Latest AAP Policy

Jordan Greenbaum, MD; Dana Kaplan, MD; Nia Bodrick, MD, MPH; Council on Child Abuse and Neglect; Antoinette Laskey, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAP; Suzanne Breen Haney, MD, MS, FAAP; Andrea Asnes, MD, MSW, FAAP; Verena Brown, MD, FAAP; Rebecca G. Girardet, MD, FAAP; Nancy Heavilin, MD, FAAP; Amanda Bird Hoffert Gilmartin, MD, FAAP; Natalie Kissoon, MD, FAAP; Bethany Anne Mohr, MD, FAAP; Patricia Morgan, MD, FAAP; Shalon Marie Nienow, MD, FAAP; Norell Rosado, MD, FAAP; Section on Global Health; Heather A. Haq, MD, MHS, FAAP; Keri A. Cohn, MD, FAAP; Erin McCann, MD, MPH, FAAP; Megan McHenry, MD, FAAP; Alcy R. Torres, MD, FAAP; Rachel Umoren, MD, FAAP

Douglas J. Opel, MD, MPH, FAAP; Douglas S. Diekema, MD, MPH, FAAP; Committee on Bioethics; Naomi Tricot Laventhal, MD, FAAP; Gina Marie Geis, MD, FAAP; Carrie Henderson, MD, FAAP; Deborah S. Loeff, MD, FAAP; Mary A. Ott, MD, MA, FAAP; Sara Taub, MD, FAAP

Lance H. Rodan, MD; Joan Stoler, MD, FAAP; Emily Chen, MD, PhD; Timothy Geleske, MD, FAAP; Council on Genetics; Samantha Vergano, MD, FAAP; Ingrid A. Holm, MD, FAAP; Kelly Jones, MD, FAAP; Jennifer Kalish, MD, FAAP; Danielle C. Monteil, MD, FAAP; Amanda Barone Pritchard, MD, FAAP; Sonja A. Rasmussen, MD, MS, FAAP; Bianca Russell, MD, FAAP; Stephanie L. Santoro, MD, FAAP; Pamela Trapane, MD, FAAP; Kathryn Nicole Weaver, MD, FAAP

Mary A. Ott, MD, MA, FAAP; Andrea J. Hoopes, MD, MPH, FAAP; Gina S. Sucato, MD, MPH, FSAHM, FAAP; Maayan Leroy-Melamed, MD, MPH, FAAP; Committee on Adolescence; Elizabeth M. Alderman, MD, FSAHM, FAAP; Elise Berlan, MD, MPH, FAAP; Richard J. Chung, MD, FAAP; Michael Colburn, MD, MEd, FAAP; Laura K. Grubb, MD, MPH, FAAP; Janet Lee, MD, FAAP; Stephenie B. Wallace, MD, MSPH, FAAP

Mary A. Ott, MD, MA, FAAP; Gina S. Sucato, MD, MPH, FSAHM, FAAP; Maayan Leroy-Melamed, MD, MPH, FAAP; Andrea J. Hoopes, MD, MPH, FAAP; Committee on Adolescence; Elizabeth M. Alderman, MD, FSAHM, FAAP; Elise Berlan, MD, MPH, FAAP; Richard J. Chung, MD, FAAP; Michael Colburn, MD, MEd, FAAP; Laura K. Grubb, MD, MPH, FAAP; Janet Lee, MD, FAAP; Stephenie B. Wallace, MD, MSPH, FAAP

Larry W. Desch, MD, FAAP; Laura J. Hobart-Porter, DO, FAAP, FAAPMR; Amy Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP; Council on Children With Disabilities; Garey Noritz, MD, FAAP, FACP; Rishi Agrawal, MD, MPH, FAAP; Deanna S. Bell, MD, FAAP; Jessica E. A. Foster, MD, MPH, FAAP; Ellen Fremion, MD, FAAP, FACP; Sheryl Frierson, MD, MEd, FAAP; Michelle Melicosta, MD, MPH, MSc, FAAP; Barbara S. Saunders, DO, FAAP; Siddharth Srivastava, MD, FAAP; Jilda Vargus-Adams, MD, MSc, FAAP; Katharine E. Zuckerman, MD, MPH, FAAP

C. D. Anthony Herndon, MD, FAAP; Hansel J. Otero, MD, FAAP; David Hains, MD, FAAP; Rebecca M. Sweeney, MD, FAAP; Gina M. Lockwood, MD, MS, FAAP; Section on Urology; Nicholas Cost, MD, MPH, FAAP; Stephen Canon, MD, FAAP; Gregory Dean, MD, FAAP; Martin Kaefer, MD, FAAP; Kathleen Kieran, MD, FAAP; Andrew Kirsch, MD, FAAP; John C. Pope, MD, FAAP; Section on Nephrology; Vikas Dharnidharka, MD, MPH, FAAP; Donald Batisky, MD, FAAP; Daniel Feig, MD, PhD, MS, FAAP; Juan Kupferman, MD, MPH, FAAP; Kimberly Reidy, MD, FAAP; Carol Shen, MD FAAP; Douglas Silverstein, MD, FAAP; Section on Radiology; Hansel J. Otero, MD, FAAP; Patricia Acharya, MD, FAAP; Adina Alazraki, MD, FAAP; Ellen Benya, MD, FAAP; Brandon P. Brown, MD, MA, FAAP; Reza Daugherty, MD, FAAP; Sarah Sarvis Milla, MD, FAAP; Section on Hospital Medicine; Geeta Singhal, MD, MEd, FAAP; Rachel Marek, MD, FAAP; H. Barrett Fromme, MD, MHPE, FAAP; Jessica (Jessie) Allan, MD, FAAP; Zoey Goore, MD, MPH, FAAP; Laura Nell Hodo, MD, FAAP; Dimple Khona, MD, MBA, ABOIM, IFMCP, FAAP; Tony Tarchichi, MD, FAAP; Jorge Ganem, MD, FAAP; Eleanor Sharp, MD

David A. Kaufman, MD, FAAP; Ashley M. Lucke, MD, FAAP; James J. Cummings, MD, FAAP; Committee on Fetus and Newborn; Eric Eichenwald, MD, FAAP; Namasivayam Ambalavanan, MD, FAAP; Charleta Guillory, MD, FAAP; Mark Hudak, MD, FAAP; David A. Kaufman, MD, FAAP; Camilia Martin, MD, FAAP; Ashley M. Lucke, MD, FAAP; Margaret Parker, MD, FAAP; Arun Pramanik, MD, FAAP; Kelly Wade, MD, FAAP

Abeba Berhane, MD, FAAP; Jesse M. Hackell, MD, FAAP; Stephenie Wallace, MD, FAAP; Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine; Jesse M. Hackell, MD, FAAP; Yvette M. Almendarez, MD, FAAP; Patricia E. Cantrell, MD, FAAP; Carolyn Cleary, MD, FAAP; Elizabeth Hawse, MD, FAAP; Lisa M. Kafer, MD, FAAP; Tomitra Latimer, MD, FAAP; Robert H. Wiskind, MD, FAAP; Committee on Adolescence; Elizabeth M. Alderman, MD, FSAHM, FAAP; Elise Berlan, MD, FAAP; Richard J. Chung, MD, FAAP; Michael Colburn, MD, MEd, FAAP; Janet Lee, MD, FAAP; Maria C. Monge, MD, FAAP; Taraneh Shafii, MD, FAAP

Jennifer J. Schoch, MD, FAAD, FAAP; Katelyn R. Anderson, MD, FAAP, FAAD; Amie E. Jones, MD, FAAP; Megha M. Tollefson, MD, FAAP, FAAD; Section on Dermatology; Teresa Wright, MD, FAAP; Raegan Hunt, MD, PhD, FAAP; Christine Lauren, MD, FAAP; Christina Boull, MD, FAAP; Deepti Gupta, MD, FAAP; Brandi Kenner-Bell, MD, FAAP

Namasivayam Ambalavanan, MD; Susan W. Aucott, MD; Arash Salavitabar, MD; Victor Y. Levy, MD; Committee on Fetus and Newborn; Eric Eichenwald, MD; Namasivayam Ambalavanan, MD; Charleta Guillory, MD; Mark Hudak, MD; David Kaufman, MD; Camilia Martin, MD; Ashley Lucke, MD; Margaret Parker, MD; Arun Pramanik, MD; Kelly Wade, MD; Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery; Stuart Berger, MD, FAAP; Christopher Scott Snyder, MD, FAAP; Laurie Bertanyi Armsby, MD, FAAP; Carlos M. Mery, MD, FAAP; Jonathan Johnson, MD FAAP; Fred “Rusty” Rodriguez, MD, FAAP; Jeffrey Vergales, MD, FAAP; Juan Villafane, Jr, MD, FAAP; Markus Renno, MD, MPH, FAAP; Andrew Headrick, MD, FAAP; Dean S. Karahalios, DO, FAAP

Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine; Robin M. Warner, MD, FAAP; Carolyn Cleary, MD, FAAP; Mona Doss Roberts, MD, FAAP; Elizabeth Hawse, MD, FAAP; Cailly Howell-McLean, MD, FAAP; Lisa M. Kafer, MD, FAAP; Seth D. Kaplan, MD, FAAP; Tomitra Latimer, MD, FAAP; Robert H. Wiskind, MD, FAAP

Laura Sigman, MD, JD, FAAP; Robert Turbow, MD, JD, FAAP; Daniel Neuspiel, MD, MPH, FAAP; Julia M. Kim, MD, MPH, FAAP; Committee on Medical Liability and Risk Management; Steven A. Bondi, JD, MD, FAAP; Craig Howard Gosdin, MD, FAAP; David A. Horowitz, MD, FAAP; Kajal Khanna, MD, JD, FAAP; Jonathan Muraskas, MD, FAAP; Alan L. Nager, MD, MHA, FAAP; Sarah W. Northrop, MD, FAAP; Preethi Srinivasakumar, MD, FAAP; Michelle Terry, MD, FAAP; Ryan Earl Alanzalon, MD, FAAP; Council on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety; Ulfat Shaikh, MD, FAAP; Francisco Javier Alvarez, MD, FAAP; John Chuo, MD, FAAP; Meghan Drayton Jackson, DO, FAAP; Julia M. Kim, MD, FAAP; Mary Beth Miotto, MD, FAAP; Raina Paul, MD, FAAP; Corinna Rea, MD, FAAP; Sandra Spencer, MD, FAAP; Amy Tyler, MD, FAAP; Joyee Vachani, MD, FAAP

Sandeep K. Narang, MD, JD, FAAP; Suzanne Haney, MD, MS, FAAP; Ann-Christine Duhaime, MD, FAAP; Jonathan Martin, MD, FAANS, FACS, FAAP; Gil Binenbaum, MD, MSCE FAAP; Alejandra G. de Alba Campomanes, MD, MPH, FAAP; Rich Barth, MD, FAAP; Gina Bertocci, PhD; Margarite Care, MD; Declan McGuone, MD; COUNCIL ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT; Antoinette Laskey, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAP; Andrea Asnes, MD, FAAP; Verena Wyvill Brown, MD, FAAP; Rebecca Girardet, MD, FAAP; Nancy Heavilin, MD, FAAP; Natalie Kissoon, MD, FAAP; Kelly N McGregory, DO, MS, FAAP; Patricia Morgan, MD, FAAP; Norell Rosado, MD, FAAP; Emalee G Flaherty, MD, FAAP; Andrew Sirotnak, MD, FAAP; Suzanne Haney, MD, FAAP; Amy R Gavril, MD MSCI, FAAP; Amanda Bird Hoffert Gilmartin, MD, FAAP; Sheila M Idzerda, MD, FAAP; Stephen Messner, MD, FAAP; Lori Legano, MD, FAAP; Bethany Mohr, MD, FAAP; Rebecca Moles, MD, FAAP; Vincent Palusci, MD MS, FAAP; Shalon Nienow, MD, FAAP; Ann E Budzak, MD, FAAP; SECTION ON OPHTHALMOLOGY; Donny Won Suh, MD, FAAP; Sylvia Yoo, MD, FAAP; Alina Dumitrescu, MD, FAAP; Douglas Fredrick, MD, FAAP; Ryan Gise, MD, FAAP; Mitchell Strominger, MD, FAAP; Steven E Rubin, MD, FAAP; Daniel J Karr, MD, FAAP; Kanwal Nischal, MD, FAAP; John D Roarty, MD; Hansel J Otero, MD, FAAP; Sarah Milla, MD, FAAP; Maria-Gisela Mercado-Deane, MD, FAAP; Adina Alazraki, MD, FAAP; Aparna Annam, DO, FAAP; Ellen Benya, MD, FAAP; Patricia Acharya, MD, FAAP; Brandon Brown, MD, MA, FAAP; Katherine Barton, MD, FAAP; Reza Daugherty, MD, FAAP; Greg Albert, MD, MPH, FAAP; David Bauer, MD, MPH, FAAP; Katrina Ducis, MD; Sandi Lam, MD, FAAP; Jonathan Martin, MD, FAAP; Brandon Rocque, MD, MS, FAAP; Philipp R Aldana, MD, FAAP; Douglas Brockmeyer, MD, FAAP; Ann-Christine Duhaime, MD; Andrew Jea, MD, FAAP; SECTION ON RADIOLOGY; Hansel J. Otero, MD, FAAP; Sarah Milla, MD, FAAP; Maria-Gisela Mercado-Deane, MD, FAAP; Adina Alazraki, MD, FAAP; Aparna Annam, DO, FAAP; Ellen Benya, MD, FAAP; Patricia Acharya, MD, FAAP; Brandon Brown, MD, MA, FAAP; Katherine Barton, MD, FAAP; Reza Daugherty, MD, FAAP; SECTION ON NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY; Greg Albert, MD, MPH, FAAP; David Bauer, MD, MPH, FAAP; Katrina Ducis, MD; Sandi Lam, MD, FAAP; Jonathan Martin, MD, FAAP; Brandon Rocque, MD, MS, FAAP; Philipp R. Aldana, MD, FAAP; Douglas Brockmeyer, MD, FAAP; Ann-Christine Duhaime, MD; Andrew Jea, MD, FAAP; SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY; AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED ORTHOPTISTS; AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY AND STRABISMUS; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Sanjiv Harpavat, MD, PhD, FAAP; Susan W. Aucott, MD, FAAP; Saul J. Karpen, MD, PhD, FAAP; Benjamin L. Shneider, MD, FAAP; Kasper Wang, MD, FAAP; and the SECTION ON GASTROENTEROLOGY, HEPATOLOGY, AND NUTRITION; Mitchell B. Cohen, MD, FAAP; David Brumbaugh, MD, FAAP; Jennifer L. Dotson, MD, FAAP; Sanjiv Harpavat, MD, PhD, FAAP; Jenifer R. Lightdale, MD, FAAP; Daniel Mallon, MD, FAAP; Maria M. Oliva-Hemker, MD, FAAP; COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN; Eric C. Eichenwald, MD, FAAP; Charletta Guillory, MD, FAAP; Ivan Leslie Hand, MD, FAAP; Mark L. Hudak, MD, FAAP; David Alan Kaufman, MD, FAAP; Camilia Rivera Martin, MD, FAAP; Margaret Graham Kemper Parker, MD, FAAP; Arun Kumar Pramanik, MD, FAAP; Kelly Cant Wade, MD, FAAP; SECTION ON SURGERY; Andrew Davidoff, MD, FAAP; Elizabeth Beierle, MD, FAAP; Gail E. Besner, MD, FAAP; Marybeth Browne, MD, FAAP; Cynthia D. Downard, MD, FAAP; Kenneth Gow, MD, FAAP; Saleem Islam, MD, FAAP; Danielle Walsh, MD, FAAP

Committee on Infectious Diseases; Sean T. O’Leary, MD, MPH, FAAP; James D. Campbell, MD, MS, FAAP; Monica I. Ardura, DO, MSCS, FAAP; Kristina A. Bryant, MD, FAAP; Mary T. Caserta, MD, FAAP; Claudia Espinosa, MD, MSc, FAAP; Robert W. Frenck, Jr, MD, FAAP; C. Mary Healy, MD; Chandy C. John, MD, MS, FAAP; Aaron Milstone, MD, MHS, FAAP; Angela L. Myers, MD, MPH, FAAP; Pia S. Pannaraj, MD, MPH, FAAP; Adam J. Ratner, MD, MPH, FAAP; José R. Romero, MD, FAAP; Matthew Zahn, MD, FAAP

Lauren Zajac, MD, MPH, FAAP; Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc, FAAP; and the Council on Environmental Health and Climate Change; Lauren Zajac, MD, MHP, FAAP; Sophie J. Balk, MD, FAAP; Lori G. Byron, MD, FAAP; Gredia Mariaez Huerta-Montañ, MD, FAAP; Philip J. Landrigan, MD, FAAP; Steven M. Marcus, MD, FAAP; Abby L. Nerlinger, MD, FAAP; Lisa H. Patel, MD, FAAP; Rebecca Philipsborn, MD, FAAP; Alan D. Woolf, MD, MPH, FAAP

Suzanne Haney, MD, FAAP; Susan Scherl, MD, FAAP; Linda DiMeglio, MD, FAAP; Jeannette Perez-Rossello, MD, FAAP; Sabah Servaes, MD, FAAP; Nadia Merchant, MD, FAAP; and the COUNCIL ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT; Antoinette Laskey, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAP; Suzanne Breen Haney, MD, MS, FAAP; Andrea Gottsegen Asnes, MD, FAAP; Verena Wyvill Brown, MD, FAAP; Amanda Bird Hoffert Gilmartin, MD, FAAP; Rebecca Girardet, MD, FAAP; Nancy Dayzie Heavilin, MD, FAAP; Natalie Kissoon, MD, FAAP; Bethany Anne Mohr, MD, FAAP; Patricia Dinalynn Morgan, MD, FAAP; Shalon Marie Nienow, MD, FAAP; Norell Rosado, MD, FAAP; SECTION ON ORTHOPAEDICS; Joshua Abzug, MD, FAAP; Meng Yi-Yen, MD, FAAP; Martin J. Herman, MD, FAAP; Lindsay Andras, MD, FAAP; Aristides Cruz, Jr, MD, FAAP; Christine Ho, MD, FAAP; Alexa Karkenny, MD, FAAP; J. Todd Lawrence, MD, PhD, FAAP; Susan Scherl, MD, FAAP; SECTION ON RADIOLOGY; Hansel J. Otero, MD, FAAP; Patricia Trinidad Acharya, MD, FAAP; Katherine Barton, MD, FAAP; Ellen Benya, MD, FAAP; Brandon Patrick Brown, MD MA, FAAP; Reza James Daugherty, MD, FAAP; and SECTION ON ENDOCRINOLOGY; Kupper Anthony Wintergerst, MD, FAAP; Jane Lockwood Lynch, MD; Lucy Diane Mastrandrea, MD, PhD, FAAP; Jennifer Marie Barker, MD, FAAP; Kathleen Elizabeth Bethin, MD, FAAP; Chineze Ebo, MD, FAAP; David H. Jelley, MD, FAAP; Bess Adkins Marshall, MD, FAAP; and the SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY

Lauren Zajac, MD, MPH, FAAP; Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc, FAAP; and the COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE; Lauren Zajac, MD, MHP, FAAP; Sophie J. Balk, MD, FAAP; Lori G. Byron, MD, FAAP; Gredia Maria Huerta-Montañez, MD, FAAP; Philip J. Landrigan, MD, FAAP; Steven M. Marcus, MD, FAAP; Abby L. Nerlinger, MD, FAAP; Lisa H. Patel, MD, FAAP; Rebecca Philipsborn, MD, FAAP; Alan D. Woolf, MD, MPH, FAAP