In this episode of the special series, “Pathways to Pediatrics,” hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, interview new AAP President Andrew Racine, MD, PhD, FAAP. Dr. Racine talks about his experience living in Tanzania, practicing medicine in the Bronx and his vision for the AAP in 2026.
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Andrew Racine, MD, PhD, FAAP
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Dr. Andrew Racine is the System Senior Vice-President and Chief Medical Officer of the Montefiore Health System and Executive Director of the Montefiore Medical Group. He holds appointments as professor of pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) and was previously a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in Manhattan. His research collaborations at the NBER have involved the impact of a variety of public health programs on child health outcomes. He has also been heavily involved in child health advocacy at the national level with the American Academy of Pediatrics and served on the AAP’s national Committee on Child Health Financing and Chair of the National Task Force of Poverty and Child Health. He was recently appointed to the Board of Trustees of the NBER and he is currently the President of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
The interviewees have no conflicts of interest to disclose
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"Steadfast" by Blue Dot Sessions at www.sessions.blue
Theme music composed by Matthew Simonson at Foundsound.media
*The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and not necessarily those of the American Academy of Pediatrics.