In this episode AAP Board Member Michelle “Shelley” Fiscus, MD, FAAP, talks about being fired from her position as medical director of the Tennessee Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Immunization Program. She tells hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, how a memo citing a Tennessee Supreme Court ruling led to her dismissal.
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Michelle Fiscus, MD, FAAP
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Dr. Michelle Fiscus is a board-certified pediatrician who practiced general pediatrics in Franklin, TN for 17 years. She is most recently the immediate past medical director of the Tennessee Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Immunization Program.
Dr. Fiscus is an associate clinical professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. She is a past president of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (TNAAP) and now serves on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Pediatrics as District IV Chair.
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