In this episode Huma Ali Khan, MD, MPH, FAAP, explains why children and teens self-harm, how pediatricians can identify it and ways to treat it. Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also speak with John James Parker, MD, about his research into fathers’ roles in breastfeeding and safe sleep.
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Guests
Huma Ali Khan, MD, MPH, FAAP
Guest
Huma Ali Khan, MD, MPH, FAAP, is an adolescent medicine physician at Advocate Children’s Hospital and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago. She is a member of the Mental Health Committee for the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine and a site investigator on two multi-site clinical trials (PATHway and Path2Purpose studies) studying a computer-based intervention to prevent adolescent depression.
John James Parker, MD
Guest
Dr. JJ Parker is an Instructor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, a pediatrician at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and an internist at Northwestern Medicine. His research focuses on improving the health and wellbeing of families by promoting men’s health and paternal involvement in childcare.
Resources
This year we are excited to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Pediatrics. Join us on our 75th anniversary page at pediatrics.org as we reflect on the past and plan for the future of Pediatrics.
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.