American Academy of Pediatrics

COVID-19 Open Office Hours with AAP-CA2
2022-03-01 17:00 - 18:00, 2022-02-22 17:00 - 18:00, 2022-02-15 17:00 - 18:00, 2022-02-08 17:00 - 18:00, 2022-02-01 17:00 - 18:00, 2022-01-25 17:00 - 18:00, 2022-01-18 17:00 - 18:00, 2022-01-11 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) and 5 more dates
Join us every Tuesday at 5 PM during the “Open Info Hours” to learn about COVID-19 vaccine topics.
Click Here to visit Open Office hours webpage to learn more!

February 26 - 2022 Annual Pediatrics Symposium
2022-02-26 08:00 - 15:00
Join us on February 26th, as we will have 7 presentations, with engaging topics you won’t want to miss!
8:00 AM – 3:10 AM
Visit this webpage for more information:
Click here to visit the Advances in Pediatrics Annual Symposium webpage

AAP-CA2 Refugee Health Alliance Training Webinar: Medical Parole Letters for Children at the Border
2022-02-09 13:00 - 14:30
The Refugee Health Alliance is in need of pediatricians to help write medical parole letters for pediatric patients at the border with serious medical problems and who need immediate medical attention
Dr. Romina Kim and Dr. Hannah Janeway will be going over letter preparation, data gathering, and letter templates.

About the Refugee Health Alliance:

Vision Statement
To provide ethical, holistic, and culturally-inclusive care and advocate for all displaced and vulnerable populations in collaboration with activists and existing healthcare organizations along the US-Mexico border.
Mission Statement
The Refugee Health Alliance (RHA) was organized in 2018 in response to increasing medical need at the US-Mexico Border.

Patients receiving care are:

Vulnerable and marginalized. They are families, children, pregnant women and LGBTQ individuals. They have been displaced, deported from the US, and politically and socially excluded. They are refugees and asylum seekers fleeing structural and non-structural violence.

Link to webpage

February 8 - AAP-CA2 High Desert Town Hall/Lecture
2022-02-08 17:30 - 18:45
Join us on February 8th at 5:30 PM for the AAP-CA2 High Desert Town Hall/Lecture (Via Zoom)
Host: AAP-CA2 Area Representative Akhil Sharma, MD, FAAP.
PLEASE REGISTER
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYud-6rqjgsGdzxnx-YMeqOddWzNfwJWQQF
AGENDA
5:15 PM – Join early for virtual mixer.
5:30 PM – Lecture, followed by a legislative update.
Abdominal Pain in Children
Mitchell H. Katz, MD
Medical Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Children’s Health of Orange County (CHOC)
Legislative Update
D. Rajasekhar, MD, FAAP
President, AAP-CA2

January 27 - Chest Pain, Palpitations, and Syncope: Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death
2022-01-27 18:30 - 19:30
January 27, 2022 @ 6:30 PM

Please join us on January 27, 2022 for a lecture via Zoom with guest speaker, Dr. Saar Danon.
Registration required. Join early for a virtual mixer.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Chest Pain, Palpitations, and Syncope:
Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death

6:15 PM Virtual Mixer
6:30 PM Lecture

Saar Danon, MD
Medical Director, Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Cardiac Catheterization, Memorial Care Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Long Beach

January 20- Leadership, Equity, and Advancement in Pediatrics (LEAP) Webinar Series
2022-01-20 17:00 - 18:00
Webinar series presented by the AAP Section on Early Career Physicians

Join us for our Leadership, Equity, and Advancement in Pediatrics (LEAP) webinar series designed to educate, empower, and equip our early career members so that they have the tools to lead with confidence.

Learn more and register!

Graceful Self-Promotion | Thursday, January 20, 2022 | 7-8pm CT

San Bernardino Valley College Industry Summit 2022
2022-01-14 07:30 - 10:00
Friday, January 14th, 2022
Breakfast to begin at 7:30 am at San Bernardino Valley College B-100 Business Admin Bdg.
Networking Opportunities
2 Hour Discussion! Full breakfast provided!!
Speakers Include:
Dina Humble, VP of Institution, SBVC
Date Marsden, Ed.D., CEO, Tomorrow’s Talent
Play a Role in Developing YOUR Talent Pipeline.

COVID protocols will be in place.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Zack Hill, Chief of Staff
zack@tomorrowstalent.org | (909) 809-0057

SPONSORED by Tomorrow’s Talent, “Plan Today for Tomorrow’s Talent”
Click Here to Visit Event Webpage

Memorial Care Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach- Pediatric Grand Rounds: Myocarditis in the pediatric population
2021-12-17 08:00 - 09:00
Julie Turiy, M.D., MPH
Pediatric Cardiologist
Pacific Cardiovascular Associates, Costa Mesa, CA
Miller Children’s Hospital, Long Beach, CA
At the completion of this lecture the participant should be able to:

Identify symptoms of myocarditis
Identify most common causes of myocarditis in pediatric population
Identify treatments for myocarditis

Click Here to Learn more about this event, and for the Zoom Link to join this session!

The Community Access To Child Health (CATCH) program - Office Hours
2021-11-30 19:00
Join us on November 30th at 7 PM!

The Community Access To Child Health (CATCH) program is a national initiative of the AAP that supports pediatricians to collaborate within their communities to plan and/or implement projects that advance the health of all children. The CATCH Call for Proposals is open through January 24, 2022 at 11:59 pm CT.

Pediatricians and pediatric residents in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canadian AAP chapters, with innovative ideas to plan or implement initiatives that address critical child health issues in their local communities may apply for $10,000 and $2,000, respectively.

We are hosting a virtual office hours for all potential CATCH applicants! We want to connect with you and help you in the application process whether you are working on a proposal or even just thinking about applying! This is for practicing pediatricians and pediatric resident trainees. Please feel free to hop on and connect with your local CATCH chapter facilitator and resident liaison.

November 30, 2021
7-8 PM
Via Zoom (Click Here to REGISTER)

COVID-19 Open Office Hours with AAP-CA2
2021-11-30 17:00 - 18:00
Join us every Tuesday at 5 PM during the “Open Info Hours” to learn about COVID-19 vaccine topics.
11/30/2021 Agenda

Schools and Vaccination Efforts
Omicron updates
Vaccine Dashboard with vaccine rates for 5-11 year olds
Open Q&A

Specialists from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health will be there to provide details and answer questions.
Click Here to visit Open Office hours webpage to learn more!

COVID-19 Open Office Hours with AAP-CA2
2021-11-23 17:00 - 18:00
Join us during the “Open Info Hours” today and every Tuesday from 5-6 PM to learn about how to become a COVID-19 vaccine provider, and other topics.
The link to join is embedded in the PDF flyer below.
There are two webinar opportunities as well, so please register for those if you are interested. Useful links and slides at the end of this email.
The agenda items for today include:

Vaccine clinic & Admin. Model with Palos Verdes Medical Group
How to Have Effective Conversations with Parents about COVID Vaccine Slides
Open Q&A

Click Here to visit Open Office hours webpage to learn more!

ABP MOC Process and Updates 2021
2021-11-11 18:30 - 19:30
Please join us on November 11 at 6:30 PM to learn about the latest news and options for pediatricians interested in obtaining Maintenance of Certification (MOC) credits. Presented by Keith Mann, MD, MED of the American Board of Pediatrics.
TOPICS:
About the American Board of Pediatrics
The MOC Program in Pediatrics
Part 2 Activities
MOCA-Peds
How to obtain Part 4 (QI) Credit
Click Here to Register

Climate Change Conversation
2021-10-27 08:00 - 18:30
The AAP California Chapter 2 Climate Change Committee invites you to attend an informational conversation on October 27th from 6:30-7:30pm. This event is intended to be an after work event for fellow pediatricians in our area to come together via Zoom and discuss how climate change is impacting our youth and what our role is.
We want to hear from you! Our primary objectives are to get to know each other, learn what you would like to be more informed about in terms of climate change and child heath, and offer an overview of the pediatric health impacts of climate change as well as ideas and strategies to get more involved and engaged. This will be the first of quarterly sessions.
Halloween theme – costumes welcome!
The event is free. You do not need to be an AAP member. Click here to see our webpage.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
We hope to see you on October 27th @ 6:30pm!
On behalf of the AAP Chapter 2 Climate Change Committee,
Priyanka Fernandes, MD, MPH
Karina Maher, MD
Aditi Mhaskar, MD
Trisha Roth, MD

Early Screening, Better Outcomes Town Hall (Presented by First 5 LA)
2021-10-19 18:30 - 19:30
Early Screening, Better Outcomes: Developmental Screening & Referral Toolkit for ​Pediatric Medical Clinics

Are you interested in implementing universal developmental screening, but you’re not sure where to start?
Are you already doing developmental screening, but you want help knowing when to refer and where?
Do you want strategies to talk about screening results with parents?

Join us on October 19, 2021 at 6:30 PM for a Town Hall presented by First 5 LA. Learn the phases to implement a new developmental screening initiative, or refine existing screening practices to strengthen quality and effectiveness within a pediatric medical setting. Each phase is comprised of a series of steps.

Click Here to Register!

"Climate Change and Child Health" (Cedars Sinai Pediatric Grand Rounds)
2021-09-02 08:00 - 09:00
Cedars Sinai 2021 Pediatric Grand Rounds
September 2, 2021 / 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM / Via Zoom
“Climate Change and Child Health”
Click here to see Zoom Link in Flyer
Presenter:
Elizabeth Friedman, M.D.
Medical Director of Environmental Health
Children’s Mercy, Kansas City
Director of Region 7 Pediatric Environmental
Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of
Missouri-Kansas City School of
Medicine (UMKC)
Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
University of Kansas School of Medicine.

Genetics Update 2021: Management, treatment and prevention of complications in common genetic disorders
2021-08-18 18:30 - 19:30
Town Hall/Lecture:
August 18th from 6:30 to 7:30 PM.
Zoom room will open at 6:00 PM for a virtual mixer. Join us!

Topic: Genetics Update 2021: Management, treatment and prevention of complications in common genetic disorders.

New treatment approaches and prevention strategies for common complications associated with Down syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, Achondroplasia, Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome and Tuberous sclerosis

Speaker: Robin Clark, MD
Geneticist, Loma Linda University

Click here to Register

Unaccompanied Minors
2021-05-06 19:15 - 20:45
Click here to register

Sural Shah, MD, FAAPChair, Immigrant Health CommitteeLisa Gantz, MD, FAAPAAP-CA2 Member-At-Large7:15 PM: Dr Sural Shah and Dr. Lisa Gantz will provide a brief overview of the current crisis at the border, followed by a review of local resources and best practices for providers who will care for these children upon their release into the community. 7:45 PM: Open forum to discuss local updates regarding emergency influx shelters at Long Beach and Pomona.

Infection Prevention and Control for Pediatricians, COVID-19 Update
2021-04-27 18:30 - 19:30
Infection Prevention and Control for Pediatricians – A COVID-19 Update
This two-webinar lecture series provides infection, prevention and control updates in the era of COVID-19.Brought to you by AAP-CA2, through a Project First Line grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC. Session 1:
April 27 – COVID: The Dynamics of Disease in Offices and SchoolsSpeaker: Ken Zangwill, MD, FAAPTime: 6:00 PM Mixer | 6:30 PM Lecture
Session 2:May 27 – SARS-CoV-2 Virus Dynamics, Host Immune Response and VaccinesSpeaker: Ishminder Kaur, MD, FAAPTime: 6:00 PM Mixer | 6:30 PM Lecture
Click HERE to Register!
Accreditation and Designation Statements and Disclosure Report
Infection Prevention and Control for Pediatricians – A COVID-19 UpdateDates: April 27, 2021 – May 27, 2021
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of PeerPoint Medical Education Institute and the American Academy of Pediatrics – CA2. PeerPoint Medical Education Institute is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
PeerPoint Medical Education Institute designates the live format for this educational activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.Financial Disclosures
All presenters, planners, editors, or staff report no relevant relationships to disclose:“I, or an immediate family member, do not have at present, or within the last 12 months, nor anticipate having financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in context to the design, implementation, presentation, evaluation, etc. of CME Activities.”
