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Inspiring the Next Generation of Academic Pediatricians: We All Play a Role in the Solution

Workforce shortages are real and solutions addressing the causes are years in the making.

In this critical conversation by the Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC), members discuss:
– the obvious and obscure issues impacting student and resident decisions
– sharper declines in MD vs DO students
– Foreign Medical Graduate subspecialty decisions

At the end of this conversation, you’ll have strategies and best practices to incorporate into student and trainee experiences to help mitigate some of the issues impacting shortages.

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Topic Resources.

Expert Opinion: How to Fight the Pediatric Specialist Shortage, D-Magazine, April 3, 2025, Wesley Millican

Pediatric Workforce Shortages Persist in 2024, Children’s Hospital Association, 2024.

Why Are Fewer U.S. MD Graduates Choosing Pediatrics, Bridget Balch, AAMC News, Sept. 2024.

The Pediatric Workforce: Recent Data Trends, Questions and Challenges for the Future, Robert J. Vinci, MD, AAP Publications, June 2021.

Meet the Panel.

Wesley Millican, CareerPhysician, Child Health Advisory Council, Pediatric Insight

Wesley D. Millican, MBA
CEO and Physician Talent Officer

Craig Hillemeier, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist

Danielle Laraque-Arena, MD, FAAP
Child Abuse Pediatrics

Valerie Opipari, CareerPhysician, Child Health Advisory Council, Pediatric Insight

Valerie Opipari, MD
Pediatric
Hematologist/Oncologist

Bruder Stapleton, CareerPhysician, Child Health Advisory Council, Pediatric Insight

Bruder Stapleton, MD
Pediatric Nephrologist

Arnold (Arnie) Strauss, Child Health Advisory Council, CareerPhysician, Pediatric Insight

Arnold (Arnie) Strauss, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist

View the Child Health Advisory Council’s bios. Click here.

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