Literacy Promotion in Primary Care, Getting Out the Vote – Episode 223

Perri Klass, MD, FAAP, is Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University and the National Medical Director of Reach Out and Read, a program that promotes early literacy through pediatric clinics with advice about reading aloud and children’s books provided at routine well child visits. She has received numerous awards for her work as a pediatrician and educator including the 2007 American Academy of Pediatrics Education Award, which recognizes her educational contributions that have had a broad and positive impact on the health and well-being of children. 

Lisa M. Costello, MD, MPH, FAAP, is an Assistant Professor in the Department Pediatrics at West Virginia University (WVU) and a Pediatric Hospitalist at WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital. She is co-director of the Pediatrics Clerkship, leads a healthcare literacy and patient advocacy curriculum thread for the M.D. program, and is the advisor for the medical student group, Student Advocates Impacting Decision on Healthcare. Dr. Costello is chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on State Government Affairs and in 2022 received the AAP Section on Early Career Physicians Leadership in Advocacy Award.