In this episode hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, welcome another edition of “First Up.” They talk to Lewis First, MD, MS, FAAP, editor-in-chief of Pediatrics, to get a bird’s-eye view of what’s in the November issue of the journal. The hosts also interview Perri Klass, MD, FAAP, Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University and Co-Director of NYU Florence. Dr. Klass explains how to use storytelling in medicine.
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Guests
Lewis First, MD, MS, FAAP
Guest
Dr. First is Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Vermont (UVM) Larner College of Medicine, Chief of Pediatrics at the UVM Children’s Hospital, and editor-in-chief of the AAP’s peer-reviewed journal Pediatrics. Dr. First also educates the public weekly as a broadcaster and columnist with his “First with Kids” segments that appear on radio, television, and in local newspapers.
Perri Klass, MD, FAAP
Guest
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, was 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.
Resources
A Good Time to Be Born: How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future
Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
The interviewees have no conflicts of interest to disclose
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*The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and not necessarily those of the American Academy of Pediatrics.