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Dr. Gigi Youngblood on Independent Pediatrics in 2025: Politics, Vaccines, and Showing Up for Families

Dr. Gigi Youngblood is navigating funding cuts, potential measles outbreaks, and other rapid changes in her community. She reflects on how pediatricians can stay grounded and focused on their local impact during challenging times.

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Community-Centered Care Is the Throughline: Dr. Jen O’Bryan on Independent Pediatrics in Times of Change

Dr. Jen O’Bryan has been practicing independent pediatrics since 2005. She sheds light on the challenges and rewards of independent practice, the power of community-based pediatrics, and how to navigate a shifting healthcare landscape.

Dr. Caroline Morgan of Pirate Pediatrics

Clinical, Management, Practice Profiles North Carolina

Sailing Your Own Ship: Dr. Caroline Morgan on Thriving in Independent Practice

Dr. Morgan founded Pirate Pediatrics in Cary, NC to chart her own course, and with hard work built a tight community. Then an unexpected illness forced her to reconsider her views on teamwork, self-reliance, and boundaries.

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Editorials

Advice to My Younger Self: Independent Pediatricians Reflect on the Early Days

Taking the leap into independent practice can be both exciting and daunting. These successful independent pediatricians reflect on their early days in practice, shed light on what’s at the heart of their practice of medicine, and share advice they’d give to their younger selves in those early days of independent practice.

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Industry Trends

No More Empty Cups: Stopping the Stress Cycle in Pediatrics

How can pediatricians effectively care for their patients' rising mental health needs without burning out themselves? This pressing question weighs heavily on the minds of pediatricians across the country. In the state of Texas, two dedicated pediatricians have reflected on the strategies they've implemented to ensure their independent practices function as safe and secure medical homes, providing care for children's physical and mental well-being. By sharing their insights, these pediatricians shed light on the importance of prioritizing mental health within the field of pediatrics.

Management, Medium-Size Practices, Practice Profiles, Suburban Practices Michigan

The Vaccine Machine Drives Bloom Pediatrics to New Heights

The Vaccine Machine, the brainchild of Dr. Katie Schafer and colleagues at Bloom Pediatrics, started a journey that led them to connect with the community in lasting ways they didn’t expect. Saying ‘yes’ and jumping in with only the beginnings of a plan – and a firm commitment to a good cause – taught the team to think outside the box and lean into the unknown.

Industry Trends Puerto Rico

An Essential Space for Women in Pediatrics

The Women in Pediatrics Retreat was founded by Katrina Skinner, MD, FAAP, an independent pediatrician who runs her own practice in Fairhope, AL. While skill-building is certainly part of this event, Women in Pediatrics prioritizes creating a space where women pediatricians can connect, practice vulnerability, and walk away with a newfound sense of confidence and self-compassion.

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Clinical, Management, Practice Profiles, Large Practices and Supergroups, Urban Practices, Suburban Practices Ohio, Tennessee

Camaraderie and Trust: Building and Maintaining a Large Pediatric Practice

Leaders from Memphis Children’s Clinic and Pediatric Associates of Mt. Carmel talk about the challenges and rewards of running a large pediatric practice. From fine tuning management models to trying out new social media strategies, they share more about their practices’ goals for the future, as well as how they’re adapting and changing to better serve patients and families in their communities.

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Clinical, Management, Practice Profiles, Medium-Size Practices, Rural Practices U.S. Virgin Islands

Close Communities from Far Away: Partners4Kids in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Five years after a series of hurricanes devastated the U.S. Virgin Islands, Dr. Cecilia Penn is optimistic about the future of her practice, Partners4Kids. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has dealt another blow to the community, she’s staying focused on the bigger picture, always coming back to the needs of the families she serves.

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Close Communities from Far Away: Glacier Pediatrics in Juneau, Alaska

Glacier Pediatrics in Juneau, Alaska, serves communities along the Alaska Marine Highway, which snakes through 3,500 miles of coastline and connects 30 communities. The team is focused on expanding health care access in this rural region through implementing telehealth and partnering with pediatric specialists.