Department Highlights
Our department engages in numerous academic and community-based activities throughout the year. Whether we are engaging as a department or individually, our commitment to professional development and community service unites us. Take a look at some of our community engagement, professional development, and wellness highlights.
Faculty and Residents Speak at National NMA Conference | July-August 2022
The Department of Pediatrics was well represented as we had robust participation at
the NMA National Conference last year. The Pediatrics Residents represented their
program with posters and oral case report presentations by Dr. Miranda Nortey, Dr.
Tam Tran, Dr. Bhavana Nagareddy, Dr. Chyna Taylor, and Dr. Khadijah Haq. The pediatrics
faculty were leading the way with oral presentations and workshops done by Dr. Jason
Payne (Sickle Cell Disease Treatment), Dr. David Inwards-Breland (Dr. Lynn Gardner,
Pediatrics Residency Program Director and Interim Department Chair and Psychiatry
Interim Chair and CAP Fellowship Program Director, Dr. Sarah Vinson, took part in
a panel discussion regarding integrated care and approaches to training the next generation
of pediatricians using a model that combines the expertise of Pediatricians and Child
and Adolescent Psychiatrists. Pediatrics adjunct faculty member, Dr. Kathi Earles,
and Mark Griffiths gave presentations on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Childhood
Obesity and COVID 19 and Community Engagement respectively.
The sessions were moderated by Dr. Yasmin Tyler Hill, immediate past chair of the Department of Pediatrics and current Pediatrics Section Chair for NMA, and Dr. Yolanda Wimberly Immediate past DIO for GME and now adjunct faculty in the department of pediatrics.
Pediatrics Department Participates in Wellness and Welcome Event | August 2022
Each year the department faculty and staff as well as our families get together to
celebrate the previous year and to get the new academic year off to a positive start.
This year, we met at Top Golf for fun, food, and fellowship. A great time was had
by all.
Pediatrics Department Participates in Annual Retreat | September 2022
To discover current state of the department and to cast vision for our future, the
department spent 2 days away from clinical duties to learn more about each other.
We discovered our professional and personal passions and are now allowing this to
guide the approach to our collective service to children, especially those in underserved
and marginalized communities.
MSM Pediatrics/OB/Psychiatry Faculty Participate in Reproductive Justice Seminar | December 2022
A reproductive Justice Seminar took place on December 2, 2022. MSM Psychiatry Interim
Chair and CAP Program Director, Dr. Sarah Vinson was the lead organizer for the event.
Dr. Lynn Gardner, Pediatrics Interim Chair along with Psychiatry Associate Residency
Director Dr. Sheril Kalarithara, were 2 of the panelists. The seminar began with a
Keynote Address by Professor Jill Morrison, JD, LLM, Director of the Women鈥檚 Law and
Public Policy Fellowship and visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown Law. This was
followed by a multidisciplinary panel about various aspects of health and illness
impacted by Reproductive Justice. The event concluded with local resource sharing
and opportunities for informational exchange.
Pediatrics Residents Spend Time at the Capital as Advocates for Georgia鈥檚 Children
| February/March 2023
One of our signature residency rotations is the Advocacy block. The goal of the rotation
is to provide learners with knowledge of the policy making process and the leadership
skills needed to develop meaningful community partnerships and to inform policies
to improve the health of their patients and communities. [Photo information- Pictured
are Morehouse Pediatrics Residents: Drs. Hinds-Pereira, Reasor, and Joseph just outside
the Georgia State Capital in Atlanta.
Pediatrics Faculty Give Presentation at 33rd Annual Conference on Breastfeeding | March 2023
Morehouse faculty member, Dr. Marche Smith will give a presentation entitled 鈥淎ssessing
Breastfeeding Documentation Among Providers鈥 at the Annual Conference on Breastfeeding
sponsored by Emory University School of Medicine and Children鈥檚 Healthcare of Atlanta.
Pediatrics Faculty Accepted to the 2023 Clinical Addiction Research and Education
CARE Faculty Scholars (CFS) Programs in Addiction Medicine | April 2023
This program aims to equip participants with the tools needed to create, implement,
and evaluate addiction medicine programs and curricula through completion of a year-long
Addiction Medicine Enhancement Project. The target audience for the CARE Faculty Scholars
Program is residency program and medical school leadership and faculty in primary
care-based specialties (e.g., internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN),
psychiatry, and emergency medicine.
Pediatrics Faculty Present Workshops at Annual COMSEP Conference | April 2023
MSM Pediatrics Faculty Drs. Latasha Bogues and Lori Singleton are presenters/facilitators
at several workshops at the 2023 COMSEP National conference. Dr. Singleton鈥檚 workshop
is entitled 鈥淐reating or Optimizing a Visiting Elective at Your Institution for URIM
Students: Best Practices and Pitfalls鈥 and Associate Clerkship Director, Dr. Bogues鈥
2 workshops are entitled 鈥淏uilding resilience in Medicine鈥 and 鈥淣avigating Professional
Identity Development in our Learners鈥.