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Dr. Ted Sectish came to Children's and the BCRP from Stanford Medical School, where he directed the pediatric residency program for 13 years. Dr. Sectish, is a distinguished educator in pediatrics and the winner of many teaching awards. He obtained his MD degree from Johns Hopkins and was an intern and resident in pediatrics at Children's Hospital Boston from 1977 to 1980. He spent 13 years as a general pediatrician in Salinas, California prior to becoming the program director at Stanford. Dr. Sectish has written extensively about residency education, including a recent article on making pediatric residency programs family friendly, an area of special interest to him (J Pediatr 149: 1-2, 2006). His interest in educational innovation and improvement spans the continuum from undergraduate medical education to graduate medical education and the professional development of practicing physicians. He serves on the Editorial Board of the American Academy of Pediatrics' website, PediaLink, which is dedicated to furthering the professional development of pediatricians in training and practice. As the Past-President of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors, Dr. Sectish has been involved in national issues related to graduate medical education, including the formation of the Council of Pediatric Subspecialties, which will serve as a home for pediatric subspecialists and fellowship directors. He is a member of the Residency Review and Redesign Committee (RRRC), the Program Directors Committee of the American Board of Pediatrics, and he is the newly named Executive Director of the Federation of Pediatric Organizations. He, his wife Gloria (of 28 years) and his 20-year old son enjoy friendly but seriously competitive golf matches.
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Dr. Bob Vinci has spent his entire academic career at Boston Medical Center (formerly Boston City Hospital) and the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). He obtained his medical degree from the Rutgers Medical School, now the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and was a Pediatric Resident at Boston City Hospital from 1980 to 1983. He served one year as a Pediatric Chief Resident at BCH, and then joined the faculty at BUSM in 1984. Dr. Vinci is an accomplished clinician. He developed the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at BCH/BUSM and in 1987 established the Fellowship Program in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at BCH. Currently he is Vice Chairman for Clinical Services in the Pediatric Department as BUSM. Dr. Vinci has been involved in residency education for over 20 years and began his commitment to residency education when he served as the Program Director for the pediatric training program at Boston City Hospital and Boston Medical Center. Along with Fred Lovejoy, he established the Boston Combined Residency Program in 1996 and has served as a Program Director for the BCRP since its inception. His areas of interest include academic development of physicians, (J Pediatr 152: 599-600, 2008) and the enhancement of systems to decrease medical errors. Dr. Vinci is a member of the Association for Pediatric Program Directors, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Pediatric Society. He has been married to his wife Debra for 28 years and they have three children, Allyson (age 26), Laura (age 24) and Sam (age 19). They frequently open their house for themed dinners for residents in the BCRP.
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