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Research Report - 2008 - 2009

Physicians affiliated with Dayton Children's and the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine's department of pediatrics (located at Dayton Children's) are continually involved in clinical research activities, actively contributing to the body of knowledge that will improve treatment for the region's infants, children and teens.

The right research for the right reasons - 2008 Research Report to the Community

Research at Dayton Children’s is conducted by

• Physicians and staff affiliated with Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine (WSUBSOM)
• Staff at Dayton Children’s
• Dayton Children’s Pediatric Clinical Trials (DCCT)

Highlights of 2008 academic year

• Over 14 % of Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine (WSUBSOM) students choose pediatrics as their specialty (significantly above national average). Pediatrics is one of the top choices of the class of 2009.
• Wright State University (WSU) faculty and members of Dayton Children’s professional staff continue to publish outstanding papers in peer-reviewed journals. They continue to be very well represented at major national meetings by presenting papers and posters in multiple specialties.
• Dayton Children’s residents (and WSUBSOM medical students) present papers and/or posters at major national meetings in multiple specialties.
• John Pascoe, MD; Shalini Forbis, MD; Gregory Eberhart, MD; and Cameron Chumlea receive additional three-year funding from HRSA to continue the development of the General Academic and Community Pediatrics Division and SOAR-net, the regional practice based research network.
• Dayton Children’s Cystic Fibrosis Center achieves designation as a Therapeutic Development Network site (only one third of CF centers are part of this network).
• James Stark, MD, occupies new laboratory space at WSU designed for basic scientists within clinical departments.
• Sonia Michail, MD, is medical director for the division of gastroenterology and nutrition.
• Pramodha Muniyappa, MD, joins the division of gastroenterology and nutrition.
• Samantha Sandlin, MD, was recruited as the newest faculty member in the general pediatric service (hospitalist service). The general pediatric service continues to grow.
• Merrilee Cox, MD, is the second WSU faculty member to be accepted into the Education Scholar’s program of the Academic Pediatric Association.
• Shalini Forbis, MD, received funding from the Boonshoft Innovation Fund for the “Boonshoft Child Health Equity Project.”  This is the first such award to a clinical department.
• Sherman Alter, MD, received the 2008 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award and is co-winner of the 2008 Martha Franz Teaching Award
• Gregory Eberhart, MD, received the Community Teaching Award for 2008.
• Shalini Forbis, MD, is the recipient of the Ohio Asthma Coalition’s Community Asthma Advocacy Award.
• Gogi Kumar, MD, receives the 2008 Med-Ed Teaching Award for excellence in resident/student education.
• Gregory Toussaint, MD, receives the Teaching Excellence Award from the graduating medical student class of 2008 and the DAGMEC Award of Excellence for contributions to resident teaching.
• Janet Velasco, MD, was the cowinner of the 2008 Martha Franz Teaching Award.
• Amit Vohra, MD, received the 2008 Collaborative in Caring Award for Nursing Education.
• Gary Mueller, MD, received the Dayton Children’s SPIRIT Award.
• Endocrinology course (MS II) was again named as “one of the best organized and informative courses.”

Grants and contracts

Sherman Alter, MD, medical director of infectious disease

• Prevention of RSV infection with a monoconal antibody therapy (NUMAX).  Med Immune.  $20,000.  Co-investigator
• A Prospective, Non-Interventional Study to Evaluate the Incidence of Hospitalizations and Medically-Attended Lower respiratory Tract Infection (MALRI) in premature Infants 32 to 35 Week gestational Age Who Are Not Recommended to receive Prophylaxis for RSV.  $35,000 MedImmune.  Principal investigator. 

Emmett Broxson, MD, director of hematology/ocnology 

• Principle Investigator at Children’s Medical Center for Children’s Oncology Group 2000-present.  $271,897.00.  This varies with the number of patients enrolled in studies and the kind of study.  Eighty-six protocols are managed over the year, with 55 open to accrual on January 24, 2009. (COG is a NCI sponsored cooperative group to treat childhood cancer.)
• Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Efficacy and Safety on Donepezil Hydrochloride in Preadolescent and Adolescent Children with Attention Impairment Following Cancer Treatment.  2005-2008. $30,000.

Ryan Carvalho, MD, Gastroenterology and nutrition (no longer with Dayton Chidlren's)

• ABBOTT: RESEAT project
• CENTOCOR (Johnson & Johnson): Phase IV Clinical Trial of Infliximab in Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis in Children.

Mukund Dole, MD, hematology/oncology

• Region II Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program Funding Ohio Department of Health $85,058

Gregory Eberhart, MD, general pediatrics

• “Parents Social Capital and Their Child Health Behavior,” Dayton Children’s Foundation Grant, Co-Investigator

Robert Fink, MD, director of pulmonary medicine

• CF Center Grant   CF Foundation   Center Director   $85,000
• CF Research Development Grant, CF TDN Network  Principal Investigator  $70,000
• Ohio Newborn CF Screening Grant, State of Ohio, Program Director Ohio Dept Health  $50,000
•  “A Phase 3, Open-Label, Follow-On Study of Aztreonam Lysinate for Inhalation (AI) in Cystic Fibrosis Patients” CP-AI-006  Funded by Corus Pharma, Inc; PI (CMC)  5% Effort
• “The EPIC Observational Study: Longitudinal Assessment of Risk Factors for and Impact of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Acquisition and Early Anti Pseudomonal Treatment in Children with CF” EPIC-002  Funded by Cystic Fibrosis FoundationTherapeutics, Inc; PI (CMC)  5% Effort
• “The EPIC Clinical Study: Effectiveness and Safety of Intermittent Antimicrobial Therapy for Treatment of New Onset Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) Airway Infection in Young Patients with Cystic  Fibrosis” EPIC-001  Funded by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc; PI (CMC)  5% Effort
•  “A Randomized, Open-Label, Multicenter, Phase 3 Trial to Assess the Safety of Tobramycin Inhalation Powder (TIP) Compared to TOBI in Cystic Fibrosis Subjects; TIP003 A02 Funded by Chiron Corporation; PI (CMC)  5% Effort
• “A Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of ALTU-135 Treatment in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis-Related Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency” Altus 726  Funded by Altus Pharmaceuticals Inc; PI (CMC)  5% Effort
• “An Open-Label Clinical Study Evaluating the Long-Term Safety of ALTU-135 for the Treatment of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis-Related Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency” Altus 767  Funded by Altus Pharmaceuticals, Inc; PI (CMC)  5% Effort
• “A Phase 2, Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Three Dosage Regimens of MP-376 Solution for Inhalation Given for 28 Days to Stable Cystic Fibrosis Patients” MPEX 204  Funded by MPEX Pharmaceutical; PI (CMC)  5% Effort
• “A Phase 3, International, Multi-Center, Randomized, Double- Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group, Efficacy and Safety Study of Denufosol Tetrasodium Inhalation Solution in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease and FEV1 ≥75% but ≤110% Predicted” Tiger-2  08-110  Funded by Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc; PI (CMC)  5% Effort

Shalini Forbis, MD, general pediatrics

• “Boonshoft Child Health Equity Project,” Boonshoft Innovation Fund – Principal Investigator, $260,644 (project period 2008 – 6/2010)
• Health Resources and Services Administration, Academic Administrative Unit Grant, Co-Investigator
• CAARE for Care Providers – subcontractor/PI.  Project with ThinkTV on providing asthma education for In-home Day Care Providers.  Also three TV spots aired on ThinkTV to increase asthma awareness.

James French, MD, hematology/oncology

• COG Oncology Studies, Co-Investigator.
• “A Phase III, Open-Label, Single Arm-Study of Tenecteplase for Restoration of Function in Dysfunctional Central Venous Access Catheters” 2007-2008.
• “A Post-Authorization Safety Surveillance Study of Moroctocog Alfa (AF_CC) Xynthia in Usual Care Settings” 2008.
• “Universal Data Collection on Complications of Hemophilia and Serum Testing and Storage,” Sponsor: CDC 1999. 
• “Multicenter Hemophilia Cohort Study (MHCS-II), Sponsor: National Cancer Institute.
• “Assessment of Acute and Chronic Pain in Patients with Bleeding Disorders,” Munson Medical Center and Henry Ford Hospital HTC’s.
• “Parents Empowering Parents (PEP) Survey to evaluate content and effectiveness of PEP Program” closed 2008.

Elvira Jaballas, MD, general pediatrics

• Reach Out and Read – Medical Director, UMP Program, granting Agency, American Academy of Pediatrics

Daniel Lacey, MD, PhD, child neurology

• “An Evaluation of the Therapeutic Effectiveness of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments on Children with Cerebral Palsy;” US Dept of Defense and the Army Medical R&D Command; $1,775,157; PI

Sonia Michail, MD,  director of gastroenterology and nutrition

• NIH R21 grant “The use of VSL#3 in children with irritable bowel syndrome” Direct Cost $400,000, NIH NCCAM Grant #667122
• NIH R21 grant: “The use of Affymetrix in studying microflora of children with irritable bowel syndrome.” Co-PI (Oleg Paliy PI). $300,000 for two years. NIH NCCAM 1R21AT003423-01A2
• Dayton Children’s Foundation: Awarded Septtember 2008 for two years (Total $40,000): “The use of GeneChip Technology in studying microflora.” PI Sonia Michail

Marvin Miller, MD, director of medical genetics

• Ohio State Genetics Service Grant, Ohio State Department of Health; Marvin Miller – Principal Investigator; July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008, $160,000
• M Miller Co-Investigator, “A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter, Parallel-Group Study of One-Year Duration Followed by Two Years of Open-Label Treatment to Determine the Safety and Efficacy of Orally Administered 2.5 mg or 5.0 mg Daily Risedronate in Children  4 to < 16 Years Old with Osteogenesis Imperfecta.” Thomas N. Hangartner- Principal Investigator,  (Proctor and Gamble)
• “Bone Density Measurements in Children Using Spiral CT”  Elizabeth Ey, MD – PI; Marvin Miller - co-PI; Thomas Hangartner – co-investigator,  Dayton Children’s Foundation  $39,904 over two years

Gary Mueller, MD, pulmonary medicine 

• “CFF Quality Improvement Learning and Leadership Collaborative V: A Focus on Pulmonary Care,” Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Physician Leader of QI Team; $2,000 

Maria Nanagas, MD, director, Children’s Health Clinic

• Reach Out and Read Program $3,000 

Abiodun Omoloja, MD, nephrology

• Tobacco Exposure Biomarkers Section ERAT, Division of Laboratory Sciences,  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to evaluate cotinine in 100 urine samples at no charges ($6,676)

Gary Onady, MD, PhD, internal medicine/pediatrics

• CF Center Grant, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, $80,370, 2007-2008. (Role as Program Director)
• “Altus 767: An Open-Label Clinical Study Evaluating the Long-Term Safety of ALTU-135 for the Treatment of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis-Related Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency,” Sub Investigator, $65,000, 2007-2008.  (Role as Co-investigator)
• PACE Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Clinical Educator Fellowship, $84,000, 2008-2011.  (Role as Sponsoring Mentor)

John Pascoe, MD, general pediatrics 

• Academic Administrative Unit, Pediatrics – Project Director. Health Resources and Services Administration (Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry) - Total $698,206 over three years
• “Parents’ Social Capital and their Child Health Behavior: A Longitudinal Study of the Dayton Primary Care Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN)” – Co-PI Dayton Children’s Foundation –  (Total $36,942 over two years)
• “National Ambulatory Primary Care HIT/Patient Safety Research & Education- PI/Conference Convener;” Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - $50,000 total funding for Fall 2008 Conference

Ruthann Pfau, PhD, medical genetics

• Regional comprehensive Genetics Centers Program, Ohio Department of Health, Manager - $251,000/yr for two years (SFY 2008-2009)

Arthur Pickoff, MD, cardiology; professor and chair, department of pediatrics, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine 

• National Institute of Health (Heart, Lung and Blood Institute): Childhood Obesity and Adult Cardiovascular Disease Risk. Shumei Sun, PhD (PI), Arthur S.Pickoff, MD (co-investigator)

Frederick Royce, MD, pulmonary medicine 

• Co-investigator, Clinical Trials, Pulmonary Division

James Stark, MD, pulmonary medicine

• New Investigator Grant,  Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Research Grant: Stark (PI) 9/1/06-9/30/09 Genetic Determinants of RSV susceptibility in Mice; Total Costs (contract)  $20,000

Adrienne Stolfi, MS, biostatistician, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

• An Evaluation of the Therapeutic Effectiveness of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatments on Children with Cerebral Palsy; Department of Defense; Statistician; $926,000

Maria Urban, MD, endocrinology and metabolism  

• Growth hormone monitor (sponsored by Serono Co - $3,800
• GeNeSIS study (sponsored by Lily Co.) - $15,000
• NCGS study (sponsored by Genentech Co.)- $6,000
• Norditropin study (sponsored by NovoNordisk) - $17,000
• A new study “Easy Pod Trial” was started in 2008 - $3,619.57
• Total: $35, 419.57

Lori Vavul-Roediger, MD, medical director of child advocacy

• Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant awarded from the Ohio State Attorney General Office.  Grant award totaling $77,620 (for October 2008 - September 2009)

Teaching awards and other honors

Sherman Alter, MD, director of infectious disease
2008 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, WSUBSOM
2008 Martha N. Franz Award for Teaching Excellence, department of pediatrics, WSUBSOM

Ann Burke, MD, residency program director
Educational Scholars Program through the Academic Pediatric Association 2006-2008. Selection based on an application as an ACGME Learning Portfolio Alpha Test Site

Merrilee Cox, MD
Education Scholars Program Selectee for Cohort 3 (APA)

Gregory Eberhart, MD
Community Teaching Award  2007-2008

Shalini Forbis , MD, general pediatrics
Ohio Asthma Coalition Community Asthma Advocacy Award

Gogi Kumar, MD, neurology
Department of Medical Education Teaching Award, 2008

Gary Mueller, MD, pulmonary medicine
Dayton Children’s SPIRIT Award, 3rd Quarter 2008

John Pascoe, MD, general pediatrics
STREAMS student Felicia Williams won “Best Student Poster” for her poster based on SOAR-Net Maternal Resource Guide project 

Mark Rowin, MD, critical care medicine
Editor, Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Current concept’s textbook, October 2008
Co-Chair, Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Current Concept’s textbook, October 2008

Patrick Sobande, MD, pulmonary medicine
America’s Top Pediatrician by American Consumer Research Council, 2008.

James  Stark, MD, pulmonary medicine
Research Challenge Award, WSUBSOM

Gregory Toussaint, MD, general pediatrics
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine overall Teaching Excellence Award presented at commencement by graduating class of 2008.
DAGMEC Award of Excellence for contributions to resident teaching. May 2008

Maria Urban, MD, endocrinology
Elected by peers to “Best Doctors in America” for the year 2008

Janet Velasco, MD
Martha Franz Resident Teaching Award cowinner 2007-2008

Amit Vohra, MD, critical care medicine
Collaborator in Caring for Nursing Education: Dayton Children’s Nursing Day award 2008

Service

Patricia Abboud, MD, critical care medicine

• Performance Improvement Oversight Committee, Dayton Children’s
• Participant in Transport Quality Meetings, bi-monthly
• Committee member, pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) monthly QA meetings and business meetings
• Dayton Children’s Performance Improvement Oversight Committee member
• Clinical Advisory Group for EPIC
• Dayton Children’s planning committee
• Chair, Dayton Children’s code committee

Susan Almazan, MD, endocrinology and metabolism

• Association of Philippine Physicians in Greater Dayton (APPGD) Charitable effort extended to a children’s hospital in the Philippines

Sherman Alter, MD, director of infectious disease  

• Chair, Department of Medicine, Dayton Children’s
• Chair, Infection Control Committee, Dayton Children’s
• Chair, CME committee, Dayton Children’s
• Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Dayton Children’s
• Chair, Physician Advisory Committee, Children’s Home Care of Dayton
• Board of Directors, Children’s Home Care of Dayton
• Director, community studies, Dayton Children’s Clinical Trials (DCCT)
• Professional Staff Executive Committee, Dayton Children’s
• Continuous Quality Improvement Committee, Dayton Children’s
• Quality Steering Committee, Dayton Children’s
• Executive Committee, WSUBSOM (through June 2008)
• Steering Committee of the Principles of Disease Course (Immunology/inflammation/infectious disease), WSUBSOM
• Continuing Medical Education Committee, WSUBSOM
• Medical Student Advisor, Student Advisory Group
• Consultant, Child Care Clearinghouse, Montgomery County
• Volunteer Physician, free clinic, Reach Out Montgomery County
• Health Care Alumni Committee, University of Dayton

Maria Cecilia Amisola, MD, developmental pediatrics

• Chairperson of Behavioral Developmental Education Committee 2007- 2008
• Medical Advisory Committee of United Rehabilitative Services
• Owen’s Place, helping toward building the first universally accessible playground in the Miami Valley
• Volunteer at House of Bread (soup kitchen)
• Philippine Physician’s Group

Paul Breyer, MD, director of endocrinology and metabolism

• East Side Clinic Committee at Dayton Children’s
• Team Leader - DKA CPG Committee
• Hospital liaison to JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)
• Member, JDRF Board
• DADA camp medical director

Emmett Broxson, MD, director of hematology/oncology

• Budget and Finance Subcommittee of Dayton Children’s board of trustees
• Physician leader, fever with neutropenia subcommittee of the hematology/oncology process action team
• Professional Staff Executive Committee
• Physician Leader, Palliative Care Committee
• Sickle cell process action team
• Procedural pain process action team
• CIS (clinical information system) governance
• Dayton Children’s bioethics committee
• Faculty development committee, WSUBSOM
• Dayton Community Blood Center Medical Advisory Board
• Board of trustees for Ronald McDonald House of Charities

Ann Burke, MD, residency program director  

• DAGMEC committee member
• Faculty representative on Medical School Executive Committee
• Medical student advisor
• Member of Professionalism Task Force
• WSUBSOM department of pediatrics education committee chair

Leonardo Canessa, MD, director of nephrology

• Pathology conference participant, Dayton Children’s pathology department
• Participant, ESRD meetings, division of nephrology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Craig Chalfie, MD, general pediatrics

• Education committee, department of pediatrics
• Volunteer, Reach Out Montgomery County, Sunset for Kids

Merrilee Cox, MD, general pediatrics

• Education committee, department of pediatrics
• Code of Regulations subcommittee for performance oversight
• Vendor policy working group
• PALS (pediatric advanced life support) instructor
• Participant on DAGMEC executive council
• Participant, GME council
• EPIC inpatient working group
• Professional staff executive committee
• Team physician for Dayton Christian JV/Varsity Football Teams

Roberta DiLego, MD, general pediatrics

• CareSource – Clinical Care, P and T committees

Mukund Dole, MD, hematology/oncology

• Physician consultant for sickle cell program at Miami Valley Hospital and WSUBSOM internal medicine department

Gregory Eberhart, MD, general pediatrics 

• Quality improvement committee, Dayton Children’s
• Executive committee, Dayton Children’s 
• Boy Scout Troop 316 Committee Member
• Destination Imagination Coach, Centerville Schools
• Nominating Committee (Epiphany Lutheran Church)

Robert Fink, MD, director of pulmonary medicine

• Government Affairs Committee and Planning Committee, board of trustees, Dayton Children’s
• CIS governance council member (oversight of EPIC implementation at Dayton Children’s) 
• Member, board of trustees, Dayton Children’s Foundation
• Director , fourth-year student elective in pediatric pulmonology
• Medical Student Advisor (Laura Hamilton)
• Clinical Preceptor for PNP students
• Director, Cystic Fibrosis Center
• Medical director of pediatric pulmonology
• Cystic Fibrosis Chapter Board of Directors
• Public Service TV spots

Shalini Forbis, MD, general pediatrics

• Asthma process action team, Dayton Children’s
• Patient-family education committee, Dayton Children’s
• Health literacy consultant, Dayton Children’s
• CME committee member, Dayton Children’s
• SOAR-Net leadership group member
• Miami Valley Reads, Steering Committee Member

James French, MD, hematology/oncology

• Institutional Review Board (IRB), Dayton Children’s
• Tumor board, Dayton Children’s
• Comprehensive Cancer Care Committee, Dayton Children’s
• Sentinal event team, Dayton Children’s
• Pain/sickle cell disease reviewer, Dayton Children’s
• Fever/neutropenia reviewer, Dayton Children’s
• Fever/sickle cell disease, Dayton Children’s
• Anticoagulation team reviewer/participant, Dayton Children’s

Eileen Kasten, MD, director of developmental pediatrics                    

• Advisory Committee for Easter Seals/Goodwill

Nadir Khan, MD, neurology

• Reach Out Clinic (Warren County)

Gogi Kumar, MD, neurology       

• CCG advisory board
• Data Safety Monitoring Board – Hyperbaric Oxygen in Cerebral Palsy

Daniel Lacey, MD, PhD, neurology   

• Bioethics committee, Dayton Children’s
• Career in Medicine Advisor
• Medical Advisory Board, United Rehabilitation Services

Sonia Michail, MD,  director of gastroenterology and nutrition 

• Faculty development committee, WSUBSOM
• Research committee, Dayton Children’s

Marvin Miller, MD, director of medical genetics

• Institutional Review Board (IRB), Dayton Children’s
• Radiation safety committee, Dayton Children’s
• Research Foundation committee, Dayton Children’s
• Library committee, Dayton Children’s
• Comprehensive Cancer Care committee, Dayton Children’s
• CME committee, Dayton Children’s
• Taggart Award selection committee, Dayton Children’s
• Biennium Electives Committee, WSUBSOM
• Chair, APC committee, department of pediatrics
• APC Committee, department of Ob/Gyn
• Judge at OB/Gyn Resident Research Day,  May 21, 2008
• Oakwood Health Department, Board Member
• Temple Beth Or, Board of Directors
• Member SICSA

Susan Monk, MD, general pediatric medicine

• Planning Committee, board of trustees, Dayton Children’s
• Chair,  Honors Council, WSUBSOM
• Medical student advisor
• Promotions and continuance committee, department of pediatrics, WSUBSOM
• Advisor for Individualized Learning Plan for Pediatrics Residents
• St. Vincent Hotel for Homeless, food preparation

Gary Mueller, MD, pulmonary medicine

• Planning Committee, Co Chair, Dayton Children’s medical directors retreat
• Process Action Teams (CPGs) : asthma, bronchiolitis, tracheostomy
• Student Promotions Committee, WSUBSOM chapter AOA
• Student Advisor, Jimisha Patel MSIII

Maria Nanagas, MD, director, Children’s Health Clinic

• Director, Lead Poisoning Clinic
• Elsie Mead Lifetime Achievement Award Committee
• Physician panel for  Ask An Expert - answers pediatric questions from the community through Dayton Children’s website
• Medical student advisor
• Residents’ education committee
• Leadership Group, Primary Base Research Network
• Behavioral-Developmental Education committee
• Resident (x2) Academic Advisor – Individual Learning Plans Program
• Board of trustees, Ronald McDonald House of Charities of Miami Valley Region Subcommittee on Grants and Governance
• Appalachian Missions (eastern Kentucky)
• Physician volunteer, Reach Out Mongtomery County clinic
• Physician volunteer, Golden Acres Ministrant Center, migrant families
• Medical Consultant to Ohio Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
• Chair, Community Service, Association of Philippine Physicians –Greater Dayton
• Adopt-a-Family for Christma
• House of Bread
• Chair, CME Association of Philippine Physicians—Greater  Dayton
• Co-chair, CME,  University of the Philippines Medical Alumni Association in America – IKOT Chapter
• Habitat for Humanity, participant in house build
• St. Vincent’s Hotel and booth House Salvation Army

Abiodun Omoloja, MD, pediatric nephrology

• CME committee
• Intensive care committee
• Residency education committee
• Reach Out Montgomery County clinic
• National Kidney Foundation of Ohio, Inc – Dayton Kidney Walk

Gary Onady, MD, PhD, pulmonary medicine

• Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program director, Dayton Children’s and Miami Valley Hospital
• Faculty curriculum committee, WSUBSOM
• Pediatric education committee, department of pediatrics
• Instructional technology committee, WSUBSOM
• Judicial and Student Appeals Committee, Wright State University
• Mentor for Magsig Middle School jazz band program
• Events committee member, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Dayton Chapter

John Pascoe, MD, general pediatric medicine

• Government affairs committee, Dayton Children’s
• Institutional Review Board, Dayton Children’s
• LCME Faculty Sub-committee
• Reach Out Montgomery County clinic
• Head Usher, Peace Lutheran Church, Beavercreek, Ohio

Vipul Patel, MD, director, critical care medicine

• Chair, morbidity and mortality committee, Dayton Children’s
• Chair, PICU business committee, Dayton Children’s
• Trauma PIPS committee, Dayton Children’s
• Trauma planning committee, Dayton Children’s
• Performance improvement oversight Committee, Dayton Children’s
• Pharmacy and therapeutics committee, WSUBSOM
• DKA CPG meeting, Dayton Children’s

Arthur Pickoff, MD, professor and chair, department of pediatrics, WSUBSOM

• Board of trustees, Dayton Children’s
• Board of Trustees, Reach Out Montgomery County clinic
• Board of Trustees, Premier Community Health
• Vice president, board member, Wright State Physicians
• Editorial board chair, Pediatric Forum, Dayton Children’s

Marc Raslich, MD, general pediatric medicine

• Director of education
• DAGMEC
• UMP practice meetings and oversight committee
• Marketing committee, WSP
• GIM division meeting – teacher’s report
• Information technology. WSUBSOM
• CME committee, department of medicine representative
• Faculty curriculum committee, WSUBSOM
• Population Med Work Group Member
• WSUBSOM Med-Peds student interest group
• Student advisor

Internal medicine

• APD-CR
• APD
• Evaluation and Promotion

Pediatrics

• Education committee
• Peds ranking  committee

Med-Peds

• Faculty chair
• Chair, program meeting
• Chair, business meeting
• Chair, program directors

Community

• West Central Ohio Sickle Cell Advisory Council
• Reach Out Montgomery County clinic

Indira Reddy, MD, general pediatric medicine

• St. Vincent Hotel for the Homeless -  provide and serve food

Elvira Rosca-Jaballas, MD, general pediatric medicine

• Editorial Board, Pediatric Forum, Dayton Children’s
• IM/Peds education committee
• Committee Member, behavioral/developmental pediatrics, department of pediatrics
• House of Bread – feeds the poor and homeless
• Adopt-a-Family – Association of Philippine Physicians in Greater Dayton
• University of Dayton Annual Life Long Learning Series-Senior health issues  

Mark Rowin, MD, critical care medicine

• Chair, PICU bimonthly business meetings
• Trauma review committee
• Trauma performance improvement committee
• Bronchiolitis clinical practices guideline (CPG) committee
• Bioethics committee
• Brain death oversight committee
• Performance improvement oversight committee
• SCCM’s pediatric section on safety and quality

Frederick Royce, MD, pulmonary medicine

• Health information committee, Dayton Children’s
• CCG retirement benefits advisory panel
• Bellbrook Science Fair

James Stark MD, pulmonary medicine

• Department of pediatrics, APC Committee
• Coach, Northmont High School Science Olympiad
• Coach, cell biology, health science, disease detective, junkyard challenge groups
• Quality and utilization omprovement committee, Dayton Children’s
• CME committee, Dayton Children’s
• Admissions committee, WSUBSOM
• Vice chairman, Accreditation Committee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Adrienne Stolfi, MSPH, biostatistician, WSUBSOM

• Assessment and Evaluation Committee, WSUBSOM
• Dayton Primary Care PBRN (SOAR-Net) Core Leadership Group

Gregory Toussaint, MD, general pediatric medicine

• Division head, general pediatric medicine, Dayton Children’s
• Incident commander (one of five) for Hospital Incident Command System Member – planning team and participant in half-day Mock Trial Seminar
• Arranged for commissioning ceremony at WPAFB Club for the eight members of BSOM Class of 2008 entering active duty
• Faculty advisor for two members of classes 2009 and 2010
• Program coordinator for faculty development course in May 2008 presented by visiting team from Uniformed Services University
• Faculty academic advisor for two Air Force pediatric residents
• Chair, DAGMEC Annual Chief Resident Workshop

Maria Urban, MD, endocrinology and metabolism

• Biennium One Subcommittee
• APC Committee, department of pediatrics

Lori Vavul Roediger, MD, medical director of child advocacy

• Trauma team participant, Dayton Children’s monthly meeting
• WSUBSOM student promotions committee
• Pediatric resident faculty advisor for ILP (Individualized Learning Plan)

Janet Velasco, MD, general pediatric medicine

• Medical Student Advisor

Amit Vohra, MD, critical care medicine

• Budget and finance committee, Dayton Children’s
• CQIC committee, Dayton Children’s
• 401K investment committee for Children’s Care Group, Dayton Children’s
• Quality improvement – Mortality and morbidity review for PICU deaths
• EPIC order set development for PICU
• Member, education committee – rank list for 2008 resident selection
• Dayton Children’s organ donation council
     

Publications and papers

Abboud PA, Odoms K, Wheeler DS, Wong HR.  The role of endogenously produced extracellular HSP 70 in mononuclear cell reprogramming.  Shock. September 2008, Vol30 (3);285-292

Abboud PA, The evolution of sepsis: Where are we in 2007? Pediatric Forum 2008;20:8-11.

Sawal M, Cohen, M, Irazuzta J, Abboud PA, et al.  Fulminant pertussis:  A multi-centre study with new insights into the clinic-pathological mechanisms.  Pediatric Pulmonology. In press.

Patricia A. Abboud, Paul W. Hake, Timothy J. Burroughs, Kelli Odoms, Michael O’Connor, Prajakta Mangeshkar, Hector R. Wong and Basilia Zingarelli Therapeutic effect of epigallocatechin-3-gallate in a mouse model of colitis.  European Journal of Pharmacology, 2008; (579):411-4117

Almazan S, Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents. Pediatric Forum 2008; 20:2;13-15

Bhatt A, Broxson E, Witte D, Omoloja A, Thrombocytopenia: Pediatr Nephrol. 2009;24(3):485:6. Epub 2008 Sept 10.                   

Blaschke GS, Lopreiato JO, Bedingfield B, Rash FC, Burke AE, Goldstein R, Shope TR, Johnson C, Biagioli FE, Beers NS, Hagan JF. Choosing The Bright Futures Guidelines: Lessons from Leaders and Early Adopters. Pediatric Annals. Vol 37,4:262-272

Burke AE. Individualized Learning Plans: Faculty as Facilitators. MedEdPortal, accepted Dec. 15, 2008

Hecht N, Omoloja A, Witte D, and Canessa L. Evolution of antiglomerular basement membrane glomerulonephritis into membranous glomerulonephritis. Pediatr Nephrol; 2008;23(3):477-80

Carvalho RS, Michail S, Ashai-Khan F, Mezoff AG;  An update in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition: a   review of recent advances.  Curr Probl  Pediatr Adolesc Health Care 2008;38(7): 204-28 

Keljo DJ, Markowitz J, Langton C, Lerer T, Bousvaros A, Carvalho R, Crandall W, Evans J, Griffiths A, Kugathasan S, LeLeiko N, Mack D, Mamula P, Moyer MS, Oliva-Hemker M, Otley A, Pfefferkorn M, Rosh J, Hyams JS.  Course and treatment of perianal disease in children newly diagnosed with Crohn’s disease.  (In Press – Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2008)

Pfefferkorn M, Burke G, Griffiths A, Markowitz J, Rosh J, Mack D, Otley A, Kugathasan S, Evans J, Bousvaros A, Moyer MS, Wyllie R, Oliva-Hemker M, Carvalho R, Crandall W, Keljo D, Walters TD, Leleiko N, Hyams J; for the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Collaborative Research Group.  Effect of current treatment paradigms on growth in pediatric Crohn’s disease.  (In Press J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr)

Hyams JS, Lerer T, Griffiths A, Pfefferkorn M, Kugathasan S, Evans J, Otley A, Carvalho R, Mack D, Bousvaros A, Rosh J, Mamula P, Kay M, Crandall W, Oliva-Hemker M, Keljo D, Leleiko N, Markowitz J; for the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Collaborative Research Group.  Long term outcome of maintenance infliximab therapy in children with Crohn’s disease.  Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2008 Dec

Carvalho R, Dillworth HP, Docimo S, Cuffari C.;  Crohn’s disease of the neo-vagina and augmented bladder in a Child born with Cloacal Exstrophy. (In press J Pediatr Gastroenterol and Nutr )

Carvalho R, Johnson E, Kozlosky M, Scheimann AO; Clinical profile of the overweight child in the new millennium.  Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2008 Jun; 47(5): 476-82 Epub 2008 Apr 15

Carvalho RS, Wilson L, Cuffari C;  Pulmonary manifestations in a pediatric patient with ulcerative colitis: a case report.  J Med Case Reports. 2008 Feb 25;2:59

DiLego, Roberta A, Article published in Dayton Daily News, Sun. Dec 10, 2008, pgA10.  Emphasizing prevention in a primary care practice and teaching applications

Schorry EK; Keddache M; Lanphear N; Rubinstein JH; Srodulski S; Fletcher D; Blough-Pfau RI; Grabowski GA.  Genotype-phenotype correlations in Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome,  American Journal Of Medical Genetics. Part A 2008 Oct 1; Vol. 146A (19);2512-9

Fink, R, Co-editor of textbook Pulmonary Manifestations of pediatric Diseases, Elsevier Inc. In press

Pascoe JM, Little DR, Forbis SG, Slora EJ.  Patient visits to a Midwestern primary care practice-based research network: a comparison to two national primary care data sets. Southern Medical Journal 2008;7:693-698.

French, James MD, Softic Samir, MD, Non-healing diaper rash with associated hepatosplenomegaly. Am J Fam Prac. In press

Kasten E, Dewit MB, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Pediatric Forum, Volume 21 (1), Winter, 2009

Kasten E. Forward for:  Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care:  The Primary Care of Children and Adolescents with Down Syndrome:  An Update.  Vol. 38, number 8.  September, 2008

Khan N,  Svinivas Gauapathy et al, Transient isolated lesion of the splenium associated with clinically mild influenza encephalitis, Case Report Pediatric Radiology (2008) 38:1243-1245

Kumar G, Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis, Pediatric Forum, 2008 I 20(2),8-9

Kumar G, Topper L and Maytal J, Familial Hemiplegic Migraine With Prolonged Aura and Multimodality Imaging: A Case Report, Headache, 2009; 49(1), 139-142 

Laura Patricia Stradler, Med, MD, MS, Adam G. Mezoff, MD, and Mary Allen Staat, MD, MPH Hepatitis B Virus Screening for Internationally Adopted Children Pediatrics 2008; 122:1223-1228

Paliy O, Kenche H, Abernathy F, Michail S. High throughput quantitative analysis of human intestinal microflora with phylogenetic microarray. In revision; Applied Environmental Microbiology March 2009

Michail S. The Role of Probiotics in Allergic Diseases. Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology. In press, November 2008

Kibria R (fellow), Christian J, Michail S. Rapunzel syndrome--a rare cause of multiple jejunal intussusception: a case report. Southern Medical Journal. In press

Michail S. Probiotics; past, present, and future perspectives. Current Pediatric Reviews. Volume: 4 Number 2 Pages: 96-102, 2008

Michail S, Stolfi A, Johnson T, Onady G. Efficacy of probiotics in treatment of pediatric atopic dermatitis: a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials. Annals of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, Vol. 101, No. 5, pp.508-516, 2008

Michail S, Nanagas V, Mezoff A. An unusual cause of post-fundoplication vomiting. J Pediatr Surg: Volume 43, Issue 3 pages e45-e47, 2008

Varghese B, Miller ME, Hangartner TN.  Estimation of bone strength from pediatric radiographs of the forearm.  J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 2008; 8(4):379-390

Miller R and Miller ME. Overrepresentation of males in traumatic brain injury of infancy and in infants with macrocephaly: Further evidence that questions the existence of shaken baby syndrome. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, In press

Miller ME. Another perspective on the cause of metaphyseal fractures. Letter to the Editor. Pediatric Radiology. 38:598-599, 2008

Amit Bhatt, Emmett Broxson, David Witte, Abiodun Omoloja. Thrombocytopenia and proteinuria: Question, Pediatr Nephrol. 2008 Sep 10. [Epub ahead of print].

Muniyappa P, Gulati R, Mohr F, Hupertz V, Use and safety of rifaximin in children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, J Pediatr Gastroenterol and Nutri, In press

Onady GM, Stolfi A. (2005 original publication) Insulin and oral agents for managing cystic fibrosis-related diabetes.  The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Revised for Issue 1, 2009)

Artistic Publications

Onady GM. (2008) Rena’s Dream, Copyright, BMI, Nashville TN.

Onady GM. (2008) Jack Russell, Copyright, BMI, Nashville TN.

Onady GM. (2008) Say What Gives, Copyright, BMI Nashville TN.

Pascoe JM, Little DR, Forbis SG, Slora EJ.  Patient visits to a Midwestern primary care practice-based research network: a comparison to two national primary care data sets.  Southern Medical Journal 2008;7:693-698

Rosca-Jaballas E, (Submitted for possible publication) Community Service and the pediatric Exam: An Introduction to Clinical Medicine via a Partnership Between First Year Medical Students and a Community Elementary School.  Teaching and Learning in Medicine, an international journal, In press

Sobande, PO, When asthma is not the case.  Pediatric Clips.  Dec 2008 Vol 6 Issue 6

Sobande, PO,  Kercsmar, CM, Inhaled corticosteroid in asthma management. Respir Care. 2008 May; 53(5): 625 – 634

Sobande, PO, J Acton, RS Amin. Constrictive obliterative bronchiolitis in a re-transplant 13-year-old.  J Cystic Fibrosis. 2008 Vol 7 (1): 92 - 94

Baker T, King W, Soto W, Stolfi A, and Rowin ME:  The role of pediatric advanced life support training in out of hospital pediatric resuscitations.  Pediatr Emerg Care, In press.

Ohio Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse Protocol written by the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, 2008. (Contributors:  Bennett B, Benzinger L, Dieterich L, Feingold M, Flynn J, Hornor G, Leder R, McAliley L, McCleery J, McDavid L, McGraw M, McPherson P, Markoroff K, Scribano P, Shapiro R, Steiner D, Thackeray J, Vavul-Roediger L.)

Statham MM, Vohra A, Mehta DK, Baker T, Sarlay R, Rutter MJ. Serratia marcescens causing cervical necrotizing oropharyngitis. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2009 Mar;73(3):467-73. Epub 2008 Dec 10.
 
Vohra A, Donation after Cardiocirculatory Death in Pediatrics, Chapter submission in 2008,  in Current Concepts in Pediatric Critical Care, Poss WP and Rowin ME, editors, 2009, Society of Critical Care Medicine: Mount Prospect, IL.

Mohammad Sawal, Marta Cohen, Jose E Irazuzta, Ramani Kumar, Christine Kirton, Patricia Fenton, Marie-Anne Brundler, Clair Anne Evans, John Andrew Wilson, Parakkal Raffeeq, Amer Azaz, Alexandre T Rotta, Ajay Vora, Amit Vohra, Patricia Abboud, David Mirkin, Mehrengise Cooper, Megan K Dishop, Jeanine M Graf, Andy Petros, Hilary Klonin.  Fulminant pertussis: A multi-centre study with new insights into the clinico-pathological mechanisms.  Pediatric Pulmonology, In press

Chapters and books

Abboud PA, Wheeler DS, Raake J.  Supplemental Oxygen Administration and Bag-Valve-Mask Ventilation.  In: ST Wheeler DS, H Wong, WH Eds.  Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Basic Science & Clinical Evidence.  1st ed.  Springer-Verlog Publishing, Inc., London, UK:2007

Powers KS, Cholette JM, Abboud PA.  Toxic Exposures: Diagnosis and Management  In: T Shanley, DS Wheeler, H Wong, Eds.  Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Basic Science & Clinical Evidence.  1st ed. Springer-Verlog Publishing, Inc., London, UK:2007

Fink RJ. (Editor), Pulmonary Manifestations of Pediatric Systemic Disease, Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2008 In press

Probiotics in Pediatric Medicine. Series: Michail Sonia; Sherman, Philip M. (Eds.) 2009, 352 p. 12 illus., Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-60327-288-9

Talente G, Onady GM, Evidence-based Medicine for the Pediatrician. Eds. Perkin RM, Swift JD, Newton DA.  Pediatric Hospital Medicine: Textbook of Inpatient Management.  Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. PA,. 2nd Ed, 2007

Haidet P, Schneider V, Onady GM. Team-based Learning Research in Health Professions Education.In, Team Based Learning in Health Professions Education, Ed. Parmelee DX. Stylus Publishing, LLC. 2007

Pascoe J, Shaikh U, Etzel RA, Forbis S.  Health and Nutrition as a Foundation for Success in School.  In: School Readiness, Early Learning, and the Transition to Kindergarten.  Brookes Publishing Co:  Towson, Maryland.  In press

Pickoff AS. Developmental Cardiac Electrophysiology and the Cardiac Conduction System.  In:  Polin RA, Fox WW (Eds): Fetal and Neonatal Physiology, 4th  Edition.  Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, In press

Pickoff AS. Development and Function of the Cardiac Conduction System.  In: Allen  HD, Gutgesell HP, Clark EB, Driscoll DJ (Eds):  Moss and Adams', Heart Disease in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, Including the Fetus and Young Adult, 7th Edition.  Baltimore, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008

Raslich MA Hypertension The Pediatric Clinical Advisor, 2nd Edition, In press

Rowin, ME, Vohra A and Christianson J. Nosocomial Infections in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence, Wheeler DS, Shanley TP, and Wong HR, Editors. Springer-Verlag, London UK, 2007

Rowin ME Antibiotic Resistance in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A review of the evolving role of MRSA, in Current concepts in Pediatric Critical Care, Poss WP and Rowin ME, editors, 2008, Society of Critical Care Medicine: Mount Prospect, IL

Rowin ME, Abboud PA, Alter S, Life-Threatening PICU Infections, in Pediatric Multiprofessional Critical Care Review, Shanley TP and Wheeler DS, Editors. 2008, Society of Critical Care Medicine: Mount Prospect, IL

Rowin ME, Commonly encountered Immunodeficiencies in the PICU, in Pediatric Multiprofessional Critical Care Review, Shanley TP and Wheeler DS, Editors.  2008, Society of Critical Care Medicine: Mount Prospect IL

Stark JM. Pulmonary Manifestations of Immunosuppressive Diseases Other Than Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection. In: Turcios NL and Fink RJ Eds. Pulmonary Manifestations of Pediatric Systemic Diseases. Elsevier Inc. Philadelphia PA in press 2008

Abstracts and significant presentations

Patricia Abboud, MD, critical care medicine 
      
• Regional Trauma Center Symposium, “Shock in the Pediatric Patient” October 22, 2008

Farhat Ashai-Khan, MD, gastroenterology and nutrition

• “GE Reflux in Infants and Children,”  Lima, Oct. 2008
• “Malnutrition and Failure to Thrive,” Family practice residents, Miami Valley Hospital, February 2009

Emmett Broxson, MD, director, hematology/oncology

• “Pediatric Childhood Cancers,” Miami Valley Hospital, January 9, 2008
• “Leukemias,” Grand Rounds, Dayton Children’s, March 12, 2008
• “Hematology Emergencies,”  Acute Care Symposium, Dayton Children’s, August 20, 2008
• “Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Therapy: An OB/GYN Perspective,” Grand Rounds, Miami Valley Hospital, August 27, 2008.

Paul Breyer, MD, medical director, endocrinology and metabolism

• “Diabetes Mellitus in Children and Adolescents,” Miami Valley Berry Health Center, May 21 2008
• “Time Out 2! Managing Diabetes in Sports Programs,” Columbus, Ohio March 2, 2008
• “You Can’t Eat That! Basics, Myths and Modalities of Diabetes Management,” Dayton Children’s,  May 15, 2008
• “Endocrine Emergencies,”  Acute Care Symposium, Dayton Children’s, August 27, 2008

Ann Burke, MD, residency program director

• “The 5 “W’s”: Effective Precepting On the Go.”  Gregory Toussaint and Ann E. Burke.  Faculty Development Effective Teaching Series, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH. March 17, 2008
• “Curriculum Task Force: Interactive Symposium of Curricular Tools for Professionalism.” Ann E. Burke, Susan Bostwick. APPD Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI. May 2, 2008
•  “Individualized Learning Plans: A Primer with Tools and Concepts for Success.” Ann E. Burke, John Co, John Mahan, Ann Guillot, Amy Jost. APPD Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI. May 2, 2008
•  “FOPO Task Force on Women in Medicine: Flexible/Part-time Training…The Devil is in the Details.” Ann E. Burke, Theodore Sectish, Robert Vinci. APPD Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI. May 2, 2008
• “FOPO Task Force on Women in Pediatrics: Considerations for Part-Time Training and Employment for Research-Intensive Fellows and Faculty.” Topic Symposium. Ann E. Burke and Alison Holmes: Chairs. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Honolulu Hawaii, May 2008
• Cincinnati Children’s 2008 Regional Faculty and Educator Development Symposium. “Assessing and Evaluating Learners.” Gregory Toussaint and Ann E. Burke. September 12, 2008
• “APPD Share Warehouse/ L.E.A.R.N.” Burke AE. APPD Annual Meeting, May 1, 2008
• “APPD Share Warehouse: Tools You Can Use!” Burke AE, Hicks P. APPD Forum for Fellowship Directors, May 3, 2008
• “The Individualized Learning Plan and Learning Portfolios: New Age Educational Tools.” Ann Burke and Grace Caputo.  APPD Fall Meeting; Alexandria, VA, September 19, 2008
• “Recent Advances in Pediatrics: 2008 Highlights.” Grand Rounds Session, Dayton Children’s, June 4, 2008
• “APPD Share Warehouse/ L.E.A.R.N.”  Burke AE. APPD Annual Fall Meeting, September 18, 2008
• “Individualized Learning Plans and Faculty Development” APPD Mid-America Meeting. Columbus, OH. Oct. 2008
• Frontiers in Pediatric Science Seminar, Wright State University Department of Pediatrics. “Update on Medical Education.” December 19, 2008

Ryan Carvalho, MD, gastroenterology and nutrition (no longer with Dayton Children's)

• Rosh J, Lerer T, Markowitz J, Goli S, Mamula P, Noe J, Pfefferkorn M, Kelleher K, Griffiths A, Kugathasan S, Keljo D, Oliva-Hemker M, Crandall W, Mack D, Hyams J; for the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Collaborative Research Group.  Retrospective evaluation of the safety and effect of adalimumab theraphy (RESEAT) in pediatric Crohn’s disease.  Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2008
• Bousvaros A, Lerer T, Markowitz J, Griffiths A, Keljo D, LeLeiko N, Mack D, Evans J, Pfefferkorn M, Otley A, Kugathasan S, Rosh J, Moyer S, Kay M, Mamula P, Kerzner B, Crandall W, Hyams JS; for the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Collaborative Research Group.  Clinical outcome following immunomodulator therapy in pediatric ulcerative colitis:  Results from a prospective multicenter inception cohort.  DDW 2008
• Dotson J, Hyams J, Markowitz J, LeLeiko N, Mack D, Evans J, Pfefferkorn M, Griffiths A, Otley A, Bousvaros A, Kugathasan S, Rosh J, Keljo D, Moyer S, Mamula P, Kay M, Kerzner B, Langton C, Crandall W; for the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Collaborative Research Group.  Extraintestinal manifestations of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.  DDW 2008.
• Otley A, Markowitz J, LeLeiko N, Griffiths A, Crandall W, Kugathasan S, Oliva-Hemker M, Bousvaros A, Pfefferkorn M, Mack D, Evans J, Rosh J,  Keljo D,  Mamula P, Moyer S, Kerzner B, Kay M, Lerer T, Hyams J: for the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Collaborative Research Group.  Budesonide is an effective but underutilized therapy in pediatric Crohn’s disease.  DDW 2008
• “Celiac Disease:  An overview of diagnosis and management.” Kettering Medical Center – Digestive Care. October 2008
• “Inherent differences in 6 thioguanine (6-TG) induced apoptosis may predict clinical responsiveness to therapy independent of 6TGn metabolite levels in children with Crohn’s disease”.  WSU Pediatric Frontier’s in Pediatric Science Meeting. March 2008
• Teen Talk:  “Living with IBD” Ohio Speech Language & Hearing Association, March 2008

Mukund Dole, MD, hematology/oncology  
      
• “Sickle Cell,” Core Conference, Dayton Children’s, May 7, 2008
 
Gregory Eberhart, MD, general pediatric medicine

• How to Create a Newsletter for Your Nascent Network Using Microsoft Word”  PBRN National Conference, Bethesda, Maryland, Poster Presentation, June, 2008

Shalini Forbis, MD, general pediatric medicine 

• Forbis SG, Rammel J. “Identification of Health Literacy Related Barriers to Pediatric Patient Care in a Hospital Setting. PAS 2008” Abstract
• Forbis SG, Monk S, Reddy I DiLego R, Nanangas M.  “A Simple Parent Intervention to Change Knowledge and Attitudes Related to Fever in Children.” PAS 2008 Abstract
• Monk S, Forbis SG, DiLego R, Reddy I, Nanagas M. “Effectiveness of Directed Staff  Fever Educational Intervention. PAS 2008 Abstract

James French, MD, hematology/oncology  

• Transfusions,” Grand Rounds,  Dayton Children’s, March 19, 2008
• Amesse, LS, Pfaf-Amesse T, French JA: Menorrhagia in Adolescents with Platelet Function Disorders: Associations, findings and treatment.  North American Society for pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Annual Meeting, April 2008

Eileen Kasten, MD, director, developmental pediatrics

• Eileen Kasten (co-author), Social Capital, Parental Depressive Symptoms and Childhood Quality of Life: A Study of Children and Families from Subspecialty and Primary Care Clinics.  Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, May, 2008
• “Autism Spectrum  Disorders,” Kettering Hospital Grand Rounds, Kettering, Ohio, July 25, 2008
• “Autism Spectrum Disorders,” Reid Hospital Grand Rounds, Richmond, Indiana, August 11, 2008
• “Autism Spectrum Disorders,” Diagnosis and Management, Middletown, Ohio, October 11, 2008
• “Autism Spectrum Disorders,” Diagnosis and Management, Lima, Ohio, November 1, 2008

Nadir Khan, MD, child neurology 

"Benign epilepsies of infancy,” Warren County Pediatric Symposium, October 2008
                                  

Gogi Kumar, MD, child neurology

• “Mitochondrial Disorders: An Update,” Grand Rounds, Reid Hospital , Richmond, Indiana, May 21, 2008
•  “Practical Management of Pediatric Seizures,” Grand Rounds, St. Rita’s Medical Center, November 1, 2008
• “Practical Management of Pediatric Epilepsy,” CME Conference for Nurses, October 16, 2008, Dayton, Ohio

Adam Mezoff, MD, director, gastroenterology and nutrition (no longer with Dayton Children’s) 

• “Viral Hepatitis,” Grand Rounds, Dayton Children’s Hospital, November 5, 2008
  

Sonia Michail, MD,  director, gastroenterology and nutrition
 

• Michail S, Stolfi A, Johnson T, Onady G. Efficacy of probiotics in treatment of pediatric atopic dermatitis: a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials. Digestive Diseases Week, May 2008
• Michail S, Abernathy F. Kenche H, Paliy O. Quantitative and qualitative detection of stool microflora. November 2008
  

Marvin Miller, MD, director of medical genetics

• Miller M, Kleiner L. Kluver Bucy syndrome in a child with neurofibromatosis- type 1. Poster presentation, 58th annual meeting of American Society of Human Genetics, November 2008, Philadelphia; page 345, abstract #1768

Gary Mueller, MD, pulmonary medicine

• “Asthma overview, treatment and the new NIH Guidelines,” Pediatric Asthma Care Update 2008 (Dayton Children’s, Regional Nursing CME) March 6, 2008
• “Management of small airway obstruction” and “Respiratory Therapist Patient Driven Protocols,” Pediatric Respiratory Care Update (Dayton Children’s, Respiratory Therapist Regional CME), April 29, 2008

Abiodun Omoloja, MD, nephrology

• Omoloja A, Patel H, Greenbaum L, Stolfi A and Chand D. Second Hand Smoking In Adolescents with Chronic Kidney Disease: Study from the Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium (MWPNC).  Pediatric Academic Society Annual meeting 2009.
• Omoloja A, Chand D, Greenbaum L, Stolfi A and Patel H.  Tobacco use and exposure in Adolescents with Chronic Kidney Disease: Study from the Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium (MWPNC).  Pediatric Academic Society Annual meeting 2009.
• “Preliminary findings of study to determine tobacco use and exposure in children between 13-18 years on dialysis and with chronic kidney disease: Study of the Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium,”  Grand Rapids Michigan October 2008

Gary Onady, MD, internal medicine-pediatrics

• Ali S, Onady GM. (2008) Reactive Thrombocytosis Leading to Ischemic Event -A treatment Dilemma DAGMEC Resident Research Forum (Received first place award, Dayton, OH).

John M. Pascoe, MD, general pediatric medicine 

• “Factors Associated with Body Mass Index (BMI) in the Pediatric Primary Care Outpatient Setting.”  John Pascoe, Sandra Specht, Gregory Eberhart, Tanya Jasper, Alyssa Gans, Wendy Looman.   Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, May 3-6, 2008, Honolulu, HI.  E-PAS2008:635794.5
• “Social Capital, Parental Depressive Symptoms and Childhood Quality of Life: A Study of Children and Families from Subspecialty and Primary Care Clinics”.  John Pascoe, Gregory Eberhart, Sandra Specht, Eileen Kasten, Taunya Jasper, Alyssa Gans, Wendy Looman.  Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, May 3-6, 2008, Honolulu, HI.  E-PAS2008:635795
• “Mothers with Positive or Negative Depression Screens Evaluate a Mothers' Resource Guide”. John Pascoe, Sandra Specht, Cameron Chumlea, Alyssa Gans, Taunya Jasper, Marla Himmeger, Amy Heneghan.  Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, May 3-6, 2008, Honolulu, HI.  E-PAS2008:635796.5
•  “Parents’ Perception of Their Communities’ Social Capital: Geographic Variation and Associated Factors.” Sandra Specht, John Pascoe, Gregory Eberhart, Eileen Kasten, Taunya Jasper, Alyssa Gans and Wendy Looman.  AHRQ National PBRN Research Conference, June 11-13, 2008, Bethesda, MD. (#4, p. 116)
• “Mothers’ and Primary Care Clinicians’ Perceptions of a Mother’s Resource Guide.” Alyssa J. Gans, John Pascoe, Sandra Specht, Cameron Chumlea, Taunya Jasper, Marla Himmeger, and Amy Heneghan. AHRQ National PBRN Research Conference, June 11-13, 2008, Bethesda, MD. (#2, p. 114)

Vipul Patel, MD, director, critical care medicine

• “Heparin Errors in Pediatrics,” Grand Rounds, Dayton Children’s

Moira Pfeifer, MD, endocrinology and metabolism

• “Endocrinology Review,” Medstudy Pediatric Board Review Course, Aspen, CO                                                                 
  

Arthur Pickoff, MD, cardiology, professor and chair, department of pediatrics, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

•  “Pediatric Cardiology Review,” Medstudy Pediatric Board Review Course, Aspen CO, Sept 2008
• “Update on Fetal Arrhythmias,” Children’s Hospital, New Orleans, LA, January 2008

Elvira Rosca-Jaballas, MD, general pediatric medicine

• Presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies, 2008 Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI.  Session:  “Medical Education ICM I Educational Model in Teaching Pediatric Physical Exam in Community Setting.  May 2-6, 2008

Mark Rowin, MD, critical care medicine

• “A multidisciplinary initiative decreases ventilator-associated pneumonia in a  pediatric ICU” Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI – February 2008
•  “Quality Improvement Measures in the PICU: Ventilator Associated Pneumonia” Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Annual Congress Honolulu HI. January 2008
•  “Life-Threatening Infections in the PICU” and “Common Immunodeficiencies”  Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Multi-professional Critical Care Review Course Chicago, IL August 2008

Patrick Sobande, MD, pulmonary medicine

• “2007 NEPP Update in Asthma Management,” PriMed Pediatrics Group, Miami Valley Hospital, October 23, 2008

James Stark, MD, pulmonary medicine 

• Stark JM, Leikauf GD, Prows DR. Candidate genes for Respiratory Syncytial Virus susceptibility in mice, American Society for Microbiology International Meeting, Boston, MA June 1-5 2008
• Stark JM, Leikauf GD, Prows DR. Role of CFTR in RSV susceptibility: of an inbred mouse model. Pediatr Pulmonol 2008; 322:Abstr 340
• Stark JM,“Role of CFTR in RSV susceptibiility; an inbred mouse model,” North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference
• Bronchiolitis 2008: Review Implementation of the AAP Guidelines, Lima November 1, 2008

Adrienne Stolfi, MSPH, biostatistician, WSUBSOM 

• Stolfi A, Labbe JC, Thompson SE, Gentry SJ, Pickoff AS.  The relationship between physical fitness and body habitus in school-age children: the Partners for School Health program, Cleveland, Ohio.  Circulation 117:e243-e244, 2008. American Heart Association 48th Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Annual Conference, March 13-15, 2008, Colorado Springs, Colorado 
• McConnell E, Jaballas E, Stolfi A, Clasen C. ICM I educational model in teaching pediatric physical exam in community setting. E-PAS2008:634484.2, Pediatric Academic Societies & Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting, May 2-6, 2008, Honolulu, Hawaii
  

Gregory Toussaint, MD, general pediatric medicine   

• Guest speaker - White Coat Ceremony for Class of 2010 
• Guest speaker - 2008 Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society
• Nationwide Children’s; (with Ann Burke) presentation on ambulatory teaching to their General Pediatrics division (20+ faculty),  March 2008
• DAGMEC; “Residents as Teachers,” June 2008 
• “Assessing and Evaluating Learners” Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (with Ann Burke, MD), September 2008
• “Recognition of the acutely ill child,” Miami Valley Family Medicine Residency Program, October 2008
• “Giving Effective Feedback,” DAGMEC; workshop for senior residents, November 2008

Other research

Dayton Children’s Clinical Trials (DCCT)

DCCT continued its participation in numerous clinical trials.

This past year the pulmonary department was hard at work with a number of cystic fibrosis (CF) trials. There are currently five active CF trials. In addition, this year the research staff applied to have Dayton Children’s recognized as a CF Therapeutics Development Center (TDC). In selecting these sites the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc. (CCFT) considers such factors as previous enrollment in clinical trials, size of patient population, and the care center accreditation status. Dayton Children’s was awarded the grant and is one of 77 centers chosen. These grants expedite research and development of new therapies for patients afflicted with cystic fibrosis.

Other studies at Dayton Children’s:

• In addition to CF studies, DCCT initiated a new trial targeted to take place in the Regional Level III Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The study evaluates the efficacy and safety of the drug micafungin in comparison to the drug amphotericin B deoxycholate in treating infants with certain fungal infections.
• The hematology/oncology department completed a study evaluating the efficacy, safety and tolerability of donepezil in children with persistent attention impairment, present at least 12 months after completing cancer treatment.  Another study initiated in hematology/oncology is a five-year observational study of children 2 to 6 years of age with iron overload in the body resulting from repeated blood transfusions treated with deferasirox.
• The neurology department is evaluating a study intended for adolescents with migraine headaches.
  

Community studies:

• A child immunization study concluded at a community-based practice, and a new study is in the pipeline. This study will evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a flu vaccine in children 2 to 17 years of age If you are interested in learning more about clinical trials and what is available, call 937-641-4467.

Nursing research

• Primary Caregiver Medication Knowledge in a Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Clinic. Shalini Forbis MD; Adrienne Stolfi, MSPH; Karen Stormer, RN, CNS; James French MD;  Mukund Dole MD;  Emmett Broxson MD. Wright State University Department of Pediatrics
• Pediatric Inpatient Falls Study. Cindy Asher, RN, CNS; Ann Marie Schmersal, RN; graduate student, Wright State University College of Nursing and Health