The MSAAP Board of Directors and Committee Chairpersons conducted a Strategic Planning Session today. These leaders are passionate and focused on the health of Mississippi's children and the pediatricians who care for them.

MSAAP encourages our MISSISSIPPI legislators to talk with pediatricians directly when it comes to health policy. MS Senate Floor Mississippi House of Representatives

Thank you Senator Senator Kevin Blackwell and members of the Senate Medicaid Committee on today’s passage of SB2033. That brings postpartum moms one step closer to a healthier beginning of motherhood and a healthier start for their baby. 👏🏻

Thank you! 💕

Thank you Rep. McGee for your continued support of children’s health. Putting kids first is the right thing for Mississippi. They are our future!

We celebrated Primary Care Day at the Capitol with our family physician colleagues.

Pediatricians across Mississippi applaud Chairman Joey Hood and the House Medicaid Committee for passing SB2033 that extends postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to 1 year. healthy moms = healthy babies

We were honored to be a part of the MississippiThrive! Summit today.

Our first membership gathering since the pandemic was wonderful! We were delighted to present awards to Dr. Sara Weisenberger & Dr. John Gaudet for their service to MSAAP.

Thank you Dr. ⁦Lee Beers⁩ for speaking to the MSAAP members and medical students from UMMC at our membership celebration dinner.

Great article featuring one of our chapter members and the work she is doing.

Congratulations to all of the recently matched Pediatric Residents and to all other matched med students! Mississippi AAP looks forward to working with you! #FutureFAAP #MatchDay2022

Thank you U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, Senator Roger Wicker, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, Steven Palazzo, and their offices for meeting with us today to discuss increasing children's mental health care access and preventing youth suicide. #AAPAdvocacy

March 30 is Doctors’ Day, an annual observance aimed at appreciating physicians who help save our lives everywhere. Today we continue to celebrate medical advances and thank all doctors everywhere who have spent so much time and energy mastering their field of expertise.

We are in the home stretch of the legislative season. Postpartum moms have a chance to get coverage for up to 12 months IF the SCR588 reaches the floor of the Mississippi House of Representatives. It’s never too late to do the right thing… Healthy Moms For Healthy Babies

A huge thanks to Senator Roger Wicker and his staff for meeting with us to discuss Kid’s Online Safety and Firearm Safety. Mississippi Pediatricians put #kidsfirst.

MS Pediatricians express concerns for Jackson Water Crisis.

Mississippi Mothers Need Postpartum Care - mailchi.mp/aapms.org/pedi…

Apply Now For the Pediatric Subspecialty Loan Repayment Program - mailchi.mp/aapms.org/pedi…

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) - Now Recruiting for ECHO Programs - mailchi.mp/aapms.org/pedi…