2020 District II Candidates

Dr. Seigel has been elected secretary/treasurer of the 2020 Board of Directors.

Dr. Seigel, a native New Yorker, is pediatric chair and director of adolescent medicine at Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y., associate professor of clinical pediatrics at SUNY Brooklyn, New York Institute of Technology/New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and professor of clinical pediatrics at St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada. He completed pediatric residency and adolescent medicine fellowship at Brookdale Hospital after receiving his M.D. from Universidad Centro de Estudios Tecnologicos, Dominican Republic. He received an M.B.A. in health care management in 2011.

Dr. Seigel participated in committees, sections, chapters and district activities and was elected District II vice chairperson in 2010.

Known for advocacy on behalf of primary care pediatricians for universal access to comprehensive medical home health care for patients of all ages, he testified before the House and Senate in Washington, D.C. Dr. Seigel served on the AAP Section on Adolescent Health Executive Committee and the Committee on Adolescence.

Position statement

It is an honor to run for a second term as District II chairperson. I am eager to continue what we have done in the past few years and address remaining and emerging challenges and threats to the health and welfare of the children and families we serve, and address issues impacting New York pediatrician well-being and satisfaction.

We effectively promoted vaccines, combated the vaping and tobacco epidemic, and helped limit firearm access. We must promote public policy that prioritizes the health and safety of all New Yorkers. We must better identify the needs of practicing pediatricians in all settings and engage politicians, payers and the public to improve the ability to effectively practice in New York. We must support the work by our pediatric councils to ensure financial stability for practicing pediatricians.

On the AAP Board of Directors, I contributed to New York’s responses to the recommendations on bias and discrimination and addressing diversity and inclusion. Bias, discrimination and hatred continue to directly and indirectly harm and threaten the most vulnerable under our care.

Together, we need to enact positive changes in health care, environmental and social policy. We need to recruit students, residents, fellows and pediatricians to ensure that our collective voice is representative and carries the full weight of all who are responsible for the care of New York’s children. I want to continue to work with you to improve the health and welfare of our state’s children, their families and our members.

Dr. Terranova graduated from the University of Rochester in 1978 and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1982. He completed his pediatric residency at the Children's Hospital of Buffalo in 1985.

Dr. Terranova co-founded Lancaster-Depew Pediatrics in 1985.

Dr. Terranova has been active in local, state and national organizations, including serving as Lancaster School District chief school physician for 35 years. He served as vice president and president of the Buffalo Pediatric Society and is an executive committee member.

He served on the Physician Advisory Committees for Independent Health Association and Univera Healthcare. He is an original member of the Physician Advisory Council for the Population Health Collaborative of Western New York.

Dr. Terranova's work for the Academy began as a member of the New York Chapter 1 School Health Committee in the 1990s. He chaired the committee for 10 years. He was the chapter’s secretary, vice president and president, and now is on the Board of Directors.

He co-chairs the District II Public Policy and Advocacy Committee.

He started and chairs the AAP Western New York Pediatric Council, which brings together pediatric and insurance company leaders to discuss financial, quality and clinical care issues.