CARING FOR AMERICA’S CHILDREN Winter • 2007 i n s i d e . • Sites for Sore Eyes • Melnick at Large • Appellation Answers • Board of Trustees Election • New Members • In The News • Pediatrics....and then some! • New Pediatric Resource • New Member Benefit THE QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC PEDIATRICIANS • Book Review President’s Message PLAN NOW! Lee J. Herskowitz, DO, FAAP, FACOP As we are will provide. getting in to While the election the business of will be polled by snail the new year, I mail and electronically, we will have for- want to make mal ceremonies at the June ACOP/AAP Community Pediatrics, sure our mem- meeting scheduled in Orlando, FL. This the Medical Home bership knows who their leadership is. As will be a landmark event for our college and Beyond the biennial musical chairs takes place this and we all expect it to set a precedent for year, we will be electing new members to further activities in tandem with the AAP. the board in a College election. We all expect to see a great turn out for June 29 - July 1, 2007 Moving off of the Board will be Ste- our College. Hilton at Walt Disney World ven Snyder (Past President) and Robert It has been so gratifying to see the Lake Buena Vista, Florida Locke. Jim Foy will serve a second term. growth and enthusiasm of this college Osteopathic Sessions They have served dutifully and provided over the last two years while I have been As stated in the meeting brochure for great guidance to the Board. Some other in office. The growth in student and resi- the Future of Pediatrics Conference, physi- changes will be me stepping down from dent members has been satisfying since it cians seeking AOA Category 1-A credit will the President position and filling the assures us of the perpetuation of the orga- need to attend all osteopathic sessions. In Past-President slot. Robert Hostoffer nization. There has, likewise, been new addition, participants will be required to visit will be assuming the Presidency. Peg growth from residency graduates into the each vendor in the exhibit hall and obtain Orcutt-Tuddenham will be moving up ranks of our Fellows. I would expect the proof of their visit. In the brochure, these to fill the President-Elect position. John new generation to find worthwhile projects required sessions are noted with a specific Graneto will be filling Peg’s slot as to complement their skills while contribut- symbol. An attestation form, along with Secretary-Treasurer. There are several new ing to the growth and development of our the exhibit signature form, will be available trustees have taken positions during the past baby, the ACOP. I hope to see many of you from the ACOP Staff at the registration desk. year. They are Carl Backes, Michelle Bez in Orlando this June! Completion of these forms is required for and our student and resident representa- AOA Category 1-A credit. tives, Amy Sweigert and Nathaniel Brady, ACOP Call for Abstracts respectively. These two positions will both In addition to the AAP Call for Ab- change in the fall of each year. VISIT stracts, the ACOP will solicit abstract sub- We are fortunate to have several can- missions for this conference. ACOP Poster didates, who have all been significantly ACOPeds.org Only Abstract Submission Forms and involved in the college governance, for the Information (not the AAP Abstract Submis- two open slots for the Board of Trustees. for the Latest sions) will be available on the ACOP web I would be excited to have any of them be Meeting Updates www.ACOPeds.org on Thursday, March 1, participating on the Board work. Those 2007 with a deadline of April 20, 2007. candidates are Scott Cyrus, Jim Kirk, Mi- & Membership chael Hunt and J. Michael Metts. I find it Information To register, visit comforting to see the dedication and quality of leadership that any of these candidates www.pedialink.org/cmefinder 2006-2007 American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians SITES FOR SORE EYES Board of Trustees PRESIDENT Uncommon Places to Get Advice Lee J. Herskowitz, DO, FACOP* By Gregory Garvin, DO, FACOP VICE PRESIDENT Associate Editor Robert W. Hostoffer, Jr., DO, FACOP* Many of you out there I’m sure are sizes that links to a page that allows the SECRETARY-TREASURER like me in the fact that when the new year reader to calculate portions, based on using rolls around you begin to want to lose a few your hand to estimate a serving size. For Margaret A. Orcutt-Tuddenham, DO, pounds. I think that I should have called this example, the palm of an average size hand CAPT, MC, FACOP* edition Uncommon Sites for Sore Eyes… is approximately three ounces and one IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT My daughter told me to look at the “V-8” thumb tip is 1 tsp. These are nice “rules of Steven M. Snyder, DO, FACOP* diet on the Internet (www.v8juice.com ) thumb” (just kidding!) and can help parents and, at face value, I thought this would be estimate portion sizes for kids. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR a mistake. However, this site, as I’m sure There is also a link to Campbell’s Soup Stewart A. Hinckley* many other proprietary food sites, are, is home page and they have a “Wellness” *EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE just packed with helpful, sound advice website packed with useful information on written by very knowledgeable dieticians. sodium intake and blood pressure in children TRUSTEES In addition, the helpful links and “FAQs” as well as for “professionals”, too. Carl R. Backes, DO, FACOP, FAAP can be used in your everyday practice to Another thing I find interesting about Michelle Bez, DO, FACOP help in giving sound advice. The good thing this type of surfing is what brand names James E. Foy, DO, FACOP for us, as pediatricians, is that we can filter are owned by the same parent company. John W. Graneto, DO, FACOP the material, use what is good and skip For example, I was not aware that V-8 Robert G. Locke, DO, FACOP the garbage. There is a link to the “V-8” and Prego for example are part of the diet and on that web page is a link to: Campbell’s Soup “family.” Nathanael S. Brady, DO, Resident Member http://mypramid.gov. with additionsal Although I must admit this surfing Amy Sweigart, Student Representative links to “for professionals” and for infor- excursion was not initially on a mission to DIRECTOR OF CME PROGRAM mation about “kids”. Under the FAQ’s, find web sites for Sites for Sore Eyes… Scott S. Cyrus, DO, FACOP there is a link to: http://www.nhbisupport/ it turned out to be a fun and interesting com/bmi/bminojs.htm . This is a handy adventure. PUBLISHER calculator that allows you to put in height If any members have any sites they Stewart A. Hinckley and weight and calculate BMI. There is a want me to review and pass on to the ACOP link for BMI tables as well. membership, please email me at: garving@ CO-EDITORS Another handy FAQ is about portion genesishealth.com. Arnold Melnick, DO, FACOP Stewart A. Hinckley ASSOCIATE EDITORS ACOP would like to thank the following preliminary supporters Gregory Garvin, DO, FACOP Robert G. Locke, DO, FACOP 2007 Future of Pediatrics CME Conference (Joint Meeting with the American Academy of Pediatrics) Pulse is published four times a year in conjunction with the American College of Community Pediatrics, the Medical Home, and Beyond Osteopathic Pediatricians, 2209 Dickens June 29 – July 1, 2007 • Hilton in the Walt Disney World Resort • Lake Buena Vista, FL Road, Richmond, VA 330- 0 0 5 ; 877-31-ACOP or fax (804) 8-0090. GOLD LEVEL No part of this publication may be reproduced without the express written consent of ACOP. Mead Johnson Nutritionals All rights reserved. (also supporting the Conduit for Success CD Project) The American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians is not responsible for statements made by any contributor. Statements or opinions 2007 ACOP Fall Conference expressed in Pulse reflect the views of the author(s) and not necessarily the official policy of the ACOP. Genzyme Therapeutics American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians Pulse | Winter 007 prescription. (We might even recommend to our colleagues who treat adults to do the same thing; it is also valuable for grown- MELNICK ups, even though it carries less import.) Oh, yes, one more thing. I also recom- mended that a diagnosis be included. Here I hear some moaning—but a diagnosis may a t l a r g e frequently clarify for the druggist exactly what you are prescribing. And that makes By Arnold Melnick, DO, FACOP the pharmacist better able to help you—and at our own house first. We must not try to serve your patient. The old privacy issue whip others into line until we ourselves raises its ugly head, but after all, pharma- Prescriptions are compliant. cists most of the time can determine the For those who worry about litigation patient’s diagnosis from the prescription or Re-visited and HIPPA requirements, let me point out previous medication. But just in case there Last year, I wrote a letter to the editor that this is not “privacy” information—it is is a question or confusion about the name of Contemporary Pediatrics advocating pertinent, maybe life-saving, information, of a medication (poor handwriting?), why some changes in our prescription writing in and it can be available to the pharmacist not be sure by including a diagnosis. order to improve the physician-pharmacist without us.