Rheumatology Online Journal

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PROJ Fellows' Corner-American Perspective

I INTRODUCTION

 

Welcome to the first edition of the PROJ Fellows' Corner. We hope that this will be a useful column specifically for fellows. This initial issue will be focused on fellows in the U.S. and Canada but for the next edition we will have the opportunity to gather more input from our international colleagues. We want to help provide important information regarding job searches.  For example, we will try to provide information about the types of jobs in pediatric rheumatology i.e., academic tenure track, non-tenure track, research-oriented positions; both basic science and clinical, as well as more clinically oriented positions.  Also, we will discuss the various funding options.  We are providing names and contact information of some recent graduates from pediatric rheumatology fellowship programs, who are happy to be contacted to advise future graduates.

     In this column we give a report from a recent pediatric rheumatology workshop. We hope that in the future we can let people know in advance of up-coming conferences of this sort so more fellows can attend.

     Below are the names and contact information of current fellows, we hope it will encourage collaboration for research as well as help in challenging clinical situations.

     We would like to thank those who have already offered suggestions and we welcome recommendations for topics for future Fellows' Corners.  We apologize to anyone we missed contacting to obtain permission to be listed for this edition. If you would like your name added to the list of fellows, please contact us and we will list you in the next edition.

 

II Current fellows in Pediatric Rheumatology (partial listing):

 

UCSF

 

  
  Leonard Dragone, MD dragone@itsa.ucdf.edu
  Renee Modica, MD reneemodica@hotmail.com
DuPont Children's Hospital    
AnneMarie Brescia, MD abrescia@nemours.org
University of Michigan    
  Abigail Smukler, MD      asmukler@med.umich.edu
Albert Einstein - Long Island Jewish    
  Jennifer Luftig Weiss, MD jenluftig@yahoo.com
Hospital for Special Surgery - Cornell    
  L. Nandini Moorthy, MD moorthyl@hss.edu
  Laura Barinstein, MD barinsteinl@hss.edu
  Margalit Rosenkranz, MD  rosenkranzm@hss.edu
  Liza Vazquez-Cobian, MD Vazquez-CobianL@hss.edu
Columbia Presbyterian - Babies Hospital    
  Deborah Levy Miller, MD deblevymiller@yahoo.com
  April Bingham, MD binghamac@yahoo.com
Cincinnati Children's Hospital    
  Ruy Carrasco, MD Ruy.Carrasco@chmcc.org
  Minakshi Chaudhari, MD Mina.Chaudhari@chmcc.org
  Paul Rosen, MD Paul.Rosen@chmcc.org
Univ. of Pennsylvania-CHOP    
  Sandy Burnham, MD burnhams@email.chop.edu
University of Washington Children's Hospital    
  Troy Torgerson, MD ttorgers@u.washington.edu

Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
  Dr. Ramanan avramanan@hotmail.com
Utrecht, Netherlands    
  Wineke Armbrust, MD  
  Lise Elst, MD  
University of British Columbia
  Dr. Khayriah Al-Sufyani kalsufyani@cw.bc.ca
  Dr. Ekaterina Erendzhinova eerend@cw.bc.ca
     

 

 

III Recent Graduates from Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Programs:

 

Harvard - Boston Children's    
  Fatma Dedeoglu, MD fatmadedeoglu@tch.harvard.edu
University of Michigan    
  Mona Riskalla, MD mrisk@umich.edu
Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell    
Barbara Edelheit, MD Now at Connecticut Children's Medical Center/UConn, Hartford, CT
Cincinnati Children's Hospital    
  Hulya Bukulmez, MD Now at Rainbow Children's  Hospital Case  Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH
Univ. of Penn - CHOP    
Lisa Scalzi, MD lvs@po.cwru.edu (graduated med/peds, now at Rainbow Babies, Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH)
Utrecht, Netherlands    
  Sylvia Kamphuis  
University of British Columbia    
  Dr.  Paivi Miettunen paivi.miettunen@calgaryhealthregion.ca   University of Calgary

 

IV  Pediatric Rheumatology Fellows Attend Workshop and Family Camp in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

 

     Dr. Alan Rosenberg, pediatric rheumatologist from Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, hosted a four-day teaching session and camp May 9-12, 2002.  The first two days of the conference were devoted to teaching sessions for pediatric rheumatology trainees.  The fellows participated in anatomy review and practice of joint injection techniques in the gross anatomy lab.  Discussions and lectures touched on "impending discoveries in pediatric rheumatology," "the future of pediatric rheumatology," and "hot topics in pediatric rheumatology."  In addition, 25 cases were presented with the patients in attendance.

     The family camp drew patients from all across the Province of Saskatchewan.  Many of the families were from the Canadian Northern Territories where there are no roads.  These patients are routinely flown in for their doctor visits.

    Nicole Watt gave opening remarks for the camp.  Nicole is a 16-year-old patient of Dr. Rosenberg's with JRA.  In addition, she is a champion figure skater who has competed on the international level against the likes of Michele Kwan and Sarah Hughes.  Sessions for the parents included discussions on coping with rheumatic diseases, adolescent issues, alternative therapies, school issues, and physical and occupational therapy.  The children were busy with a swimming program, singing, games, and arts and crafts.

     The lectures and workshops were run by guest pediatric rheumatology faculty who included Dr. Ronald Laxer from the University of Toronto, Dr. Kiem Oen from the University of Manitoba, Dr. Ross Petty from the University of British Columbia, and Dr. Taunton Southwood from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

     The trainees in attendance included Dr. Fatma Dedeoglu from Boston Children's Hospital, Dr. Minakshi Chaudhari from Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Dr. Paul Rosen from Cincinnati Children's Hospital, and Dr. Brigitte Dohm from Alberta, Canada.

 

Please send us your comments and ideas!

 

Paul Rosen, MD

Barbara Edelheit, MD