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Committees
Access
John Meurer, MD Chair
414.277.8951
Tim Corden, MD Vice Chair
414.266.2457
Access Committee Report October 2007
If you would like to join the WIAAP Access to Care Committee to advocate for children's access to health insurance and services, contact Dr. Meurer
Asthma Committee Report January 2008
AAP Endorsed Principles on Access:
- Every child must have quality health insurance.
- Health insurance should be a right, regardless of income, for all children, pregnant women, their families, and ultimately all individuals.
- All health insurance plans should have a comprehensive age appropriate benefits package such as that of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
- All children should have access to primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists, pediatric surgical specialists, pediatric mental and dental professionals, and hospitals with appropriate pediatric expertise.
- All health plans should have payment rates that assure children receive all recommended and needed health services.
- Health insurance should be fully portable and provide continuous coverage.
- Administrative aspects should be streamlined and simplified.
- Families should have a choice of clinician(s).
- Health plans should complement and coordinate with existing maternal and child health programs to ensure maximum health benefits to families.
Adolescent Medicine
Sarah Lerand, MD Chair
414.337.7023
Committee Report April 2008
Child Abuse and Neglect
Barbara Knox, MD Chair
Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Sharon Fleischfresser, MD Chair
608.266.3674
John Gordon, MD Vice Chair
414.962.8017
Michelle Urban, MD
414.220.7131
Committee Report January 2007
Goals of this Committee are:
- All children and youth with special health care needs will be identified through early and continuous screening
- All children and youth with special health care needs receive family-centered, comprehensive, coordinated, culturally-effective care within the context of a Medical Home
- Youth with special healthcare needs are transitioned to adult health care services
The Committee works to accomplish these goals by promoting education and learning
opportunities for pediatricians, other health care providers, and children and
youth with special health care needs and their families.
Recent activities of this Committee have focused on promotion of the Medical Home concept
through a Medical Home Summit and creation of the Wisconsin Medical Home toolkit available
at www.wimedicalhometoolkit.aap.org; youth
transitions; and developmental screening. Efforts continue to promote early hearing detection
and intervention in Wisconsin. In 2007, the Committee will continue to promote the Medical Home
concept in partnership with Family Voices of Wisconsin, Parent to Parent of Wisconsin, the
Regional CYSHCN Centers and other key statewide partners. See the attached 2006 CYSHCN Committee
Annual report to learn more.
Early Childhood, Adoption, and Dependent Care
Mala Mathur, MD Chair
608.831.1766
Mark Simms, MD Vice Chair
414.266.2924
Committee Report January 2008
This committee is working in collaboration with other committees to improve the quality of care for children within the medical home.
The early childhood initiatives of this committee have been focused on developmental screening and helping to educate providers of
pediatric care in Wisconsin about best practices for developmental screening as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The foster care initiatives include monitoring foster care situations in various regions of the state and working to advocate for
foster children in Wisconsin. Currently, the Committee is promoting home visiting as a primary preventive measure of violence and
advocates for legislation in this regard on behalf of the Chapter.
Emergency Medicine and Disaster Preparedness
Thomas Brazelton, MD Chair
608.263.8901
Molly Stevens, MDVice Chair
414.607.1855
Joanne Selkurt, MD
Committee Report April 2007
Fetus and Newborn
Kyle Mounts, MD Chair
262.375.9865
Infectious Disease/Pediatric Aids/Immunization
James Conway, MD Chair
608.265.6020
Svapna Sabnis, MD Vice Chair
414.277.8900
Peter Havens, MD
414.456.4122
Committee Report April 2008
This Committee
provides information and guidance to Chapter membership on immunization
and infectious disease topics important to the timely care of children.
The Committee educates members on changes in immunization recommendations
and their application to office practice. The Committee solicits
feedback from Chapter members about immunization practices and disseminates
the results back to Wisconsin pediatricians so that they can compare
their practices with those of their peers. Committee members participate
on several Wisconsin State panels including the Wisconsin Council
for Immunization Practices and the Wisconsin Perinatal Testing Advisory
Group to assure input that protects the health and rights of children.
Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention
Jeffrey Britton, MD Chair
920.457.4461
Kathleen Barkow, MD Vice Chair
414.437.0431
Committee Report April 2008
This Committee is dedicated to the prevention of unintentional and intentional
injury of children in Wisconsin and across the United States. The prevention of
injury includes endorsement of injury epidemiology and data gathering; professional
and public education; environmental and technological change; and enactment and
enforcement of legislation. This Committee also promotes the National AAP's
Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention (COIPP) policy statements on childhood injury.
Legislative
Tim Corden, MD Chair
414.266.4846
Carl Eisenberg, MD Vice Chair
414.352.3100
Kathryn Nichol, MD
November to May: 941.373.1233
May to November: 608.255.9854
LuAnne Moraski, MD
414.456.7178
Patricia Quigley
608.692.8423
Jeanine Swenson, MD
Committee Report October 2007
This Committee
guides Chapter members when working on legislative issues and works
closely with the State Medical Society of Wisconsin when working
on specific issues. The Committee organizes Legislative Days and
provides lobbying education for Chapter members. Chapter members
are sent to the AAP Conferences: the Legislative Conference and
the Advocacy Summit.
Media and Communication
Holly Falik, MD Chair
262.781.5980
Jeffrey Britton, MD Vice Chair
920.457.4461
Carl Eisenberg, MD
414.352.3100
Michael O'Halloran, MD
715.835.2388
Membership
Ken Yen, MD Chair
414-266-3190
Committee Report January 2008
Mental Health
Dave Skripka Chair
608.332.1786
Jeanine Swenson, MD
Committee members
have educated health care providers regarding domestic violence
including its relationship to child abuse. The Committee has monitored
child abuse and custody laws, as well as revisions to the juvenile
justice code and has represented the Chapter's views in these situations.
Quality Improvement
Ramesh Sachdeva, MD Chair
Committee Report January 2007
Minorities and Health Disparities
Earnestine Willis, MD
414.456.4131
Committee Report October 2007
Reports from
the AAP Committee on Native American Child Health (CONACH) are received
and reviewed. The Committee provides Chapter assistance to the Great
Lakes Indian Tribal Council. Information regarding the AAP/IHS locum
tenens project is distributed to the membership to link pediatricians
with the Indian Health Service and Tribal Health Centers to provide
care where needed. The Committee Coordinator maintains contact with
health officials from the Indian Health Service and Tribal Health
Projects so that technical assistance can be offered when appropriate.
Senior
Section
Michael O'Halloran, MD Chair
715.835.2388
Carl Eisenberg, MD Vice Chair
414.352.3100
Cedor Aronow, MD
414.352.1342
Committee Report January 2007
This section was established in response to the desire of many Wisconsin pediatricians to stay connected to the chapteras a way on continuing their carrer-long interest in promoting the welfare of children.
To that end, the section has established the following goals:
-Helping pediatricians with retirement problems
-Facilitating volunteerism
-Offering help to recent retirees ans soon-to-be retirees.
-Having and advocacy role.
-Helping with the writing of a chapter history.
-Mentoring of pediatricians just starting practice.
Sports
Medicine
David
Bernhardt, MD Chair
608.263.8557
Committee Report April 2008
This Committee
develops educational information such as a fitness brochure for
patients to be distributed to schools and primary care physicians
throughout the state. Members work as liaison with the Governor's
Council of Physical Fitness in an advisory capacity. Other activities
include working to develop guidelines regarding insurance coverage
for high school athletes in the state and promoting daily physical
activity for children, adolescents, and families throughout the
state.
Substance Abuse
Patricia Kokotailo, MD (UW) Chair
608.263.0423
Committee Report April 2008
