The following individuals were honored with research awards at recent AAP section and council education meetings.
AAP Council on Clinical Information Technology
Best Platform Presentation Award
Katherine J. Deans, M.D., M.H.Sc., FAAP
“How an Automated System to Identify Children at Risk for High Radiation Exposure from Computed Tomography Can Be Used to Inform Research and Clinical Practice”
Best Poster Award
Justin Pick, M.D., FAAP
“Cardiac Consult: Expanding Cardiac Care to Pediatric Patients in Distant Communities to Assist General Pediatricians with the Management of New Murmurs in an Effort to Cut Costs and Promote Efficiency”
AAP Council on Communications and Media
Holroyd-Sherry Award
Dimitri A. Christakis, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP
AAP Council on Foster Care, Adoption and Kinship Care
Abstract Award
Rebecca R. Seltzer, M.D., FAAP
“Foster Care for Children with Medical Complexity: Rarely a Short-Term Solution”
AAP Council on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention
Best Paper by a Pediatric Trainee Award
Ibrahim Abdelshafy, M.D.
“Primary School Drop-off Zone Safety Analysis of Hazardous Road Conditions Utilizing Video Review”
AAP Council on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Best Platform Presentation Award
Elisha McCoy, M.D., FAAP
“Medical Home Chapter Champions Program on Asthma, Allergy and Anaphylaxis”
Best Poster Award
Lalit Bajaj, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP
“Reducing Unnecessary Utilization in Bronchiolitis”
AAP Council on School Health
Young Medical Investigator Prize
Max Rubinstein, M.D.
“Parental Identification of a Primary Medical Provider is Associated with Improved Ability to Finish Tasks in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder”
Best Abstract Prize
Sari Bar, D.O., FAAP
“Assessment of Primary Care Pediatricians’ Knowledge of Special Education Services in the United States”
AAP Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness
Oded Bar-Or Research Prize
Drew Watson, M.D., FAAP
“Subjective Well-being and Training Load Predict In-season Injury and Illness in Youth Soccer Players”
AAP Section on Breastfeeding
Best Abstract in Breastfeeding Research Award
Annika Klopp, M.D.
“Modes of Infant Feeding and Childhood Asthma Development: Is There a Difference Between Direct Breastfeeding and Expressed Breast Milk?”
Best Abstract in Breastfeeding Quality Improvement Award
Suhagi Kadakia, M.D., FAAP
“Improving Vitamin D Administration to Breastfeeding Newborns Using a Quality Improvement Model”
AAP Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Young Investigator Award — Medical Students/Residents
Carina N. Bagge
“Risk of Dementia in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study”
Young Investigator Award — Fellows
Brandon S. Hays, M.D.
“Vascular Abnormalities in the Fontan Circulation: Histomorphometric Changes in the Central Arteries and Veins”
Young Investigator Award — Junior Faculty
Carlos M. Mery, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP
“High Risk for Long-Term Development of Scoliosis Following Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery”
AAP Section on Child Abuse and Neglect
Best Abstract Award
Debora L. Oh, M.Sc., Ph.D.
“Systematic Review of Pediatric Health Outcomes Associated with Adverse Childhood
Experiences (ACEs)”
AAP Section on Critical Care
Best Abstract Award
Yunru Huang, M.B., Ph.D.
“Association Between Insurance and Transfer of Non-Injured Children from Emergency Departments”
Best Physician‐In‐Training Abstract Award
Ruth Hickok, B.S.
“Complications and Outcomes for Children Hospitalized with Typical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in the United States”
Physician‐In‐Training Travel Award
Aaron Reitman, D.O., FAAP
“Plasma F2-Isoprostane Levels in Neonatal Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation”
Nadia Khan, M.D.
“The Fragility Index in Pediatric Critical Care Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials”
Holly Gillis, M.D., FAAP
“Changing Ordering Practice for Inhaled Pulmonary Hypertension Treatment in the
Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Project”
Small Project Award
Sean Barnes, M.D., FAAP
“Impact of a Targeted Educational Program for Delirium Screening and Prevention in Critically Ill Children”
Maya Dewan, M.D., FAAP
“Harnessing the Power of the Electronic Health Record to Predict Clinical Deterioration in the Pediatric ICU”
AAP Section on Dermatology
Education Travel Award
Christina Lee Boull, M.D.
“Cutaneous Reactions in Children Treated with MEK Inhibitors for Neural Tumors”
AAP Section on Emergency Medicine (SOEM)
Overall Best Abstract Award
Lenore Jarvis, M.D., M.Ed., FAAP
“Postpartum Depression Screening in a Pediatric Emergency Department: High Prevalence and Screening Acceptability”
Willis Wingert Award for Outstanding Resident/Fellow Paper
Kelsey Miller, M.D., FAAP
“Novel Video-Enhanced Advanced Airway Curriculum for Pediatric Residents: A Randomized Controlled Trial”
Best Quality Improvement Abstract Award
Raina Paul, M.D.
“A Quality Improvement Collaborative Improves Care for Pediatric Septic Shock”
Best Research Poster Award
Claudia Yeung, M.D., FAAP
“Role of Salivary Biomarkers in Predicting Significant Traumatic Brain Injury”
EmergiQuiz Best Case Presentation Award
Jessica Perniciaro, M.D., FAAP
“Sixteen-Year-Old Female with Fever and Altered Mental Status”
EmergiQuiz Best Discussion of an Unknown Case Award
Emily Roben, M.D., FAAP
“Deep Impact”
PAS Best SOEM Abstract Award
Tamar Lubell, M.D., FAAP; Jonathan Barasch, M.D., Ph.D.; Maria Leni, M.D.; Peter Dayan, M.D., FAAP
“Test Characteristics of Urinary Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin for the Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections in Infants and Young Children
PEMpix Photo Competition, Best Case
Michael Bricken, M.D., FAAP
“Tick Paralysis”
PEMpix Photo Competition, Best Explanation
Tom Peterson, M.D.
“Hirudinea Exposure”
Travel Award for Fellowship Trainee
Jerri Rose, M.D., FAAP; Brian Wagers, M.D., FAAP; Robert Stewart, M.D., FAAP; Aditi Jayanth, M.D., FAAP; Julie Augenstein, M.D., FAAP
AAP Section on Endocrinology
AAP and PES Leona Cuttler Award for Quality Improvement in Pediatric Endocrinology
Edward Bellfield, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP
“Systematic Depression Screening in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: A Clinic-Based Quality Improvement Project”
AAP Section on Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Young Scholar Abstract Award (original research)
Lori A. Herbst, M.D., FAAP
“End of life Does Not Mean End of Care: Pediatric Resident Perspectives on End-of-Life Education”
Young Scholar Abstract Award (QI)
Lisa Humphrey, M.D., FAAP
“Increasing Accurate Palliative Care Consultation in the NICU”
AAP Section on International Child Health (SOICH)
Best Oral Presentation
Diya Chakraborty, M.D.
“Can Use of Low Cost White Reflecting Curtains Increase the Efficacy of Phototherapy? A Randomized Controlled Trial”
Best Poster Presentation
Melissa Kunkel, M.D., FAAP
“Delivery Location and Perinatal Mortality in Kenya”
Honorable Mention Poster Presentation
Brennan Vail, M.D.
“Care of the Mother-Infant Dyad: A Novel Approach to Neonatal Resuscitation Simulation Training in Bihar, India”
SOICH Pix
Jameel Winter, M.D., FAAP
“Samnang”
AAP Section on Medicine-Pediatrics
Clinical Case Abstract Award Winners
Elizabeth Boggs, M.D., FAAP
“Common in Adults and Often Overlooked in Pediatrics: Primary Hyperparathyroidism in an Adolescent Patient”
Erica Cua, M.D., FAAP
“Hypertriglyceridemia-Induced Acute Pancreatitis Treated with Insulin and Heparin”
AAP Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Young Investigator Awards
Shweta Parmekar, M.D., FAAP
“Videolaryngoscopy versus Direct Laryngoscopy for Neonatal Endotracheal Intubation by Pediatric Trainees: A Simulation Study”
Radhika Narang, M.D., FAAP
“Novel Model of Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Damage in Intrauterine Growth Restricted Newborn Rats”
AAP Section on Neurological Surgery
Best Oral Presentation Award
Kristopher Gray Hooten, M.D.
“Establishing Standard Performance Measures for Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients”
AAP Section on Neurology
Trainee Travel Award
Sharoon Qaiser, M.D.
“Time is Neuron — Pediatric Status Epilepticus Protocol: Implementation and Measuring Effectiveness”
AAP Section on Orthopaedics
Young Investigator in Training Awards
Supported by the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
Peter Fabricant, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP
“Fixation of Chondral-only Shear Fractures of the Knee in Pediatric and Adolescent
Athletes”
Denver Burton
“How Are We Affecting Spinopelvic Parameters in Patients with Idiopathic Scoliosis?”
Megan Kuba, M.D.
“One Visit-One Brace: Patient and Parent Satisfaction After Treatment for Pediatric Distal Radius Buckle Fractures”
AAP Section on Plastic Surgery
Clinician of the Year
John F. Reinisch, M.D.
AAP Section on Radiology
Outstanding Clinical Scientific Poster Award
Tahani Ahmad, M.B.B.S.
“Diagnostic Pathway for Imaging Acute Appendicitis in Children”
Outstanding Clinical Educational Poster Award
Katya Rozovsky, M.D.
“Blastomatosis in Pediatric Population – Meeting the ’Great Mimicker’”
AAP Section on Rheumatology
Earl J. Brewer Research Award
Tiphanie P. Vogel, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP
“Mechanism of STAT3 Gain-of-Function in a Patient with JIA”
AAP Section on Surgery
Rosenkrantz Award for Clinical Science
Patricio E. Lau, M.D.
“A Prospective Analyses of Serum Intestinal – Fatty Acid Binding Protein Levels in Infants with Necrotizing Enterocolitis”
Rosenkrantz Award for Outstanding Basic Science
Christopher J. McCulloh, M.D.
“Stem Cells and Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Direct Comparison of the Efficacy of Multiple Types of Stem Cells”
Rosenkrantz Award for Best Poster
William J. Hammond, M.D., M.Sc.
“Incidental Thyroid Nodules on Surveillance CT in the Pediatric Oncology Population”
AAP Section on Transport Medicine
C. Robert Chambliss, M.D. Best Paper Award
Michael Prodanuk
“Remote Presence Technology Reduces Need for Pediatric Inter-facility Transportation from Remote Canadian Clinic”
Best-In-Training Paper Award
Lauren R. Edwards, M.D., FAAP
“Transport Packs: The Lifeline for Critically Ill Patients During Interfacility Transport (Quality Improvement Project)”
Allied Health Professional Best Paper Award
Keith Nordike, R.N., B.S.N., EMT-P
“Process Improvement of Thermoregulation for ELBW Neonates During Critical Care Transport”
AAP Section on Uniformed Services
Andrew Margileth Award
Kari Wagner, M.D., FAAP
“Prematurity and Early Childhood Fracture Risk”
Howard Johnson Award
Christopher Stark, M.D., FAAP
“Antibiotic and Acid Suppression Medications During Infancy Are Associated with Early Childhood Obesity”
Leo Geppert Case
David Quackenbush, D.O., FAAP“Late Presentation of Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia and III in Children with Short Stature and Hepatomegaly”
Leo Geppert Research
Deena Sutter, M.D., FAAP
“Factors Affecting Compliance with 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Catch-up Vaccination”
Ogden Bruton Award
Bethany Cunningham, M.D., FAAP
“Elucidating the Mechanism of 6-mercaptopurine Induced Hepatotoxicity and How Combination with Allopurinol Eliminates the Hepatotoxicity”
Val Hemming Award
Kayleigh Herrick-Reynolds
“Use of Ultrasound for Prognostication and Surgical Decision-making in Pediatric Papillary Thyroid Cancer”