Moira Szilagyi

Moira Szilagyi, MD, PhD, FAAP is a past President of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), primary care pediatrician, Professor of Pediatrics, Division Chief of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, and Interim Division Chief of General Pediatrcs at UCLA where she is also the Peter Shapiro Term Chair for Enhancing Children’s Developmental and Behavioral Health in Pediatrics. Dr. Szilagyi was Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester from 1990 to 2014 and Medical Director of Starlight Pediatrics, an integrated-care medical home for children in foster/kinship care. Her broad experience includes primary care for vulnerable populations, suburban private practice, education of trainees, leadership of several multi-system collaborative partnerships to improve care for vulnerable children, research on evidence-based screening and the integration of mental health into primary care, and a long history of advocacy at the federal, state and local levels. Dr. Szilagyi has held numerous AAP leadership positions, chairing the AAP NY-District II Task Force on Foster Care and the national Council on Foster Care, Adoption and Kinship Care. She is Co-Medical Director of the AAP National Center for Relational Health and Trauma-Informed Care, senior editor of Fostering Health (the manual for providers and systems), and has authored several AAP policy statements and clinical and technical reports on child welfare-involved children. She is Principal Investigator of an AAP case-based online educational program to help pediatricians integrate trauma-informed care into practice. Dr. Szilagyi sees patients in L.A. County’s foster care system.