Dr. Kyle Yasuda

@AAPPres

Current President. Passionate about child health and finding ways to . RT's are not endorsements.

Joined November 2012

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  1. Jan 3

    Thank you Colleen for your year of service as AAP President! You accomplished so much for children and pediatricians. I am looking forward to the next year as AAP President working alongside you and to .

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  2. Jan 2

    Serving as President has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career. I am grateful especially for the chance to use my role to advocate for immigrant children & families. The work continues with new & President-Elect !

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  3. Jan 2

    Happy new year! I would like to thank all who have given me the opportunity to lead this wonderful organization. From here on out, my colleague Dr. will use and I will go back to tweeting under . I wish him all the best!

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    Children do not belong in detention centers. A second child has died in US custody, heightening the call for pediatric care of immigrant children. Dr. explains why in : “Children are not small adults.”

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    27 Dec 2018

    “What we are asking for is to have pediatric expertise available to train medical personnel, monitor conditions in the facilities and be part of the accountability for caring for these children,” said Dr. Kraft. ⁦

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    29 Dec 2018

    Important thread with a tangible way to help families on the border. The wish list has items like baby bottles and gloves for kids. 😢 Thank you for sharing,

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    “When they triage these children and they don’t have that pediatric oversight and expertise, they’re going to miss kids who don’t look like they’re ill when they really are.” More from on how to care for children at the border:

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    26 Dec 2018

    What's happening with migrant children in U.S. custody? "When it comes to the medical care of children, if you're not trained in pediatric care, you don't know what you don't know," Dr. Colleen Kraft, president of , tells .

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    30 Dec 2018

    "Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you." - H. Jackson Brown Jr.

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    28 Dec 2018

    My teen daughters and I had the privilege of being present in the courtroom when Judge Sabraw heard this case - he was so professional and knowledgeable. What an honor.

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    “In nations as wealthy as these, the persistence of extreme poverty, let alone among children, is a political choice.” Child poverty is perhaps the most acute failure of modern democracy.

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    21 Dec 2018
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    21 Dec 2018

    let’s flood Twitter with positivity, science, and solutions that shift the darkness of towards light of a bright future

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  14. 20 Dec 2018
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    20 Dec 2018

    In the first 1,000 days, babies’ brains form new connections at an astounding rate: up to 1,000 every single second – a pace never repeated again.

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    The US is warehousing 14,300 migrant toddlers, children and teens in detention centers and residential facilities, reports. The AAP opposes the detention of children, who can suffer toxic stress and other long-term health impacts.

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    to this awe-inspiring opening plenary session performance featuring early career physicians, residents and Dr. Colleen Kraft. See here for the full video:

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    We are proud to join and other leading medical and public health organizations to urge Congress to fund federal gun safety research at the .

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    20 Dec 2018

    Study: Major Causes Of Death In Children In The U.S. Include Car Crashes, Guns Interventions have reduced car crash deaths but there have been no interventions to reduce gun related deaths.

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    20 Dec 2018

    "The odds that a child will be killed by a gun is 36 times higher in the U.S. than in other high-income countries.... Motor...

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