Session Details
Date & Time
Monday, April 19, 2027, 8:50 AM - 9:30 AM
Name
08. The Pediatric Care Gap: Staffing Strategies across Credentials
Session Type
Panel
Speakers
- Berrin Ergun-Longmire, MD, FAAP, Chief, Pediatric Endocrinology Division and Professor, Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine and Western Michigan University
- Daniel Choo, MD, Chief Clinical Growth Officer and Otolaryngologist, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
- Jai P. Udassi, MD, FAAP, FACC, FAHA, Chief, Pediatric Cardiology, Director, Heart Center, Professor, Pediatrics, West Virginia University School of Medicine
- Jason A. Jarzembowski, MD, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Children's Specialty Group, Children's Wisconsin
- Suzy Jaeger, Senior Vice President and Chief Patient Experience and Access Officer, Children's Hospital Colorado
Description
Access to pediatric care is shrinking in many communities as specialists become harder to recruit and retain. Panelists share creative staffing models that blend physicians, APPs, and other credentialed providers to close coverage gaps, offering strategies for sustaining pediatric services even where dedicated pediatric talent is increasingly scarce.