An article about today's open house for the Child Protection Center at Children's Hospital of Michigan mentions that the center's medical director, Dr. Vincent Palusci, sees children who have been abused or neglected. A nationally recognized expert in child abuse, Palusci was named last February by the Wayne State University Board of Governors as the Helppie Endowed Professor of Pediatrics. He is in the forefront of an effort to develop a certification process for pediatricians in the sub-specialty of child abuse.