MT Peds
Pediatric Research In Office Setting (PROS)
Presently there are 2 pediatric clinics in the state of Montana who participate in PROS. Read below to learn more about PROS and consider adding your practice to the network of practices who participate in office based research. PROS (Pediatric Research in Office Settings) is a practice-based research network that was established by the American [...]
Marian Kummer Receives AAP CATCH Grant
Dr. Marian Kummer, pediatrician in Billings, received a CATCH grant in 2004 and completed it in April of 2006. The original grant was submitted to determine the effectiveness of care coordination for Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) families in an urban pediatric clinic and a rural family practice. The project included assessing the [...]
Montana Nutrition and Physical Activity Program (NAPA)
www.montananapa.org The Montana Nutrition and Physical Activity Program (NAPA) recently received a 5 year grant of over 4 million dollars from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for the purpose of preventing and controlling obesity in our state. This group is housed at MSU in Bozeman. The funding will support local county and tribal health [...]
Fluoride Varnish in Montana
Fluoride Varnish Information Sheet (PDF) This past year we were fortunate to have Dr Charlie Czerepak DDS and Amos Deinard MD cover the central and eastern parts of our state showing us how to do Caries Risk Assessment and Fluoride Varnish Application to help us in dental caries prevention. Through their hard work we received [...]
PROS FALL 2010 MEETING SUMMARY
PROS (Pediatric Research in Office Settings) had a wonderfully productive meeting this Fall in beautiful San Francisco. The Boys’ Puberty Study (Secondary Sexual Characteristics in Boys) has finished data collection and analysis is almost complete, and the manuscript is being written for publication which should follow soon. PROS is starting an exciting dissemination study in [...]
Roundup 2010 Review
We had our largest attendance yet at Round-up this year in Chico. On Oct 1-3 , 2010 we hosted a meeting that included lectures about nephrology, neonatology, cochlear implants, neurology and immunization rates. We had a workshop on CPR with the opportunity to try the Laryngeal Mask Airway and the Intra-osseus gun. In addition, we [...]
