Mary Cataletto, MD, MMM, FAAP
NYS AAP CHAPTER 2 AWARDED VISITING PROFESSORSHIP GRANT FROM THE JULIUS B. RICHMOND CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
(Dr. Mary Cataletto, MD, MMM, FAAP, FCCP is a pediatric pulmonologist and Associate Director of Pediatric Sleep Medicine at NYU Winthrop Hospital. She is chair elect for Pediatric Chest Medicine NetWork of the American College of Chest Physicians and past chair of the Asthma Coalition of Long Island. She is the Nassau Pediatric Society Representative to NYS AAP Chapter 2.)
Chapter 2 of the New York State American Academy of Pediatrics is this year’s recipient of a Visiting Professorship grant which is awarded annually by The American Academy of Pediatrics Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence with the generous support of the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute.
AAP Chapter 2’s membership comes from the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens and the counties of Nassau and Suffolk. There are currently approximately 1400 members in the Chapter. We share a common mission with the Julius B. Richmond Center to improve child health by eliminating children’s exposure to tobacco and secondhand smoke. We recognize that pediatricians must advocate for a safe environment for all children. While the use of tobacco cigarettes is decreasing in the United States, the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems has surpassed all previous use. On Long Island our pediatricians have worked to increase the purchase age for tobacco to 21 years of age (Tobacco 21). This has been adopted in some but not all of the communities in which we practice. We still have work to do.
Chapter 2 leadership, in close collaboration with the Richmond Center will be working to provide our members with evidence-based programming to provide effective skills and resources for your practice. Specifically, we are looking to provide you with a knowledge base and resources to educate children and families about emerging and alternative nicotine and tobacco products as well as electronic nicotine delivery systems.
Additional information will be sent out to the membership as soon as dates and times are finalized. Programs will be scheduled for this spring.
Please watch for these special programs.