The Pitt and Medical Portrayals in TV and Film, Standardizing the Diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy
This episode of Pediatrics On Call looks at medical portrayals on the TV series The Pitt and standardizing the diagnosis of cerebral palsy.
Welcome to Pediatrics On Call: a podcast on children’s health from the AAP. Each episode features interviews about new research and hot topics in the field of pediatrics. Hear about the most important innovations in pediatrics, from the people who are behind them. While designed for pediatricians and other health professionals, the podcast will also appeal to parents, caregivers and anyone else interested in the science behind children’s health.
Co-hosts -- pediatricians David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP – draw on their expertise and training as physicians, as well as their many conversations with families and their own experiences as parents to inform their interviews.
The podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music/Audible, Spotify and wherever podcasts are found.
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The Pitt and Medical Portrayals in TV and Film, Standardizing the Diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy – Episode 247
05/20/2025
In this episode Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, MD, FAAP, discusses her experience as a medical consultant on the hit television series The Pitt. Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also talk to Bhooma Aravamuthan, MD, DPhil, about standardizing the diagnosis of cerebral palsy.
Coaching Families for Resilience, How Eviction Moratoria During the Covid Pandemic Affected Child Maltreatment – Episode 246
05/13/2025
In this episode Gretchen Pianka, MD, MPH, FAAP, discusses her book on how pediatricians can build resilience in themselves and the caregivers they serve. Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also talk to Liwei Zhang, PhD, about state-based eviction moratoria and child maltreatment during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Pediatrics Research Roundup, Updates to the Yellow Book – Episode 245
05/06/2025
In this episode Alex R. Kemper, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP, deputy editor of the journal Pediatrics, offers a rundown of the May issue. Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also talk to Ellen S. Rome, MD, MPH, FAAP, about the latest updates in the ninth edition of the Yellow Book, Pediatric Nutrition.
Relational Health and Trauma-informed Care, Teens’ Understanding of Medical Jargon – Episode 244
04/29/2025
In this episode Moira Szilagyi, MD, PhD, FAAP, and Heather Forkey, MD, FAAP, discuss the new AAP National Center for Relational Health and Trauma-informed Care. David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also speak with Jordan Marmet, MD, FAAP, and Aarabhi Rajagopal, MD, FAAP, about how medical jargon can be confusing for teens.
Disclosure of Adverse Events, Trends in Adolescent Risky Behavior – Episode 243
04/22/2025
In this episode Laura Sigman, MD, JD, FAAP, discusses having conversations with patients about adverse medical events. David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also speak with Rebekah Levine Coley, PhD, about new trends in adolescents’ risky behaviors.
Pediatrics Research Roundup, Difficult Conversations and Congenital Syphilis – Episode 242
04/15/2025
In this episode Rachel Moon, MD, FAAP, associate editor of digital media for the journal Pediatrics, shares a research roundup from the April issue. David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also speak with Adam Ratner, MD, MPH, FAAP, and Nitya Shah, MD, FAAP, about having difficult conversations with families about a diagnosis of congenital syphilis and other diseases.
Environmental Issues in Global Pediatric Heath, Work Readiness of Pediatric Subspeciality Fellows – Episode 241
03/25/2025
In this episode Philip Landrigan, MD, MSc, FAAP, talks about environmental issues in global pediatric health. David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also speak with Sarah Pitts, MD, FAAP, about whether pediatric subspeciality fellows are ready for unsupervised work after two years of training.
Diagnosing Biliary Atresia, Discrepancies in Pediatric Work Hours – Episode 240
03/17/2025
In this episode Sanjiv Harpavat, MD, PhD, FAAP, and Saul J. Karpen, MD, PhD, FAASLD, talk about detecting biliary atresia in infants. David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also speak with Bobbi Byrne, MD, FAAP, and Gary Freed, MD, MPH, FAAP, about discrepancies in pediatric work hours.
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Meet Your Hosts
Joanna Parga-Belinkie
Host
Joanna became a pediatrician because “she’s just too nice” was a frequent trope of her medical school evaluations. As an attempt to spice things up, she became a neonatologist but still saves babies with a smile on her face. However, it wasn’t until she became a mother that she endured her most intensive training in infant care and learned how to write personal bios while breastfeeding.
Her education has been bicoastal: from Harvard College in Boston to Mount Sinai Medical School in New York City, all the way to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles for pediatrics residency and the University of California, Los Angeles for neonatal fellowship. For her first job as an attending, she came back to the east coast and has landed in Philadelphia. There she works as an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She cocreated the podcast Baby Doctor Mamas as her first foray into podcasting and has been a contributor and writer for many media outlets including The New York Times, National Public Radio, SELF Magazine, and NBC News.
When she’s not doctoring, parenting or podcasting, she is usually watching television with her husband Danny, a cinematographer who is always excited about how they got that cool dolly shot. She’s frequently embroiled (but never consistent) in some new exercise routine and is hoping to do her first pull-up during the pandemic (tips and encouragement are encouraged!).
Listen to the podcast & share fitness tips with her on twitter @JPBelinkieMD.
David Hill
Host
Dr. David Hill is a hospitalist pediatrician practicing in Goldsboro and Wilmington, NC, and is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine. He is also an author and editor, most recently of the AAP’s top-selling childcare book, Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, Birth to age 5, 8th Edition. He serves as a medical communications expert and is a former chair of the AAP Council on Communications and Media, where he helped craft the Academy’s updated 2016 media use guidelines. Dr. Hill lectures nationally and internationally on media and child health, the use of media for healthcare advocacy, and effective patient communication, drawing from his own extensive experience with media as well as from evidence-based best practices. He lives in Wilmington, NC, with his wife, Christy, a pediatric physician assistant, with whom he has raised a blended family of five adult children.