Day to Day Advocacy by Pediatric Health Care Providers

Peter T Masiakos; Kris R Jatana; Mark DelMonte; Ala Stanford; Jennifer H Aldrink

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.03.026

Day to Day Advocacy by Pediatric Health Care Providers

J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Mar 16:S0022-3468(24)00178-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.03.026. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Peter T Masiakos¹, Kris R Jatana², Mark DelMonte³, Ala Stanford⁴, Jennifer H Aldrink⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA.
³ Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Washington, D.C, USA.
⁴ Founder, Black Doctors Consortium and Center for Health Equity, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁵ Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA. Electronic address: Jennifer.aldrink@nationwidechildrens.org.

PMID: 38580545
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.03.026

Abstract

This manuscript highlights the impressive advocacy work that members of the American Academy of Pediatrics have achieved and serves to inspire pediatric health care providers of all specialties to pursue such efforts beyond the acute physical need of the child. This article represents one of the Symposia presented at the 2023 American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Surgery.

Keywords: Advocacy; Button battery; Covid 19; Trauma.