ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-130
Keyword(s):  
Head Start ◽  
American Academy ◽  
American People ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Temporal Pressure ◽  
History Of ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Many

To be selected as President of the American Academy of Pediatrics is the greatest honor that could be given me. I approach this year with humility and pledge my best efforts. Never before in the brief history of the Academy has the pressure of time been so enormous and demanded as much immediate vigorous effort as now for the welfare of children. The many problems accompanied by this temporal pressure need no enumeration here. Dr. Logan has mentioned several. With each one, the degree of urgency and the length of time needed to accomplish realistic goals need evaluation. The fact that many problems will take years or decades to solve makes no less important the necessity to address ourselves to them now, before the welfare of a generation of children suffers irrevocably, or before alternative and less desirable solutions are imposed by government or other agencies. The American people are impatient. Witness only Head Start. The Administration was impatient to start the operation before it was pretested so that one year crop of 5 year olds would not be deprived of help. Many Fellows of the Academy, by the same token, have been impatient because the health aspects are not still functioning smoothly. If Head Start works well across the country in 10 years, it will have been a notable achievement. These factors of temporal pressure and impatience disturb pediatricians. Our training as scientists, which advocates careful and deliberate study of problems, makes us distrust hasty diagnosis or ill-considered therapy.

REPORT OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE SECTION ON SURGERY OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 667-669
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Round Table ◽  
Steering Committee ◽  
Atlantic City ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
History Of ◽  
One Year

The first meeting of the Section on Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics was held in the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel, Atlantic City, N.J., on Nov. 21, 1948. Those present were: charter members of the Section—Drs. W. E. Ladd, H. E. Coe, O. S. Wyatt, J. R. Bowman, F. D. Ingraham, C. E. Koop, T. N. Lanman, J. Lozoya, W. J. Potts, and Henry Swan, Jr., and guests— Dr. Fontana of Montevideo and Dr. Clifford Sweet. The Chairman reported that the Executive Board of the Academy had approved the following as charter members of the Section in addition to the 10 present: Drs. A. H. Bill, Jr., F. Cachof, T. C. Chishold, R. E. Gross, J. M. Moore, W. T. Mustard, D. W. MacCollum, C. Serinanan, Orvar Swenson, and F. R. Wilkinson and the following policy, or steering, committee: H. E. Coe, chairman, and C. S. Wyatt, to serve three years, R. E. Gross and J. Lozoya, to serve two years, and W. E. Ladd and Henry Swan to serve one year; two members are to be appointed for a three year term each year hereafter, each member being eligible to succeed himself only once. Dr. Coe then outlined briefly the history of the development of the Section: 1. Surgical subjects have been presented at meetings of the Academy by round table discussions at intervals over a period of some 15 years. 2. Constant expansion of the fields of activity of the Academy. 3. A plan for including children's surgery in Academy activities was presented formally to the Executive Board at the Detroit meeting in 1945. 4. The proposal was studied, reported at the meeting in Pittsburgh early in 1947 and a committee appointed consisting of Drs. Beaven, Ratner and Coe to consider enlarging the membership to include those in allied specialties whose work is limited to the care of children. 5. The report of the Executive Board recommending this expansion of membership was approved at the Dallas meeting in 1947 and the Committee was directed to collect and present further data.

Protest Views of Singer

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-260
Author(s):  
ALFRED M. BONGIOVANNI
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Human Life ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Mumbo Jumbo ◽  
The Many

To the Editor.— The commentary by Singer1 must not go unchallenged. This member of the American Academy of Pediatrics takes exception to this statement, and he in no way espouses "religious mumbo-jumbo" which Singer applies to his possible opponents. Nor does this writer espouse the application of heroic measures to the preservation of human life under all circumstances. There is such latitude in Singer's discussion that "quality of life" can mean almost anything. I will not belabor the many aspects of Singer's rhetoric but must make two points.

OUR CHALLENGES FOR THE 70'S President's Address, 1970

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 465-469
Author(s):  
Russell W. Mapes
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
General Medicine ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
History Of ◽  
Organized Medicine

For any national organization striving to keep pace with increasingly diverse responsibilities and objectives, there are appropriate times when that organization must pause, reflect, and project before moving forward to meet the goals to which it has dedicated its programs and priorities. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the American Academy of Pediatrics. It was June 23, 1930 that 35 pediatricians met in Harper Hospital in Detroit to establish the Academy as the organization to speak for the interests and health of children, as well as the interests of its pediatric members. This year also marks the beginning of a new decade, a decade which holds great promise for the future of pediatrics but a decade which also presents significant challenges which we must meet if we are to deliver quality health care to all children. The American Academy of Pediatrics is indeed fortunate to be able to draw from the accomplishments of a progressive history of achievement, distinguished by the vision of its early founders. In the 1920's the medical community widely predicted that pediatrics was disappearing as a specialty, that in a few years it would merge into the field of general medicine. Concern was also expressed that pediatrics was not sufficiently represented in the echelons of organized medicine and, consequently, the cause of child health was not being served adequately. To pediatricians like Isaac A. Abt, the first president of the Academy, to John L. Morse, its first vice-president, and to Clifford G. Grulee, the Academy's pioneering executive director, these were very real challenges, but they were not causes for pessimism or defeatism.

Coding for Pediatrics 2015

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Current Procedural Terminology ◽  
Clinical Vignettes ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
The Many

Published annually and currently in its 20th edition, Coding for Pediatrics is the signature publication in a comprehensive suite of coding products offered by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). This AAP exclusive complements standard coding manuals with pediatric-specific documentation and billing solutions for pediatricians, nurse practitioners, administration staff, and pediatric coders. This year’s edition has been fully updated and revised to include all changes to the 2015 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes, complete with accompanying guidelines for their application. The numerous clinical vignettes and examples featured in the book, as well as the many coding pearls included throughout, have also been fully revised and revisited. On October 1, 2015 all HIPAA covered entities will transition to the ICD-10-CM. Coding for Pediatrics provides guidance on this future transition including important documentation elements to support code selection in ICD-10-CM. Numerous helpful tips are included throughout the book and highlight the ICD-10-CM code set with “Transitioning to 10” boxes. Other updates to this edition include

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1952 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-375
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Medical School ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Harvard Medical School ◽  
Massachusetts General Hospital ◽  
Pediatric Endocrinology ◽  
Pediatric Residents ◽  
Pediatric Residency ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
One Year

POSTGRADUATE COURSE IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM A Pediatric Postgraduate Endocrinology and Metabolism course will be held at the Burnham Memorial Hospital for Children, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, under the direction of Dr. Nathan B. Talbot and associates, Oct. 6 through Oct. 11, 1952, daily from 9:00 am, to 4:30 p.m. For further details, write Courses for Graduates, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St., Boston. ANNOUNCEMENT OF PEDIATRIC RESIDENCY FELLOWSHIPS Through the generosity of Mr. D. Mead Johnson and Mead Johnson and Company, the American Academy of Pediatrics is pleased to announce that 8 fellowships for pediatric residents will be available for a period of one year, beginning Jan. 1, 1953.

Presidential Address—1974

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 673-676
Author(s):  
James B. Gillespie
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Robert Frost ◽  
The Past ◽  
Medical Environment ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Concern For Others ◽  
History Of

The history of the American Academy of Pediatrics is a chronicle of practical idealism. I will not attempt to recount recent and past achievements of our society, for most have been well documented. It is beyond my capacity to identify the changes in Academy role and structure which may occur in our rapidly changing and complex social and medical environment. However, I do wish to reflect briefly on certain recent programs and actions which point up the expanding role and broader scope of interests of the Academy. These actions and interests, hallmarks of maturity and enhanced concepts of responsibility and accountability, are significant of our times. Wisdom has been gained as we have stood upon the shoulders of our predecessors. Today's Academy cannot be separated from the past. We are deeply indebted to the perceptive, astute leadership of other days and to a dedicated membership which, for 44 years, has closely adhered to our stated goals. We continue to value their counsel. The contributions of those who preceded us are the principal reason why we are where we are today. There is justifiable optimism for the assumption that the Academy will continue its leadership role as the major advocate for improved child health in the Americas. I sincerely believe that success will come to a society whose principal objective is placing concern for others higher on the scale of values of more and more people. We are reassured by a membership and leadership dedicated to service above self. In the words of Robert Frost: "There cannot be much to fear in a country where so many right faces are going by.

The Problem of the History of Religion in America

1970 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sydney E. Ahlstrom
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Religious History ◽  
Program Committee ◽  
American Religious History ◽  
American People ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
The Sixties ◽  
History Of

Half a year before this paper was read before a plenary session of the American Academy of Religion (26 October 1969), the program committee had requested an essay dealing in some comprehensive way with the field of American religious history. Because I would in any case have to be thinking about the introduction to my own “religious history of the American people,” I agreed.The title was sufficiently broad; and goodness knows the problems of this subject area are sufficiently large.1 Aside from innumerable large and small questions of fact there are the countless questions of emphasis and interpretation, not to mention the problem of discerning an overarching theme. I also confess great sympathy with Max Lerner's comment on the ten years he spent on America as a Civilization (1957). “I found when I came to the end of the decade,” he said, “that a number of things I had written about America were no longer valid. The American civilization had been changing drastically right under my fingertips as I was writing about it.”2 The present-day historian's predicament is, if anything, more difficult than Lerner's in that the sixties, by contrast with the fifties, have experienced a veritable earthquake of revisionism which has profoundly altered our interpretation of the entire course of American history. By reason of its screaming moral dilemmas, moreover, the decade had an especially rude impact on long accepted views of religious history. But enough of this: let us consider the substantive questions.

Skin Testing for Penicillin Allergy: Its Limited Value

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-309
Author(s):  
Renee K. Bergner
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Skin Testing ◽  
Skin Tests ◽  
Penicillin G ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Immediate Hypersensitivity ◽  
Positive Skin ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
History Of ◽  
Therapeutic Administration

In its statement, "Anaphylaxis," The American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Drugs states in part: "If there is a possibility of sensitivity to . . . penicillin, skin testing for immediate hypersensitivity to the agent should be performed prior to its therapeutic administration."1 The Penicillin Study Group of the American Academy of Allergy reported in 1971 that only 17 (30.4%) of 56 patients with a history of immediate (including anaphylactic) reactions to penicillin exhibited positive skin tests to penicillin G.2

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1961 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 1019-1019
Author(s):  
Carl C. Fischer
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
The Other ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Mutual Interest ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
Do So

FROM TIME to time Presidents of the American Academy of Pediatrics have used this means of sharing with the fellowship, thoughts which seem to them to be of mutual interest. Last year, President George Wheatley had such a message in every issue, covering a wide variety of interesting and stimulating topics. I will not plan to necessarily continue this policy of having a message for each issue, but will do so whenever the subject matter seems to warrant one. At this, the beginning of a new year for the Academy, it seems appropriate to present to the membership at large a few of the thoughts which I presented in Chicago upon my inauguration as your President. It has recently been my pleasure to reread the two little volumes sent to all Academy Fellows a few years ago, the one containing the Presidential addresses of the first 20 presidents, and the other, Dr. Marshall Pease's stimulating "History of the Academy." I heartily recommend these to any of you who might be interested in the conception, delivery and growth and development of our organization. Of first importance at this time, it seems to me, is the review of the primary objectives of our Academy as originally drawn up by Dr. Grulee and his associates more than 30 years ago. These are: "The object of the Academy shall be to foster and stimulate interest in Pediatrics and correlate all aspects of the word for the welfare of children which properly come within the scope of pediatrics."

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

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 712-755
Author(s):  
Robert Lawson
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Vice President ◽  
National Board ◽  
Pediatric Society ◽  
Pediatric Residency ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
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.

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