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Mark your calendars for the 37th Annual ETSU Pediatrics Conference on Saturday, August 6, 2022, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Martin Center for the Arts, Johnson City, TN. Registration opens soon! Click here for more info!

Dr. Jain and colleagues recently published Discrepancies Between the Management of Fever in Young Infants Admitted From Urban General Emergency Departments and Pediatric Emergency Departments in the Journal of Pediatric Emergency Care.

Drs. Gayatri Jaishankar and Kara Shafer attended the TNAAP Day on the Hill on Wed., March 2nd in Nashville. The day of advocacy consisted of general updates regarding current legislation, TennCare, and the TNDOH. Participants also had group and individual meetings with key legislators.

"I never thought of myself as an advocate or someone who would enjoy speaking with legislators regarding their bills. I always thought that legislators would just be stuck in their ways and vote however they want. After speaking with several of them, it seemed they really took our opinions into consideration and were eager to hear our thoughts and opinions. This won’t be my last time advocating." -- Dr. Shafer

The Department of Pediatrics was awarded a Maternal Mortality Action Project Grant. Money was awarded from the CDC through the TN Dept of Health. The new grant will allow us to continue engaging providers and community members in our region and beyond in maternal mortality prevention education, including a new podcast series, called Growing Stronger Together!

Dr. Nadia Sabri was quoted in the Huffington Post article What Pediatricians Keep On Hand For When Their Own Kids Get A Coldpublished on Nov 17, 2021

The  Baby Steps clinic is working hard to meet the needs of children with before birth drug exposure and their families. Watch the video.

Dr. Gayatri Jaishankar was interviewed for Will Vaccine Hesitancy Extend to Little Arms? Medical Experts Weigh in as Trials Seek to Soothe Concerned Parents in the Nashville Ledger. The article was published on Oct 22, 2021.

ETSU Health’s newest clinic, Pediatrics Elizabethton opened Sept. 20. The clinic will offer families general pediatric care, including preventative and acute care and immunizations. It also grants patients access to behavioral health care and ETSU Health’s extensive network of pediatric specialists The clinic is located in the same building as ETSU Ob/Gyn and staffed by Suke Singh, DO. Join our practice administrator Dawn Tipton for a virtual walkthrough of the space.

Beginning Sept. 16, the ETSU Health Pediatrics Clinic will remain open until 8 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. We know it's a struggle for working parents and adolescents who often also hold a job or participate in extra-curricular activities to schedule appointments during most clinics’ normal operating hours. We hope extended after hours will help ease this burden for families. More information here.

We're excited so many new faculty joined our department in August and September!

• Priya Jain, MD joined our Division of Hospital Medicine.
• Evelyn Artz, MD joined the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology.
• Stephanie Layne, DO, Nadia Sabri, MD, and Suke Singh, DO joined the Division of General Pediatrics.

On Aug. 7, the East Tennessee State University Department of Pediatrics hosted the 36th Annual Pediatrics Conference at the Millennium Center in Johnson City. Each year, the conference is designed to share the latest updates and best clinical practices with providers who care for children in East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, Western North Carolina and Southeast Kentucky. This year the conference was offered in a hybrid format allowing people to attend both in person and virtually. Read more...