2008

• Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Planning and Development, is the 2008 recipient of the John Howland Medal from the American Pediatric Society. The APS John Howland Award has been given since 1952, to honor those who, by their contribution to pediatrics, have aided in its advancement. It is the highest award for the American Pediatric Society in North America. With this award, Dick Johnston joins other Howland Award winners from the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine: Harry Gordon, MD, C. Henry Kempe, MD, and Frederick C. Battaglia, MD.
  
  
• M. Douglas Jones, Jr., MD, Chair-elect of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Pediatrics and former Chair of Pediatrics, was named the recipient of the 2008 Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Leadership Award by the Federation of Pediatric Organizations. The Award honors an individual who has extraordinary leadership skills, has been a role model for others to emulate, and in the tradition of Dr. St. Geme, has created a future for our discipline.
  
  
• William W. Hay, Jr., MD, is President of the American Pediatric Society.
  
  
• James K. Todd, MD, received the Distinguished Physician Award from the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society at the American Pediatric Society's annual meeting in May.
  
  
• Myron J. Levin, MD was inducted into the Pinnacles of Inventorship by the University of Colorado's Technology Transfer Office.
  
  
• Lia Gore, MD, and Deborah A. DeRyckere, PhD, received the New Inventors of the Year award from the University of Colorado’s Technology Transfer Office. Their research is focused on treating cancers and leukemias using a variety of compound combinations.
  
  

     2007

• Michael Kappy, MD, PhD, Steven Poole, MD, Keren Call, MD, and Michael Kurtz, MD, received the Career Teaching Scholar Award from the Department of Pediatrics
  
  
• U.S. News and World Report ranked the University of Colorado School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics 7th in the country
  
  
• Bill Hay is President-elect of the American Pediatric Society
  
  
• Andrew Sirotnak given the Champions in Healthcare Award from the Denver Business Journal, awarded to healthcare professionals excelling through innovation, professional accomplishments and community leadership
  
  
• Steve Berman received the Ambulatory Pediatric Association’s Advocacy Award and Kristen Crossman and Lou Hampers received the Fellows Clinical Research Award at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ annual meeting
  
  
• Kathryn Wells received the National Collaborative Leadership Award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
  
  
• Randy Wilkening elected first Vice President of the UPI Board of Directors
  
  
• Mike Schaffer received the Pacemaker Award from the American Heart Association
  
  
• Robin Shandas received the Inventor of the Year award from the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
  
  
• Arleta Rewers named Medical Director for the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute
  
  
• Andrew Sirotnak invited for a visiting professorship day to his medical school and residency alma mater, Jefferson Medical College. His lecture will be Abusive Head Trauma (Shaken Baby Syndrome): Three Decades of Identification, Controversy and Prevention
  
  
• U.S. News and World Report updated its rankings of Physician Assistant programs for its America's Best Graduate Schools 2008 publication, ranking the Child Health Associate/Physician Assistant program in the top ten
  
  
• Steve Berman was interviewed for NPR on Ear Tube Implants; the story aired on NPR's Morning Edition radio show
  
  

     2006

• U.S. News and World Report ranked the University of Colorado School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics 7th in the country
  
  
• Doug Jones honored with a Festschrift Educational Program on the Future of Pediatrics, sponsored by the University of Colorado School of Medicine and The Children’s Hospital
  
  
• David Kaplan given the Section on Adolescent Health Founders of Adolescent Health Award by the American Academy of Pediatrics
  
  
• Doug Jones is a Co-Editor of the textbook "Oski's Pediatrics: Principles and Practice"; recipient of the Dr. Minnie C. T. Love "Medicine" Award, The Children's Hospital Foundation
  
  
• George Eisenbarth awarded the 2006 Pasteur-Weizmann / Servier International Prize in Biomedical Research (Therapeutics)
  
  
• Michael Narkewicz named President of The Children's Hospital Medical Staff
  
  
• Bill Hay elected Vice President/President-Elect of the American Pediatric Society; Co-Winner of the 1st SPARK Conference of the Society for Pediatric Research; March of Dimes Agnes Higgins Award, in recognition of a career achievement in the impact of maternal nutrition on infant health
  
  
• Judith Sondheimer chosen to receive the Shwachman Award by the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
  
  
• Steve Poole is Executive Director of the Colorado Children's Healthcare Access Program, whose mission is to enable private pediatric practice to devote at least 10% of their practice to providing a medical home for low-income children; he received a five-year grant to train health care providers in cultural competency and to develop the supports needed to enable all pediatric practices in Colorado to accept Medicaid and CHP+ children
  
  
• Harley Rotbart and Roger Giller received Outstanding Service Awards from The Children's Hospital Medical Staff
  
  
• Robert Garcea received the Inventor of the Year award from the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
  
  
• James Todd, MD, published a new book, "On Track to Quality," a fictional work exploring the meaning of quality in its many forms, including services, products and quality of life. The book has been called by Richard Lamm, former governor of Colorado, "a metaphorical journey in search of 'quality' that is both wise and entertaining."
  
  
• Mark Duncan appointed Associate Editor of the Journal of Experimental Biology and Medicine (Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics Section)
  
  
• David Olds received the Child Health and Welfare Award from the Colorado Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
  
  
• Marian Rewers' Diabetes Autoimmunity Study in the Young (DAISY) was distinguished by the NIH as a "merit" award and extended for an additional 5 years by the National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Institute. This population-based study will now be funded continuously for 18 years. It has led to at least 5 other major NIH projects in diabetes, celiac disease and rheumatology
  
  
• Douglas Graham received the New Inventor of the Year award from the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
  
  
• Ann-Christine Nyquist given the Tom Knorr Community Leadership Award by Urban Peak in recognition of outstanding leadership in supporting the mission of the agency in assisting youth improve their lives; received the MSPH Program Clinical/Affiliated Faculty Recognition Award
  
  
• Kristen Nadeau, MD, received the Metabolism Scholar Award from the American Federation for Medical Research Western Meeting
  
  
• Ellen Roy Elias, MD, named an editor for the 4th edition of the textbook "Developmental/ Behavioral Pediatrics"
  
  
• Laurie Bernstein received the Creative Nutrition Education Award from the American Dietetic Association Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group
  
  
• Satish Garg appointed editor of Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics
  
  
• Marilyn Manco-Johnson this year presents the results of a randomized clinical trial of hemophilia therapy in young children to 7,000 people at the American Society of Hematology. The paper was ranked one of 6 of the best papers submitted and 1 of 4 to be given a press conference.
  
  
• Carol Walton elected Chair of the Credentials Committee for the Board of Directors of the American Board of Genetic Counseling
  
  
• Jacob Friedman invited to serve a 5-year term on the editorial board of the Journal of Biological Chemistry; editor of textbook, "New Transcription Factors and Their Role in Diabetes and its Treatment, Advances in Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology"; External Examiner for the European Association for the Study of Diabetes and Pregnancy
  
  
• Anita Glicken appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Physician Assistant Education; received the Best Innovation Poster Award from the Western Group on Educational Affairs, Association of American Medical Colleges
  
  
• Steven Federico awarded a Physician Advocacy Fellowship by the Institute on Medicine as a Profession
  
  
• Mark Boguniewicz given the Richard S. Farr Memorial Lectureship by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
  
  
• Richard Johnston, Jr. is Chair of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Training Physicians for the Public Health Work Force
  
  

     2005

• Ranked second among all medical school-based Departments of Pediatrics in National Institutes of Health awards
  
  
• Marian Rewers received the 2005 Kelly West Award from the American Diabetes Association
  
  
• Myron Levin given a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Varicella-Zoster Research Foundation and appointed Editor of the Journal of Clinical Virology
  
  
• Richard Krugman appointed Chair-Elect of the Association of American Medical Colleges; received the Anne Cohn Donnelly Leadership Award from Prevent Child Abuse America
  
  
• David Kaplan received the Kathleen Ann Mullen Award for outstanding contributions in the field of adolescent health from the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society for Adolescent Medicine; James E. Strain Award in Pediatrics from The Children's Hospital Medical Staff; Dr. Minnie C.T. Love "Medicine" Award from The Children's Hospital Foundation
  
  
• John Githens received the Distinguished Service Award from University of Colorado
  
  
• Bill Hay given the American Academy of Pediatrics Nutrition Award
  
  
• Anita Glicken elected President-Elect of the Physician Assistant Education Association
  
  
• Jeff Wagener was given the Breath of Life Award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Colorado Chapter for his contributions to the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis
  
  
• Carol Kamin, Robin Deterding and Monica Younger selected for the University of Colorado President’s Faculty Excellence Award for Advancing Teaching and Learning through Technology
  
  
• Cara Mack received the American Liver Foundation's Pediatric Research Abstract Prize
  
  
• Robin Deterding received the First Annual Dean's Curriculum Innovation Award for Development of the New School of Medicine Curriculum from the University of Colorado President's Learning Academy
  
  
• Gary Larsen given the Pediatric Clinician of the Year Award from National Jewish Medical and Research Center
  
  
• Ed Goldson received the James E. Strain Award in Pediatrics from The Children's Hospital Medical Staff and the C. Henry Kempe Award for Outstanding Teaching from the Department of Pediatrics
  
  
• Steve Berman given the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Coummunity Service Award and the Colorado Children's Campaign Children's Champion Award
  
  
• Bart Schmitt received a 51^st annual Jesse Neal National Business Journalism Award for an article in Contemporary Pediatrics
  
  
• Doug Jones appointed Chair of the American Board of Pediatrics Education Committee
  
  
• Kevin Staley appointed Associate Editor of the Journal of Neuroscience and Inaugural Chair of the Gordon Research Conference: "Mechanisms of Epilepsy and Neuronal Synchronization" [to be held 2006]
  
  
• Lucy Miller received the Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award from the State of Colorado Division of Civil Rights
  
  
• Deborah Fidler invited as a Keynote Speaker for the Fourth International Symposium on Down Syndrome Specificity in Palma de Majorca, Spain
  
  
• Andrew Sirotnak given an Outstanding Research in Child Abuse Award at the 2005 San Diego Child Maltreatment Conference
  
  
• Mark Anderson received the Children's Environmental Health Excellence Award from the Environmental Protection Agency
  
  
• Alison Brent received the Codman Award for Process Improvement in the Emergency Department from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organization
  
  
• Elaine Spector elected to a 6-year term on the Board of Directors of the American College of Medical Genetics
  
  
• Jed Friedman invited to participate as a panelist in the 2005 NIH Consensus Development Conference on the Impact of Maternal Obesity on Fetal Growth and Obesity
  
  
• Cara Mack received the Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award from the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation and was voted as having the best abstract by a junior faculty member (adult or pediatric) at the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLDD) meeting
  
  
• Nancy Krebs is Chair of the Committee on Nutrition, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2001-2005; Member of the Food and Nutrition Board, National Academy of Sciences/Institute of Medicine
  
  
• George Eisenbarth given the Josiah Kirby Lilly, Sr. Distinguished Service Award by the Indiana American Diabetes Association
  
  
• Richard Spritz awarded the Tanioku Kihei Memorial Lectureship by the Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology
  
  
• Carol Kamin appointed Program Chair for the Association of American Medical Colleges' 2005 Western Group on Educational Affairs and member of the National Editorial Board of MedEdPORTAL, sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges
  
  
• Robert Clyman appointed to the Surgeon General’s Workshop on Child Maltreatment and invited to give a presentation
  
  
• Carol Walton elected to the Board of Directors of the American Board of Genetic Counseling
  
  

     2003-2004

• Henry Sondheimer, Mike Schaffer, Paul Moe, Julie Parsons, Bradford Miller, and Eric Sigel ranked among the "Top Doctors in Denver" by 5280: Denver Mile High Magazine
  
  
• Jim Hill appointed Editor-in-Chief of Obesity Management
  
  
• Mike Schaffer received the inaugural Fern Primack "Heart Who Cares" award from the Little Hearts Luncheon Committee/ The Children's Hospital Foundation
  
  
• Howard Chilton, former fellow in Neonatology, published a new parenting book, "Baby on Board: Understanding What Your Baby Needs."
  
  
• Frederick Battaglia awarded the John Howland Medal at the Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting and an Honorary Degree from the University of Colorado
  
  
• Richard Krugman selected as the 2003 Awardee for Outstanding Service to Maltreated Children by the American Academy of Pediatrics
  
  
• Doug Jones received the James E. Strain Award in Pediatrics from The Children's Hospital Medical Staff
  
  
• Jacinto Hernández elected to the Governing Council of the American Hospital Association's Section of Maternal and Child Health
  
  
• David Kaplan received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the National Assembly on School-Based Health Care
  
  
• Bill Hay appointed Chair of the National Institutes of Health Pregnancy and Neonatology Study Section
  
  
• F. Keith Battan named Chair of the State Emergency Medical and Trauma Services Advisory Council
  
  
• Brian Greffe and Henry Sondheimer received Outstanding Service Awards from The Children's Hospital Medical Staff
  
  
• Robin Deterding received the Chancellor's Teaching Award from the University of Colorado School of Medicine
  
  
• Robert Harmon received the Kempe Award for an Outstanding Professional in Child Abuse and Neglect from the Kempe Children's Foundation
  
  
• Doug Jones appointed as James C. Overall Visiting Professor by Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
  
  
• Michael Kappy received the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Citation
  
  
• Chris Nyquist received the Clinical/Affiliated Faculty Recognition Award from the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics at UCHSC
  
  
• Frank Accurso appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and to the Board of Directors of Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc.
  
  
• Doug Jones received the High Hopes Award from Children’s Diabetes Foundation
  
  
• George Eisenbarth received the Cataldo Cassano Award for Special Research Achievements in Endocrinology and Clinical Sciences from the University of La Sapienza, Rome
  
  
• Brian Greffe received the Gary Way Award for Outstanding Teaching from the Department of Pediatrics
  
  
• Ronald Sokol given the 2003 American Academy of Pediatrics Nutrition Award
  
  
• Doug Jones elected to the Board of Directors of the American Board of Pediatrics and Chair of the Pediatric Residency Review Committee for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
  
  
• Ron Sokol elected to the Hall of Honor by the Cincinnati Pediatric Historical Society
  
  
• Meica Efird received the Outstanding PhD Student Award for the Health Services Research Track from the Clinical Science PhD Program, UCHSC
  
  
• Max Elliott, James McGinnis, Mary Arthur, Mimi Glodé and Wallace White received the Career Teaching Scholar Award from the Department of Pediatrics
  
  
• Kurt Stenmark appointed to the Research Advisory Committee, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
  
  
• Nancy Krebs and Reginald Washington appointed Co-Chairs of the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Childhood Obesity
  
  
• Peter Mourani and Kristen Nadeau received the Outstanding Certificate Student Award for the Clinical Investigation Track from the Clinical Science PhD Program, UCHSC
  
  
• Robin Deterding selected President-Elect of the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics
  
  
• Larry Meuli received the American Medical Association 2004 Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service
  
  
• Lee Niswander from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute joins the Department
  
  

     2001-2002

• U.S. News & World Report ranked The Children's Hospital as one of the nation's best
  
  
• The National Institutes of Health ranked the Department of Pediatrics grant total first among state medical schools for the second year
  
  
• Doug Jones appointed Chair of the Subspecialties Committee of the American Board of Pediatrics
  
  
• James Todd received the Jules Amer Chair in Community Pediatrics
  
  
• Andrew Sirotnak received the 2002 Friend of Children Award from the Advocates for Children, CASA (Court-Appointed Special Advocates) for Arapahoe, Douglas, Lincoln and Elbert Counties
  
  
• Gerald Merenstein and Sandra Gardner's book, Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care, given the Book of the Year Award by the American Journal of Nursing
  
  
• Barton Schmitt and Paul Tschetter received the Career Teaching Scholar Award
  
  
• Monica Federico and Scott Sagel given the Outstanding Certificate Student by the Clinical Science PhD Program, UCHSC
  
  
• Peter Jones awarded the Giles F. Filley Memorial Award for Excellence in Respiratory Physiology and Medicine
  
  
• Stephen Goodman received the Robert Guthrie Award from the American Association of Mental Retardation
  
  
• Cordelia Robinson given the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Association of University Centers on Disabilities
  
  
• Roberta DeBiasi received the John Horsley Prize for distinction in research from the University of Virginia
  
  
• Gail Ryan given the Kempe Award for Outstanding Professional in Child Abuse and Neglect, Kempe Children's Foundation
  
  
• John Ogle and Glenn Faries selected Outstanding Clinical Teachers by UCHSC medical students
  
  
• Richard Krugman honored as Editor-in-Chief of Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal
  
  
• Michael Kappy appointed Editor-in-Chief for Advances in Pediatrics
  
  
• Ronald Sokol, Andrew Feranchak and Edward Hoffenberg selected as Associate Editors for the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
  
  
• Donald Leung appointed Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  
  
• Adriana Weinberg appointed to the Editorial Board of Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
  
  
• Susan Niermeyer's book, Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation, awarded First Place in the American Medical Writers Association Medical Books Awards Competition
  
  
• Lalit Bajaj given the Pfizer/Ambulatory Pediatric Association Fellow Travel Grant Award
  
  
• Georgeanna Klingensmith given the American Diabetes Association Women of Valor Honoree
  
  
• H. Peter Chase received the award for Outstanding Physician Clinician in Diabetes, American Diabetes Association
  
  
• Frank Accurso received the Paul di Sant'Agnese Award for Scientific Achievement by the National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
  
  
• Donald Bross received the Commissioner's Award from the US Administration for Children and Families for Outstanding Leadership and Service in the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
  
  
• Heather Taussig appointed to the US Executive Panel on Mentoring by the US Department of Justice and the Fels Institute of Government
  
  
• Simon Hambidge awarded the Robert Wood Johnson Generalist Physician Scholars Award
  
  
• Carol Kamin appointed editor of Professions Education Researcher Quarterly
  
  
• Kevin Staley appointed a member of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke study section
  
  
• Robert Garcea serving on the editorial boards of The Journal of Virology and Virology
  
  
• Bill Hay serving as editor of NeoReviews and on the editorial boards of Reproduction, Fertility and Development, Pediatric Research and Trophoblast Research
  
  
• Mary Jane Rapport serving on the editorial board of Physical Disabilities Education Related Services
  
  

     1999-2000

• Stephen Berman, President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, 2000-2001
  
  
• Established the Hewitt-Andrews Endowed Chair in Pediatric Liver Disease
  
  
• Pediatric General Clinical Research Center awarded a $240,000 endowment from the Vida Ellison Trust
  
  
• 2000 recipients of the Career Teaching Scholars Award: Paul Moe and John Moyer
  
  
• Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease by Lilliam Valdez-Cruz and Raul Cayre selected as one of the best 250 medical books by Doody's Journal
  
  
• Jeffrey Brown received the Innovative Research in Primary Care Award from the National Association of Community Health Centers
  
  
• Judith Sondheimer named Editor of the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition; members of the Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and of the Section of Nutrition form the Editorial Board
  
  
• Robin Deterding designated the Kaiser Permanente Outstanding Clinical Teacher of the Year
  
  
• The University of Colorado School of Medicine received a $1 million National Institutes of Health grant to enlarge the Perinatal Research Facility on the Fitzsimons campus
  
  
• The National Institutes of Health Autoimmunity Center of Excellence and the National Institutes of Health Diabetes Endocrine Research Center awarded to the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes
  
  
• Ronald Sokol appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Pediatrics
  
  
• F. Keith Battan appointed Vice Chair of the Colorado State Emergency Medicine and Trauma Advisory Council
  
  
• Steven Abman received the E. Mead Johnson Award for Outstanding Research in Pediatrics
  
  
• U.S. News and World Report ranked the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Department of Pediatrics as one of the nation's best
  
  
• U.S. News and World Report and Child magazine ranked The Children's Hospital as one of the nation's best
  
  
• American Board of Pediatrics Subboard members: Roger Giller, Harley Rotbart and Georgeanna Klingensmith
  
  
• The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center selected as a Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Center
  
  
• Carl White named to the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Physiology: Lung, Cell and Molecular Biology
  
  
• Anita Glicken received the Association of Physician Assistant Programs' Master Teacher Award
  
  
• General Academic Pediatrics established an International Adoption Clinic
  
  
• Anne Libby, Kempe Children's Center, named a William T. Grant Foundation Scholar