Mission

The Wisconsin Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics works to:

1. Assure optimal health and safety for Wisconsin's children and their families through advocacy and collaboration with other child interest groups.
2. Give support and education to Wisconsin pediatricians enabling them to continue to be the most effective providers of healthcare to children.

Vision

Working together, and with other child interest groups, we will insure that children of our state will have a bright and healthy future and that our members will experience satisfaction and pride in their profession. The overall principle for our chapter is to eliminate disparities in healthcare for children in our state through advocacy, education, and collaboration.

Strategic Plan

In July 2008, your Wisconsin Chapter Board of Directors held their annual retreat. This year they embarked on revising and refining the Chapter’s goals and areas of focus for the next several years.

The WIAAP will use quality improvement as a pervasive theme in all our endeavors. Two board of directors members for each area have been assigned to put together a draft Balanced Score Card. These will be guiding our efforts over the next 2-3 years.

The focus areas with their board of directors champions are:
Medical Home (Mala Mathur & John Meurer)
Mental Health (James Meyer & Luann Moraski)
Obesity (David Bernhardt & Jeff Britton)
Profession and Practice of Pediatrics (Jim Conway & Tim Corden)

Of course there are many other concerns, such as dental/oral health care, emergency care and disaster preparedness, immunization and infectious disease, to name a few. The Wisconsin Chapter will continue to work in these areas as well through our extensive committee structure.

Questions?

Please address any questions to a committee chair listed at http://www.wisaap.org/committees.html or the Executive Director, Kia LaBracke. The more Wisconsin pediatricians we hear from, the better the Chapter can represent you and your patients, both within the Academy and to the people and government of the state of Wisconsin.