Proposed Guidelines on Genetic Engineering

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 1159-1159
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Mammalian Species ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Molecular Structures ◽  
National Institutes Of Health ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Genetic Trait ◽  
Inborn Errors ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
The University

The American Academy of Pediatrics has become aware of a proposal to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) that "NIH [National Institutes of Health] prohibit any experimentation involving the transfer of a genetic trait from one mammalian species into the germ cell of another, unrelated mammalian species." An advisory committee rejected this proposal on Oct 29, 1984. For the record and in any event of further attempts to impose such a prohibition, the Academy, on recommendation of its Council on Research, has the following statement: Without specific study of the referenced experiments by Dr Ralph Brinster of the University of Pennsylvania, the American Academy of Pediatrics believes that such a blanket prohibition would be scientifically dangerous and detrimental to research efforts into understanding human disease, including cancer, and potentially to the development of new therapies. There is no true scientific basis for the proposed prohibition. The fact is that a large number of molecular structures, including complex ones, are held in common among the mammalian species. In reality, the species are much more similar than they are different. The species borders that the proposer talks about are a continuum and a blend rather than a sharp demarcation (as is evidenced in cell culture by the ability to fuse cells from many species). The prohibition would militate against certain possibilities for research and therapy related to inborn errors of metabolism. A gene for the production of an enzyme in one species often makes an enzyme that would produce the same kind of product found in the human.

THE GRULEE AWARD

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1957 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 338-338
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
College Education ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Gold Medal ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Annual Business ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
The University

The Clifford G. Grulee Award was created by the Executive Board in honor of Dr. Grulee upon his retirement as Executive Secretary in 1951. The Award is made for outstanding service to the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the presentation to the recipient is a feature of the annual business meeting. The Award consists of a handsome gold medal bearing the insignia of the Academy and the inscription "Clifford G. Grulee Award" on the face of the medal, and on the obverse side the name of the recipient with the inscription "For outstanding service to the American Academy of Pediatrics" (illustration in Pediatrics, 17:576, 1956). Presentation of the Grulee Award for 1956 was made to Dr. Philip S. Barba of Philadelphia by Dr. Grulee who remarked: "I am sure that all of you know Dr. Barba, if not personally, at least by reputation. He has long been an untiring and devoted worker for the American Academy of Pediatrics and its objectives. "Phil Barba was born in Philadelphia about 61 years ago. As a young man he left his native city long enough to acquire a college education at Princeton University, but he returned to Philadelphia to study medicine and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1923. Dr. Barba has always lived in Philadelphia where he has had a busy practice and yet found time to take part in many civic health projects, to teach medical students and residents, and to work diligently for the Academy. "Phil Barba has served as Director of the Department of Pediatrics at Germantown Hospital; Chief of Pediatrics at Rexborough Memorial Hospital; attending pediatrician to St. Christopher's Hospital; Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Temple University School of Medicine and also as Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Medicine. More recently he has become the Director of the Family Health Advisor Service at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

SECTION ON ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 85 (5) ◽  
pp. ii-ii
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Asthmatic Child ◽  
Task Force ◽  
National Institutes Of Health ◽  
Educational Resource ◽  
Pediatric Allergy ◽  
The Past ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Allergy And Immunology ◽  
Children With Asthma

The Section on Allergy and Immunology was one of the first sections formed (1948) within the American Academy of Pediatrics. It now has almost 600 members. Its objective is to improve the care of children with asthma, allergies, and immunologic disorders. The Section aims to serve as a major informational and educational resource for the 34 000 members of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The Section sponsors a 2-day scientific program and symposium at each Anual Meeting of the Academy; and, for the past several years, it has also presented a symposium at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, as well as the annual "Synopsis Book." Other educational activities by the Section include publishing position papers (most recently, "Exercise and the Asthmatic Child"), assisting the National Asthma Education Task Force of the National Institutes of Health, and developing informational pamphlets for patients. In addition, the Section sponsors visiting professorship programs to medical schools which do not have a division of pediatric allergy and immunology. The membership of the Section on Allergy and Immunology consists of Fellows of the American Academy of Pediatrics who have been certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and by the American Board of Allergy and Immunology. Any and all qualified American Academy of Pediatrics Fellows are invited to apply for membership in the Section. If interested, please write to: DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF SECTIONS American Academy of Pediatrics 141 Northwest Point Blvd PO Box 927 Elk Grove Village, IL 60009-0927 The reviews contained in this 1988 to 1989 synopsis were written by 28 Fellows of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Allergy and Immunology and by 5 senior fellows in allergy and immunology who contributed reviews under the aegis of their mentors.

THE PEDIATRICIAN AND THE PUBLIC

PEDIATRICS ◽  
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 ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Fact Finding ◽  
The University

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 ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-137
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Medical Society ◽  
State University ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Louisiana State University ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
National Organizations ◽  
College Of Nursing ◽  
The University

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 ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1046-1048
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Iowa City ◽  
Fall Meeting ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
University Of Iowa ◽  
Children's Hospital ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
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.

REPORT OF THE A.A.P.-A.N.A. CONFERENCE ON UTILIZATION OF ALLIED HEALTH WORKERS IN MEETING THE MANPOWER CRISIS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 1080-1084
Author(s):  
Abraham B. Bergman ◽  
La Verne Fakkema ◽  
John P. Connelly
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Allied Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Pediatric Nurse ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Nursing Organizations ◽  
The University ◽  
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

On October 22, 1970 a portion of the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics in San Francisco was devoted to a conference on the utilization of allied health workers in meeting the manpower crisis. It was jointly sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Nurses' Association and was the third and most successful of similar meetings. The first one, held at the Academy's Chicago meeting in October, 1969, provided an introduction to the concept of pediatric nurse practitioners. The second, held at the Washington meeting of the Academy in April, 1970, resulted in a frank exchange of views of the official nursing organizations and academy representatives and pointed to the need for open discussion and collaboration on the subject. The San Francisco meeting got down to the business of a more objective analysis of issues, and though there was much heated discussion most of it was constructive. An attempt was made by the planning committee to include on the program different models of allied health workers in pediatrics. The program highlighted discussion about discharged medical corpsmen, laboratory technologists, pediatric assistants, as well as the more familiar pediatric nurse practitioner. Of the 418 persons in attendance, 294 were nurses, 43 physicians, and 81 were other interested persons. When one of the nurses criticized the fact that there were so few physicians in attendance, Donald Frank of Cincinnati, a member of the Academy's Manpower Committee, pointed out that there was a fivefold improvement in physician attendance since the first conference. The opening keynote address was given by Philip R. Lee, M.D., former HEW official, now Chancellor of the University of California at San Francisco, who refreshingly offered no simple solutions.

COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1956 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-159
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Scientific Committee ◽  
Nutritional Requirements ◽  
Official Journal ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics

THE Committee on Nutrition of the American Academy of Pediatrics was established as a Scientific Committee by action of the Executive Board on April 1, 1954. It was created through due recognition of the importance of nutrition in the welfare of infants, children and adolescents. It had become evident that there should be an authoritative body, particularly concerned with the science and practice of nutrition in the periods of rapid growth which occupy the attention of pediatricians. In this manner it was hoped that special consideration of factors which affect the nutrition of infants, children and adolescents could be emphasized. The Committee should include persons capable of compiling and appraising the pertinent facts and who also would be sensitive to the needs of practitioners and to the position of purveyors of products intended for the nutrition of infants, children and adolescents. This Committee of the Academy shall offer guidance in selecting means of achieving optimal nutrition in those periods of rapid growth. Consultation and cooperation with other existing authoritative bodies are considered desirable. The Executive Board of the Academy on September 29, 1955, defined the scope and functions of the Committee on Nutrition to include: 1. Compilation of the essential facts which are the scientific basis for practical nutrition of infants, children and adolescents. 2. Publication of the findings of the Committee in a form suitable to convey the information to physicians, such as brief reports and commentaries in the official journal and publications of the Academy. This Committee shall concern itself with standards for nutritional requirements, optimal practices and the interpretation of current knowledge of nutrition as these affect infants, children and adolescents.

Dyslipidemia Screening of 9- to 11-Year-Olds at Well-Child Visits by Utah Pediatricians

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (14) ◽  
pp. 1286-1290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole Stipelman ◽  
Paul C. Young ◽  
Joni Hemond ◽  
Laura L. Brown ◽  
Nicole L. Mihalopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Family History ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Positive Family History ◽  
National Institutes Of Health ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Lipid Screening

In 2011, an expert National Institutes of Health panel published the “Integrated Guidelines for CV Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents,” which recommended screening all children aged 9 to 11 years for dyslipidemia. It is unknown if this guideline is being followed. We surveyed members of the Utah chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics to determine whether they performed universal lipid screening at well-child visits (WCV) on their patients at 9,10, or 11 years and how comfortable they were with evaluating and/or managing children with dyslipidemia. Of the 118 respondents who practiced primary care, only 18 (15%) screened all children at WCV; 86 (73%) tested “some,” most commonly children who were obese or had a positive family history. 18% were unfamiliar with the guidelines; 28% were familiar with the guidelines but felt they were “inappropriate;” 98 (84%) of the respondents said they were “very or somewhat comfortable” evaluating children with dyslipidemia.

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