Dipesh Navsaria MPH, MSLIS, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; Clinical Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, School of Human Ecology, UW-Madison, Madison, WisconsinDr. Dipesh Navsaria is a pediatrician working in the public interest. He blends the roles of physician, occasional children's librarian, educator, public health professional, and child health advocate. With graduate degrees in public health, children's librarianship, physician assistant studies, and medicine, he brings a unique combination of interests and experience together.
Committed to understanding how basic science can translate into busy primary-care settings via population health concepts and policy initiatives, Dr. Navsaria aims to educate the next generation of those who work with children and families in realizing how their professional roles include being involved in larger concepts of social policy and how they may affect the cognitive and socioemotional development of children for their future benefit.
Disclosures
- Consulting pediatrician: Pediatrics Supporting Parents Initiative
- Board of directors: Reach Out and Read National Center
- Founding medical director: Reach Out and Read Wisconsin
- Board of directors: Parents as Teachers
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Digital Technology Distraction for Acute Pain in Children
- Cool Running Water First Aid Decreases Skin Grafting Requirements in Pediatric Burns
- Association of Repeated Antibiotic Exposure and Childhood Obesity
- Avoiding Supplementation With Cow's Milk Formula at Birth Prevents Cow's Milk Sensitization and Food Allergy
- Association Between Sleep Duration and Psychiatric Disorders in Middle Childhood
- Association Between Greenness Surrounding Schools and ADHD in Children
- High-Dose EPA in the Treatment of ADHD
- Confidentiality in the Doctor–Patient Relationship
- 2019 Top Stories in Primary Care: The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health
- Associations Between Screen-Based Media Use and Brain White Matter Integrity in Preschool-Aged Children