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HOUSTON, Dec. 5, 2022 – The American Pediatric Society (APS) is pleased to denote Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH, arsenic the recipient of the 2023 Norman J. Siegel New Member Outstanding Science Award for his sizeable contributions to pediatric science. The grant volition beryllium presented to Dr. Feudtner during the APS Presidential Plenary astatine the Pediatric Academic Societies 2023 Meeting.
Dr. Feudtner is Division Chief of General Pediatrics and Director of Research for the Justin Michael Ingerman Center for Palliative Care astatine Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, wherever helium holds the Steven D. Handler Endowed Chair successful Medical Ethics. He is Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Ethics, and Health Policy astatine the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. Nationally and internationally, Dr. Feudtner has agelong been 1 of the premier objective and wellness services researchers regarding pediatric palliative care.
“The American Pediatric Society is delighted to grant the 2023 Norman J. Siegel Outstanding Science Award to Dr. Chris Feudtner for his innovative probe and enactment successful pediatric palliative attraction and pediatrics much generally,” said APS President Lisa Robinson. “His enactment successful the fields of pediatric palliative attraction and aesculapian morals person had bonzer real-world interaction connected the attraction of children with aesculapian complexity and their families, and grooming of the adjacent procreation of pediatric wellness attraction practitioners and scholars. We are honored to invited Dr. Feudtner to the American Pediatric Society’s assemblage of distinguished kid wellness leaders and to admit his outstanding contributions.”
The grant was created successful grant of 1 of the world’s starring nephrologists, Norman J. Siegel, MD, FASN. Dr. Siegel was an outstanding teacher and mentor, nurturing the aboriginal careers of galore fellows and residents. Not lone was helium a person wrong the aesculapian community, but helium besides educated parents of the children helium treated and near a lasting content connected their families.
Dr. Feudtner has contributed arsenic a student and programmatic person to 3 main areas successful pediatrics and medicine: pediatric palliative care, children with aesculapian complexity, and pediatric aesculapian ethics. In each 3 areas, helium has not lone conducted and published probe but has besides created caller programs and policies that person improved the attraction provided to children and families. In 2003, helium cofounded CHOP’s archetypal pediatric palliative attraction team, which won The American Hospital Association’s Circle of Life Award 5 years later. Dr. Feudtner’s MPH master’s thesis enactment connected children with aesculapian complexity resulted successful the innovation of the Complex Chronic Condition (CCC) classification system. Regarding aesculapian ethics, Dr. Feudtner began his vocation successful this country arsenic a 4th-year aesculapian pupil conducting and publishing highly impactful studies connected aesculapian pupil ethical dilemmas. This enactment continued astatine CHOP erstwhile helium was asked to motorboat a caller Department of Medical Ethics. In designation of the nationalist interaction and value of Dr. Feudtner’s work, the Hastings Center elected him arsenic a chap successful 2014, the AAP bestowed connected him the William G. Bartholome Award for Ethical Excellence, and the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities selected him for the Healthcare Ethics Consultant Certification Commission.
Prior to joining University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Dr. Feudtner was an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics astatine University of Washington. Dr. Feudtner is simply a postgraduate of Princeton University and completed aesculapian schoolhouse astatine University of Pennsylvania.
For much accusation astir Dr. Feudtner and the Norman J. Siegel Outstanding Science Award, delight sojourn the APS website.
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