Weekly Bulletin Archive

Check out the Department of Pediatrics past Weekly Bulletins on our website by pressing here.

• Allergic Contact Dermatitis in Pediatric Practice - Kam Lun Hon, Alexander K.C. Leung, James W.C.H. Cheng, David C.K. Luk, Agnes S.Y. Leung & Mark J.A. Koh
• An Atlas of Lumps and Bumps, Part 42: Acquired Melanocytic Nevi - Alexander K.C. Leung, Benjamin Barankin, Joseph M. Lam & Kin Fon Leong
• Food insecurity impacts diet quality and adherence to the gluten‐free diet in youth with celiac disease - Xinyi Wang, Sven Anders, Zhiqian Jiang, Marcia Bruce, Dominica Gidrewicz, Margaret Marcon, Justine M. Turner & Diana R. Mager
• Methodological standards in the design and reporting of pilot and feasibility studies in emergency medicine literature: a systematic review - Onlak Ruangsomboon, João Pedro Lima, Mohamed Eltorki & Andrew Worster
• What Is Normal Growth? Principles, Practicalities and Pitfalls of Growth Assessments in Infants and Children - Tanis R. Fenton, Nicole Gilbert, Seham Elmrayed, Carol J. Fenton & Dana L. Boctor

Resident Research Day

Last week as Resident Research Day! The winner of the Oral presentations, Dr. Sarah Tougas, will be presenting her project at the National Pediatric Residents Research Competition in May 2025 in Quebec City.

Congratulations to all of the Research Day 2024 Winners!

Poster Presentations

• Session 1A Winner: Katie Gourlay 
  Adult Emergency Medicine
  Title: Examining Healthcare Worker Experiences of Violences within Emergency Departments in Calgary
• Session 1B Winner: Amira Kalifa
  Pediatric Neurology
  Title: Beyond the Surface: Evaluating Scalp EEG vs. SEEG for Seizure Detection in Pediatric Drug-Resistant Epilepy
• Session 1C Winner: Talal Jawdat
  Pediatric Infectious Diseases
  Title: Exploring Parental Perceptions and Concerns about Antibiotic Resistance and Stewardship in Pediatric Care: A Thematic Analysis of Family Insights at Alberta Children's Hospital
• Session 2A Winner: Surina Grover
  General Pediatrics
  Title: Prevalence and Risk factors for Refeeding Syndrome in Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• Session 2B Winner: Hari Ramachandran
  Neonatal-Perinatal
  Title: A window with a view: Can NPi offer a unique perspective to clinical severity of HIE?
• Session 2C Winner: Ruth Legese
  General Pediatrics
  Title: Advancing Equity in Pediatric Healthcare: Collection of Disaggregated Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Data in Canadian Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
• Session 3A Winner: Tanelle Smith
  General Pediatrics
  Title: Indigenous Perspectives in Health Research: Development of an Indigenous Critical Appraisal Tool for Canadian Contexts
• Session 3B Winner: Erin Degelman
  General Pediatrics
  Title: Where are all the bone marrow failures? Using ICD codes to find a cohort of rare syndromes treated at ACH
• Session 3C Winner: Fady Dawoud
  General Pediatrics
  Title: Neonatal Seizure Control. The response to single versus multiple medications in neonates presenting with seizures

Oral Presentations

• Winner: Sarah Tougas
  General Pediatrics
  Title: Alberta Children’s Hospital Readmissions
• Runner-Up: Sarah O’Neill
  General Pediatrics
  Title: COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among Pediatric Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Patients

Family Involvement in Research Leads to Powerful Outcomes

The Family Engagement in Research Course invites researchers and people with lived experience to help shape the future of neurodevelopmental research. Department member Dr. Sarah MacEachern has been featured on UToday!

Most health research relies on some understanding of lived and living experience. However, establishing a link between patient and researcher isn’t always a simple relationship to navigate. The Family Engagement in Research (FER) course helps bridge that gap.

Welcome to the Department

Please take a moment to greet them and extend a warm welcome when you see them!

• Dr. Sujith Gurram, Neonatologist 
• Dr. Leena Desai, Gastrologist Locum
• Dr. Brittany Boorman, PICU - Clinical Associate
• Dr. Lynn Jacoby, PICU - Clinical Associate

Department of Pediatrics Quarterly Meeting

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 | 11:30 AM  – 1:00 PM

Location: Kinsmen Learning Centre Auditorium (4th Floor - ACH)

Join us for an in-person Department of Pediatrics Quarterly Meeting with Lunch to transform positive deviance into Thriving Together!

Complimentary Lunch will be served in-person! Please RSVP by December 6, scanning the QR code above or via the button below.

Adolescent Medicine Specialist Position Presentations

The final 2 candidates for the Adolescent Medicine Specialist position will be presenting next week. Please join virtually via Zoom.

Dr. Sara Jassemi

Thursday, December 12, 2024 | 11:00 – 11:30 AM

Title: A Healing Centered Vision for Adolescent Medicine

Objectives:

1. Value youth voice in Adolescent Medicine clinical care
2. Discuss a quality improvement approach to interprofessional collaboration and clinician well-being
3. Integrate healing-centred care in medical education

Zoom password: 255373

Dr. Jennifer Mooney

Thursday, December 12, 2024 | 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Title: Adolescent Medicine Search and Selection Committee Presentation

Objectives:

1. Share personal background information
2. Highlight unique skills and experiences that will support the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Alberta Children's Hospital
3. Discuss my goals for the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Alberta Children’s Hospital

Zoom password: 924145

In the Professionals Engaging with Purpose Program, careers are cultivated through reflective planning, development resource identification and access, and a network of career development support that is embedded in our Departmental culture.

No preparation is required- just show up, follow the script, and enjoy an afternoon with learners and colleagues! OSCE/STACER Examiner Remuneration is available to non AMHSP staff at a rate of $150/hour.

Please contact [email protected] if you are able to assist on any of the above dates, thank you!

The SUPPORT for PPIP program aims to provide physicians with a comprehensive package of self-guided online tools as well as a Zoom webinar facilitated by an expert physician who has previously served as a Senior Medical Advisor at the CPSA. The program is designed as a comprehensive package that will help physicians complete all aspects of CPSA’s PPIP requirements.

For those not able to attend the conference in Florida, Dr. Principi has arranged for a live stream in Conference Room 3 of the conference.

The conference will run from December 9-11 2024. 

Details of the conference and keynote speakers can be found here.

The live stream will include keynote speakers and spotlight sessions. There will be about 5 spotlight sessions to be confirmed closer to but are usually high attendance/high topic sessions. The final live stream agenda will be posted. 

Given the different time zones we will see if we can stream recorded sessions of the early morning keynotes.

Have news or content that you would like to be featured?

Please send us an email at [email protected] by Tuesday at 11:00 AM for it to be included in that week's issue or the appropriate week's feature. Learn more about each week's themes here.

Dec.4-20, 2024 File Reviews:

File reviews will done on your own time and each reviewer is usually assigned 8-10 files which should take approximately 3-4 hours total

Jan. 20-24, 2025 CaRMS Interviews:

Interviews will be conducted via Zoom from 8:00-5:00 Monday to Friday during CaRMS Interview Week. Timeslots are either the full day 8:00-5:00 or half day (AM Slot 8:00-12:00, PM Slot 1:00-5:00)

There will be separate orientation sessions offered for file reviewers and interviewers prior to the start of file review and/or Interview weeks.

*Rachel will provide dates/times of these sessions when you sign-up as a file reviewer and/or interviewer.

If you are able to help out, please contact Rachel Chow

If you have additional questions, please contact Amelie Stritzke

Interacting with the prospective trainees and learning more about their aspirations for a future in Pediatrics is both inspiring and rewarding. This is a great opportunity to have an impact on who your future colleagues will be.  

Thank you for your participation!

Neonatal Rounds 

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 | 4:00 – 5:00 PM 

Virtual (via Zoom)

Topic: Teleultrasound: a new frontier in neonatal transport medicine

Presenters: Dr. Elsa Fiedrich & David Black

Click here for more information

Pediatric Grand Rounds 

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 | 8:30 – 9:30 AM 

Kinsmen Learning Centre Auditorium (4th Floor - ACH) or Virtual (via Zoom)

Topic: 2024 Innovation Award Applicant Presentations

Presenters: Dr. Sonia Menard, Dr. Winnie Nagesh, Dr. Aru Narendran, Dr. Chris Novak, Dr. Tracy Taylor, Dr. Gemma Vomiero, Dr. Melanie Willimann & Dr. Telford Yeung

Click here for more information

Grand Rounds Recordings

Check out the Grand Rounds page on our website for previous Grand Rounds presentations here.

Click on the following positions for complete posting details

Community Pediatrician or Pediatric Subspecialist 

• FTE 0.2-1.0 Mon-Fri
• Type: Part-time to Full Time or Locum
• Location: MyKidz Pediatric Clinic - locations in the Northeast (NE) and Southeast (SE) quadrants of Calgary, Alberta.  
• Application Open until space is filled
• For more information email [email protected] or contact Paul Galang at paul@sleepconsultants.ca

Community Pediatrician or Pediatric Subspecialist 

• FTE 0.2-1.0 Mon-Fri
• Type: Part-time to Full Time Consultant Based Practice
• Location: Sage Fox Medical Consultants L100 - 8555 Scurfield Drive NW
• Application Open until space is filled
• For more information see our website or contact Dr. Katie Doherty at [email protected]

Community Pediatrician or Pediatric Subspecialist

• FTE 0.2-1.0 (Flexible opportunities) Mon-Fri
• Type: Part-time to Full Time Practice
• Location: Kiwi Pediatrics (Community Clinic in SE Calgary)
• Application Deadline: December 31, 2024 (or until space is filled)
• If interested, see posting on Cherry Health (ca.cherry.health) for more details or contact Dr. Dan Ross at [email protected]

Community Pediatrician or Pediatric Subspecialist

• FTE 0.2-1.0 (Flexible opportunities) Mon-Fri
• Type: Part-time to Full Time Practice
• Location: Sunnyhill Pediatric Clinic, located in University District NW Calgary, steps from the Alberta Children’s Hospital
• Application Deadline: January 31, 2025 (or until space is filled)
• If interested, please inquire by contacting Dr. Robert (Bobby) Shyleyko at [email protected]

Newborn Critical Care Clinical Associate

• FTE: 1.0 (may be filled by more than one physician)
• Type: Part-time
• Location: Foothills Medical Centre and all other NICU sites
• Application Deadline: Open until a suitable candidate is found

Explore these other job boards for more current opportunities with our department, the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services below.