2007 Local Heroes Award Recipient

Phyllis Cavens, MD, FAAP

Phyllis Cavens, MD, FAAP leads the Child and Adolescent Clinic, a private practice of nine pediatricians, four pediatric nurse practitioners, and 55 employees that cares for 20,000 children in relatively poor Southwest Washington.  The group provides access to all children, regardless of their insurance status.  Besides her work on behalf of children in her community, Dr. Cavens has led medical teams to treat the victims of the terrible disasters in Cambodia, Ethiopia, Somalia, Mexico, Uzbekistan, Moldova and Honduras.  She is married to a fellow pediatrician.  They have two grown children and a two year-old granddaughter.    

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1. Go to http://www.aap.org/moc/indexEntry.cfm and login with your AAP ID and password.
2. Click on "Member Community".
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Information.
4. Choose "Council on Community Pediatrics", answer a few questions, and click "Submit".

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