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April 2013 Newsletter Article

Happy Spring!

The 2013 Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting in Washington, DC is just a few weeks away! I imagine many of you are busy working with your trainees to finalize posters and oral presentations, and setting up conference calls to review collaborative workshops. If you haven't started to peruse the preliminary PAS meeting program guide make sure you give yourself some planning time to make your personalized schedule. The PAS meeting is always a great chance to re-connect with colleagues and establish new professional connections with APA members. On Saturday, May 4^th Paul Chung, Benard Dreyer and Thomas McInerny will lead a special PAS State of the Art Plenary, "A National Agenda to End Childhood Poverty." Be sure to check out Benard's Past President's column in this month's newsletter for more details about this exciting session. You also won't want to miss the Public Policy Council Topic Symposium on Child Health Policy in the New 113^th Congress (10:30-12:30pm on Saturday, May 4^th). The APA Presidential Plenary and Armstrong Lecture will be held on Monday, May 6^th 1:30-5:15pm. Check out David Jaffe's column for a detailed listing of events and activities as well as a special announcement about Marge Degnon. As always, the meeting will be packed with poster and platform sessions, workshops, mini-courses, invited science presentations, hot topic symposia and much more. Are you interested in using mind-body approaches to help children through procedures? Check out the Integrative Pediatrics SIG meeting. Are you looking for tips to enhance your teaching skills for medical students in community settings? Be sure to attend the joint Teaching in Community Settings and Medical Education SIG meeting. The Hospital Medicine SIG has an exciting agenda planned for the meeting. These are just a few of the 39 SIGs who will be meeting in DC. Be sure to check out this month's newsletter and the PAS program for details and meeting times. On Monday, May 6^th be sure to wake up early and start your day at your APA Regional Breakfast at 7:00am! Check out the Region Co-Chair updates in this month's newsletter for details about breakfast meeting times and locations. Get ready for PAS in Washington, DC!

Barry Solomon
Communications Director
Academic Pediatric Association
bsolomon@jhmi.edu

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