In this episode of the special series, “Pathways to Pediatrics,” hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, interview Perri Klass, MD, FAAP, Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University and Co-Director of NYU Florence. Dr. Klass explains how she forced two paths to merge as she combined medicine with journalism.
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Perri Klass, MD, FAAP
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Perri Klass, MD, FAAP, is Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University and Co-Director of NYU Florence.
Dr. Klass writes the weekly column, “The Checkup,” for the New York Times Science Section. She has written extensively about medicine, children, literacy, and knitting. Her new book, A Good Time to Be Born: How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future, an account of how victories over infant and child mortality have changed the world, will be published in October by Norton.
Dr. Klass is the National Medical Director of Reach Out and Read, a national program which promotes early literacy through pediatric clinics, with advice about reading aloud and children’s books provided at routine well child visits. She has received numerous awards for her work as a pediatrician and educator; including the 2007 American Academy of Pediatrics Education Award, which recognizes her educational contributions which have had a broad and positive impact on the health and well-being of children.