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Latest AAP Policy
AAP Policy brings together a constellation of policy documents from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Policy Statements, Clinical Reports, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Technical Reports, and can now be found in one location.
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement
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
June 23 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
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
June 23 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
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
June 23 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement
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
June 16 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
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
June 16 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
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
June 16 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
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
June 16 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
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
May 27 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement
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
May 19 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
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
May 19 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
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
April 28 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement
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
April 21 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement
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
March 17 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
February 24 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Technical Report
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
February 24 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
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
February 18 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement
Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule: United States, 2025: Policy Statement
Free
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
January 27 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement
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
January 21 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report
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
January 21 2025
From the American Academy of Pediatrics Technical Report
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
January 21 2025