SACRAMENTO BEE QUOTES BELL ON INSURING YOUNG PEOPLE IN LOW-INCOME AREAS
United Council Accredits Behavioral Neurology/Neuropsychiatry Fellowship
The United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties accredited UIC’s new two-year fellowship training program in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry. This is a two-year clinical and research fellowship program supported by the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Neurology. The program was approved for two PGY-5/6 fellowship positions, and is open to physicians who have completed an ACGME approved residency in Psychiatry or Neurology and are board eligible for ABPN. Faculty who are aware of prospective candidates for the program are asked to contact Michael Schrift, D.O., jchrift@uic.edu or at 6-9162. The United Council’s parent organizations include the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association, the Association of University Professors of Neurology, the Child Neurology Society, and Professors of Child Neurology.
AP Article Quotes Tolan on Psychological Recovery of 2 Abducted Missouri Boys
Patrick Tolan, Ph.D., was quoted last week in an Associated Press article about the psychological recovery process for two Missouri boys who were abducted and recently returned to their families. The article is available at: http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-boys-found-recovery,0,1411329.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines
Sacramento Bee Quotes Bell on Insuring Young People in Low-Income Areas
Carl Bell, M.D., was quoted in a recent Sacramento Bee article on the practice of parents in low-income communities insuring the lives of their young children. Dr. Bell said the practice is common not just because of violence, but also because of high rates of diabetes, asthma, and infant mortality. In Sacramento, 37 of the 59 people killed in 2006 were 30 or younger; 17 were children or teens, according to the article.
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