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Welcome From Dr. P
Hi! My name is Steven Parker. Welcome to my blog!
First, the bad news:
I've never read or seen a blog before in my life, so this will be a new adventure for me.
Now, the good news:
I'm really excited about using this forum to support, inform, entertain, provoke all of you out there, you who are engaged in one of the toughest and most important - and underappreciated - jobs there is: raising healthy and happy kids in the 21st century.
A little about me, so you have some idea with whom you are dealing.
I finished pediatric training in 1980 and then completed a 2 year 'fellowship' in "developmental and behavioral pediatrics" with T. Berry Brazelton. I was in part time private practice in general pediatrics for 5 years, but then left to work full time at Boston City Hospital (now called Boston Medical Center) and the Boston University School of Medicine, where I have been ever since.
Currently I run a few clinics - one is primary care clinic for children with significant developmental disabilities and complex medical problems. Another is the Developmental Assessment Clinic for children with behavioral and developmental challenges.
In 1996, Dr. Spock asked me to collaborate on the latest edition of his book - Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care - which was published just before he died in 1998. In 2000 I began to work with WebMD on its Pediatrics Message Board and 25,000 questions later, we're still going strong.
There are other things I've been doing in my checkered career, but you've probably heard enough. Bottom line: at this stage I've been around long enough and done enough different stuff that I actually (if somewhat immodestly) believe I might have something to offer you in a forum like this.
But you'll be the judge of that. We shall see.
Now let's get blogging. I'll be as interested as you to see where this all leads!
First, the bad news:
I've never read or seen a blog before in my life, so this will be a new adventure for me.
Now, the good news:
I'm really excited about using this forum to support, inform, entertain, provoke all of you out there, you who are engaged in one of the toughest and most important - and underappreciated - jobs there is: raising healthy and happy kids in the 21st century.
A little about me, so you have some idea with whom you are dealing.
I finished pediatric training in 1980 and then completed a 2 year 'fellowship' in "developmental and behavioral pediatrics" with T. Berry Brazelton. I was in part time private practice in general pediatrics for 5 years, but then left to work full time at Boston City Hospital (now called Boston Medical Center) and the Boston University School of Medicine, where I have been ever since.
Currently I run a few clinics - one is primary care clinic for children with significant developmental disabilities and complex medical problems. Another is the Developmental Assessment Clinic for children with behavioral and developmental challenges.
In 1996, Dr. Spock asked me to collaborate on the latest edition of his book - Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care - which was published just before he died in 1998. In 2000 I began to work with WebMD on its Pediatrics Message Board and 25,000 questions later, we're still going strong.
There are other things I've been doing in my checkered career, but you've probably heard enough. Bottom line: at this stage I've been around long enough and done enough different stuff that I actually (if somewhat immodestly) believe I might have something to offer you in a forum like this.
But you'll be the judge of that. We shall see.
Now let's get blogging. I'll be as interested as you to see where this all leads!
