In this episode Lewis First, MD, MS, FAAP, editor-in-chief of Pediatrics, is back for another edition of “First Up.” He joins hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, with a bird’s-eye view of what’s in the December issue of the journal. The hosts also talk to Natella Rakhmanina, MD, AAHIVS, PhD, chair of the AAP Committee on Pediatric AIDS, about World AIDS Day and the global effort to eradicate the disease.
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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.
Dr. Natella Rakhmanina, MD, AAHIVS, PhD
Guest
Dr. Natella Rakhmanina, MD, AAHIVS, PhD, is a Professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University and serves as a Director of the HIV Program at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. Dr. Rakhmanina obtained her MD degree at People’s Friendship University in Moscow, Russia, and her PhD degree at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. For more than 20 years she has been providing clinical care to HIV-infected infants, children and adolescents and continues her practice treating pediatric and adolescent patients in the metropolitan DC area. Dr. Rakhmanina is also a Senior Technical Advisor at Elizabeth Glaser Pediatrics AIDS Foundation, leading several projects on pediatric and adolescent HIV treatment in Sub-Saharan African countries. Dr. Rakhmanina is Chair of the AAP Committee on Pediatric AIDS.
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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.