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Oklahoma’s Resident in the Spotlight
Dr. Ben Rossavik I was very fortunate to have the influences I had at a young age that brought me to where I am today. My parents were physicians who dedicated themselves to primary care in Oklahoma City, so I grew up against the backdrop of their clinic. Their...
AAP EHDI Patient Checklist for Pediatric Medical Home Providers
Any degree of hearing loss can negatively impact a child’s speech, language, social and emotional development, and academic success. Unfortunately, babies cannot tell us if they can hear. Therefore, infant hearing screening was developed to provide a quick, harmless...
Global Health Outreach
Many healthcare professionals are completing global health outreach trips. Studies have indicated the people who volunteer tend to live longer. To quote Yasemin Saplakoglu, Staff Writer for Live Science, “People who volunteer for selfless reasons, such as helping...
Oklahoma’s Resident in the Spotlight
Hina Rehman is currently a third year pediatric resident at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City. Hina is a native Texan who grew up in the sweet city of Sugar Land, located right outside of Houston. Growing up surrounded by a family of...
Reducing Loss to Follow-up/Documentation in Newborn Hearing Screening: Guidelines for Medical Home Providers
By the Oklahoma Newborn Hearing Screening Program Hearing loss is the most common congenital condition in the United States (US). Each year, an estimated three in 1,000 infants are born in the US with moderate, severe, or profound hearing loss resulting in delayed...
Oklahoma’s Resident in the Spotlight
Kimberly Day, DO, is a second-year pediatrics resident at the University of Oklahoma in Tulsa, OK. She grew up in Oklahoma and graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology. During this time she worked as a nurse assistant...
Family Separation at the Border
OKAAP members, here's what you can do to advocate for the children who have been separated from their families at the border. Consider contacting your U.S. representative and lending your voice as an expert in child health and development. The AAP's federal advocacy...
OKAAP’s 2018 Annual Meeting
Each year, Chapter officers and members meet at the Samis Education Center at OU Children's in conjunction with the Annual Advances in Pediatrics CME conference. On April 13th the OKAAP Board of Directors began the day at 7:00am with a strategic planning board meeting...
Oklahoma’s Resident in the Spotlight
Oklahoma native Andrew Nguyen, MD is a pediatrics resident at The University of Oklahoma in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Andrew grew up in Oklahoma City and graduated from Westmoore High School, and went on to follow in his parents’ footsteps and attend the University of Oklahoma...
AAP EHDI Guidelines for Pediatric Medical Home Providers
By the Oklahoma Newborn Hearing Screening Program According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) website, www.aap.org/EHDI, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates: Between the years of 2005-2012 over 34,000 infants were identified with...