On Feb. 28, 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), launched a campaign aimed at advising pediatricians on educating parents about fevers in children. Fevers are, say the AAP in the March 2011 issue of Pediatrics, a "frequent cause of parental concern," and remain one of the most common reasons parents seek a pediatrician’s care. Suite101.com spoke with acclaimed pediatrician Dr. Arthur Lavin, about the campaign, and what it is about fevers, that so alarms parents.
Lavin was educated at Harvard and Ohio State. Board certified in general pediatrics, Lavin also attained a subspecialty in newborn medicine. With original published research in journals such as Science, he has served on several national committees of the AAP and is currently president of the Northern Ohio Pediatrics Society. Lavin has received several AAP Outstanding and Distinguished Service Citations and was named America's Top Pediatrician for 2004-2005.
Dr. Lavin has also authored two books on parenting: Who's the Boss: Moving Families from Conflict to Collaboration (2nd ed., Collaboration Press, 2010) and Babies and Toddlers Sleep Solutions for Dummies (Wiley Publishing, 2007).
