About
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
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| Academic Pediatric Association
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Jean L. Raphael, MD, MPH Baylor College of Medicine raphael@bcm.edu Phone: (832) 822-2778
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Mona Patel, MD University of Southern California mpatel@chla.usc.edu Phone: (323) 361-2122 |
| American Pediatric Society
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Jonathan Davis, MD Tufts Medical Center jdavis@tuftsmedicalcenter.org Phone: (617) 636-5322
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DeWayne Pursley, MD, MPH Harvard Medical School dpursley@bidmc.harvard.edu Phone: (617) 667-7040 |
| Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs
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Tina Cheng, MD, MPH University of Cincinnati College of Medicine tina.cheng@cchmc.org
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Sherin Devaskar, MD University of California Los Angeles sdevaskar@mednet.ucla.edu Phone: (310) 825-2631 |
| Society for Pediatric Research
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Joyce Javier, MD, MPH, MS University of Southern California JoJavier@chla.usc.edu Phone: (323) 361-2110
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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
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| James Baumberger, MPP Senior Director, Federal Advocacy jbaumberger@aap.org |
Matt Mariani Policy Associate, Federal Advocacy mmariani@aap.org |
