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Awards, Honors, and Major Presentations 

Seema S Aceves, M.D., Ph.D.

- Young Investigator Grant, American College of Allergy, Asthma, Immunology
- APFED Junior Faculty HOPE Research Grant Recipient
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, Immunology, Junior Women in Allergy Faculty Research Grant
- American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Allergy and Immunology Outstanding Pediatric
- Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Abstract Award for Junior Faculty
- Invited Speaker, Tissue Remodeling in Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Who Has It and Does Therapy Help?, International Eosinophil Society Meeting, Snow Bird, UT, July 2007
- Invited Speaker, Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Options, Orange County Gastroenterology, Allergy Physicians, Dieticians, Tustin, CA, May 2008 
- Invited Speaker, Prospective Analysis of an Abdominal Symptom Scoring Tool’s Efficacy in the Clinical Distinction of Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis from Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Oral Abstract, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, Immunology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 2008
- Invited Speaker, Tissue Remodeling in Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, Immunology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 2008
- Invited Speaker, Therapeutic Options in Eosinophilic Esophagitis, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, Immunology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 2008
- Invited Speaker , Why Does the Eosinophil Traffic to the Esophagus?, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, Immunology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 2008
- Invited Speaker, The Role of the Allergist in Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Digestive Diseases Week Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, May 2008

Jane C. Burns, M.D.
- Member, AHA Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki disease, 2006-2009
- Invited speaker, Dept. of Pediatrics Grand Rounds, Loma Linda, CA, February 2008
- Invited speaker, Dept. of Pediatrics Grand Rounds, Cedar Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, March 2008
- Invited speaker, Society for Pediatric Research, Honolulu, HI, May 2008
- Invited speaker, Pediatric Infectious Disease Course, Oxford, UK, June 2008
- Invited speaker, The Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK, June 2008
- Invited speaker, Imperial College/St. Mary’s Hospital, London, UK, June 2008
- Yuki Takahashi Memorial Lectureship, 9th International Kawasaki Disease Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, April 2008
- Invited speaker, Dept. of Pediatrics, Kitasato University, Kitasato, Japan, April 2008
- Invited speaker, Thailand Kawasaki Disease Symposium, Bangkok, Thailand,  November 2008

Hal M. Hoffman, M.D.
- Semifinalist, Howard Hughes Investigator in Patient Oriented Research, 2007
- Finalist, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Clinical Scientist, 2007
- Speaker, International FMF/Autoinflammatory Diseases Meeting, Rome Italy 2008
- Speaker, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, Philadelphia, 2007
- Speaker, UCSD Pediatric Grand Rounds, 2007
- Speaker, UCSD Medicine Grand Rounds, 2007
- Speaker, Trauma, Shock, Inflammation, and Sepsis meeting, Munich, Germany, 2007
- Speaker, Balboa Naval Hospital Grand Rounds, San Diego, CA, 2007

Anthony A. Horner, M.D.
- Member, Editorial Board, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology , 2004-09
- Voted to Best Doctors in America, 2007
- Invited Speaker, Advances in Targeted Therapies, Athens, Greece, May 2007
- Invited Speaker, Mexican Academy of Allergy Annual Meeting, Mexico City, Mexico, October 2007
- Speaker, UCSD Rheumatology Grand Rounds, San Diego, CA, July 2008
- Invited Speaker, National Meeting on Pediatric Allergy, Shanghai, China, June 2008
- Invited Speaker, American Academy of Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology International Meeting, Washington, DC, March 2009

Ilona S. Szer, M.D.
- Liaison, American College of Rheumatology Pediatric Rheumatology Council
- Member, Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology and Research Alliance, Finance and Pain Committees
- Senior Editor, Arthritis in Children and Adolescents
- Member Professional Planning Committee of the ACR
- Awarded proclamation from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declaring May 17, 2007 “The Ilona S. Szer, MD Day”