AAP and PES Leona Cuttler Quality Improvement Award

The SOEn, in collaboration with the Pediatric Endocrine Society, offers an award in memory of Leona Cuttler and her extensive career as an advocate for children with endocrine disorders. The award is given to acknowledge the best abstract by a pediatric endocrine fellow, resident, or medical student on a topic that has a focus on Quality Improvement (QI) in Pediatric Endocrinology.

Award Recipients

2023 –  Erica Maris Wee, MD, FAAP
Abstract: Improving Transition to Adult Care Planning in a Diabetes Clinic: A Quality Improvement Initiative 

2021 – Shoshana Tell, MD
Abstract: Improving Patient Access to Electronic Health Record Data and Reducing Disparities in Access

2020 – Alissa Guarneri, MD, FAAP
Abstract: Improving Diabetes Clinic Flow & Patient and Staff Satisfaction

2019 – Catherina Pinnaro, MD
Abstract: Simulation is an Effective Tool for Increasing Pediatric Resident Knowledge & Confidence in Managing Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)

2018 – Mackenzie Dean
Abstract: Redesigning Testosterone Prescribing in the Doernbecher Gender Clinic: Interdisciplinary Process Improvement Results in Enhanced Patient Experience

2017 – Kristina Cossen, MD
Abstract: Quality Improvement in the Perioperative Medical Management of Pediatric Thyroidectomy

2016 – Edward Bellfield, MD, MPH
Abstract: Systematic Depression Screening in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: A Clinic-Based Quality Improvement Project

2015 – Allison Smego, MD
Abstract: Decreasing the time to insulin administration in hospitalized patients with cystic fibrosis related diabetes

Paul Kaplowitz, MD, Endowed Lectureship

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Pediatric Endocrine Society would like to congratulate Dr Paul Kaplowitz as being selected to receive the 2022 Paul Kaplowitz, MD, Endowed Lectureship for her contributions to quality and cost-effective care in pediatric endocrinology.

Award Recipients

2023 –  Amit Lahoti, MD
Lecture: Developing Screening Protocols for Children with Premature Adrenarche

2022 – Paul Kaplowitz, MD, PhD, FAAP

2021 – Jennifer Raymond, MD, MCR
Lecture: Caring for Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes – Virtual Shared Medical Appointments

2019 – Philippe F. Backeljauw, MD
Lecture: Perspectives on Treatment for Girls with Central Precocious Puberty

2018 – David Allen, MD
Lecture: Growth Promoting Treatment: When Discretion is the Better Part of Value

2017 – Karen Rubin, MD 
Lecture: Expanding Access to Pediatric Endocrinology Care: A Core Quality Goal and Component of Population Health

2016 – Joyce Lee, MD
Lecture: Health Outcomes, Quality, and Cost: New Opportunities for Pediatric Endocrinology