Patricia Flanagan, MD, FAAP
Position sought:
District Chair
City and state of residence:
East Greenwich, RI
Where do you work and what is your title?
Professor of Pediatrics Brown University/Hasbro Children’s Hospital and Care Transformation Collaborative RI, Medical Director
Medical school and post-graduate education:
Medical School SUNY Buffalo
Residency program and fellowship:
Pediatric Internship and Residency at Buffalo Children’s Hospital
General Academic Pediatric Fellowship RI Hospital/ Brown University
Involvement in AAP and other organizations:
- District Vice Chair District 1 2017-present
- Council on Community Pediatrics Exec Committee 2013-2017
- Task Force of The Future of Pediatric Practice 2013-2015
- Member Section on Adolescent Health, Section on Practice Management, Council on Community Pediatrics
- Rhode Island Chapter President 2011-2014
- RI Chapter Board since 1998
- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, Academic Pediatric Association, American Pediatric Society (Current member)
Why voters should choose you?
Our professional society has never been more relevant or more important. This is a critical time for leadership in protecting and promoting child health and family wellness and the wellness of our profession. We face the crisis in child and family health wrought by a long and unprecedented pandemic. Our country is beginning to grapple with its racist foundations and the health inequities we have for too long assumed were inevitable. I am excited to represent District 1 on the Board of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Bringing the voices of New England, Uniformed Services East, and our Canadian colleagues in Quebec and The Atlantic Provinces to the national conversation would be an honor.