Wisconsin Chapter AAP Update - May 2011

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Welcome New WIAAP Leaders 2011-2014

Secretary/Treasurer:
Mala Mathur, MD, MPH, MD

 

Board Members at Large:
Sarah Campbell, MD, FAAP
Dipesh Navsaria, MD, MSLIS, MPH

Jenny Thomas, MD, IBCLC, FABM, FAAP

 

WACPP Mental Health Webinar Series a Success

The Wisconsin Alliance of Child Psychiatry and Pediatrics has completed five monthly mental health webinars aimed at giving primary care providers education on screening, diagnosing, treating and referring mental health cases.

 

Our gratitude to Jay O'Grady, MD, FAAP and Jim Meyer, MD, FAAP for their dedication to this initiative.  

 

Watch for a member survey on needs for future sessions! 

 

WACPP is a partnership between the WIAAP Foundationand the Wisconsin Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

 

Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD
Receives WMS Young Physician Leadership Award

Our congratulations to Dr. Navsaria on the announcement of this honor from the Wisconsin Medical Society.  Read the release...

 

 

WIAAP Press Room: Pertussis Vaccination

WIAAP issued a statement urging vaccination against pertussis, citing a growing number of outbreaks of the preventable disease in recent years.  Read the release...

 

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin

The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin grants wishes for children with life-threatening illnesses.  Chapter member Kurt Heyrman, MD, FAAP encourages pediatricians to register now for the "Golf for Wishes" event being held in Appleton, WI on Thursday June 23, 2011.  Golfers can register as a single participant or as a foursome.

 

MAW hosts a variety of events throughout the state each year.  Find one in your area today!

 

2011 Calendar

June 3-4 
Illinois Chapter AAP Annual CME Conference - Lisle, IL
Brochure  |   Register 

July 15 

WIAAP Board of Directors Summer Planning Retreat

Wisconsin Dells, WI

 

July 28-31 

AAP District VI Meeting, Anaheim, CA

July 29-31
AAP Future of Pediatrics Conference
Chicago, IL

Embracing Change: Improving the Health of ALL Children

Brochure   |    Register

     Pre-Conference: 

     Embracing Mental Health Care: Lessons Learned for Success
     * Limited number of travel stipends are available * 

     Thursday July 28 - Register

 

September 22-23 

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

Seminars in Pediatrics: Pediatric Emergency Medicine

October 15-18 AAP National Conference and Exhibition (NCE), Boston, MA Registration opens June 1

October 28 WIAAP Fall Meeting, Oconomowoc, WI Tentative Open Forum: Maintenance of Certification