Conversations with Clinicians
Being part of Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School provides the Lab with unique access to leading experts in pediatric health. In our blog series, Conversations with Clinicians, we engage with these specialists to gain insights into their approaches to providing care, and gather their ideas for enhancing the digital ecosystem to better protect and support young users.
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Conversations with Clinicians: Christina VanderPluym, MD
Christina VanderPluym, MD, a cardiologist and mom, faces the same tech challenges as other parents and caregivers. She shares her thoughts on the importance of helping kids develop the skills they need to navigate today’s digital world.
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Conversations with Clinicians: Michael Tsappis, MD
Michael Tsappis, MD, Co-Director of the Clinic for Interactive Media and Internet Disorders, shares some sound advice for parenting in the digital age.
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Conversations with Clinicians: Gino Mortillaro, MD
Gino Mortillaro, MD, exposes the downsides of using digital media to soothe an upset child, and shares his thoughts on making tech healthier for youth.
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Conversations with Clinicians: Frances Grimstad, MD, MS
Frances Grimstad, MD, MS believes we need to rethink how we interact with information and each other, and there is inherent value in slowing down and hitting pause.
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Conversations with Clinicians: Tracy Richmond, MD, MPH
Tracy Richmond, MD, MPH shares her thoughts about social media and its impact on kids with eating disorders.
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Conversations with Clinicians: David Urion, MD, FAAN
Neurologist David K. Urion, MD, FAAN shares his thoughts on why forcing your child to take a luddite approach to digital media never works, along with his strategies for helping to take charge of their interactive media use.
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Conversations with Clinicians: Deirdre Logan, PhD
Deirdre Logan, PhD, is a Pediatric Psychologist at Boston Children’s specializing in complex chronic pain management.
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Conversations with Clinicians: Peter Raffalli, MD
Peter Raffalli, MDAssistant Professor, Harvard Medical SchoolChild Neurologist, Boston Children’s HospitalDirector, Bullying and Cyberbullying Advocacy Collaborative Program, Boston Children’s Hospital What does a “day in the life” look like for you? I spend my days doing patient care in the child neurology clinic and working as the director of the Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention and…
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Conversations with Clinicians: Susan Fitzgerald, RN, MSN, CPNP
I am a nurse practitioner, a primary care clinician, and the Director of Boston HAPPENS, the Adolescent and Young Adult HIV program at BCH.
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Conversations with Clinicians: Jason Fogler, PhD
Jason Fogler, PhD. Attending Psychologist, Division of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital; LEND Director, Boston Children’s Hospital & the Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Assistant Professor of Psychology-in-Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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Conversations with Clinicians: Meredith Gansner, MD
Meredith Gansner, MD – Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Boston Children’s Hospital – Instructor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School