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Pediatric Policy Council

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The Pediatric Policy Council (PPC) has worked on Capitol Hill since 1984 and is the combined legislative advocacy efforts of the Academic Pediatric Association, American Academy of Pediatrics the Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs, the American Pediatric Society and the Society for Pediatric Research.

The PPC meets annually and sponsors an annual pediatric policy plenary at the at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting. Additionally, the PPC produces, the Capitol Connection, a monthly newsletter that highlights advocacy and policy updates from Washington, DC.

The PPC is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Federal Government Affairs (COFGA).

Capitol Connection

The PPC’s Monthly newsletter highlights advocacy and policy updates from Washington, DC. View Capitol Connection archives.

Council Roster

Chair Shetal Shah, MD
New York Medical College
shetaldoc@hotmail.com
Phone: (917) 940-2262
1st Term: January 1, 2021– Dec. 31, 2022

 

 
Academic Pediatric Association

 

Jean L. Raphael, MD, MPH
Baylor College of Medicine
raphael@bcm.edu
Phone: (832) 822-2778

 

Mona Patel, MD
University of Southern California
mpatel@chla.usc.edu
Phone: (323) 361-2122
American Pediatric Society

 

Jonathan Davis, MD
Tufts Medical Center
jdavis@tuftsmedicalcenter.org
Phone: (617) 636-5322

 

DeWayne Pursley, MD, MPH
Harvard Medical School
dpursley@bidmc.harvard.edu
Phone: (617) 667-7040
Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs

 

Tina Cheng, MD, MPH
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
tina.cheng@cchmc.org

 

Sherin Devaskar, MD
University of California Los Angeles
sdevaskar@mednet.ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 825-2631
Society for Pediatric Research

 

Joyce Javier, MD, MPH, MS
University of Southern California
JoJavier@chla.usc.edu
Phone: (323) 361-2110

 

Lois Lee, MD, MPH
Harvard Medical School
lois.lee@childrens.harvard.edu
Phone: (617) 355-6624
Staff American Academy of Pediatrics
Phone: (202) 347-8600

 

 
  James Baumberger, MPP
Senior Director, Federal Advocacy
jbaumberger@aap.org
Matt Mariani
Policy Associate, Federal Advocacy
mmariani@aap.org 

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