In this episode Lewis First, MD, MS, FAAP, editor-in-chief 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 February issue of the journal. The hosts also talk to Elizabeth Alderman, MD, FSAHM, FAAP, chair of the AAP Committee on Adolescence, about a new clinical report on eating disorders. Then they share a “Giving Voice” on global health from Megan S. McHenry, MD, MS, FAAP, pediatrician and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Ryan White Center for Pediatric Infectious Disease and Global Health at Indiana University School of Medicine.
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Lewis First, MD, MS, FAAP
Guest
Dr. First is Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Vermont (UVM) Larner College of Medicine, Chief of Pediatrics at the UVM Children’s Hospital, and editor-in-chief of the AAP’s peer-reviewed journal Pediatrics. Dr. First also educates the public weekly as a broadcaster and columnist with his “First with Kids” segments that appear on radio, television, and in local newspapers.
Elizabeth M. Alderman, MD, FSAHM, FAAP
Guest
Elizabeth M. Alderman, MD, FSAHM, FAAP, is Chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). She is also a Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Alderman’s clinical focuses are on office gynecology, including a special practice for girls with heavy menstrual bleeding or abnormal vaginal bleeding, as well as the medical management of eating disorders. Her clinical expertise also includes reproductive health for both adolescent boys and girls.
Dr. Alderman is the Chair of the AAP Committee on Adolescence and past chair of the Section on Adolescent Health Executive Committee.
Megan S. McHenry, MD, MS, FAAP
Guest
Megan S. McHenry, MD, MS, FAAP, is a pediatrician and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Ryan White Center for Pediatric Infectious Disease and Global Health at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. McHenry is also the Director of Pediatric Global Health Education and a co-Director of the Morris Green Physician-Scientist Development Program at Indiana University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on early childhood development in children living in resource-limited settings. She primarily conducts her NIH-funded research in collaboration with the Academic Model for Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) Research Network in Kenya
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The interviewees have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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