In this special episode, Tiffani Johnson, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine, joins hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, to talk about race and racism and their impact on child health.

In this episode of the special series, “Pathways to Pediatrics,” hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, interview Marwa Mansour, MD, senior pediatrics resident and chief resident at University of Florida, Jacksonville. Dr. Mansour describes the lessons she has learned as an early-career International Medical Graduate from Egypt.

In this episode of the special series, “Pathways to Pediatrics,” hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, interview Aura Obando, MD, FAAP, Family Team Medical Director for Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. Dr. Obando explains how a passion for global health in under-resourced areas led her to her own backyard.

In this episode Adiaha Spinks-Franklin, MD, MPH, FAAP, suggests ways pediatricians can help their patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder as they continue virtual or in-person learning. Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also talk to Michael McNeil, MD, FAAP, whose research about how fathers grieve after the death of a child is published in the journal Pediatrics.

In this episode Abiye Y. Okah, MD, FAAP, explains the importance of early intervention to prevent pediatric caries (or cavities). Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also talk to Susannah Briskin, MD, FAAP, lead author of the AAP Covid-19 Guidance: Return to Sport, about infection prevention during youth sports and safely returning to physical activity after recovering from COVID-19.

In this episode Alex Kemper, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP deputy editor of Pediatrics, is back for another edition of “First Up.” He joins hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, with a bird’s-eye view of what’s in the March issue of the journal. Maria Trent, MD, MPH, FAAP, FSAHM, lead author of the 2019 AAP policy statement on The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health, talks about racial disparities in telehealth. And Rebekah Fenton, MD, FAAP, adolescent medicine fellow at Northwestern University and Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, joins the show with a Giving Voice segment about police in schools.

Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, talk to Maria Trent, MD, MPH, FAAP, FSAHM, lead author of the 2019 AAP policy statement on The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health, about racial disparities in health care and what we can do to end racism.

In this episode Stephen W. Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP, co-author of the AAP policy statement on Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome, describes treating women with opioid use disorder and their babies. Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also talk to Michele Ybarra, MPH, PhD, about her article in Pediatrics focusing on the use of text messaging to prevent pregnancy in LGB-plus adolescent girls.

In this episode James D. Campbell, MD, MS, FAAP, co-chair of the National Institutes of Health working group to develop a pediatric COVID-19 vaccine protocol, describes the different vaccines, the process of developing them, and the timing of the rollout. Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also talk to Shannon Adams, a fourth-year student at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, about her article in the journal Pediatrics focusing on racial disparities in the NICU.

In this episode S. David McSwain, MD, MPH, FAAP, explains how telehealth has evolved during the pandemic and what to expect next. Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also talk to Janey S. A. Pratt, MD, FACS, FASMBS, about her article in the journal Pediatrics focusing on success rates of bariatric surgery in different adolescent age groups. Then they share a “Giving Voice” from Khadijia Tribié Reid, MD, MPH, FAAP, about medical and behavioral health care integration.