2012 Research Annual Report

  • Training

    Students

    Junior Medical Students in the Pediatric Clerkship165                         
    Senior Medical Students entered Pediatric Training11
    Senior Medical Students entered Medicine/Pediatric Training1

     

    Residents

    Pediatrics117
    Medicine/Pediatrics28
    Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R)5
    Dental10
    Psychology 6
    Psychiatry/Child Psychiatry/Pediatrics13
    Human Genetics/Pediatrics5
    Neuro/Pediatrics20
    Dermatology7 rotating
    Anesthesia14
    Surgery (includes General Surgery, Cardiothoracic, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Plastic, Orthopedic & Urology)136 rotating
    Radiology33 rotating                                                  

     

    Pediatric House Staff Recruitment

    Candidates by area interviewed in 2012.

    Pediatric Candidates Interviewed278
    Medicine/Pediatric Candidates Interviewed60
    PM&R Candidates Interviewed7
    Psychiatry/Child Psychiatry/Pediatrics Interviewed21
    HG Pediatrics Interviewed7
    Neuro/Pediatrics Interviewed28                     

     

    Fellows

    Adolescent Medicine3     Neurosurgery1     
         Pediatric/Adolescent Gynecology1Ophthalmology1
    Allergy/Immunology5Orthopaedics2
    Anesthesia11     Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery0
    Cardiology10     Surgery of the Spin1
         Cardiac Electrophysiology1Otolaryngology6
         Cardiac Imaging1Pathology2
         Fetal Cardiology1Plastic Surgery0
         Interventional Cardiac Cath1Psychiatry5
    Child Abuse1Psychology15
    Critical Care14Pulmonary8
    Developmental Disabilities6Quality Scholars in Transforming Health Care2
    Emergency Medicine12Radiology8
    Endocrinology9     Body MRI0
    Gastroenterology11     Pediatric Neuroradiology1
         Pediatric Transplant Hepatology1Rehabilitation Medicine2
    General Pediatrics3Rheumatology5
         Pediatric Primary Care Research2Sleep Disorder Medicine1
    Hematology/Oncology14Sports Medicine2
         Neuro-Oncology1Surgery2
    Hospital Medicine2Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology2
    Infectious Disease4     Colorectal Surgery2
    Medical Genetics1     ECMO1
         Clinical Biochemical Genetics1     Fetal Surgery1
         Clinical Cytogenetics1     Pediatric International Surgical Fellow1
         Clinical Molecular Genetics2     Trauma Surgery1
    Neonatology12     Vascular Anomalies1
    Nephrology6Urology3
    Neurology    
         Clinical Neurophysiology1  
         Clinical Neurosciences1  
         Pediatric Epilepsy1  
         Headache1  
    Total, Clinical Fellows217
    Total, Research Postdoctoral Fellows136

     

    Summer Research Programs

    High School Interns16                   
    Undergraduate Students74
    Medical Students21

     

    Procter Scholars

    NameDisciplineProject
    Third Year
    Eric Mullins, MDCancer & Blood DiseasesMechanisms Linking Hemostatic Factors to Neuroinflammatory Disease
    Ajay Perumbeti, MD, FAAPHematology/OncologyGenetic Approaches to Correct Human Sickle Cell Anemia
    Sundeep Keswani, MDPediatric General & Thoracic SurgeryMolecular Mechanisms of Regenerative Wound Repair
    Second Year
    Tanya Kowalczyk Mullins, MDAdolescent MedicineAdolescent Sexual Behavior and Incident Sexually Transmitted Infections
    Kasiani Myers, MDBMT & Immune DeficiencyLeukemogenesis and Genomic Instability in Fanconi Anemia
    Stephanie Merhar, MDNeonatologySafety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Levetiracetam as Initial Monotherapy for the Treatment of Neonatal Seizures
    Elizabeth Schlaudecker, MDInfectious DiseasesInfluenza Infection and Immunization in Pregnancy
    First Year
    Jonathan Howell, MD, PhDEndocrinologyInvestigating the Regulatory Pathways that Control Endocrine Cell Function within the Pancreas and Intestine
    Benjamin Mizukawa, MDOncologyTargeting Cdc42 in Leukemia Stem Cells