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Scholar’s Night – Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
At our latest Scholar's Night on December 10, 2018, Jamie Lim (M4) gave an engaging presentation on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)/Pediatric Substance Abuse Disorder. Serving as a topic expert and sharing her experience as well was Dr. Eileen Costello. The event was held at Dr. Rachel Thompson's lovely home and attended by many BUSM students, ranging from M1s to M4s. We all learned a lot of new clinical pearls from Jamie's case based discussion about a baby with NAS.
Thanks to everyone who participated and made this Winter Scholar's Night such a great experience! Hope to see you all again at the next one!
Rally Against Family Separation
On Saturday June 30th, 2018, members of the Pediatrics Interest Group took part in the Together & Free Rally Against Family Separation alongside BMC residents, physicians, and staff, as well as many other members of the Boston community. Health professionals donned their scrubs and white coats to take a united stand against our nations current immigration policies and to advocate for the health of our patients.
Families belong together. Familias unidas no divididas.
Read more about our impact in this article:
Pediatric Interest Group, BUSM Students Join ‘Families Belong Together’ Rally
Rodman Ride 2018
Another successful Rodman Ride is in the books! This year Team BUSM consisted of a group of 35 medical students from all 4 years. Through everyone's hard work and fundraising efforts, we raised over $16,000 to help pediatric patients at BMC! And it's safe to say we all had a blast gettin' some cardio in on this beautiful day, September 22, 2018.
Thank you to everyone who helped with all of our fundraisers, including bake sales, T-shirt sales, and events at Howl at the Moon and Lansdowne Pub! And to everyone who pedaled hard for a good cause!
Read more about our ride in this article:
Scholar’s Night – Social Determinants of Health & Immigration Status
Ariel Porto, a BUSM M4 who matched into Pediatrics at Colorado Children’s, led an awesome workshop on social determinants of health and immigration status as a social determinant in the pediatric healthcare setting at our most recent Scholar's Night on April 4th, 2018. The topic experts were Dr. Arvin Garg, Dr. Genevieve Preer, and Carmen Norona, LCSW. The event was held at the home of Drs. Arvin & Priya Garg, and attended by many BUSM students. Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to such a fun, engaging discussion! We hope to see you all again at the next Scholar's Night!
Rodman Ride for Kids 2017
Team BUSM completed the Rodman Ride for Kids last Saturday, September 23rd! The team of 24 medical students + 2 virtual riders raised over $10,000 in support of BMC Pediatrics and pediatric medical education with 2 students riding 100 miles, 15 students riding 50 miles, and 7 students riding 25 miles.
Our team raised this money through several fundraisers. We hosted an event at Howl at the Moon with free appetizers and live music, and Blunch is currently donating proceeds from their Whim sandwich of the day! We also had a fundraising event at Whiskey Saigon, as well as a spin class fundraiser at Turnstyle South End!
Thank you to these local businesses for their support, and our peers and community for donating to the cause!
We’d also like to thank Dr. Bob Vinci for his overwhelming support and efforts to include us in the ride!
Pediatric Primary Care Innovation Night
Scholar’s Night – Poverty and Child Health
BUSM M4 Gen Guyol led a great discussion and case study examining the effects of poverty on child health at our most recent Scholar's Night on November 30. Dr. Arvin Garg of the Department of Pediatrics and Office of Student Affairs was in attendance to serve as a faculty expert on the topic.
This was our first Scholar's Night of 2016-17. The event was held at Dr. Elizabeth Yellen's house, and attended by ten BUSM students ranging from first to fourth years, as well as Chief Resident of the BCRP Dr. Camila Mateo and PEDS faculty advisor, Dr. Rachel Thompson.
Thanks to everyone who attended and we hope to see everyone at the next one!
AAP Mentoring and More Event – Oct 22nd
Please join us on Saturday October 22nd from 12:30-4:00 pm at BUSM for this year's MA Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics conference. Speakers will include Dr. Garg (residency director at Tufts), Dr. Michelson (residency director at BCRP (works at BMC) and more. Lunch will be served, and the event will be followed by a happy hour at Clery's. See the attached flyer for info and please RVSP via the link on the flyer if you plan to attend.
We look forward to seeing you all!
Advocacy Grand Rounds cohosted by PEDS! Oct 13 @ 6PM
Boston Children's Pediatrician Dr. Judith Palfrey will be speaking about her career in advocacy at Grand Rounds, including her role as executive director of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! program. More details and her bio are below.
Advocacy Grand Rounds
Co-hosted by:
BU Advocacy Training Program (BuATP) and Pediatric Education & Development Society (PEDS)
We are very excited to announce that Boston Children's Pediatrician Dr. Judith Palfrey will be coming to speak to us about her career in physician advocacy.
When: Thursday October 13th, 2016
Where: L203
Time: 5:45pm - Dinner will be served
6:00pm - Event will begin
Dr. Palfrey is the T. Berry Brazelton Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, former chief of the Division of General Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, and 2009–2010 president of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She was named executive director of Let’s Move! a program developed by First Lady Michelle Obama to target childhood obesity. Her research has focused on the delivery of community services to children, particularly children and youth with special health care need, and the ways in which pediatricians could address social determinants of health as part of their routine pediatric professional responsibility. Dr. Palfrey has championed community medicine and pediatric advocacy, serving as the national director of the Annie Dyson Community Pediatrics Training Initiative. This national program has had a major impact on the training of pediatric residents and on the children and families they serve. Dr. Palfrey is the author of more than 100 papers on community medicine and advocacy, as well as the books Community Child Health (Praeger, 1994) and Child Health in America: Making a Difference through Advocacy (Johns Hopkins Press, 2006).
Rodman Ride for Kids 2016! Pictures and More!
Team BUSM completed the Rodman Ride for Kids last Saturday, September 24th! The team of 15 medical students + 1 virtual rider raised over $11,000 in support of BMC Pediatrics and pediatric medical education with 8 students riding 50 miles and 7 students riding 25 miles.
Our team raised this money through several fundraisers. We hosted an event at Bell in Hand Tavern with free appetizers and Blunch donated proceeds from their Whim sandwich of the day three Thursdays in a row! Several other restaurants supported donation efforts, including Flour Bakery, Bon Me, Equator, Makin' Jamaican, and J.P. Licks. Thank you to these local businesses for their support, and our peers and community for donating to the cause!
We'd also like to thank Dr. Bob Vinci for his overwhelming support and efforts to include us in the ride.
Our Rodman Team 2016!
First years out to ride!
50 milers!
Our PEDS leaders 2016
A few of our 25 mile riders
The team post-ride!
The entire team with the U-haul we rented to bring 14 bikes to and from the ride!
