+ naive T cells are
related to both viral load and naive T cell
proliferation responses in HIV disease. J
Leukoc Biol. 2011 Jun 7. [Epub ahead of
print]
Kirby RS, Frost J. Maternal and newborn
outcomes in planned home birth vs
planned hospital births: a metaanalysis.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;204(4):e16;
author reply e18-20, discussion e20.
Schelonka RL, Maheshwari A, Carlo
WA, Taylor S, Hansen NI, Schendel DE,
Thorsen P, Skogstrand K, Hougaard DM,
Higgins RD; NICHD Neonatal Research
Network (Rubin LP). T cell cytokines and
the risk of blood stream infection in
extremely low birth weight infants.
Cytokine. 2011;53(2):249-55.
Jennifer M. Kim, Marisa Couluris, and
Bruce M. Schnapf. Late-Presenting LeftSided Morgagni Congenital Diaphragmatic
Hernia in a 9-Year-Old Male. ISRN
Pulmonology, vol. 2011, Article ID 409252,
4 pages, 2011. doi:10.5402/2011/409252
Murphy T, Storch EA, Lewin B, Edge P &
Goodman W. Clinic Factors Associated
with Pediatric Autoimmune
Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated
with Streptococcal Infections. J
Pediatrics. 2011.
Armstrong K., Hangauer J., Nadeau J. Use
of Intelligence Test in the Identification of
Children with Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities (IDD).
Contemporary Intellectual Assessment,
Third Edition. 2012.
Rubin LP, Chan GM, Barrett-Reis BM,
Fulton AB, Hansen RM, Ashmeade TL,
Oliver JS, Mackey AD, Dimmit RA,
Hartmann EE, Adamkin DH. Effect of
carotenoid supplementation on plasma
carotenoids, inflammation and visual
development in preterm infants. J
Perinatol. 2011 Jul 14.
New Hires
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N A ME
P O S ITIO N
Krista Ziesman
RN - CMS Building
Nikisha Couden
LPN - Pulmonary
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Pediatrics’ Growing Family
Congratulations to Dr. Megan Toufexis and family for
the arrival of new baby, Munroe Avery Butz. Munroe
was born on August 8 and both he and mom are
doing well!
Around Tampa Bay
The annual Tampa Bay Dragon Boat Races event was held the first week of August in the bay directly behind
Tampa General Hospital. Dr. Nelson took some pictures of the event that he would like to share with everyone.
If you really enjoy one of the many events that takes place in the Tampa Bay area, please send in a report
with a few pictures so that we can spread the word in the Pediatrics Newsletter. With so much going on in
the region it shouldnʼt be difficult to find one you love!
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September Birthdays!
NAME
DAY
NAME
DAY
Brian Knox
1
Pauline Powers
23
Ed Kelly
2
Terri Berger
23
Rebekah Farmer
3
Yazandra Parrimon
23
Soichi Haraguchi
3
Allen Root
24
Kris Rooney
4
Barbara Cockream
24
Barbara Daniel
5
Heather Soechtig
24
Robert Engelman
6
Hing Ng
24
Sebastian Melo
7
John Sleasman
24
David Cooper
8
Sarah Croker
24
Denise Martinez
8
Victor McKay
24
Ping Xu
8
Sebastian Melo
25
Josefina Rivera
9
Stacey Keller
28
Tristin Trottier
9
Katherine Byra
30
Carmen Alfaro
10
Pisithsak Law
30
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NAME
DAY
Veena Gowda
10
Cristina Pelaez
12
Paula Pell
12
David Cuthbertson
13
Alice Graves
14
Dawn Smith
14
Amaya Ramos
15
Francisco Flores
15
Hugo Navarte
17
John McCormick
19
Robert Zelski
19
Eloise Prijoles
20
Michael O’Donnell
20
Craig Beam
23
Keith Wood
23
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Grand Rounds - September 2011
Lectures are from 8:00 to 9:00 AM at MacInnes Auditorium; Tampa General Hospital. Lectures are also
videoconferenced to the All Childrenʼs Hospital/USF Childrenʼs Research Institute first floor conference
room and to the CMS Building, Room 2004.
September 8:
Dr. Watson and Me
Robert Nelson, MD
Chair, USF Pediatrics
September 15:
The Blood Pressure is High - Now What Do I
Do?
Sharon Perlman, MD
USF Pediatrics
September 22:
Sickle Cell Disease, 2011
Cameron Tebbi, MD
USF Pediatrics
September 29:
Childhood Seizures Revisited: Genetic
Epilepsy Syndroms and Newer Treatments
Maria Gieron-Korthals, MD
USF Pediatrics
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