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In this episode of the special series, “Pathways to Pediatrics,” hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, interview Aura Obando, MD, FAAP, Family Team Medical Director for Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. Dr. Obando explains how a passion for global health in under-resourced areas led her to her own backyard. 

 

 

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Guests

Aura M. Obando, MD, FAAP

Guest

Aura M. Obando, MD, FAAP, was born in Bogotá, Colombia. She received her MD from the University of Pennsylvania and completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Obando is also board certified in Addiction Medicine and is an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. As the Family Team Medical Director for Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, Dr. Obando provides shelter-based medical care to families and unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness in the Boston area, as well as low-barrier addiction treatment and harm reduction services with a mobile outreach team. Dr. Obando’s primary clinical interests lie in immigration, women’s health, childhood poverty, youth homelessness and addiction. 

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Conflict of Interest Disclosure:

The interviewees have no conflicts of interest to disclose

Music Credits:
"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.

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