In this episode Scott Needle, MD, FAAP, who co-wrote the AAP policy statement, “Ensuring the Health of Children in Disasters,” explains the importance of planning for the unexpected. Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also talk to Andrea Spencer, MD, author of a new Pediatrics article, “Six Stages of Engagement in ADHD Treatment Described by Diverse, Urban Parents.”
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Scott Needle, MD, FAAP
Guest
Dr. Scott Needle is a practicing community pediatrician and Chief Medical Officer with Elica Health Centers in Sacramento, Ca. Before moving to California in 2018, he was Medical Director for Quality and Safety at a federally qualified health center in Naples, Fla. He was a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Disaster Preparedness Advisory Council from its inception in 2007 until 2019 and currently is on the Executive Committee of the Council on Children and Disasters. Dr. Needle also served as Chair of the HHS National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters from 2017 to 2018. He was one of the lead authors on the 2015 AAP Policy Statement, “Ensuring the Health of Children in Disasters.”
Andrea Spencer, MD
Guest
Dr. Andrea Spencer is a child psychiatrist at Boston Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Spencer’s clinical research program, REACH for ADHD (Revolutionizing Equal Access to Care and Health for ADHD), focuses on developing and testing innovative methods to improve and reduce disparities in ADHD treatment. Her research is currently funded by the NIMH, Charles H. Hood Foundation, and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Dr. Spencer is Board Certified in both Adult Psychiatry and in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
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Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
Dr. Spencer receives funding from NIMH, Charles H. Hood Foundation, and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
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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.