TNAAP

Your leadership makes a lasting impact—today and every day. #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay #WomenInMedicine #PhysicianLeaders #TNAAP #Pediatrics

✨ Catherine Wiggleton, MD – President ✨ Carlenda Smith, MD – Immediate Past President ✨ Tatanisha Smith, MD – Vice President ✨ Gayatri B. Jaishankar, MD – Secretary-Treasurer Thank you for your dedication to pediatricians, children, and families across Tennessee.

Today we celebrate National Women Physicians Day—honoring the women who lead with expertise, compassion, and vision. 💙🩺 We are especially proud to recognize the outstanding women serving in leadership for TNAAP:

Rural Health Conference! TNAAP members Dr. Michelle Bowden and Dr. Tim Fuller presented different mental health screeners during "Not Just Small Adults: Opportunities in the Unique Landscape of Pediatric Behavoral Health in Rural Communities" at @TNRuralHealth in Sevierville.

Dangerous illnesses, like measles, can spread when too many people don’t receive vaccines. This puts community immunity against some of the most serious preventable-illnesses at risk. Learn more at the AAP’s website or by visiting healthychildren.org.

The @AmerAcadPeds vaccination schedule recommends specific pacing and combinations of vaccinations when your child’s body is ready to learn and respond best. These vaccines are thoroughly tested and help build children's immunity against many different illnesses.

TNAAP Members in the News: Dr. Blake Bergeron with @LeBonheurChild talks about signs of hand, foot, and mouth disease in children. actionnews5.com/2025/09/04/hea…

TBT: We loved having Jessi Gold, M.D., M.S. speak at our state conference! Dr. Gold is Chief Wellness Officer of the UT System & an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at @uthsc . She shared copies of her book "How Do You Feel?: One Doctor's Search for Humanity in Medicine".

A great weekend of learning at the Tennessee State Pediatric Conference thanks to our wonderful speakers!

We love all of our sponsors and exhibitors! #TennesseeAAP

Our conference weekend has kicked off with our quarterly board meeting! We’re looking forward to resident posters this evening, and a day of conference presentations tomorrow!

Thank you VUMC News for covering our Excellence in Pediatrics Awards. We will be celebrating Dr. Johns and Dr. Hunter during our state conference next week! news.vumc.org/2025/08/11/van…

TNAAP Members in the News: Past President @JasonYaunMD speaks with @3onyourside about the continued drop in childhood vaccination rates, and the danger it poses to kids. wreg.com/news/investiga…

TNAAP Members in the News: Dr. Cynthia Cross from @LeBonheurChild warns: Avoid heat stroke with these tips youtu.be/7a6EHcQw1jA?si… via @YouTube and @3onyourside

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Today's decision is about undermining independent medical expertise and will only further endanger the health of the American public, especially children. bit.ly/43Bwd80

Thanks to all our speakers and sponsors for another amazing Practice Management Conference! From social media to AI to office scheduling, we covered the best ways to serve more families. Access to the conference recording will be available on our website.

Board meeting this weekend! Lots of great updates on our legislative work this year and our upcoming PMC and TSPC conferences. Check out the calendar here: tnaap.org/events/calenda…

TNAAP Members in the News ⬇️⬇️ Read this column from Drs. Jason Yaun and Nick Hysmith.