2015 Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care: Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine and Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule Workgroup

2015 Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care

Geoffrey R. Simon, MD, FAAP, Chairperson

Cynthia N. Baker, MD, FAAP

Graham A. Barden, III MD, FAAP

Oscar ‘Skip’ W. Brown, III, MD, FAAP

Jesse M. Hackell, MD, FAAP

Amy P. Hardin, MD, FAAP

Kelley E. Meade, MD, FAAP

Scot B. Moore, MD, FAAP

Julia E. Richerson, MD, FAAP

Elizabeth Sobczyk, MPH, MSW

Edward S. Curry, MD, FAAP*

Paula M. Duncan, MD, FAAP

Mary Margaret Gottesman, PhD, RN, CPNP

Joseph F. Hagan, Jr, MD, FAAP

Judith S. Shaw, EdD, MPH, RN, FAAP

Jack T. Swanson, MD, FAAP

Lynn Van Pelt, DMD, CAPT, United States Public Health Service

Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration – Federal Liaison to Steering Committee

Jane B. Bassewitz, MA

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