Certification Diplomate, Sub-board Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics, since 1993 Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, since 1986 LAUREL (LARRY) G. YAP, MD, FAAP
Career
Director of Newborn Services, MedStar Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, MD, Nov 2021 to Mar 2023 Director of Pediatrics and Neonatal Care Unit, MedStar Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, MD, Mar 2003 to Nov 2021 Interim Director of Pediatrics, Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, MD, Nov 2000 to Feb 2003
Director of Nurseries, Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, MD, Jul 1991 to Feb 2003 Neonatologist, Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A., Jul 1991 to present
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Department of Pediatrics, Baltimore, MD, Oct 1998 to present Instructor, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Pediatrics, Baltimore, Maryland, Jul 1992 to present
Education and Training
Medical School Post graduate training
University of the Philippines, 1979 Senior Neonatal Fellow, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, 1990-1991 Neonatal Fellow, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada, 1989-1990 Neonatal Fellow, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada, 1988-1989 Senior Pediatric Resident, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, 1987-1988 Pediatric Resident, University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore, MD 1981-1984
Awards
Presidential Award, University of the Philippines Medical Alumni Society in America (UPMASA), July 2019 Top Doctors, Baltimore Magazine, Nov 2015 and Nov 2009
Community Service Award, Baltimore City Medical Society Foundation, Jul 2015 Twenty Outstanding Filipinos Abroad (TOFA), Filipino Image Magazine, 2007 Outstanding Educator Overseas Award, UPMASA, 2004
Presidential Award for Services, Association of Philippine Physicians in Maryland, 2009-2011 Award for Humanitarian Services, Association of Philippine Physicians in Maryland, 2001-2003 Florencio N. Quintos Memorial Award for Most Outstanding Clinical Clerk in Pediatrics, Univ. of the Philippines, 1979
Legacy
Dr. Yap served as Chair, MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, Continuing Medical Education Review Committee (CMERC) from Aug 2019 to Mar 2023 and was Co-Chair for several years. He was President of MedChi, International Medical Graduate Section (IMG), 2014-2016. He established and was Coordinator of the Annual Health Care Information Fair, Church of the Resurrection, Ellicott City, MD, from 1999 to 2019, and served as an elected Parish Council member from 1998 to 2008. In addition to his previous role as director at MedStar Harbor Hospital, he organized and directed the 3-P Conference: A Potpourri of Practical Pediatrics, held semi- annually Nov 1994 – Nov 2003, then annually in May, 2004-2017, and the Robert Irwin Memorial Lectures, held annually in Nov, 2005-2016. He has several publications related to neonatology topics, and has been an invited speaker and/or moderator in local, national, and international conferences. He has mentored many medical students, taught nursing staff and volunteers, and given over a hundred neonatal and pediatric lectures. He served as President, UPMASA, Baltimore-Washington Chapter, 2007-2009, and as President, Association of Philippine Physicians in Maryland, 2005-2007, and in numerous other leadership positions in various local and national organizations.
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