In Reply: `Ivory Tower' Fellowship Statement Challenged

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 660-661
Author(s):  
JAMES E. STRAIN
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Program Directors ◽  
Fellowship Training ◽  
Pediatric Research ◽  
Ivory Tower ◽  
Pediatric Department ◽  
Pediatric Society ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics

I would like to respond to Dr Newhart's question about who authored the Statement on Pediatric Fellowship Training. It was written by the Federation of Pediatric Organizations and approved by the Executive Committees/ Boards of each of the organizations represented on the Federation. These include the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Board of Pediatrics, the American Pediatric Society, the Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairmen, the Association of Pediatric Program Directors, and the Society for Pediatric Research.

Samuel Z. Levine

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 780-780
Author(s):  
Henry L. Barnett ◽  
Lewis M. Fraad ◽  
Harry H. Gordon ◽  
Norman Kretchmer
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Pediatric Research ◽  
Professor Emeritus ◽  
Cornell University ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Pediatric Society ◽  
Founding Member ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics

This letter is written to call to the attention of the Pediatric community the death on July 14, 1971, at age 75, of Dr. Samuel Z. Levine, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, at Cornell University Medical College. Dr. Levine was a founding member of the Society for Pediatric Research. His professional accomplishments as investigator, clinician, and teacher were recognized by his colleagues in his election as President of the Society and of the American Pediatric Society, in his receipt of the Borden Award of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Howland Award of the American Pediatric Society.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1961 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 843-845
Keyword(s):  
American Medical Association ◽  
Medical Association ◽  
American Academy ◽  
American Medical ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Pediatric Research ◽  
Pediatric Society ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Pediatric Education ◽  
Pediatric Section

Meeting of an Ad Hoc Committee on Pediatric Education The meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Pediatric Education was held on April 23, 1960. This committee was made up of representatives appointed by their respective societies, as follows: American Board of Pediatrics—Drs. Ralph V. Platou and John McK. Mitchell; American Academy of Pediatrics—Drs. Russell J. Blattner, Harry Towsley, and E. H. Christopherson; American Pediatric Society—Dr. Frederick C. Robbins; the Society for Pediatric Research—Dr. Robert E. Cooke; and the Pediatric Section of American Medical Association—Dr. Walter B. Stewart. The report of the ad hoc committee follows: The group discussed the need, purpose, organization, rules of operation and possible program for a Joint Committee on Pediatric Education. It was generally agreed that certain problems facing pediatrics as a specialty justified the creation of a Joint Committee on Pediatric Education.

Joint Council of National Pediatric Societies

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 206-208
Author(s):  
Ralph J. Wedgwood
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Pediatric Department ◽  
Pediatric Society ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
Common Policies ◽  
And Child Health ◽  
Stated Purpose

The Joint Council of National Pediatric Societies was formed in April 1967 to provide liaison and to facilitate efforts towards common goals. The stated purpose of the Council is to "coordinate and express common policies of its constituent societies in matters related to national issues affecting child health." The constituent societies are: American Academy of Pediatrics, ,Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairmen, American Pediatric Society, Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health, and Society for Pediatric Research.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 500-504
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Financial Aid ◽  
Maximum Amount ◽  
Pediatric Research ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Grant Applications

The Awards Committee for the Mead Johnson Program for Pediatric Research of the American Academy of Pediatrics announces the availability for the coming year of funds to provide financial aid to young pediatric research workers. These funds have been provided each year since 1958 by Mead Johnson & Company under rules established by the Academy's Awards Committee. The maximum amount for any one grant in any year is $3,500. Grant applicants should be young pediatricians who are not more than 10 years beyond the completion of their residency. These grants are specifically intended to encourage the young, unestablished, research-minded, academic pediatrician. Deadline for receipt of grant applications for July 1960 will be January 15, 1960. Interested persons should write to: American Academy of Pediatrics, 1801 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.

PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE FELLOWSHIP MATCH PROGRAM

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 852-852
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Program Directors ◽  
Critical Care Medicine ◽  
Pediatric Critical Care ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Pediatric Section ◽  
Academic Year

The Critical Care Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics, in conjunction with the Pediatric Section of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, is again sponsoring an informal fellowship match program for Pediatric Critical Care. This program is designed to be of service to fellowship applicants who have not yet secured a position for the academic year 1995-96, as well as to program directors who still have vacant positions available. For further information, applicants and program directors should contact Dr Greg Stidham by phone (901/572-3132) or in writing at the following address:

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.

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.

It's a Muddled Debate

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-246
Author(s):  
Glennard S. Ruedisueli
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Pediatric Department ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Additional Comment ◽  
Who Code

Like many others, I was somewhat dismayed upon learning of the American Academy of Pediatrics' decision not to endorse the WHO Code of Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes. After reading the commentaries by May,1 Barness,2 and the Ambulatory Pediatric Association Board of Directors,3 I found the matter no less muddled. As long as the can of worms is open, I feel that a few of the statements made deserve additional comment. As the issue was recently discussed at our hospital's Pediatric Department meeting, I would be interested in having May and Starfield elaborate on their apparently contradictory interpretations of the Montreal study on the effects of distribution of free formula samples.4

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