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:
- Outdoor Cold Air vs Room Temperature Exposure for Croup Symptoms
- Persistent Clinical Features After SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Pediatric Population
- Cost-Effectiveness of Management Strategies for Recurrent Acute Otitis Media
- Association of Screen Time With Suicidal Behaviors Among US Children Aged 9 to 11 Years
- Timing of Allergenic Food Introduction and the Risk of Immunoglobulin E–Mediated Food Allergy
- Effect of Longer Family Meals on Children's Fruit and Vegetable Intake
- Habitual Checking of Social Media Platforms in Adolescence Is Associated With Changes in Neural Development
- Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity
- Association of Expanded Child Tax Credit Payments With Child Abuse and Neglect Emergency Department Visits
- Effect of Physical Activity Interventions to Alleviate Depressive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents