Thank you to Nia McLean of CNN for interviewing me for this piece, “Why Black Women are pushing to diversify health care industry”. We know this work is a matter of life and death for our communities and patients!! Link: cnn.com/2024/08/09/hea…

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ORDER NOW!!! 🚨 The official NLPD merch is here to raise awareness for the need for Latino and Latina physicians in the United States. Proceeds will support the National Hispanic Health Foundation (501c3) @the_nhhf. Thank you @drloeza for your wonderful artwork!!! Let’s gooooo!!!

Kids returning to school shouldn't have to worry about the threat of gun violence, but yet another community has been tragically affected by a school shooting. AAP mourns with all affected in GA and will continue to advocate for policies to keep kids safe and to #EndGunViolence

Voting for AAP president-elect is still open! Read about Dr. Lily J. Lou at bit.ly/LilyJLou. Read about Dr. Andrew D. Racine at bit.ly/AndrewRacine.

The American Academy of Pediatrics Get Out the Vote efforts may have contributed to voter registration by young, diverse people in 2020, a recent study found. bit.ly/4gxqUur. #VoteKids

Today is the last day to vote for American Academy of Pediatrics president-elect. Read about Dr. Andrew D. Racine at bit.ly/AndrewRacine. Read about Dr. Lily J. Lou at bit.ly/LilyJLou.

Pediatricians wield the superpower of advocacy to combat failed social policies, inequities, misinformation and more, American Academy of Pediatrics President Dr. Benjamin D. Hoffman told the crowd at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition #AAP2024 conference. bit.ly/3XI1mCy.

6% is not enough! Only 6% of U.S. physicians are Latino, though 19% of the population identifies as such. #NationalLatinoPhysicianDay calls for change—let's amplify the need for more Latino physicians and improve health outcomes. ow.ly/CAe650TzvTf #NLPD

6% is not enough! We need more Latinx physicians to serve the growing Latino population and to mentor the next generation. On October 1st, we celebrate the National Latinx Physician Day. #nationallatinophysicianday #nationallatinaphysicianday #nationallatinxphysicianday

Ricardo Correa, MD is a #Latinx endocrinologist working to make medicine more diverse. spr.ly/6019oIHMl #NationalLatinoPhysicianDay

Mr. President: Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, I have a better idea.   In Denmark, everyone is guaranteed health care, college education is free, parents receive 1-year of paid paternity leave & workers don’t make less than $22 an hour.  Let's steal those ideas.

No child should miss meals or go without medical care just so billionaires can pay even less in taxes. It's despicable.

Dear Rep. Andrew Garbarino Congressman Nick LaLota Please consider the local impact on children's hospitals, pediatricians & children's health coverage. RT Vanessa Salcedo, MD Margaret Stager, MD Dr. Jaime Friedman Dr. Nina Swati Chandhoke, MD, FAAP (she/her) Dr. Sara “Quit Tobacco/Nicotine” Siddiqui Stephen Cook, MD, MPH #MaskUp Warren Seigel Clara Song Misty Good

Scenes from the American Academy of Pediatrics Leadership Mtg. Montefiore Pediatrics Suzette Oyeku, MD, MPH NYS AAP - Chapter 2 NYS AAP - Chapter 3 NYS AAP - Chapter 3 Sahba Ferdowsi DO (conciergedoc) @yasukofakuda Vanessa Salcedo, MD #VoteKids Dr. Ripudaman S. Minhas MD MPH Rep. Kim Schrier, M.D. Beatrice Goilav, MD

Absolutely dangerous and unacceptable. RFK Jr.’s lies and misinformation are causing the childhood vaccination rate to drop AGAIN, even amid already record-high exemptions, leaving our kids vulnerable to deadly diseases. As a pediatrician, I can reassure you that these vaccines

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on today’s ruling: “We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job.” RETWEET if you stand with Justice Sotomayor!

Starting November 1st, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare to all its residents. It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually. This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.

National Latino Physician Day 2025 highlights three urgent issues 🚨 👨🏽‍⚕️Worsening United States physician shortage, projected to reach up to 86,000 doctors by 2036, exacerbated by student loan caps, research funding cuts, and dismantled pipeline programs that disproportionately