Curbside Consultation in Pediatric Infectious Disease: 49 Clinical Questions (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781617110016)

Angela L. Myers, MD, MPH, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatric infectious diseases -physician and is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. She is the pediatric infectious diseases fellowship director at Children's Mercy Hospital & Clinics. Dr. Myers received her undergraduate and medical degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine in the combined 6-year program, and completed her pediatrics residency and pediatric infectious diseases fellowship at Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics. Active in research, her main interests revolve around childhood and adult vaccine knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs, as well as using novel health information technologies to improve vaccination rates for influenza. She currently oversees several funded studies evaluating vaccine beliefs as well as implementation of various strategies to increase immunization rates of both children and adults. She is the author of 2 book questions and more than 15 publications in pediatric journals and is also actively involved in committee work for the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society program training committee and the graduate medical education council at her affiliated medical school.