In this episode, Carol Weitzman, MD, FAAP, discusses screening for mental health, emotional and behavioral problems. David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also speak with Michael Harries, MD, MAT, MA, FAAP, about emergency services responses to school-based medical emergencies.
Guests
Carol Weitzman, MD, FAAP
Guest
Dr. Carol Weitzman is a board-certified and nationally recognized leader in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics. She has been a member of the faculty at Yale for 25 years and is a professor of pediatrics. She directed the section of DBP at Yale and the DBP fellowship program. She has been named as a Top Doctor in Connecticut and nationally.
Michael Harries, MD, MAT, MA, FAAP
Guest
Dr. Michael Harries is a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Prior to becoming a pediatrician, he spent time as a high school teacher in Chicago and gained experience in the education non-profit space as co-founder of Teachers Supporting Teachers, a 501c3 organization that works with Chicago Public Schools teachers to increase teacher retention rates by providing individualized professional development opportunities. He is interested in increasing communication between healthcare systems and K-12 school systems to increase access to healthcare for children.
Resources
Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
The interviewees have no conflicts of interest to disclose
Music Credits:
"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.
