Making History - Akron Children's Hospital

Awards and Honors
Michael T. Bigham, MD, Pediatric Intensive Care
Physician, Medical Director, Transport Services,
Assistant Patient Safety Officer, was awarded the
President’s Award by the Air Medical Physician
Association in 2012.
Ann-Marie Brown, MSN, CPNP-AC/PC, CCRN,
FCCM, was inducted as a Fellow of the American
College of Critical Care Medicine at the Society of
Critical Care Medicines Annual Congress, January
2013.
Blaise Congeni, MD, Director, Pediatric Infectious
Disease, received the Golden Apple award.
Richard W. Hertle, MD, Chief, Pediatric
Ophthalmology and Director, Vision Center, was a
visiting professor and surgeon at Liaocheng Peoples
Hospital, Liaocheng, Shaudong, China and at The
Goutami Eye Hospital, Rajamundry, India.
Starla Martinez, MD, Director, Undergraduate Medical
Education was elected to the Council on Medical
Student Education in Pediatrics and was appointed
to the Planning Committee of Pediatric Educational
Excellence across the Continuum as the Chair of the
Poster Subgroup.
Mary Toth, MD, Division Director, Rheumatology, was
named the first division director of rheumatology in
2012 and was elected Vice President of the Medical
Staff in 2012. Toth will become President of the
Medical Staff in July 2013.
Joseph A. Congeni, MD, Medical Director, Sports
Medicine Center, is on the BS/MD Admissions
Committee, Northeastern Ohio Universities College
of Medicine; Congeni testified before the House of
Representatives on behalf of HB 143, Columbus, Ohio,
2012.
John C. Duby, MD, Director, Developmental-
Behavioral Pediatrics, was appointed co-chair of the
Developmental Screening and Follow Up Work Group
of the Pediatric Measurement Center of Excellence to
establish outcome measures for CHIPRA.
William Lawhon, MD, Ophthalmology, is a member of
AAPOS Legislative Affairs Committee.
Marc Nelson, MD, MS, FAAP, Director, Center
for Hearing and Communication Disorders, joined
American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology.
Mary Toth, MD, Division Director, Rheumatology,
was invited to be a panelist on the FDA Best
Pharmaceuticals for Children Act (BPCA)
for Rheumatology in 2012; Toth chaired the
subcommittee for uveitis pharmaceuticals and was on
the bone health subcommittee.
Nancy Wasserbauer, DO, joined the Ohio Newborn
Screening Committee for the addition of severe
combined immune deficiency disease.
Nancy Wasserbauer, DO, was appointed to
the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and
Immunology on the Primary Immune Deficiency ency
Committee.
Other Activities
Elizabeth A. Bryson, MSN, CNP, CS, Pediatric Nurse
Practitioner, is a member of Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
and Infection Control Consensus Guidelines for Cystic
Fibrosis.
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