Newsletters
Newsletter Articles and Submission Guidelines
The AAP-CA2 Newsletter Editorial Review Board was established in July 2020. Its goals are to highlight educational content and resources of value to chapter members and to showcase our chapter membership while maintaining consistency of style and form across submissions.
Newsletter submission guidelines that can be found here. Article submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The newsletter is published the second Sunday of each month.
New sections in the chapter newsletter starting August 2020 are (1) the Spotlight on a Chapter Member, and (2) the Residency Corner. Please direct questions and article submissions to the “American Academy of Pediatrics – CA Chapter 2” via email to: chapter2@aapca2.org
2021 Newsletters
January 2021
COVID-19 Vaccines | Member Spotlight Nirmala Murthy, MD, FAAP | Residency Corner (Meghan Brombach) | Call for Abstracts | CATCH Grant | Project ECHO | LAR Career Fair | Annual Symposium | Chapter Committees
February 2021
President’s Message | Local Advocacy- School Reopening | COVID-19 Vaccines | Call for Nominations | ALF Resolutions 2021 | Amazon Smile | Member Spotlight (Dr. Christopher J. Russell) | Life After Residency Job Fair | ACEs Committee | Pediatric Symposium |
March 2021
President’s Message | COVID-19 Dashboard | Member Spotlight (Dr. Lindsay Wells) | Residency Corner (Sonul Gupta) | Recent Events | ALF Resolutions | Amazon Smile | COVID-19 Survey Town Hall | New Members | ACEs Aware | Reach Out & Read | Committees
April 2021
President’s Message | COVID-19 Dashboard | Member Spotlight (Claudia Wang, MD, FAAP | Share Your Story residency Corner (Nivedita Keshav & Connor Mitrovich, DO) | Amazon Smile
President’s Message | COVID-19 Dashboard | Mother’s Day | Mental Health Awareness Month | Climate change | Immunizations | Member Spotlight (Danielle Shaw, MD, MS, FAAP | Residency Corner (Paige Kingston & Isabel Sunshine) | AAP National & District 9 Elections | AAP-CA2 Excellence Award | Immigrant Health Committee | Amazon Smile | Career Town Hall | Project Firstline
President’s Message | COVID-19 Dashboard | National Safety Month | Chapter Immunizations Champion Report (Candace M. Gragnani, MPH, FAAP | Member Spotlight (Dr. Jonathan Warus, MD, FAAP) | Residency Corner (Brenda Rieger, MD) | AAP National And District IX Elections | Amazon Smile | Immigrant Toolkit
July 2021
August 2021
September 2021
October 2021
November 2021
December 2021
2020 Newsletters
January 2020
Measles – ACEs Vol. 4 – Board Nominations – CATCH Grants
February 2020
Smart Inhaler – Pediatric Dentistry – Immunization Resources
March 2020
COVID-19 – 2020 Census – ACEs Town Hall (Dr. Burke Harris Video)
May 2020
COVID-19 AAP-CA2 Survey | Essential Guide to COVID-19 in Children | Importance of Vaccinations in Children During the Pandemic | Impact of Breastfeeding Support During WCV | Chapter & National Elections
June 2020
Election results | New Board of Directors | Upcoming Event: COVID Coagulopathy | White Coats for Black Lives
July 2020
School reopening – Foster Care –
HPV – HIV – Drowning Prevention
August 2020
School reopening FAQs – Upcoming Symposium – New Editorial Review Board – Member Spotlight (Grant Christman, MD) – Immunizations – First 5 LA Pediatric Toolkit
September 2020
COVID State-Level Data Report – Importance of Early Dental Visits – The Smoke After the Fires – Fire Resources – AACAP – Member Spotlight (Kimberly Petko, MD) – (Residency Corner) Anti-Racism Culture
October 2020
AB-890 – Schools Reopening by County – ACEs Trainings and resources – SIDS – Tobacco Promotions… – Member Spotlight (Dr. Shapiro) – Residency Corner (Dr. Krystle Frazier) – Coming Events
November 2020
MIS-C Alert | COVID Dashboards | Immunizations Newsletter | CATCH Grants | Project ECHO | Spotlight: Dr. Bravo/Dr. Shi | Upcoming Events
December 2020
Kris Calvin retirement | COVID Dashboards | Project ECHO Telehealth and Firstline | Spotlight: Dr. Ruiz/Dr. Chaudhary | Upcoming Events
2019 Newsletters
January 2019
2018 Highlights | State Legislative Advocacy | Symposium
February 2019
Symposium | Call to Action | CATCH Facilitator Call for Nominations
March 2019
Call to Action | Recent Events | In the News
May 2019
Measles Update | Upcoming Events
June 2019
HPV Update | New Toolkit | CATCH | Advocacy | Legislative Day | Dental Transformative Initiative
July 2019
Immunizations and Medical Exemptions | TA Visit at CHLA | AAP Recommendations to Prevent Drowning in Children | Disaster Preparedness | QI Opportunities
August 2019
Vaccines | School Safety| Detention Centers| Vaping | New Chair of Pediatrics (Brian Santacrose, MD, FAAP) | ACEs | AAP Toolkit for Drowning
September 2019
LAHAN: CDC Health Advisory | Advocacy Against Vaping | Upcoming Elections |
October 2019
Feature Article (Ariane Marie-Mitchell, MD, PhD, MPH) | LAHAN: CDC Health Advisory | Advocacy Against Vaping | ALF Resolutions |
November 2019
Feature Article (Adwoa Osei, MD, FAAP) | Get Involved- Chapter Committees | Advocacy Against Vaping Epidemic | Symposium | CATCH Grants | Feature Article (Kim Nichelini, DMD) | National AAP Elect Candidates | Member Spotlight (LaSalle Medical Associates
December 2019
ACEs- Chapter Survey & Statewide Website | Chapter Nominations | Get Involved- Chapter Committees | Advocacy Against Flavored Tobacco | Advocacy Opportunity | CATCH Grants | QI Opportunities |
2018 Newsletters
January 2018
Resident’s corner (Christine Thang, MD) | Member spotlight (Leila Yoonessi, MD) | HPV Vaccine | 2018-2020 Board Nominations |
February 2018
CHIP | Member Spotlight (Tanya Altman, MD and Dr. Yoonessi) | HPV Vaccine | Upcoming Symposium
March 2018
Member Spotlight (Chris Landon, MD) | Upcoming Symposium | HPV Vaccine | Immigrant Health Initiative
May 2018
Mother’s Day | Chapter Elections | Resident’s Corner (Christine Thang, MD) | Legislative Day | Immigrant Health Initiative
June 2018
End of Dr. Curry’s Term | Chapter Elections | Statewide Advocacy | Immigrant Health Initiative | Expanded DBP Services (UCLA)
July 2018
New Chapter President (Alice Kuo, MD) | La County Sanctuary Sites | Immigrant Health Initiative | Member Spotlight (Nicholas Krikes, MD) | Childhood Food Allergy Prevention | UCLA QI Project
August 2018
New Chapter President (Alice Kuo, MD) | La County Sanctuary Sites | Immigrant Health Initiative | Member Spotlight (Nicholas Krikes, MD) | Childhood Food Allergy Prevention | UCLA QI Project
September 2018
California Immunization Coalition (Pia Pannaraj, MD) | Separated Immigrant Children | Immigrant Health Initiative | Residents Corner ( Christine Thang, MD)
October 2018
Elections- National and District | Annual Leadership Forum Resolutions | Child Development Institute ‘s PTMC Child Development Center
November 2018
Elections End | ALF Resolutions | In Memoriam (Dr. Touraj Shafal) | UCLA QI Project | Immigrant Health Initiative
December 2018
Election Results | Immigrant Health Initiative | Statewide Advocacy
2017 Newsletters
January 2017
State Advocacy | New Media Plan Toolkit | Quality Improvement- HPV | Opportunity for Residents | AAP National Event
February 2017
Member Spotlight ( Diane Cullinane, MD, FAAP) | Survey- Autism | Quality Improvement | Job Fair in OC
March 2017
Member Spotlight (Diane Cullinane, MD, FAAP)| Quality Improvement
August 2017
Feature Article (George Monteverdi, MD, FAP) | Statewide Advocacy (Paula Whiteman, MD, FACEP, FAAP) | Spotlight- Leila Yoonessi, MD, MPH, FAAP | District 9 Chapter Forum Management Committee
2016 Newsletters
January 2016
Feature Article (Wilbert Mason, MD, MPH, FAAP) | Member Spotlight (Steven Feig, MD, FAAP) | The Year in Review (Tomas Torices, MD)
February 2016
Feature Article (Nina Shapiro, MD, FACS, FAAP) | Recognition (Chris Landon, MD, FCCP, CDM, FAAP) | Sexual ad Reproductive Health
March 2016
Feature Article (Dechu Puliyanda, MD | CDC Updates & LAHAN Alerts | Sexual and Reproductive Health
May 2016
Feature Article (Nina Shapiro, MD, FACS, FAAP) | Advances in Pediatrics 2016- Recap | Meeting with SB177 co-author Senator Ben Allen
June 2016
Recap of 2014-2016 Accomplishments | Chapter Elections | Feature Article (Ashley Wachsman, MD ; Namita Singh, MD ; Cindy E. Kallman, MD) | Addressing Developmental Delays in LA County | ATS 2016 San Francisco | HPV Training |
July 2016
Feature Article (Eileen Yamada, MD, MPH, FAAP) | Awards and Recognition | AAP-CA2 BOD Meeting | District 9 Chapter Forum Management Committee Report
August 2016
Feature Article (Minnelly Luu, MD; Peck Ong, MD) | State Advocacy | Residents’ Corner (Christine Tang, MD)
September 2016
Feature Article (Lina Heller, MD, RD, CSP, CLC, FAND) | State Advocacy- AB-2235 | Member Spotlight (Dr. Chris Landon)
October 2016
National Nominating Committee Representatives | State Advocacy | Member Spotlight (Dr. Chris Landon)
2015 Newsletters
January 2015
Quality Improvement Project | Resident Research Awards
February 2015
Preventing Influenza In Children (Benjamin Schwartz, MD) | Quality Improvement