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:
- Counseling Teens and Their Parents About Marijuana Use
- Cholesterol Screening and Treatment Practices and Preferences
- Management of Children With Chronic Wet Cough and Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis
- Mediterranean Diet Associated With Diagnosis of ADHD
- Tonsillectomy Versus Watchful Waiting for Recurrent Throat Infection in Children
- Addendum Guidelines for the Prevention of Peanut Allergy
- Clinical Relevance of the Non-Visualized Appendix on Ultrasonography of the Abdomen in Children
- MY APPROACH to How Parents Can Discuss Weight With Their Children.
- HbA1c Predicts Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Children
- 2016 Top Stories in Primary Care: New Digital Media Policy Statements From the American Academy of Pediatrics