Summer 2008 Region III Newsletter Article

Region III is that exciting region which comprises Upstate New York, Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ontario. Despite our relatively small size, we are an active region and have had a busy year.

This spring we held our regional meeting with our neighbors to the east, Region 2 at New York University Medical Centre. The theme for this year was “Leadership in Academic Pediatrics” and included a keynote presentation given by Benard Dreyer, Professor and Chair Department of Pediatrics NYU and Chair of the APA Research Committee and then an interactive workshop lead by Dr. Ken Slaw of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

We would like to ask members:
a. Would you like to continue to have joint regional meetings with Region II? and
b. Where would you suggest we hold our combined regional meeting?

We held our Region III breakfast during the PAS and APA Annual Meetings in Honolulu in May. We heard from Peter Szilagyi who spoke about the exciting future of the Academic Pediatric Association and from Connie Baldwin who spoke about the continuing activities of the Educational Scholars Program. Many members of Region III were involved in presenting workshops and abstracts, but the prize may go to Maryellen Gusic who presented five different workshops. Academic general pediatrics is changing and evolving and we need your suggestions, your input and your participation.

We would like to increase our membership and would be willing to send information about the Academic Pediatric Association and a membership application to any academic pediatricians in Region III who might be interested. Please let us know who might be interested.

Maryellen Gusic completed her term as Co-Chair for our Region and turned over her role to Carrin Schottler-Thal at our regional breakfast at the PAS meeting in Honolulu. Maryellen, many, many thanks for all your years and hard work as the Region III co-chair. We will miss you, but know that you will still be very involved in the Academic Pediatric Association.

Region III Co-Chairs:
Robert Hilliard (robert.hilliard@sickkids.ca)
Carrin Schottler-Thal (schottc@mail.amc.edu)