AAP Textbook of Pediatric Care, 2nd Edition [eBook]

Editor in Chief

Thomas K. Mclnerny, MD, FAAP

Thomas McInerny, MD has been a primary care pediatrician in private practice in Rochester, NY for 40 years and is Professor and Associate Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Medical School and did his pediatric residency training at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital. He has held many elected and appointed positions in the AAP since 1987 including President of Chapter I, District II, Member and chair of the Pediatric Research in the Office Setting Steering Committee, Member and Chair of the Chapter Forum Committee, Member and Chair of the Committee on Child Health Financing, and the Steering Committee on Quality Improvement and Management. He also was a member of the Task Force on Mental Health which developed the AAP Mental Health Toolkit.

He is a member of the American Pediatric Society and the Academic Pediatric Association and a Certified Physician Executive and Fellow of the American College of Physician Executives. In 2011 he was elected President of the AAP, and he served from 2012 to 2013.. 

Associate Editor

Deborah E. Campbell, MD, FAAP

Deborah Campbell, MD, FAAP, is Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Program Director for the fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, and Director of the Division of Neonatology at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. She conducts the Low birth weight infant Evaluation and Assessment Program (LEAP) and has served various leadership roles at the American Academy of Pediatrics, New York State Association of Regional Perinatal Programs and Networks, NYC Local Early Intervention Coordinating Council, and Greater New York March of Dimes Health Professionals Advisory Board and National March of Dimes.

She is a member of the Greater New York Hospital Association Perinatal Safety Collaborative Advisory Group, the National Quality Forum Perinatal Collaborative, and the New York State Perinatal Quality Collaborative Neonatology Expert Workgroup. She also serves on the NYS Palliative Care Education and Training Council, an expert panel that has developed guidance and advice for the New York State Department of Health on best practices in pain management and end-of-life care. She served as a member on the AAP Taskforce on Implementation of Newborn Hearing Screening and the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program. She is currently co-chair of the Bright Futures Guidelines, 4th edition Infancy Expert Panel.

Associate Editor

Deepak M. Kamat, MD, PhD, FAAP

Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, FAAP is professor of pediatrics, vice chair for academic affairs and chair of the promotion and tenure committee for the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio. Prior to this he served as the professor of pediatrics, the vice chair of education in the department of pediatrics at Wayne State University and Designated Institutional Official for the Children’s Hospital of Michigan from 2003 to 2019.

Dr Kamat has authored and co-authored over 250 peer-reviewed manuscripts, review articles, book chapters and case reports. He serves on the editorial board of three journals and is an ad hoc manuscript reviewer for many journals. He is editor of 7 books and currently serves as the editor-in-chief of Pediatric Care Online, an on-line resource of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr Kamat is active in multiple national and international medical societies. Currently he serves on the planning committee of National Conference and Exhibition of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Associate Editor

Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP

Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP, is the Carl Weihl Professor of Pediatrics, director of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics, designated institutional officer, and associate chair for education in the Department of Pediatrics at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He received his bachelor of arts degree from Amherst College and his medical degree from the University of Rochester; he completed a residency and fellowship at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Dr DeWitt served as president of the Academic Pediatric Association and chair of both the Steering Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatric Research in Office Settings network and the Committee on Pediatric Education. He served as a member of the US Preventive Services Task Force, chairing their methodology workgroup, and is currently a member of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Pediatric Residency Review Committee and the national board of Reach Out and Read. As associate chair, he has led the department in pursuing innovative and effective approaches to graduate education, including an innovative online masters in medical education program.

With more than 70 peer-reviewed publications, Dr DeWitt is nationally and internationally known for his publications and presentations in the areas of faculty development and community-based education and research.