News & Events : Honors & Awards

Cynthia Kelly, M.D., Children’s Specialty Group, was promoted to the rank of Professor, Department of Pediatrics.

Kenji Cunnion, M.D., Children’s Specialty Group, was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Pediatrics.

Angela Hogan, M.D., Children’s Specialty Group, was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics.

Theresa E. Guins, MD,
Children’s Specialty Group, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Division of Emergency Medicine
Dr. Theresa Guins was Instrumental in Senate Bill #228, adding EMS providers to the list of mandated reporters of child abuse/neglect. The bill has been unanimously passed by the Senate and now moves to the House for approval. If passed and signed by the Governor, the education division of the State Office of EMS, in conjunction with the EMS for Children program, will then begin a statewide education process to ensure that all EMS providers are trained in recognizing signs of child abuse/neglect and the proper channels for reporting their suspicions.

Dr. Guins was also asked by the State Office of Emergency Medical Services and the Commissioner of the State Health Department to join the Regional EMS Council Designation Service Area Process Action Team. This will be a group of 14 individuals from around the state selected to review and make recommendations regarding the re-designation of the EMS Regional Councils and their service areas.

Joel S. Brenner, MD, MPH
Children’s Specialty Group, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Sports Medicine and Adolescent Medicine Dr. Brenner’s article, Overdoing It in Youth Sports, was named one of the top ten pediatric stories of 2007 by Journal Watch Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, January 2008, Vol. 7 No. 1.

Other recent accomplishments include:

• Appointment to the Preparticipation Physical Evaluation working group to write the new monograph/ guidelines for sports physicals.
• Reappointment as the AAP representative to the Joint Commission on Sports Medicine and Science.
• Presented to the Virginia Beach Recreational Basketball Coaches on "Recognition of Common Sports Injuries."
• Named Co-Medical Director of the Shamrock Sportsfest Marathon / Half-marathon/ 8K
• Became one of the Team physicians for Virginia Wesleyan College.

L. Matthew Frank, MD, Children’s Specialty Group, was selected to serve on the Pediatric Content Committee of the American Epilepsy Society which also serves as a subcommittee for epilepsy topics to the Child Neurology Society.

November 2007

Faiqa A. Qureshi MD, Children’s Specialty Group, received a special letter of commendation from the American Heart Association for her volunteer contribution to the Pediatric Resuscitation Subcommittee of the Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) Committee. The Pediatric Resuscitation Subcommittee is tasked with reviewing the relevant resuscitation science and developing guidelines for resuscitation. In addition, the members of the Subcommittee are responsible for translating those guidelines into training materials for basic life support, and neonatal and pediatric advanced life support. The guidelines serve as the resource to guide resuscitation nationally and internationally.

Ed Karotkin, MD, Children’s Specialty Group, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, and Joel Clingenpeel, MD, CSG, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, were recently awarded the "Member of Honor" induction into the Dominican Society of Pediatrics.