The past decade has witnessed a surge of interest in and critical analysis of the involvement of the United States in the training of health professionals from developing countries. Furthermore, since...

The close alignment of academic pediatric departments with the clinical mission of children’s hospitals and university health systems has created a “burning platform” for the highest quality patient o...

The Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), established by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association, is the accepted standard for teaching neonatal resuscitation. The initia...

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has outlined competencies for residents to attain, and the Milestones Project has helped delineate more specific goals for pediatrician develop...

Faculty members are the most valuable resource of pediatric departments. Faculty members who are dissatisfied, “burned-out,” or intending to leave academics, although in the minority, are unacceptably...

A steady increase in the proportion of women in leadership positions in the field of pediatrics is being realized. This trend began over the last two decades and accelerated in the last 5 years.

This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lig...

As with private practices, measuring, assessing, and rewarding clinical productivity are critical to successful management of academic practices. Academic practices have the added challenge of simulta...

Over the past 4½ decades, I have served at various Academic Health Centers (AHCs) as a faculty member, Pediatric Chair, Dean and Vice President, and Trustee. I have also served as a Foundation Executi...

For more than two centuries, environmental, social, economic, and clinical care advances have improved the health of our children and the prosperity of our nation. However, for the first time in our h...