California Pediatrics

In Episode 14 of California Pediatrics, hosts Yasmine Choroomi, MD, FAAP and Elizabeth Volpicelli, MD, FAAP present the winners of the California Cares Food Drive competition, and have a conversation on Food Insecurity in Pediatrics with special guest Aashna Patel, MPH, MD.

This is the Audio version. Find the video on Apple Podcasts and YouTube.

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In Episode 13 of California Pediatrics, hosts Grant Christman, MD, MACM, FAAP and Eric Ball, MD, FAAP have a conversation with special guest Ilan Shapiro, MD, MBA, FACHE, FAAP as he shares, from a personal perspective, the challenges faced by International Medical Graduates.

This is the Video version (Apple Podcasts and YouTube). Audio only is available on all podcast platforms.

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In Episode 13 of California Pediatrics, hosts Grant Christman, MD, MACM, FAAP and Eric Ball, MD, FAAP have a conversation with special guest Ilan Shapiro, MD, MBA, FACHE, FAAP as he shares, from a personal perspective, the challenges faced by International Medical Graduates.

This is the Audio version. Find the video on Apple Podcasts and YouTube.

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In episode 12 of California Pediatrics, Marsha Spitzer, MD, FAAP shares her career journey in pediatrics, her passion as an advocate for early childhood literacy, and her leading role in Reach Out and Read San Diego. Podcast hosts, Michelle Leff, MD, FAAP and Wendy Pavlovich, MD, FAAP.

This is the Video version (Apple Podcasts and YouTube). Audio only is available on all podcast platforms.

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In episode 12 of California Pediatrics, Marsha Spitzer, MD, FAAP shares her career journey in pediatrics, her passion as an advocate for early childhood literacy, and her leading role in Reach Out and Read San Diego. Podcast hosts, Michelle Leff, MD, FAAP and Wendy Pavlovich, MD, FAAP.

This is the Audio version. Find the video on Apple Podcasts and YouTube.

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In episode 11 of California Pediatrics, Colleen Kraft, MD, FAAP shares her journey in medicine, and how being enrolled as a child in the first class of the Head Start Program in 1965 set her on a path of professional success and pediatric advocacy.

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD. Streaming on all platforms in audio and video (YT).

In episode 11 of California Pediatrics, Colleen Kraft, MD, FAAP shares her journey in medicine, and how being enrolled as a child in the first class of the Head Start Program in 1965 set her on a path of professional success and pediatric advocacy. This is the Audio version. Find the video on Apple Podcasts and Youtube.

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In episode 10 of California Pediatrics, AAP-CA2 president Melissa Ruiz, MD, MPH, FAAP discusses free access to mental health consultations with Josiah Cox, MD, PhD, a child and adolescent psychiatrist for Cal-MAP, California's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Access Portal. Dr. Cox provides an overview of the three main components of Cal-Map, including Cal-MAP's mental health education in pediatric residency programs, as well as how primary care providers can access real-time consultations with a mental health clinician.

For consultations, call 1(800) 253-2103

FREE in-person Think Like a Shrink Pediatric Mental Health Bootcamp for Primary Care Providers. February 27, 2026 at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. To register, please visit https://cal-map.org/s/events/cal-map-pediatric-mental-health-bootcamp-feb?language=en_US

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In episode 10 of California Pediatrics, AAP-CA2 president Melissa Ruiz, MD, MPH, FAAP discusses free access to mental health consultations with Josiah Cox, MD, PhD, a child and adolescent psychiatrist for Cal-MAP, California's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Access Portal. Dr. Cox provides an overview of the three main components of Cal-Map, including Cal-MAP's mental health education in pediatric residency programs, as well as how primary care providers can access real-time consultations with a mental health clinician.

For consultations, call 1(800) 253-2103

FREE in-person Think Like a Shrink Pediatric Mental Health Bootcamp for Primary Care Providers. February 27, 2026 at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. To register, please visit https://cal-map.org/s/events/cal-map-pediatric-mental-health-bootcamp-feb?language=en_US

This is the Audio version. Find the video version on Apple Podcasts and YouTube.

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In episode 9 of California Pediatrics, Maya Kumar, MD, FAAP, FRCPC shares her trajectory in medicine and how a pediatric clinical rotation involving teenage mothers led her on the path of adolescence medicine, with a focus on eating disorders and nutrition concerns, as well as reproductive health. This is the Video version. Find options for all streaming platforms on our website, https://aapca2.org/podcast/

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In episode 9 of California Pediatrics, Maya Kumar, MD, FAAP, FRCPC shares her trajectory in medicine and how a pediatric clinical rotation involving teenage mothers led her on the path of adolescence medicine, with a focus on eating disorders and nutrition concerns, as well as reproductive health. This is the Audio version. Find the video on Apple Podcasts and Youtube.

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In Episode 8 of California Pediatrics, hosts Grant Christman, MD, MACM, FAAP and Ilan Shapiro, MD, MBA, FACHE, FAAP have a conversation with Jeffrey Birnbaum, MD, FAAP, a pediatric emergency medicine physician who became a passionate firearm injury prevention advocate after the 2018 school shooting of his alma mater, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

The BulletPoint Project. A resource for clinicians and medical educators who are committed to firearm injury prevention. https://www.bulletpointsproject.org

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In Episode 8 of California Pediatrics, hosts Grant Christman, MD, MACM, FAAP and Ilan Shapiro, MD, MBA, FACHE, FAAP have a conversation with Jeffrey Birnbaum, MD, FAAP, a pediatric emergency medicine physician who became a passionate firearm injury prevention advocate after the 2018 school shooting of his alma mater, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

The BulletPoint Project. A resource for clinicians and medical educators who are committed to firearm injury prevention. https://www.bulletpointsproject.org

This is the audio version. All episodes are published in Audio and Video formats.

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In Episode 7 of California Pediatrics, Yasmine Choroomi, MD and Elizabeth Volpicelli, MD announce the California Cares Food Drive, a statewide initiative and fun competition involving all the pediatric residency programs in California. Pediatric trainees may submit photos and videos of their efforts via email to sopt.districtix@gmail.com and post on social media with the hashtag #CAres as well as tagging their respective chapter (@aapca1, @aapca2, @aapca3, @aapOC).

So to all our listeners — gather your team, set up a bin, and be part of the CAres Food Driverunning November 17 through December 19 (2025)

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In Episode 7 of California Pediatrics, Yasmine Choroomi, MD and Elizabeth Volpicelli, MD announce the California Cares Food Drive, a statewide initiative and fun competition involving all the pediatric residency programs in California. Pediatric trainees may submit photos and videos of their efforts via email to sopt.districtix@gmail.com and post on social media with the hashtag #CAres as well as tagging their respective chapter (@aapca1, @aapca2, @aapca3, @aapOC).

So to all our listeners — gather your team, set up a bin, and be part of the CAres Food Driverunning November 17 through December 19 (2025)

This is the Audio version. Please look for the video version, also available.

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In Episode 6 of California Pediatrics, hosts Melissa Ruiz, MD, FAAP and Eric Ball, MD, FAAP have a conversation with special guest Nicole Webb, MD, FAAP as she discusses her professional trajectory and irrevocable passion as an advocate for children.

This is the audio version. All episodes are published in Audio and Video formats.

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In Episode 6 of California Pediatrics, hosts Melissa Ruiz, MD, FAAP and Eric Ball, MD, FAAP have a conversation with special guest Nicole Webb, MD, FAAP as she discusses her professional trajectory and irrevocable passion as an advocate for children.

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In Episode 5 of California Pediatrics, hosts Grant Christman, MD, MACM, FAAP and Eric Ball, MD, FAAP interview special guest Phyllis Agran, MD, FAAP as she discusses her passion as an advocate for child passenger safety and drowning prevention, both locally in Orange County and statewide in Sacramento.

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In Episode 5 of California Pediatrics, hosts Grant Christman, MD, MACM, FAAP and Eric Ball, MD, FAAP interview special guest Phyllis Agran, MD, FAAP as she discusses her passion as an advocate for child passenger safety and drowning prevention, both locally in Orange County and statewide in Sacramento.

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In Episode 4 of California Pediatrics, hosts Grant Christman, MD, MACM, FAAP and Melissa Ruiz, MD, MPH, FAAP interview special guests Katherine Killmond, MD and Mithya Morton, MD as they discuss the implementation of a Medical Legal Partnership as a tool for pediatric residents in Orange County to assist individuals at risk of homelessness.

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

In Episode 4 of California Pediatrics, hosts Grant Christman, MD, MACM, FAAP and Melissa Ruiz, MD, MPH, FAAP interview special guests Katherine Killmond, MD and Mithya Morton, MD as they discuss the implementation of a Medical-Legal Partnership as a tool for pediatric residents in Orange County to assist individuals at risk of homelessness.

This podcast series is funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

Hosts Eric Ball, MD, FAAP and Melissa Ruiz, MD, MPH, FAAP interview special guest Benjamin Hoffman MD, FAAP, pediatrician and past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, who became involved in advocacy towards safer pediatric products early in his medical career - and continues to do so as a subject matter expert.

This podcast series touches on health topics, tips for parents, and highlights on the guest's career path. Funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

Hosts Eric Ball, MD, FAAP and Melissa Ruiz, MD, MPH, FAAP interview special guest Benjamin Hoffman MD, FAAP, pediatrician and past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, who became involved in advocacy towards safer pediatric products early in his medical career - and continues to do so as a subject matter expert.

This podcast series touches on health topics, tips for parents, and highlights on the guest's career path. Funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

Pediatricians on Social Media – A Public Health Strategy (Episode 2)

Special guest Ilan Shapiro, MD, MBA, FACHE, FAAP, a pediatrician in Los Angeles, CA is Chief Health Correspondent and Medical Affairs Officer at AltaMed Health Services. Hosts Melissa Ruiz, MD and Grant Christman, MD discuss Dr. Shapiro's trajectory in medicine and how he became involved as a public figure in pediatrics, both on television and social media. @dr_shaps

This podcast series touches on health topics, tips for parents, and highlights on the guest's career path. You may also watch this episode on YouTube

Funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

Pediatricians on Social Media – A Public Health Strategy (Episode 2)

Special guest Ilan Shapiro, MD, MBA, FACHE, FAAP, a pediatrician in Los Angeles, CA is Chief Health Correspondent and Medical Affairs Officer at AltaMed Health Services. Hosts Melissa Ruiz, MD and Grant Christman, MD discuss Dr. Shapiro's trajectory in medicine and how he became involved as a public figure in pediatrics, both on television and social media. @dr_shaps

This podcast series touches on health topics, tips for parents, and highlights on the guest's career path. You may also watch this episode on YouTube

Funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

(Audio) Smita Malhotra, MD, FAAP is the medical director of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second largest in the nation. Hosts Melissa Ruiz, MD and Grant Christman, MD discuss the LAUSD health system, and the response after the recent wildfires.

This podcast series touches on health topics, tips for parents, and highlights on the guest's career path. You may also watch this episode on YouTube

Funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.

Smita Malhotra, MD, FAAP is the medical director of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second largest in the nation. Hosts Melissa Ruiz, MD and Grant Christman, MD discuss the LAUSD health system, and the response after the recent wildfires.

This podcast series touches on health topics, tips for parents, and highlights on the guest's career path. You may also watch this episode on YouTube

Funded by a Healthy People 2030 grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A collaborative effort of the four AAP chapters in California (AAP-District IX). Produced by Tomás Torices, MD.