Frederick P. Rivara, Impact of Injuries

Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH, former director of the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center in Seattle for 13 years, is a world-renowned expert in the field of injury prevention. The founding president of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, his contributions to the field have spanned more than 25 years. Dr. Rivara received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a masters of public health degree from the University of Washington. He was a resident at the Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Boston and the University of Washington. Dr. Rivara’s current appointments include the George Adkins Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine, adjunct professor of epidemiology, vice-chair of the Department of Pediatrics, and Head of the Division of General Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He is also editor of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, the oldest pediatrics journal in the United States.