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Fall weather brought us great relief after a few months of summer heat. Children are back in school for in person learning. Life is slowly getting back to normal for many families. Vaccinating children against COVID-19 hopefully will hasten the process, and one day soon will lead us to a point where mitigation measures can be suspended.
I hope that you all had a good time last weekend at the virtual NCE and found the conference to be useful and thought provoking.
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The recent enactment of Senate Bill (SB) 428, the ACEs Equity Act, will significantly expand coverage for screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). SB 428, introduced by State Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger), requires all health insurance plan contracts, including Knox-Keene-licensed managed care plan contracts and health insurance policies issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2022, that provide coverage for pediatric services and preventative care, to include coverage for ACEs screening.
I would like to welcome our new chapter members and encourage them to make use of the resources available on our website, aapca2.org
In this issue, we are starting a legislative updates section, The Quorum, by AAP-CA2 legislative and policy analyst Karinne Van Groningen, MD, MPH. I encourage you to read that segment to gain insight on the latest legislative activities that are relevant to our region.
On September 23rd, the Santa Barbara Unified School District Superintendent reached out to us for support of a resolution to implement a vaccine mandate in their schools. As we published a press release in support, other school districts reached out to us for the same. While we do not take a stand to mandate vaccination, our position is to support universal COVID-19 vaccination based on scientific data.
In partnership with AAP-CA2, UCLA is launching a quality improvement project aimed at improving e-cigarette/vaping screening and referrals. The project will require a minimum of three PDSA cycles and will offer CME and MOC part 4. Please see below for details.
Our Member Spotlight features Christine Thang, MD, FAAP, Chair of the AAP-CA2 Newsletter Editorial Board. In the Residency Corner, Hyo-Jung Choi, MD, Pediatric Chief Resident at Harbor-UCLA presents her work in breastfeeding education. I hope to see more of you participate and make this part of the newsletter interesting, by submitting your personal narratives to be published. Please read the submission guidelines below and contact chapter2@aapca2.org for more information.
Coming events you don't want to miss:
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10/19: First 5 LA is presenting the "Early Screening, Better Outcomes" webinar on how to utilize the Developmental Screening and Referral Toolkit for Pediatric Medical Clinics.
- 10/20 - Work-Life Integration LEAP webinar
- 10/27 - The AAP-CA2 Climate Change Conversation. Please register to join this meaningful discussion in our region.
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10/27 - AAVC Lecture Series: Developmental & Relational Paradigm When Considering ACEs
- 11/11 - American Board of Pediatrics' latest options for obtaining maintenance of certification (MOC) credits.
Our Advances in Pediatrics Symposium is set for February 26, 2022 at UCLA. This will be a hybrid event with the option of attending in person, or virtually via Zoom. Please save the date! Residents and medical students, the abstract submission deadline is December 15th.
If you missed any of the most recent webinars, you may watch the recordings by following the links provided in the Recent Events section below.
Best wishes,
D. Rajasekhar, MD, FAAP
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AAP-CA2 Advances in Pediatrics Symposium 2022
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Please Save The Date for this Hybrid event.
Attend in Person - Attend Via Zoom
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Call for Abstracts
AAP-CA2 Advances in Pediatrics Symposium
February 26, 2022
Abstract Submission Deadline: December 15, 2021 at 11:59PM PST
General Information:
The AAP California Chapter 2 will accept abstracts on scholarly projects by pediatric and medicine-pediatric residents from CHLA, Harbor-UCLA, Kaiser LA, Loma Linda, UCLA, and USC.
Students from medical schools in the Southern California counties of Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura are also invited to submit their abstracts.
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The Quorum
October 2021: Lawsapalooza
By Karinne Van Groningen, MD, MPH - Legislative and Policy Analyst
We made it to the end of the legislative session! The deadline for Governor Newsom to sign bills that made it to his desk was October 10 th. This legislative session the Governor signed 770 bills and vetoed 66. Below is a highlight of some new laws that will affect children and families. The legislature will reconvene on January 3 rd, 2022. Read more ...
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AAP- CA2 Press Release
Pediatricians in Support of SBUSD Resolution No. 2021/2022-09
September 23, 2021
Pediatricians applaud all school districts who have instituted vaccine mandates for staff and strongly support Santa Barbara Unified School District’s proposed resolution No. 2021/2022-09, which would ensure that in the 2021/2022 school year, all Certified and Classified staff will be required to be vaccinated.
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Monoclonal Antibody Infusion Centers
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The State of California has recently opened two (2) Monoclonal Antibody (MAB) Infusion Centers in Los Angeles County. Please note that patients may self-refer to these sites, and patients do not need health insurance to be treated.
Hawaiian Gardens MAB & Testing Center
21530 Pioneer Blvd
Hawaiian Gardens, CA 90716
MAB: Monday – Saturday: 8am to 6pm
MAB Referral line: (562) 474-0050 by appointment only
COVID-19 Walk-up Testing Kiosk
Operation Hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 8:30am - 3:30pm
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ContinuEM MAB & Testing Center Address
6430 South Street
Lakewood, CA 90713
Monday – Fridays: 9am to 10:30pm
Saturday – Sunday: 10am to 5pm
MAB Referral line: (562) 731-3990 – Patient self-referral and Physician referral line. Same day patients accepted
Monoclonal Antibody (MAB) offered at this site: Regeneron Only
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UCLA Anti-Vaping Task Force
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The UCLA Anti-Vaping Champions Task Force needs YOU to help protect children and young adults from the harmful influence of big tobacco companies and the e-cigarette/vaping epidemic! Our Task Force is looking for members who are passionate about fighting against the use of tobacco products in our communities. Read More...
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QI PROJECT - UCLA Anti-Vaping Task Force
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Participate in QI - Get MOC Part 4 - Improve Outcomes
The UCLA Health Preventive Medicine education team is interested in collaborating with clinics on quality improvement work to incorporate tobacco use/vaping treatment and screening in pediatrics practices. The goal is to improve screening, identification, treatment, and referral policies of pediatric patients using tobacco/vaping products during clinic visits. In addition, training will be developed to provide local providers with resources on implementing cessation referral policies. The funded project is a collaboration between the California Department of Health and UCLA to reduce the impact of vaping among youth and young adults in our community. Our team will ensure to support your team throughout the process, including sourcing up-to-date information to provide clinic staff with resources for screening, identification, treatment, and referral protocols.
Project activities:
- A contract will be signed to adopt and implement the voluntary cessation, assessment, and referral policy
- A team of administrators/providers will meet to plan the design and integration of the project into the practice group
- Representatives from the clinics will be interviewed about the current state of the protocols and potential barriers to adopting a voluntary policy
- A pre-and post-policy screening survey will be administered to staff at clinics which adopted the voluntary policy
- Pediatric clinics will apply and participate in quality improvement (QI) work to increase screening, identification and treatment of pediatric patients using tobacco/vaping products with a minimum of 3 Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles
Other opportunities include:
- Joining our interprofessional task force, UCLA AntiVaping Champions, to collaborate with the community on reducing the impact of vaping.
- Health professionals and trainee's educational curriculum support on screening, identification and treatment of pediatric patients using tobacco/vaping products.
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Dr. Christine Thang is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of General Pediatrics at the University of California Los Angeles. Dr. Thang is a board-certified pediatrician and member of the faculty practice at the UCLA Children's Health Center. She precepts medical students and resident physicians in training. She is also a medical team provider for the UCLA Pediatric Craniofacial Program. Her interests are in medical education, trauma and resilience, and lifestyle and nutrition. Read more ...
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The Member Spotlight is written to highlight our chapter membership. Chapter members can submit personal narratives about themselves with a focus on how they maintain their physician wellness in the face of everyday struggles and challenges. Authors may also choose to highlight a practice, volunteer activities, QI projects, etc. The purpose of the spotlight series is to encourage and foster unity and support within the chapter. |
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BEAR HUGS: An AAP CATCH Resident Grant Project to Empower Families through Breastfeeding Education
By Hyo-Jung Choi, MD, PGY-4
Racial and ethnic disparities exist in breastfeeding initiation and duration. Data consistently shows that Black, Hispanic, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native women are less likely to breastfeed their infants when compared with other racial/ethnic groups. Read more...
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Please Share Your Story
Are you currently enrolled in a pediatric or medicine-pediatrics residency in our Chapter region? Are you involved in a project that you would like to showcase? Do you practice a sport, or have an artistic talent that you would like to share? We want to showcase YOU in the Residency Corner of our Chapter Newsletter.
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Residency Corner Articles: The Residency Corner is dedicated to highlighting resident voices and providing an opportunity to find peer connections across the residency programs in the chapter. It is a space for residents to publish articles on their topics of interest. Submissions from all areas are welcome, including sharing ideas to stay socially connected during residency, describing personal hobbies or passions, highlighting resident research or QI projects, describing advocacy efforts, or providing advice and perspective on transitions during residency. The Residency Corner will rotate monthly to showcase a representative from each of the residency programs in the chapter. Please find the submission guidelines HERE.
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The next CATCH Grant Cycle opens November 1, 2021, with applications due on Jan. 24, 2022. CATCH grants are open to AAP members and resident trainees in chapters in the U.S. and Canada. Funds are available for pediatrician-led community-based programs that address a wide variety of child health issues. For more information, visit www.aap.org/catch, reach out to your chapter CATCH facilitators (here) or district resident liaisons (here), or email catch@aap.org.
If you have an idea to make a difference in your community, consider applying for a CATCH grant this year. You can reach out to your AAP CA Chapter 2 Facilitators Melissa Ruiz (ruizmj@gmail.com) or Christine Thang (cthang@mednet.ucla.edu).
Thank you for what you do on behalf of children!
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Early Screening, Better Outcomes: Developmental Screening & Referral Toolkit for Pediatric Medical Clinics
Presented by First 5 LA
- 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.
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October 20 | Section on Early Career Physicians (SOECP)
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Leadership, Equity, and Advancement in Pediatrics (LEAP) Webinar Series
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.
- Work-Life Integration | Wednesday, October 20, 2021 | 7-8pm CT
- Negotiation | Thursday, November 4, 2021 | 7-8pm CT
- Navigating a Structurally Discriminatory Environment | Thursday, December 2, 2021 | 7-8pm CT
- Graceful Self-Promotion | Thursday, January 20, 2022 | 7-8pm CT
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October 27 | Climate Change Conversation
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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!
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October 27 | ACEs Aware Ventura County
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Developmental & Relational Paradigm When Considering ACEs
Presented by Dr. Shaw and Judith Drouin
This is the seventh session in the AAVC 12-lecture series.
Learning Objectives:
- Relationship between the developmental stage of the brain and when trauma occurs.
- How all functioning of the brain is state dependent, directly affecting behavior and physical symptoms.
- How positive relational health can support and repair healthy brain development.
- How, based on relational health & brain plasticity, to formulate a plan to facilitate hope & optimism for children & caregivers.
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November 11 | ABP MOC Options
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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.
- About the American Board of Pediatrics
- The MOC Program in Pediatrics
- Part 2 Activities
- MOCA-Peds
- How to obtain Part 4 (QI) Credit
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October 27 - CHOC Children's Lecture Series
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CHOC Children’s Virtual Pediatric Lecture Series provides online CME lectures at no cost. |
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- October 27 at 12:30 PM - Chronic Cough in Children
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Optimizing Pediatric Prehospital Seizure Management
Presented by the Los Angeles EMS Agency
Tuesday November 30, 2021
11:45 am – 12:45 pm Pacific Time
Manish I. Shah, MD, MS
Associate Professor and Attending Physician
Baylor College of Medicine & Texas Children’s Hospital
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the optimal medical management of pediatric seizures
- Describe the age-based standardized dosing approach for Midazolam
- Summarize the major challenges that medics face in treating pediatric seizures
- Discuss and describe the PediDOSE study—Pediatric Dose Optimization for Seizures in EMS
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Welcome New Chapter Members |
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Welcome the following NEW members who joined the Chapter in September.
Thank you for your support!
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Edilberto Agas II, MD, FAAP – Corona
Ryan Clagg, MD, FAAP - Los Angeles
Angela Therese Flores, MD, FAAP - Santa Clarita
Bonnie Lovette, MD - Burbank
Mohammad Malekzadeh, MD, FAAP - Sylmar
Shanassa Roen-Padilla, MD, FAAP - Encino
Ava Sun, MD - Pacific Palisades
James Weidman, MD, FAAP - West Hills
Jiwon Helen Wyman, MD - Los Angeles
Georgiana Zacks, MD, FAAP - Corona
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Enterprise Membership - Did you know? |
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Signing up your entire practice (clinical and non-clinical staff) qualifies for a 20% discount on Chapter membership dues. Contact us for details.
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Amazon Smile - Support the Chapter |
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Did you know that you can select a charity of choice and make all of your Amazon purchases count toward charitable contributions?
Next time you are on Amazon.com, go to smile.amazon.com and select "American Academy of Pediatrics District IX Chapter 2" as your charity of choice. There after, always be sure to begin at smile.amazon.com when you make purchases, or they will not count. Amazon will donate half a percent of all purchases. This is a way of supporting the chapter so that we may have a greater impact through our programs. We thank you for your support!
Use this link to select us as your charitable organization at AmazonSmile.
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Reach Out and Read IE
Are you a pediatrician in Riverside or San Bernardino County? Through a generous grant from First 5 Riverside and First 5 San Bernardino, the AAP Chapter 2 can provide free books and support to start a Reach Out and Read program at your clinic. Learn more ...
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Los Angeles County Immigrant Youth Resource Toolkit |
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The Immigrant Youth Task Force (IYTF) at UCLA and the American Academy of Pediatrics California Chapter 2 (AAP-CA2) invite you to visit The Los Angeles County Immigrant Youth Resource Toolkit, a website consolidating community resources in the greater LA area for immigrant youth and families. Our goal is to help professionals from all disciplines address the needs of their immigrant youth patients/clients with regards to health care, legal services, education, social services, and more. As our toolkit continues to evolve, we encourage you to explore and use it in your practice going forward.
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To All Pediatricians in San Bernardino County |
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ARE YOU UTILIZING ACES AWARE TOOLS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF YOUR PATIENTS?
Receive $29 per visit reimbursement for each Medi-Cal office visit
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To All Pediatricians in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura County |
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The Landon Pediatric Foundation received a grant from ACEs Aware to provide supplemental training to providers in Ventura County (and neighboring counties)... Read more >>>
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Chapter Committees and Sections |
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Chapter committees are great opportunities to get involved in areas that interest you the most. Furthermore, if you are a Fellow member (FAAP), local involvement could position you for leadership opportunities at National AAP. To learn more about our various Committees and Sections, and to sign up, please visit aapca2.org/committees.
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New: ADVOCACY
Be the voice in your County. Share local issues that need to be addressed with grassroots efforts.
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New: CLIMATE CHANGE
Join discussions on what pediatricians can do to address climate change in our region.
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New: MEDIA and COMMUNICATIONS
Do you have an interest in media and communications? Would you like to learn how to structure sound bytes when speaking with the media? Or perhaps how to be a more effective Tweetrician? .
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Advertise in Our Newsletter |
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AAP-CA2 invites you to advertise in our newsletter
AAP-CA2 publishes its electronic newsletter, Peds@CA2, which is emailed to its 1,500+ members on the second weekend every month. Chapter members and non-profit organizations receive a 50% discount. Please follow the link below for more information.
For advertisement rates and guidelines, please click here.
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Article submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The newsletter is published the second Sunday of each month.
You may direct questions and article submissions to the "American Academy of Pediatrics - CA Chapter 2" <chapter2@aapca2.org>.
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The AAP-CA2 Newsletter Editorial Review Board |
Established in July 2020 to highlight educational content and resources of value to chapter members, and to showcase our chapter membership. |
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AAP-CA2 Chapter Excellence Award
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For the ninth year in a row, the AAP-CA2 is a recipient of the 2020 AAP Award of Chapter Excellence in recognition for its accomplishments during the 2020 calendar year. We would like to thank you, our members, for your loyalty as we advocate for children, pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists, bringing you opportunities for engagement and professional development. |
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Thank you to the 1,213 who follow us on Twitter! @AAPCA2
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