AAP Chapter 3

Welcome to the New York Chapter 3 Website

The American Academy of Pediatrics, founded in 1930, unites pediatricians throughout the Americas to ensure for all young people the attainment of their full potential for physical, emotional, and social health. To this end, the Academy dedicates its resources to professional education, advocacy for children, representation of pediatricians, public education, access to health care, and service to children.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is composed of over fifty Chapters, organized into ten regional Districts. Whereas most of these Districts cover multiple states, District II consists solely of New York State and serves as the statewide focal point for its three Chapters. Chapter 3 is comprised of the New York City Boroughs of the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, and the upstate counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester.

Chapter 3 currently has over 1,600 members, representing pediatricians and pediatric specialists.

New York Chapter 3 was awarded the
2008 Outstanding Chapter Award
for large Chapters.

The following members have been awarded Special Achievement Awards for 2008:
Arthur Cooper, MD, MS
	- for leading the charge for emergency medical services for children at the national and state level, and responding effectively to the need for disaster preparedness after 9/11 and since. He is also to be commended for his active work in the regional response to the care of abused children. He is among the sub-specialists who are clearly attached to the Chapter and enrich its membership activities.
George Foltin, MD
	- for leading the charge for emergency medical services for children at the national and state level, and responding effectively to the need for disaster preparedness after 9/11 and since. He is among the sub-specialists who are clearly attached to the Chapter and enrich its membership activities.
Lance Parton, MD
	- for his consistent contributions to the planning and execution of the Perinatal Annual conference, which generates important non-dues revenue for the chapter. He is among the sub-specialists who are clearly attached to the chapter and enrich its membership activities.

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