About the Author

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The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 67,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. The AAP is the largest pediatric publisher in the world, with a diverse list of resources that includes essential clinical and practice management titles and award-winning books for parents. Editor: Jeffrey C. Gershel, MD, FAAP Jeffrey C. Gershel, MD, FAAP, is a professor of pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY, and the former vice-chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Jacobi Medical Center. Editor: Daniel A. Rauch, MD, FAAP, SFHM Daniel A. Rauch, MD, FAAP, SFHM, is a professor of pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Rauch has been very involved in developing the field of pediatric hospital medicine (PHM) with leadership roles in the American Academy of Pediatrics and Academic Pediatric Association, planning the national PHM conference and 2 separate regional conferences, starting the national PHM fellows meeting, and helping move forward the PHM certification effort. He is coeditor of Caring for the Hospitalized Child: A Handbook of Inpatient Pediatrics, 3rd Edition, and Challenging Cases in Pediatric Hospital Medicine.