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The latest ACA Council Chiropractic Pediatrics News
ACA Pediatrics Council Speaker’s Bureau
The ACA Pediatrics Council is excited to announce the formation of the ACA Pediatrics Council Speaker’s Bureau! The bureau is designed to bring together speakers on a variety of topics in pediatrics to recommend as presenters to state associations, LearnACA webinars, and future ACA Pediatrics Council Conferences and Seminars. Interested parties are encouraged to fill out the application and return to the Chair of the education committee, Dr. Mary Beth Minser.
ACA Pediatrics Council Speaker’s Bureau
The ACA Pediatrics Council is excited to announce the formation of the ACA Pediatrics Council Speaker’s Bureau! The bureau is designed to bring together speakers on a variety of topics in pediatrics to recommend as presenters to state associations, LearnACA webinars, and future ACA Pediatrics Council Conferences and Seminars. Interested parties are encouraged to fill out the application and return to the Chair of the education committee, Dr. Mary Beth Minser.
Dr. Elise Hewitt named Pediatric Chiropractor of the Year 2019
This year’s Pediatric Chiropractor of the Year Award recipient graduated from the University of Western States in 1988, received her diploma in chiropractic pediatrics from the International College of Chiropractic Pediatrics in 2001, and was made a Fellow of the International College of Chiropractors in 2008.
New Pediatric Chiropractor of the Year Award
The Council is proud to be presenting a new award honoring the best and brightest in Pediatrics.
Limit Cell Phone Use in Children, Experts Warn
“Children are not little adults,” Dr. Gisela Mercada-Deane, chair of radiology at the American Academy of Pediatrics, said. “The amount of radio frequency that children will be exposed by the time they are our age [an adult] is exponential to the amount of radiation, radio frequencies that we ourselves are being exposed to in a lifetime.”
ACA Pediatrics Council’s Position Statements
Our council has recently completed our first two Position Statements, and have plans to do more in the future.
Public Health Announcement: Fatal GI Mucomycosis in an Infant Following Ingestion of Contamined Dietary Supplement
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Connecticut Departments of Public Health and Consumer Protection are investigating a fatal case of gastrointestinal (GI) mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae in a premature infant.