NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

On October 18, 1947, a dinner was given in honor of Dr. Franklin P. Gengenbach by the Rocky Mountain Pediatric Society at the University of Colorado Medical Center. Dr. Gengenbach, the first professor of Pediatrics at the University and one of the founders of the Rocky Mountain Pediatric Society in 1920, was president of the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1943-44 and vice-president of the American Pediatric Society in 1932 and 1936. At the dinner

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.1.4.578b ◽

1948 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

pp. 578-578

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Medical Education ◽

Graduate Education ◽

Medical Center ◽

Rocky Mountain ◽

Graduate Course ◽

Post Graduate ◽

Pediatric Society ◽

University Of Colorado ◽

Post-graduate Education: A three day post-graduate course in Well Child Supervision will be given this April 26, 27, and 28 at the Medical Center in Denver. It is being sponsored by the Colorado State Department of Public Health, the Rocky Mountain Pediatric Society and the University of Colorado Medical Center. It is intended primarily for the physicians of Colorado, but other physicians interested may apply for it by writing to the Director of Graduate and Post-Graduate Medical Education, University of Colorado Medical Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver 7, Colorado. There is no registration fee.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.44.2.307 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 44 (2) ◽

pp. 307-307

Keyword(s):

American Academy ◽

Medical Center ◽

Failure To Thrive ◽

September 11 ◽

Basic Information ◽

University Of Colorado ◽

The University ◽

Guest Speakers

Failure to Thrive: A postgraduate course entitled, "Failure to Thrive-Prenatal-Preschool and Preteen" will be presented by the Denver Children Hospital and the University of Colorado Medical Center with the sponsorship of the American Academy of Pediatrics September 11-13, 1969. The course chairman will be L. Joseph Butterfield, M.D. Scheduled guest speakers will be Stewart H. Clifford, M.D., and Grant Morrow, III, M.D. The course will present basic information and new approches to the understanding and management of failure to thrive at all ages.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.50.1.173 ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

pp. 173-174

Keyword(s):

North Carolina ◽

American Academy ◽

Continuing Education ◽

Medical Center ◽

Perinatal Medicine ◽

University Of Texas ◽

Texas Medical School ◽

Duke University ◽

Newborn Symposium: The Seventeenth Annual Angus M. McBryde Newborn Symposium will be held September 14 and 15, 1972, at Duke UniversityMedical Center, Durham, North Carolina. For information write to George W. Brumley, M.D., Division of Perinatal Medicine, Box 2911, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710. The American Academy of Pediatrics Continuing Education Course: The American Academy of Pediatrics will co-sponsor a continuing education course on General Pediatrics with the University of Texas Medical School, San Antonio, Texas, September 14, 15, and 16, 1972, under the chairmanship of Stanley E. Crawford, M.D.

II. PAPERS SUBMITTED IN PREPARATION FOR THE INSTITUTE ON PEDIATRIC RESIDENCY TRAINING

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.38.4.712 ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 38 (4) ◽

pp. 712-755

Author(s):

Robert Lawson

Keyword(s):

American Academy ◽

Vice President ◽

National Board ◽

Pediatric Society ◽

Pediatric Residency ◽

Early Decision ◽

Set Up ◽

One Year ◽

Medical Examiners

AT THE first meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1931, a committee was established to explore the possibility of Board certification. After consultation with representatives of the national societies then in existence, the American Board of Pediatrics was incorporated in 1933. The purpose was to certify a man as a specialist in the practice of pediatrics and an early decision was that the qualifications should be set up by the men practicing in the field. It is of interest that other suggestions such as separate state qualifying boards, certification by the National Board of Medical Examiners, or certification by a board run by the medical schools were all rejected. The decision was made that the Board be formed by appointment of three men by each of the prominent pediatric groups of the time, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Section on Pediatrics of the American Medical Association, and the American Pediatric Society. Once appointed, the Board members would not be responsible to the appointing societies. After discussion by the three societies, the Board was formed. Dr. Borden Veeder, to whom I am indebted for some of this background, was the first president, Dr. Henry Helmholz, vice president, and Dr. C. Anderson Aldrich, secretary. Because of the need for more help in the actual examinations, the Board appointed additional interested pediatricians as official examiners. In general, succeeding appointments to the Board were made from this latter group. In 1960, the charter and by-laws were modified to spell out the method of appointment so that at present the term of appointment is six years. After the lapse of one year a man may be appointed for one more term.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds-1-6-844 ◽

1948 ◽

Vol 1 (6) ◽

pp. 844-845

Keyword(s):

Medical School ◽

Child Psychiatry ◽

Rocky Mountain ◽

Vice President ◽

Associate Professor ◽

School Program ◽

Cooperative Effort ◽

Pediatric Society ◽

The Past ◽

Officers of the Rocky Mountain Pediatric Society for 1948 have been elected as follows: Dr. John M. Nelson, President; Dr. Galen C. Garver, Vice-President; and Dr. Edwin T. Williams, Secretary-Treasurer. Monthly meetings are scheduled at the Children's Hospital or the Colorado General Hospital except during July, August and September. Dr. Charles Bradley, Director of the Emma Pendleton Bradley Home in East Providence, R.I., for the past 15 years, has joined the staff of the University of Oregon Medical School as Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry. His duties are to involve the teaching of child psychiatry in the Medical School program; and, as part of the cooperative effort of the Medical School and the State Board of Health, he will have charge of a new state program in child psychiatry.

In Memoriam

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.7.3.455 ◽

1951 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 455-456

Keyword(s):

Great Britain ◽

American Academy ◽

General Medical Council ◽

Honorary Member ◽

Medical Council ◽

Emeritus Professor ◽

Pediatric Society ◽

In Memoriam ◽

LEONARD GREGORY PARSONS, B.S., M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.S., an honorary member of the American Pediatric Society elected in 1935 and honorary fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics since 1940, died suddenly at his home in Four Oaks, England, on December 17, 1950. He was 71 years of age. At the time of his death he was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics in the University of Birmingham, Consulting Physician to the United Birmingham Hospitals, and a member of the General Medical Council of Great Britain.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.47.1.157 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 47 (1) ◽

pp. 157-158

Keyword(s):

Infectious Diseases ◽

American Academy ◽

Medical Center ◽

Long Beach ◽

Pediatric Endocrinology ◽

Recent Advances ◽

University Of Arizona ◽

Postgraduate Course Number 5 of the American Academy of Pediatrics: Pediatric Endocrinology, will be held at the Children's Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, California, January 20-22, 1971. Address correspondence to Dr. Gerald E. Hughes, American Academy of Pediatrics, P.O. Box 1034, Evanston, Illinois 60204. Postgraduate Course The American Academy of Pediatrics will cosponsor a postgraduate course on Recent Advances in the Immunoprophylaxis and Chemotherapy of Infectious Diseases with the American College of Physicians and the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, February 5-7, 1971 under the chairmanship of Vincent A. Fulginiti, M.D.

THE PEDIATRICIAN AND THE PUBLIC

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.9.6.801 ◽

1952 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. 801-804

Author(s):

EDWARD A. WISHROPP ◽

EDGAR E. MARTMER

Keyword(s):

American Academy ◽

Medical Care ◽

Assistant Professor ◽

The United States ◽

Pediatric Care ◽

Care Plans ◽

Foreign Countries ◽

Fact Finding ◽

At the annual meeting of the State Chairmen of the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1952, Dr. Edward A. Wishropp made a brief report of the plan for giving comprehensive pediatric care in Windsor, Ontario. This had been studied by the Academy's Committee on Medical Care Plans. In order that the membership of the Academy might have more information about the work of this important committee, the editor of this column requested Dr. Wishropp and Dr. Edgar E. Martmer to prepare a communication on this subject. INSURANCE PLAN REPORT THERE are many programs throughout the United States, Canada and several foreign countries, providing some degree of medical services for infants and children. These range from governmentally financed programs, offering supposedly complete care, to those furnished by individual pediatricians having agreements between the pediatrist and the parents. Because no comprehensive review of these various plans has been made, the Executive Board of the American Academy of Pediatrics created a committee to study insurance plans and programs. The president, Dr. Warren Quillian, appointed a Committee on Medical Care Plans as a fact-finding group. Serving with Dr. Edward A. Wishropp, chairman, are:[See Table In Source PDF] Some basic considerations, presented by Dr. S. J. Axelrod, Assistant Professor of Public Health at the University of Michigan, can be outlined as follows and these must serve as a working nucleus in determining a worth while and workable plan.

GRULEE AWARD PRESENTATION

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.37.1.136a ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 37 (1) ◽

pp. 136-137

Keyword(s):

American Academy ◽

Medical Society ◽

State University ◽

University Of Minnesota ◽

Louisiana State University ◽

School Of Medicine ◽

National Organizations ◽

College Of Nursing ◽

THE recipient of the Clifford G. Grulee Award of the American Academy of Pediatrics for 1965 is Clarence H. Webb of Shreveport, Louisiana. Born in Shreveport in 1902, Dr. Webb was graduated from Tulane University in 1923 and received his M.D. degree from the same university in 1925. Later—in 1931—he received the M.S. degree in pediatrics from the University of Chicago, where he completed a residency at the Bobs Roberts Hospital. Previously he had a year of residency at the University of Minnesota Hospital. Dr. Webb has been in the private practice of pediatrics in Shreveport since 1931. He has also been visiting lecturer at the Tulane School of Medicine since 1947 and professor of pediatrics in the Postgraduate School of the Louisiana State University School of Medicine since 1956. In addition, he finds time to lecture at the Northwestern College of Nursing in Natchitoches. He holds staff appointments at four private hospitals in the Shreveport area and is chief of pediatrics at Confederate Memorial Hospital. Dr. Webb is a member of a number of medical organizations and has served as president of the Louisiana and Shreveport Pediatric Societies, as well as president of the Shreveport Medical Society. He has been active in many local, state, and national organizations, including the Boy Scouts of America, the Louisiana Public Health Association, from which he received its annual award in 1957; the American Anthropological Association, and the Society for American Archeology. Dr. Webb served as president of the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1962-1963, previously serving as a member of the Executive Board and as chairman of District VIII. These services were outstanding and important.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.45.6.1046 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 45 (6) ◽

pp. 1046-1048

Keyword(s):

American Academy ◽

Iowa City ◽

Fall Meeting ◽

Pediatric Practice ◽

University Of Iowa ◽

Children's Hospital ◽

Iowa College ◽

The University ◽

Guest Speakers

Course In Pediatrics And Fall Meeting of the University of Iowa and the Iowa chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics will take place in Iowa City, Iowa, September 9 and 10, 1970. Guest speakers will be Drs. Robert Haggerty, Judson Randolph, and Douglas Johnstone. For information write David L. Silber, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52240. A Conference On Pediatric Practice will be presented by the Denver Children's Hospital at The Lodge at Vail, Vail, Colorado, Septemben 17-19.