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BCRP Resident Runs to Aid Injured in Boston
Junior resident Natalie Stavas was running her fourth Boston Marathon, despite a broken left foot incurred during training, because she felt an obligation to her charity, Boston Medical Center Pediatrics. As a consequence she was running about 45 minutes slower than her personal best of 3:24 and was just completing mile 26 when the explosions near the finish line propelled her into action. Her heroic actions as one of the first responders are detailed in stories and videos here and here.
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BCRP Welcomes New Intern Class
The Boston Combined Residency Program welcomes 42 new pediatric and 4 med-peds members of what promises to be one of the best classes in its history. The new interns come from 20 states and 11 countries, went to 36 different colleges and 27 different medical schools. They majored in nearly two dozen diverse subjects including, in addition to a wide variety of biological sciences, history, government, sociology, environmental studies, gender studies, religion, nursing, Spanish, French, chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, computer science, computational biology, art, music (French horn), astrophysics and physics. Eleven are minorities. Thirteen are PhDs or have PhD-like research experience, and four hold an MPH or other Masters degree. Eight of the new interns graduated from Harvard Medical School. Four attended Stanford, three went to Johns Hopkins, and two each came from Columbia, Pennsylvania, Yale, Baylor, Colorado, Jefferson, and Washington University in St Louis. Several schools, including Iowa, Indiana, Wake Forest, Kansas, and Cambridge University (UK) are new or relatively new to the BCRP. Read More...
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Boston Children's Hospital Top Ranked by
U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll 2012-2013
Boston Children's Hospital ranked first in the US News & World Report's Honor Roll of "Best Children's Hospitals" again this year. The hospital placed in the top four in the nation in all ten evaluated subspecialties. Read more (here) and (here).
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Natalie Stavas and Dan Parry Fight Consumption of Sugar Sweetened Beverages
Natalie Stavas and Dan Parry are passionate about fighting childhood obesity. They are shown here at the Massachusetts State House, rallying pediatricians to support House Bill 1697, as part of their state-wide campaign to decrease the consumption of sugar sweetened beverages and reduce obesity. The bill would revoke the sales tax exception that currently exists for soda in Massachusetts. In addition, they led the distribution of "No Sugary Drinks" prescriptions pads to physicians across the state. Their efforts have received media coverage from the Boston Globe and the recognition of many policymakers in the Commonwealth.
Learn more about Natalie and Dan and their current advocacy efforts.
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Fetal Hemoglobin Switch
As a medical student, senior resident Vijay Sankaran discovered a gene, BCL11A, that controls the fetal to adult hemoglobin switch and offers new ways to potentially treat sickle cell disease and thalassemia. Vijay has continued to make major research breakthroughs during residency. Read more…
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Alexandra Vinograd's Experience at Butaro
Alexandra is a 2011 Med-Peds graduate who is currently working at the Butaro Hospital in Rwanda with Paul Farmer`s program, Partners in Health. Her pediatric experiences there are detailed in this inspiring and emotionally affecting video produced by Time Magazine.
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Residents as Innovators
Two residents, Eli Sprecher and Natalie Stavas, have created a smartphone application that makes it easy for providers, at the point of care, to screen patients for their psychosocial needs, find local resources, and reliably send those resources to their patients or their families via text message or e-mail. Read more about this and other resident innovation initiatives…
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Residents Present Research at Pediatric Academic Societies
Nineteen current and recent BCRP houseofficers submitted 21 abstracts of their research to the joint spring meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society of Pediatric Research in Boston, MA, April 28 to May 1. Three residents won resident research awards: Errol Fields, Scott Hadland and Lakshmi Ganapathi.
The abstracts included (residents names in boldface): Read more...
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My First Day: New Residents Share Their Experiences
Decades pass, skill and confidence are cultivated, but every doctor remembers that first shift as a new resident. For Carmen Monthe-Dreze, MD, her initial shifts were rife with exhilaration - balanced with a healthy dose of fear.
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Julie Herlihy and Natasha Archer's Global Health Efforts
BCRP residents Julie Herlihy and Natasha Archer have long had strong interests in the health care of vulnerable populations in the developing world. Julie has focused particularly on global health in sub-Saharan Africa, whereas Natasha Has made major contributions in Haiti. Their recent efforts are contributing to the developing academic discipline of pediatric global health within the BCRP.
Read more about Julie here and Natasha here...
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Meghan Weir Describes Her Residency Experiences
Recent BCRP graduate, Meghan Weir, has published a book on her experiences during her residency in the BCRP. The most memorable parts of her training are "the complicated kids and families, the hope she inspires in them, and the hope they give her in turn". The book is described as an "insider's account with better writing and more soul than most medical dramas". Meghan also writes the occasional article for the Boston Globe.
Read more about Meghan here...
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