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- Joseph A. Zenel, MD, Editor-in-Chief
Author Disclosure
Dr Zenel has disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this commentary. This commentary does not contain a discussion of an unapproved/investigative use of a commercial product/device.
The 35th year for Pediatrics in Review (PIR) starts with this issue. This past year was one of transition. Dr Larry Nazarian retired as editor-in-chief, the Rochester, New York, office closed, and the journal’s operations moved to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) headquarters in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Somewhere in the midst of this transition I became editor-in-chief and by summer was fully acquainted with the day-to-day operations and the people who make this an exceptional, educational journal.
Also this summer, the efforts of many pediatricians at my other job came to fruition. I direct a new residency program, and by July the program achieved a full resident complement. Finally, the faculty could see the difference between beginning first-year, second-year, and third-year residents. Besides understanding the needs of the residents for each training year, the faculty expressed an awareness of the effect they had in helping a pediatrician evolve and a sense of worth in achieving that goal. For me, this beginning third year was the tipping point toward the residency’s success, which got me thinking.
In the past, I helped start a new general pediatrics private practice. Two events occurred almost simultaneously. By the third year of practice, not only could my …
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