Alabama Pediatrician: Conversations & Information for Your Practice

We've talked about infant formula and their nutritional value, but what about breastmilk?? Dietitian Desiree Walker returns to share more about breastmilk and its importance, as well as how mother's diet is important in breastfeeding too! Check out AAP resources and information on breastfeeding: click here. More AAP Resources and tools on breastfeeding: click here. Parental info from Healthy Children on breastfeeding: click here. CDC Recommendations and info on breastfeeding: click here.Support for mothers on the American Pregnancy Assoc: click here. 

Meet Reach Out and Read-AL's updated staff and check out its updates and don't forget to continue supporting Reach Out and Read's mission!Check out ROR-AL's End of Year Campaign: click here. Check out the infographic on new site startup: click here. For more info on new site training: click here. Follow Reach Out and Read-Alabama on:- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RORAlabama- Instagram https://www.instagram.com/reachoutandreadalabama/- Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/company/reach-out-and-read-alabama/- YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@roralabamaA quick thanks to our sponsors for this year, AL Department of Public Health, Immunizations department. Don't wait, vaccinate! Click here. 

Live from the AL AAP 2026 Annual Meeting! Meet Dr. Elizabeth Dawson, our new AL Chapter Vice President/President-Elect, and learn more about her non-profit, the Troy Resilience Project, and how it uses trauma informed care to help her community! Also, Dr. Dawson educates us on AAP CATCH Grants and tips to applying for one! 

Back for part 2 of our Practice Management 101 with Dr. Katrina Skinner and Chip Hart, who run Pediatric CEO and use all their expertise in running a private practice and work with medical EMR and multiple pediatric practices across the country! Check out the AL AAP Practice Management Association: click here. Check out the National AAP Practice Management resources: click here. Check out Pediatric CEO Intensive 2026: click here.

Are you maximizing your practice's potential? Pediatric CEO's Dr. Katrina Skinner and Chip Hart lead this 2 part series to answer this question and share other tips on how to run a successful pediatric practice and make sure you're working with the right people! It's an intense rundown!For more information on AL AAP's Practice Management Association: click here. For the National AAP's Practice Management resources: click here. For information on Pediatric CEO: click here. 

Oh, the process of becoming a certified pediatrician and maintaining that certification! Dr. Keith Mann, the Vice President of Continuing Certification for the American Board of Pediatrics, enlightens us on the different parts of Pediatric certification, updates to the ABP, and how to optimize our work and credits!For more information on the American Board of Pediatrics: click here. For more information from the American Board of Medical Specialities: click here. 

We have a most inspiring and amazing talk today! Joining us is Swapna Kakani, MPH, who is a health care reformer, motivational speaker, patient advocate, and researcher of rare diseases and patient care, to name a few! She shares her life and medical experiences as someone born with a congenital defect that has required her to overcome many adversities and how that has affected her passions and her work. For more information on Swapna: click here.For more information on Alabama Rare: click here.Check out the Gutsy Prospective: click here. Check out the medical journal article on measuring quality of life on pediatric intestinal failure: click here. 

Lots of new things happening in pediatric diabetes! Joining us today to share some updates and some real life tips and triage in managing diabetes is Dr. Brittany Bruggeman, pediatric endocrinologist at the University of Florida and a huge advocator for people with diabetes! Check out this Healthy Children article on pediatric diabetes: click here. Check out the American Diabetes Association's standard of care for children with diabetes: click here. Check out this statement on monitoring kids with pre-clinical diabetes: click here. For more info on Type I Diabetes screening: click here. Check out the AAP Practice Guideline for obesity: click here. 

As vaccine hesitancy continues to increase with lower vaccination rates, we as pediatric medical providers and physicians could see resurgences of diseases that haven't been seen in decades. Mr. Vann Griffith, a long time AL native and childhood poliovirus survivor, shares stories and memories of his experiences dealing with polio and its complications, as well as other anecdotes and wisdom. For more information and resources on immunizations from the AAP: click here. For resources for families on immunizations from Healthy Children: click here. 

Dr. John Bridges returns to talk about his family's journey in navigating having a deaf child. Learn about the the proper etiquette to help those with hearing differences and also so many helpful resources for families and for fellow pediatricians!Read this article from the Academy of Audiology: click here. Check out AL Early Intervention: click here. Check out the AL Institute for Deaf and Blind: click here. Learn more about Hands and Voices: click here. Learn more about the Woolley Institute for Spoken Language Education (WISE): click here. Learn about AL Hearing Loss Options: click here. Learn about Exploration of Language and Communication Opportunities (ELCO) from Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: click here.