American Academy of Pediatrics

Section on Emergency Medicine

May 4th, 2014

Overview

• Introductions

• Report from Steering Committee

• Report from Collaborators

• New Studies

• Discussion

Steering committee

Chair: Anupam Kharbanda

Associate Chair: Lise Nigrovic

Data Center: Andrea Cruz

Membership/Roster Website Maintenance: Todd Chang

Mentorship: Joseph Zorc, Rachel Stanley, and Denise Dowd

PERN: Charles Macias

Professional Societies Liaison: Lei Chen, Marc Auerbach

Research Networks Liaison: Prashant Mahajan

Surveys: Rakesh Mistry

AGENDA

• Report from Steering Committee

– Ken Graff award

• 19 applicants/9 full proposals

– NEDARC grant workshop award

– Survey competition

AGENDA

• Update from International Collaborators (10 minutes)

– REPEM – Research in European Emergency Medicine: Santi Mintegi

– PERN: Charles Macias

• Report from Survey Competition Winner (5 minutes)

– Michelle Pickett

AGENDA

• New Studies (20 minutes)

– Bedside Ultrasound for Intussusception

• Keith Cross

– HSV Study

• Andrea Cruz

STUDY Update

StudyCollaborative

NumberofInstitutions

Numberofpatients

Numberofpublications

RelatedStudies

UTI 19 2477 2

1paperunderreview

1additionalpaperplanned

Appendicitis 10 2605 5

1. CT/Contrastinprogress

2. Timetoimaginginprogress

POISE 25 527(interns)

2abstracts 12posters/6pubs

H1N1PERNStudy

75 321 1publication

2abstracts

Issues/Discussion

• Changes to Data-Center

– Cost-sharing

– Award option

• Increasing participation

– Website updates

– Mentorship

– Increasing fellow participation

Next Meeting

Annual Meeting

AAP

Sunday 12-1:30pm, October 12th