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:
- Window of Susceptibility to Acute Otitis Media Infection
- Short-Course vs Long-Course Antibiotic Therapy for Children With Nonsevere Community-Acquired Pneumonia
- Nonpharmacological Interventions to Lengthen Sleep Duration in Healthy Children
- Nicotine Addiction and Intensity of e-Cigarette Use by Adolescents in the US
- 2022 Top Story in Primary Care: Health Misinformation
- Epidemiology and Outcomes of Neurologic Complications Associated With COVID-19 in Children
- Association of Maternal Depressive Symptoms With Adolescents' Unhealthy Behavior
- Utility of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire in Identifying Developmental Delay in Children Aged 12 to 60 Months
- Peripartum Outcomes Associated With COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy
- Amoxicillin vs Other Antibiotic Agents for the Treatment of Acute Otitis Media