Congratulations to Our Recent

Pediatric Residency Graduates!

- Donna Barrett, Pediatric Residency Coordinator

Chief residents

Lourdes Morales-Dopico, MD

Lourdes is a graduate of Central American Health Sci-ences University. She is moving to Saginaw, Michigan where her husband, Amandeep, will begin his residency. Lourdes enjoys spending time with their newborn and plans to pursue a career in general pediatrics. Ante Wind, MD Ante is a graduate of the University of Virginia. She is in Tanzania where she is following in her parents’ footsteps by giving her time and talent in an underdeveloped part of the world. Ante will return to Richmond this fall for a position at St. Mary’s. Ante and Lourdes worked so well together this year— each bringing something special to the residency program. During their time as chiefs they initiated Peds-In-Review, worked diligently on every project they were given and were instrumental in a successful recruitment season (organizing hospital tours, helping with set-up and inter-viewing candidates). We will miss their “Richmond Revelries” — weekly updates and information on special events, where to eat, and the “cool” places to hang out.

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SUMMER 2011

Graduating Pediatric Residents

Roukaya Al Hammoud, MBBS Roukaya is a graduate of Beirut Arab University. Roukaya has been an asset to our residency. She quickly acclimated to the program and bonded with her peers. We wish Roukaya and her husband Khaled Yassine, a CHoR pediat-ric hematology/oncology fellow, all the best. Jamie Alexander, MD

Jamie is a graduate of University of New Jersey/R.W. Johnson Medical School. The one word used to describe her smile and personality is “warm.” Jamie will soon join an outpatient pediatric group practice in New Jersey.

Susanne Appleton, MD Susanne is a graduate of Universitat Zu Koln. She will be one our new chief residents. Susanne is a great physician and very knowledgeable, yet she is always eager to learn and willing to take on any challenge. She holds herself to a high standard giving all her energy to the project at hand. We look forward to a productive year with her on board! To quote one of our residents, “she is an amazing senior and will be an awesome chief!” Asya Asghar, MD Asya will be one of our new chief residents. Asya was the 2011 recipient of the Martin Hoffman Memorial Award which is given to the senior resident that most represents empathy, interest in teaching, quality care, and concern for their patients. From the beginning of her residency she distinguished her-self as a bank of knowledge, constantly improving herself and her team with evidence based care. She is a thoughtful and thorough resident with excellent clinical skills. Asya is admired and respected by her peers and faculty.

Education Update

Jenny Fox, MD

Jenny is a graduate of the VCU School of Medicine. We are excited that Jenny will stay at CHoR for a fellowship in neonatal medicine. Jenny is dedicated and seeks to improve the lives of her patients. We wish Jenny, her husband Aaron and the twins (Lucca and Lucia) all the best, and we are very happy that they will continue to be a part of our VCU/CHoR family. Navita Kumar, MD

Navita is a graduate of St. George’s University. She will continue her education with a hospitalist fellowship at East-ern Virginia Medical School. Navita exemplifies honesty, teaching excellence and the scientific presence expected in this field. We wish Navita all the best at EVMS. Malika Louis, MD

Malika is a graduate of the American University of the Caribbean. She will spend the next year in New Zealand where her husband will work on neurosurgery require-ments. In July 2012 she will start an allergy/immunology fellowship at University of California, Irvine. Malika advanced her research skills this year as she worked closely with Dr. Lawrence Schwartz. Malika’s peers voted her resident of the month in December 2010. Shalon Nienow, MD Shalon is a graduate of the VCU School of Medicine and will continue her education with a child abuse fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. As a mother of two girls, Kendall and Molly, Shalon knows the fine-art of multitasking. Larissa Saldana, MD Larissa is a graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine and has will join the nursery staff of the Division of General Pediatrics at CHoR. We look forward to continuing to work with Larrisa as she will be a great addition to the general pediatrics team. Kerri Simpson, MD Kerri is a graduate of the VCU School of Medicine. We are excited that she has chosen to continue her education at CHoR with a cardiology fellowship. Kerri is a great patient advocate and was the winner of the 2009 David Draper Award. This award is given to the intern who best emulates Dr. Draper’s high standard of profes-sionalism and patient care, who promotes clinical education, and serves as a role model for colleagues and students.

Aleksandra Stjepanovic, MD Aleksandra is a graduate of the University of Belgrade. She will join Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, a private practice in Richmond. Aleksandra wears many hats — physician, advocate, and mother of three. Aleksandra always manages patient care needs in a timely, assertive fashion. Speaking of fashion, we will miss Aleksandra’s professional European sense of style! Carrilynn Sykes, MD Carrilynn is a graduate of the VCU School of Medicine. She will join a private practice, Pediatrics Associates, in Richmond. As a mother of twins, Carrilynn is organized, efficient and a problem-solver. As it turns out, these are the same qualities that make her a great mother and doctor. Carrilynn’s peers voted her resident of the month in March 2011. Gwin Tennis, MD

Gwin is a graduate of St. George’s University. She will join private practice at Monument Avenue Pediatrics in Richmond. Gwin completed her undergraduate degree at the Univer-sity of Richmond and we were glad she decided to return to Richmond for her residency. Gwin was a great fit for our program. Thuy Vu, MD

Thuy is a graduate of Eastern Virginia Medical School. She is on the child neurology tract which requires two years of pediatric residency before starting the child neu-rology residency. We were happy to have Thuy join us for two years and look forward to seeing her around cam-pus as she begins the child neurology residency portion of the program at CHoR.

Graduating Med-Peds Residents Sarah Johnson, MD

Primary care med-peds practice Leonardtown, MD Lauren Fiske, MD

Adult infectious disease fellowship and MPH program National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, MD Tigist Mammo, MD

Locums tenens Yarima Santiago, MD

Primary care med-peds practice Amherst Family Practice Amherst, MA

Education Updates continued...

Resident Life Captured In Photos

Education Updates continued...

NEW Center for Endocrinology,

Diabetes and Metabolism opened

July 2011

CHoR's Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabo-lism improves access to care by bringing together clinical and specialized support services for children with diabetes, obesity and other endocrine disorders. CHoR offers the most comprehensive pediatric diabetes/endocrine program in Central VA and this new facility is the region's only endo-crinology center to offer treatment, clinical trials, education, medical nutrition therapy and psychological support in one location. The consolidation of services allows for additional clinic appointment availability, extended clinic hours, group classes and a new obesity clinic. The facility has support group space and a resource center with the latest educa-tional and health management technology, including com-puterized pump and meter data downloads and interpreta-tion. Read more... Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Pembrooke Office Park 2305 N. Parham Road, Suite 1 Henrico, VA 23229 Appointments: 804-628-7337 Clinic phone: 804-527-4710 Clinic fax: 804-527-4728

Ophthalmology Expands Service

Locations Pediatric ophthalmology services provided by Dr. Chris Leffler have expanded and are now available at multiple locations. Services are offered at the Stony Point Surgery Center and Nelson clinic. Appointments: 804-828-9315

The CHoR Services Guide is now available! Download a copy or request a hard copy.

New CHoR Pavilion and Parking

Deck on MCV Campus

Plans are in the works for construction of a new CHoR Pavilion to consolidate the majority of CHoR’s pediatric treatment and diagnostic areas currently spread through-out the MCV Campus into one facility. In addition to be-ing more convenient for families, having multiple physi-cians and services in one location will improve provision of care and care coordination. The new pavilion will house 72 clinical exam rooms organized for efficient multidisciplinary care; a surgical area with two operating rooms and two endoscopy procedure rooms; and areas for diagnostic cardiology, imaging, neurodiagnostic treatment, outpatient lab services and pulmonary function testing. The facility will be designed to create a child-and-family-friendly experience and will include a parking deck with 649 new spaces.

Clinical Updates

Timothy Bunchman, MD

“Acute dialysis in infants” University of Miami Pediatric Nephrology Symposium Florida, March 2011 “Vasculitis in children HSP, SLE and Wegener's” Mary Washington Hospital Grand Rounds Virginia, May 2011 “Glomerulonephritis in children” Williamsburg Pediatrics Grand Rounds Virginia, June 2011 “Acute kidney injury” “Renal replacement therapy for hyperammonemia” “Nutritional requirements in acute kidney injury” Kings College London, July 2011 Santhosh Kumar, MD

"Allergic reactions to vaccines" Asthma and Allergy Society of Virginia Annual Meeting Virginia, June 2011 Bruce Rubin, MD

“The science and practice of aerosol therapy.” “Airway mucus clearance; physiology and therapy” “Nasal and sinus involvement in pulmonary disease” Chinese Congress of Pediatrics Kaohsiung Medical University, Chang Gung Children’s Hospital Taiwan, April 2011 “The future of respiratory care” “Aerosol therapy and airway clearance, Virginia Society for Respiratory Care Virginia, May 2011 “Keynote address: 2012 – The year in Preview” “Aerosol antibiotics – not just for CF” “Beyond the guidelines – therapy for near-fatal asthma” “Bedside magic for pediatricians” International Congress of Pediatric Pulmonology France, June 2011

Jennifer Stribling, MD “Eosinophilic esophagitis” Asthma and Allergy Society of Virginia Annual Meeting Virginia, June 2011 Diane Sun, MD

“Asthma, a risk factor for heart disease?” “ Are asthmatics at greater risk for stroke than non-asthmatics?” American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Meeting California, March 2011

Presentations

The following research studies are now enrolling subjects: Pilot study evaluating chronic rhinitis. Children ages 7 to 18, male or female, experiencing congestion or nasal block-age for at least three months may qualify. Compensation for time and travel is available. Please contact Melissa Yopp at 804-628-2793 for enrollment information and study scheduling. WIRB: 20110349 Intravenous immunoglobulin replacement therapy for subjects ages 2 to 16 with primary immunodeficiency

disorders. Please contact Jessica Miles at 804-828-3282 for enrollment information and study scheduling. Questionnaire for symptom assessment in subjects ages 2 and up with eosinophilic esophagitis. Please contact Whitney Douglas at 804-828-3284 for enrollment informa-tion and study scheduling. Decision-making tool assessment for teenagers with

asthma. Please contact Jessica Miles at 804-828-3282 for enrollment information and study scheduling.

Clinical Trials

Research

Suzanne Mazzeo, PhD (PI) and Marilyn Stern, PhD (Co-I) were recently awarded five years of NIH funding for an R01 titled “NOURISHing Families to Promote Healthy Eating and Exercise in Overweight Children.” The project will evaluate the efficacy of an intensive intervention(NOURISH+) targeting ethnically diverse parents of over-weight (BMI > 85th percentile) children ages 5 to 11. Call 804-827-9211 for additional information.

Santhosh Kumar, MD and Anne-Marie Irani, MD, were awarded a grant from Merck to study sublingual desensiti-zation in subjects (ages 5 and up) with grass pollen allergy. Mark Schleiss, MD (PI) and Michael McVoy, PhD (CI) received a portion of a five-year NIH grant to study cy-tomegalovirus (CMV) vaccines using the guinea pig model of congenital cytomegalovirus infection.

Please submit research updates,

recent publications and presentations (grand rounds at other institutions and

plenary/keynote lectures at international meetings) for the fall issue of the

Department of Pediatrics e-newsletter.

Publications

Christiaanse MC, Mabe B, Russell G, Simeone TL, Fortu-nato J, Rubin B. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation is no more effective than usual care for the treatment of primary dysphagia in children. Pediatric Pulmonol 2011;46:559-65 Henke MO, John G, Rheineck C, Chillappagari S, Naehrlich L, Rubin BK. Serine proteases degrade airway mucins in cystic fibrosis. Infect Immun. 2011 79:3438-44 Jin YY, W Zhao, RM Cao, X Wang, SM Wu and TX Chen. Characterization of Immunocompetent cells in human milk of Han Chinese. 2011. J Hum Lact. 27:155-162 John G, Chillappagari S, Rubin BK, Gruenert DC, Henke MO. Reduced surface toll-like receptor-4 expression and absent interferon-γ-inducible protein-10 induction in cystic fibrosis airway cells. Exp Lung Res. 2011;37:319-26 Ragazzi H, Keller A, Ehrensberger R, Irani A. Evaluation of a practice-based intervention to improve the management of pediatric asthma. J Urban Health 88:38-48, 2011. Rubin BK, Dhand R, Ruppel GL, Branson RD, Hess DR. Respiratory Care Year in Review 2010: Part 1. Asthma, COPD, Pulmonary function testing, Ventilator-associated pneumonia. Resp Care 2011;56:488-502 Note: the list of publications and presentations included in this e-newsletter does not represent the entire body of publications and presentations completed by faculty of the Department of Pediatrics. The listings only include items submitted by faculty to the e-newsletter.

Mom: Laura Carter

Early Intervention Brook Road Campus April 3, 2011 Brooke Elise Carter 6 lb, 2 oz

Dad: Mark Marinello, MD

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit MCV Campus June 10, 2011 Emily Grace Marinello 7 lbs, 2 oz Mom, Dad, big brother James, and baby are doing well!

Joel Schmidt, MD, Assistant Professor and Interim Chief, Division of Pulmonology, is pleased to announce his daughter Jessica, age 23, graduated from VCU and received a one-year paid internship through AmeriCorps working in Habitat for Humanity's Eastern Shore office. Daughter Leslie, age 27, graduated from UVA School of Law and was accepted into the US Army JAG Corps. Hooah!

Family Kudos Presentations continued...

Brant Ward, MD

“Systemic mastocytosis presenting as prinzmetal (variant)angina” American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Meeting California, March 2011 “Infection associated hemophagocytic syndrome in a pa-tient with chronic granulomatous disease and recurrent fungemia” Clinical Immunology Society Annual Meeting and Advanced School in Primary Immunolodeficiencies Illinois, May 2011 "Evaluation of the child with recurrent fevers" American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Asthma and Allergy Society of Virginia Annual Meeting Virginia, June 2011

Tegwyn H. Brickhouse, DDS, PhD, Associate Professor, Chair and Research Director, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, is the 2011 recipient of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Jerome B. Miller “For the Kids” award. The Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabo-

lism’s diabetes self-management education program was awarded continued recognition from the American Diabe-tes Association (ADA). The program is the only pediatric ADA-recognized program in Central Virginia. The Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) at VCU Medical Center has been designated a Level 4 Epilepsy Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers. A fourth-level center provides complex forms of epilepsy surgery, neu-rodiagnostics monitoring, as well as more extensive medi-cal, neuropsychological and psychosocial treatment. VCU Medical Center is home to the only Level 4 Epilepsy Center in Central VA. The EMU serves both children and adults. Anne-Marie Irani, MD, Professor and Chief, Division of Allergy and Immunology, was elected to the executive committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics, section of allergy/immunology. Irani was also elected to the execu-tive committee of the Program Director Assembly of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

Donna Mitchell, CPNP, Division of Allergy and Immunol-ogy, was selected to chair the program for allied health at the annual Asthma and Allergy Society of Virginia meeting.

Lakshmana Das Narla, MD, Professor and Director, Pediatric Radiology, was selected by the American Board of Radiology to be a board examiner for pediatrics. Melinda Penn, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, was elected to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Central Virginia Chapter Board.

Bruce Rubin, MD, Jessie Ball duPont Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics; Physician-in-Chief, CHoR; was appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Pediatric Respiratory Disease.

Wei Zhao, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, was elected president of the Asthma and Allergy Society of Virginia. Evelyn Waring, RN, CSPI, Director of Public Education, Virginia Poison Center, received a $1,000 award from the American Association of Poison Control Centers and was invited to the European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicology in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Waring received the award for maintaining national specialty certification as a Certified Specialist in Poison Information (CSPI) for 20 years. Waring was the only American nurse in attendance at the 2011 conference.

Kudos

Top Docs The following CHoR physicians and surgeons were named Top Doctors by U.S. News. Special kudos to the five CHoR physicians ranked within the top 1 percent of the nation’s physicians!

Joann Bodurtha, MD – Genetics Lenore Buckley, MD – Rheumatology Timothy Bunchman, MD* – Nephrology Kamar Godder, MD* – Hematology/Oncology Scott Gullquist, MD* – Cardiology Jeffrey Haynes, MD – Pediatric Surgery Harry Koo, MD – Urology Thomas Loughran, MD – Orthopaedic Surgery Sean McKenna, MD – General Pediatrics William Moskowitz, MD* – Cardiology Bruce Rubin, MD* – Pulmonology * Physicians in top 1 percent of national rankings.

2011 Pediatric Awards Day

Asya Asghar, MD Martin Hoffman Memorial Award

Zarana Rawalji Bayona, MD Endocrinology Award

Walter Chun, MD, Richmond Pediatric Center Mickael M. Kannan Community Pediatrician Teaching Award

Stephanie Crewe, MD Faculty Teaching Award

Jenny Fox, MD Emily Gardner Memorial Award

Meredith Hellstern, MD Second Year Resident Teaching Award, Louise Robertson Award

Christyn Magill, MD Second Year Resident Teaching Award, Louise Robertson Award

Lourdes Morales-Dopico, MD Emily Gardner Chief Resident Award Samantha Pollard, MD Radiology Award Matthew Schefft, MD Intern of the Year, David Draper Award Cristin Wendel, MD Intern of the Year, David Draper Award

Ante Wind, MD Emily Gardner Chief Resident Award

Clinic News

Katie Barber, CTRS, always welcomes patients and families to clinic with a bright smile—prom was no different!

Dr. Godder posed between serving cupcakes and bussing tables!

Inaugural Oncology Prom: A Red Carpet Affair

- Robyn Dillon, MSW, LCSW, C-ACYFSW Over 100 children and teens in the Richmond metro area spent much of the past school year enduring chemother-apy, clinic visits, transfusions, tests and scans. Living with childhood cancer disrupts the normalcy of going to school, playing sports, and even the ability to attend a spring dance or prom. This year was different for CHoR oncology patients! Over 30 children and teens with cancer attended the first an-nual CHoR Pediatric Oncology Prom. These children and teens would have otherwise missed out on such a rou-tine social event due to treatment. The inaugural oncology prom, a Red Carpet Affair, was held May 21 thanks to a generous grant from the MCVH Auxiliary and donations from a variety of community or-ganizations. The MCV Campus cafeteria was trans-formed for the evening with silver and gold stars, a disco ball and a red carpet entry. Patients, along with their friends and family, came decked out in festive attire, fancy dresses, and tuxedos. Attendees were offered the royal treatment with make up, hair styling, glittery tattoos, top hats and tiaras thanks to volunteer stylists from Nesbit and Hair Theatre. Prom participants were delighted to see the familiar faces of the prom wait staff — doctors, nurse practitioners and the psychologist! Music from DJ John Cox led to line dancing and grooving on the black and white checkered dance floor. Our paparazzi (Victoria Levi and Kecia Allen) captured priceless memories of the evening. With all the excitement, glitter, dancing, music and fun shared with family and friends, prom was a special occa-sion that will be remembered for years to come.

We weren’t kidding about the line dancing!

Prom attendees took a break from dancing to make picture frames to display favorite prom moments!

Matt Bitsko, PhD, a psychologist who began working at the clinic in 2006, said that dealing with the transition into can-cer treatment is one of his specialties. The patients are sometimes apprehensive to speak with someone about the disease they’re enduring.

He finds it helps to let patients know that when they are ready to speak to him he is there to listen.

Bitsko added that he understands that sometimes holding their feelings in is a source of strength for patients and how their individual therapy begins ultimately must be their choice.

“Kids and families teach us a lot,” said Bitsko. “What they need from us as providers, they also tell us where they want to go as an individual.”

Bitsko said that many forms of cancer have an 80 percent survival rate, which means the rate of survival is stacked in the patients’ favor.

The mission of the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology is to serve the Commonwealth of Virginia as a nationally recognized entity of clinical, educational and re-search excellence.

The division is dedicated to improving the quality of chil-dren’s lives through prevention, control and cure of cancer and blood disorders. ChoR’s Pediatric Hematology and On-cology clinic is the only of its kind in central Virginia.

Cancer Patients’ Journey Captured

on Film - Matt Miller, Intern VCU Communications and Public Relations A private audience in the historic Byrd Theater was capti-vated and moved by a new film detailing an in-depth compilation of the experiences of 14 cancer patients from Children’s Hospital of Richmond’s (CHoR) Pediatric Hematology and Oncology clinic. “Dancing in the Rain” was produced by VCU kinetic im-aging student Keely Craig, who became involved in the film after hearing about the project, which she thought would be a good fit for her skills and interest.

“The people we interviewed were awesome and really inspiring—they are the coolest people ever,” said Craig. “I feel like I know them because I’ve sat in front of the footage for so many hours. They are really strong indi-viduals.”

Two clinic staff members, Robyn Dillon, a social worker, and Alma Morgan, an educational consultant, helped with the film’s production. Dillon said the video features pa-tients ages 13 to 34 in various stages of treatment, dis-ease and therapy. The video took nearly six months to complete. The documentary is intended to serve as a training tool for Children’s Hospital of Richmond and the community, but it is taking on a role for patients too.

“The mission of this video is a lot of different things,” Dillon said. “First we wanted to capture their perspective and how it impacted them, but also we wanted to use it as an educational tool for when we go to statewide con-ferences.”

“Additionally I’ve been fielding it to show newly diag-nosed children and their families: ‘this is what the experi-ence is really like.’ We can’t really know what it’s like—we just walk beside the folks along the way.”

Many of the cancer patients shown in the film attended the public premiere with family and friends.

“The film was breathtaking, because it brought back so many emotions—raw emotions,” said Oscar Holmes, an adjunct instructor in statistics and organizational behavior at VCU and a PhD student at the University of Ala-bama. “It was definitely all about where we connected together, and also we had gone through (treatment) so many years apart that a lot of us still had the same ex-periences.”

Alma Morgan (left), Keely Craig and Robyn Dillon outside of the Byrd Theater. Photo by Matt Miller, VCU Communications and Public Relations

Clinic News

In June, the Children’s Hospital Foundation (CHF) Board of Directors approved the following awards/pledges to Chil-dren’s Hospital of Richmond:

• The William Tate Graham, MD and John Mickell, MD

Endowed Chairs are fully funded as of June 30, 2011 with $1 million in each fund and will be used to sup-port a NICU physician and a PICU physician, respec-tively. Income distributions will be made from CHF in FY 2012 and on an annual basis going forward.

• $1.18 million over 3 years to fund the recruitment of

an additional pediatric surgeon (FY 2012-2014) • $677,250 to fund the five year plan of the Craniofacial

Center (July 2011 – June 2016) Components of the project include: Administrative support $250,000 Orthodontic Scholarships $100,000 Outreach Services Fund $227,250 Nasometer $100,000 • $600,000 to continue funding of the Pediatric Surgery

Program in FY 2012 • $500,000 to fund the construction of the Pediatric Perioperative Unit on Gateway 5 • $268,215 to assist in funding the salaries of 2 PICU

physicians in FY 2012 • $105,000 to fund the purchase of a Cypress Cardiovas-

cular Echo System on the MCV Campus • $100,000 to fund the purchase of a Video Endoscope

System on the MCV Campus CHoR would like to thank CHF and its boards for their

continued support!

Children’s Hospital Foundation is dedicated to funding and advocating for pediatric initiatives that improve the status of health care and the quality of life for children in our region. The Foundation provides support for the programs and initiatives of Children’s Hospital of Richmond and the children it serves each year, as well as other pediatric health care programs in the community. Whether it is time, skills or financial support, the gifts of the community are truly what enable Children’s Hospital Foundation to continue our mission of supporting children and families in the area. Visit CHF online or call 804-228-5814.

Foundation News

AUGUST —10—

Play Ball! Sports-related health for children seminar

5:30 p.m., VCU Sports Medicine Building

Join us for a free seminar about children’s sports-related ail-ments and how to prevent and treat serious injuries. Special guests include Rodney the Ram and the VCU men’s basket-ball strength trainer! Registration is required. For more infor-mation and to register, call 804-828-0123. Free parking is available in the Bowe St. deck. —11—

Miracle Treat Day

Buy a Blizzard, help a child! Visit a participating Dairy Queen location and buy a Blizzard. Proceeds from every Blizzard sold will be donated back to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in Richmond. Read more... SEPTEMBER —14—

Miracle Jeans Day

Go casual for kids! In return for a $5 donation, participants can choose from memorable merchandise to wear with their jeans on September 14, 2011. Read more... Please note: per hospital uniform policy, MCV Campus employees cannot wear jeans. —17—

Lobs & Lessons Family Open

12:30 p.m., Mary and Frances Youth Center, VCU Campus

The inaugural event will serve up to 256 participants in an adult-child doubles tennis tournament that promotes families playing a healthy lifestyle sport together. CHoR is proud to be an event sponsor. Read more... —18—

JDRF Walk

Byrd Park, 12:30 p.m. CHoR is excited to be a JDRF walk sponsor! Stay tuned for more information about the CHoR walk team. Read more... OCTOBER —8—

Children's Hospital Foundation 5K/10K Walk/Run and

Kids Mascot Mile

8:30 a.m., CHoR – Brook Road Campus

For more information, please contact Stephanie Allan at (804) 228-5827. Read more... Stay tuned for more information about the CHoR walk team.

Save the date—October 1, 2011

Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism open house event

Additional details to follow by e-mail.

The Department of Pediatrics Community and Alumni e-newsletter is published by the Office of the Chairman. Submissions, kudos, suggestions and calendar items should be directed to Shira Cantor.

Bruce K. Rubin, MD, MEngr, MBA, FRCPC

Jessie Ball duPont Distinguished Professor and Chairman Department of Pediatrics Professor of Biomedical Engineering Physician-in-Chief, Children’s Hospital of Richmond E-mail / 804-828-9602

William B. Moskowitz, MD, FAAP, FACC, FSCAI

Professor and Vice Chairman of Clinical Affairs Department of Pediatrics Chief Division of Pediatric Cardiology E-mail / 804-628-HRTS Barry V. Kirkpatrick, MD

Professor and Vice Chairman of Academic Affairs Department of Pediatrics E-mail / 804-828-9602

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CHoR residents, medical students, and staff educated over 500 children on summer safety and injury prevention at the 12th Annual Children’s Hospital of Richmond Summer Safety Fair. (Formerly the VCU Children’s Medical Center Summer Safety Fair.)

The annual event is a fun, educational and interactive opportunity for parents, caregivers and children to learn how to keep kids safe in the water, on bikes, and on the streets. Did you miss the fun? Check out this video...

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