PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY COMMITTEE MEMBERS Yolanda Rivas, MD, FACG, Chair Muhammad A. Altaf, MD Thomas M. Attard, MD Adrian Chapa-Rodriguez, MD Maridine L. Co, MD, FACG
Sandeep Kumar Gupta, MD, FACG Girish Hiremath, MD, MPH Anjali Malkani, MD Kalyan Ray Parashette, MD, FACG Girish Rao, MD, FACG
RESPONSIBILITIES AS STATED IN THE ACG BYLAWS This Committee shall be responsible for promoting the exchange through the College both for what ACG can do to better serve the interests of pediatric gastroenterologists and pediatric patient populations and serving generally as a channel through which pediatric gastroenterologists can contribute to the improvement and benefit of the College and its members, assisting with efforts to actively encourage membership of pediatric gastroenterologists in the College, developing means to increase participation and visibility of pediatric gastroenterologists within the College generally, encouraging submission of papers relating to pediatric gastroenterology to The American Journal of Gastroenterology, and identifying and bringing forth ideas to make the ACG Annual Meeting more attractive to pediatric gastroenterologists.
OBJECTIVES
COMMITTEE REPORT 1. We continue to reach out to all Pediatric GI Fellowship Program Training Directors by email to encourage pediatric GI fellows to join the ACG and attend the Annual Meeting. 2. We emailed Pediatric GI Fellowship Program Directors to make them aware of the opportunity for their fellows to apply for open positions on the 2021-2022 Editorial Board for ACG Case Reports Journal.
3. The Committee worked with the ACG Education staff for the second consecutive year to secure American Board of Pediatrics MOC points for the 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course. 4. Dr. Thomas Attard’s manuscript on Hereditary Polyposis transition guidance was published in AJG: ACG Clinical Report and Recommendations on Transition of Care in Children and Adolescents With Hereditary Polyposis Syndromes Authors: Attard, Thomas M. MD; Burke, Carol A. MD; Hyer, Warren MD; Durno, Carol MD; Hurley, Karen E. PhD; Lawson, Caitlin E. MS, CGC; Church, James MD; Cohen, Shlomi MD; Maddux, Michele H. PhD on behalf of the Pediatric Committee of the American College of Gastroenterology. Published: The American Journal of Gastroenterology: February 16, 2021 – Volume Publish Ahead of Print – Issue – doi: 10.14309/ ajg.0000000000001140 5. Dr. Cheryl Gariepy has submitted a guidance document on transitioning pediatric patients with chronic pancreatitis to adult care to AJG and a manuscript revision is underway. 6. Drs. Thomas Attard, Girish Hiremath and Kaylan Ray Parashette were appointed mentors/advisors to the ACG Case Reports Journal Editorial Board 7. Dr. Sandeep Gupta’s report on Pediatric Eosinophilic GI Disorders was added to the ACG Education Universe. 8. We have supported the ACG and NASPGHAN’s position on the ban of rare earth magnets from the market due to serious injuries sustained by children who accidentally ingest them. 9. Future project: Assessing adult GI practitioner readiness for providing care to adolescent and young adult patients with special GI needs as they transition from pediatric care to adult health care models. The Committee is designing a survey study to address gaps in training that adult GI attendings encounter when taking care of adolescents and young adults. The survey would be disease specific – short gut, nutrition parental and enteral, IBD, EOE, cloacal malformation, neurological conditions with GI needs, and endoscopy. 2020–2021 ACG AWARDS & LEADERSHIP | 73
ACG LEADERSHIP
1. Increase the membership level of pediatric gastroenterologists in the ACG. 2. Promote the benefits of ACG membership for pediatric gastroenterologists. 3. Increase level of involvement in the ACG Annual Meeting by pediatric gastroenterologists. 4. Encourage the submission of abstracts for the Annual Meeting. 5. Encourage the submission of manuscripts to The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 6. Encourage increased Committee representation by pediatric gastroenterologists.
Yolanda Rivas, MD, FACG
