Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 273-278 , September 2008

Academic Pediatric Association (APA) Presidential Address: Changing the World for Children

  • Peter G. Szilagyi, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Peter G. Szilagyi, MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642.

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 Presented to the Academic Pediatric Association on May 5, 2008, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

PII: S1530-1567(08)00165-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2008.07.005

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 273-278 , September 2008

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