Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Physicians Stand Out at the 19th Annual Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Meeting
Philadelphia, PA, (March 9, 2007) - Albert Einstein Healthcare Network is extremely well represented at the 19th Annual Eastern Society for Pediatric Research
meeting being held March 9th through March 11th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Philadelphia.
Matilde Irigoyen, MD, new Chair of the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at Albert Einstein Medical Center, will be a keynote
speaker and one of only 21 faculty members for the meeting, which expects more than 300 pediatricians in attendance.
Twelve other Einstein physicians are presenting seven educational sessions and scholarly papers which cover adolescent gynecology,
preventative health with urban teens, improving behavioral health care for urban teens, adolescents and weight loss, newborn
weight issues, risk factors for neonatal enterocolitis, and practice-based learning and improvement in a pediatric residency.
For presentation abstracts go to www.einstein.edu/aboutus/news and click on “News Releases”.
Einstein Department of Pediatrics presenters include:
- Jerico Alvaran, MD, Resident
- Anna Marie Carr, Pediatrics, Medical Director, Inpatient Service
- Srikant Das, MD, Resident
- Maria Fraga, MD, Resident
- Barbara Kelly, MD, Medical Director Term Nursery
- Alexis Lieberman, Director Adolescent Medicine
- Mary Beth Patterson, MD, Resident
- Agnes Salvador, MD, Attending physician, Neonatology Pediatrics
- David Schutzman, MD, Chief, Division of Neonatology
- Alan Schindler, MD, Attending physician
Collaborators in the presentations included
- Michael DeStefano, PhD, Director, Child and Teen Service, Department of Psychiatry
- Arnold Cohen, MD, Chairman, Obstetrics and Gynecology
About the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research
The goals of the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research are to create a forum in which young investigators can present their
research in a structured but relaxed atmosphere; where regional clinicians can be exposed to cutting edge clinical and basic
science; and to enable timely educational programs addressing important topic in Pediatrics.
About Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, a member of the Jefferson Health System, provides healthcare services through Albert Einstein
Medical Center, Germantown Community Health Services, Willow Terrace (a nursing home), Einstein at Elkins Park, MossRehab,
Willowcrest (a center for subacute care), Belmont Behavioral Health and a number of outpatient and satellite locations. Einstein
also operates a primary care network, Einstein Neighborhood Healthcare. For more information, visit www.einstein.edu or call
1-800-EINSTEIN.
CONTACT: Rodney Yancey
Manager, Corporate Communications
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
215-456-3922
yanceyr@einstein.edu
Publish date: March 9, 2007
