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Awards, Honors and Major Presentations

Seema S. Aceves MD, PhD

  • Reviewer, NIH Study Section ZRG1DKUSD80, ZRG1 DKUS-A, 2011
  • Invited speaker, World Allergy Organization, 2011
  • Invited speaker, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Medical Grand Rounds, 2011
  • Steering Committee, REGID, 2011
  • Invited speaker, American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, 2009-2011
  • Invited speaker, International Eosinophil Society, 2011
  • Invited speaker, American Gastroenterology Association Digestive Diseases Week, 2011
  • Scientific Chair, The International Gastrointestinal Eosinophil Researchers (TIGERS), 2012
  • NIH Study Section CIMG, Permanent Member, 2012
  • Invited Speaker, "Difficult Cases, Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders," Annual Meeting, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, Immunology, Orlando, 2012 
  • Elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation, 2013 
  • Voted among "Best Doctors" by SDCMA 2013, 2014

Jane C. Burns, MD 

  • Member, AHA Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease 
  • Invited Speaker, Dept. of Dermatology, University of Dijon, Dijon, France, 2011 
  • Invited Speaker, French Dermatology Society, Paris, France, 2011 
  • Invited Speaker, Medicine Grand Rounds, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2011 
  • Invited Speaker, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2011 
  • Invited Speaker, Illumina Corp, San Diego, CA, 2011 
  • Invited Speaker, Dept. of Pediatrics, Irkutsk, Siberia, 2011 
  • Invited Speaker, All Japan Kawasaki Disease Meetings, Tokyo, Japan, 2011 
  • Invited Speaker, Harbor-UCLA Pediatric Grand Rounda, Torrance, CA, 2011 
  • Invited Speaker, Paradise Valley Hospital Lecture Series, San Diego, CA, 2011 
  • Invited Speaker, Cardiovascular Symposium, Maui, Hawaii, 2011 
  • Invited Speaker, Western Society of Pediatric Hospitalists, San Francisco, CA, 2011 
  • Invited Speaker, World Symposium of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Melbourne, Australia, 2011 
  • Invited Speaker, The Brian Britt Show, UT Radio, San Diego, CA, 2012 
  • Invited Speaker, International Kawasaki Disease Symposium, Kyoto, Japan, 2012 
  • Invited Speaker, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Nigata University, Nigata, Japan, Invited Speaker, Asian Pacific Pediatric Cardiology Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, 2012
  • Invited Speaker, Bioengineering Conference, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 2012
  • Invited Speaker, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Miami Children’s Hospital,Miami, FL, 2012
  • Invited Speaker, University of Cairo, Dept of Cardiology, Cairo, Egypt, 2012
  • Invited Speaker, Ntl. Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, 2012
  • Invited Speaker,The Brian Britt Show, UT Radio, San Diego, CA, 2012
  • Invited Speaker, Cardiovascular Symposium, Maui, Hawaii, 2012
  • Hideko Ogawa Memorial lectureship, 10th International KD Symposium, Kyoto, Japan, 2012
  • Invited Speaker, International Kawasaki Disease Genetic Consortium, Paris, France, 2012
  • Invited Speaker, RCHSD Foundation meeting of Financial Planners, San Diego, CA, 2012

Hal M. Hoffman, MD

  • Member, American Society of Clinical Investigation
  • Member, Society of Pediatric Research
  • Speaker at International meetings in Mexico, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland
  • Speaker at National society meetings for Allergy and Immunology, Dermatology, Rheumatology, Pathology
  • Speaker at several National Immunology research meetings
  • Speaker at National Pediatric Grand Rounds in Indianapolis and Pittsburgh

Anthony A. Horner, MD

  • Member, Editorial Board, ISRN Allergy, 2010-present
  • Speaker, UCSD Pathology Pathology Research Lecture Series, San Diego, CA, April 2013
  • Invited Speaker, American Academy of Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology International Meeting, San Antonio, TX, February 2013
  • Invited Speaker, American Academy of Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology International Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 2014

Stephanie Leonard, MD

  • Update on food allergy. Practical Pediatrics, Rady Children’s Specialists of San Diego, San Diego, CA, 2013
  • Allergy testing and food allergies. 26th Annual Advances in the Practice of Pediatrics: San Diego, CA, 2012
  • Local Television Segments
  • "Peanut Allergy Relief" CW, San Diego, CA, 2013
  • "A Patch to Rid Children of Peanut Allergies?" NBC, San Diego, CA, 2013
  • "Food Allergies and Bullying" KUSI, San Diego, CA, 2013
  • "Food Allergies and Children" CW, San Diego, CA, 2012
  • "Food Allergies and Children" KUSI, San Diego, CA, 2012

Ilona S. Szer, MD

  • Member, Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology and Research Alliance, Finance and Pain Committees
  • Senior Editor, Arthritis in Children and Adolescents Chair, DSMB, Teens Taking Charge–Multicenter observational study using the latest hand held technology