Georgia AAP 3rd Annual Firearm Injury Prevention Symposium

Georgia AAP 3rd Annual Firearm Injury Prevention Symposium

Virtual Event

Friday, August 22, 2025

Georgia AAP 3rd Annual Firearm Injury Prevention Symposium

Georgia AAP 3rd Annual Firearm Injury Prevention Symposium

Virtual Event

Friday, August 22, 2025

The GAAAP logo with text "The 3rd Annual Firearm Injury Prevention Symposium" overlayed over it

Georgia AAP 3rd Annual Firearm Injury Prevention Symposium

Georgia AAP 3rd Annual Firearm Injury Prevention Symposium

Virtual Event

Friday, August 22, 2025

Georgia AAP 3rd Annual Firearm Injury Prevention Symposium

Firearm Safety Poster. A baby girl holds a phone with a "Gun Safety Voter" sticker on it.
headshot of Gregory Jackson, Former Deputy Director, White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention.

Keynote Speaker: Gregory Jackson

Former Deputy Director, White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention

Agenda

9:00 am – 9:10 am Welcome Nicola Chin, MD & Sofia Chaudhary, MD
9:10 am – 10:05 am Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs

Interrupting Violence in Youth and Young Adults Randi Smith, MD, MPH

Health Alliance for Violence Intervention Ruth Abaya, MD, MPH
10:05 am - 10:50 am Community Violence Prevention: We All Have a Role to Play Gregory Neal Jackson Jr.
10:50 am – 10:55 am Break
10:55 am – 11:40 am Doing Firearm Safety Interventions in your Pediatric Practice Approaches for Firearm Safety Interventions in Your Pediatric Practice Dorothy R. Novick, MD
11:40 am – 12:25 pm Legislative Advocacy: Pediatricians as Advocates Annie Andrews, MD
12:25 pm – 12:30 pm Closing Sofia Chaudhary, MD

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion, attendees will be able to:

  1. Discuss community-led systems to reduce gun violence by focusing on healing and trauma across patient populations
  2. List opportunities to expand partnerships in reducing the impact of gun violence
  3. Demonstrate how to integrate gun violence prevention anticipatory guidance in the pediatric practice
  4. Apply lessons learned in advocacy focused on gun violence prevention

Faculty & Planning Committee

Ruth Abaya, MD Emergency Department Physician Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Practice-based Scholar CHOP’s Center for Violence Prevention Philadelphia, PA

Annie Andrews, MD Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Children’s National Hospital Washington, DC

Sofia S. Chaudhary*, MD, FAAP Assistant Professor in Pediatrics &Emergency Medicine Emory University School of Medicine Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Ga AAP COIVPP Chair Atlanta, GA

Nicola “Nicky” Chin, MD, FAAP Assistant Professor Morehouse School of Medicine President Georgia Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics Atlanta, GA

Kiesha Fraser Doh*, MD, FAAP Associate Professor in Pediatrics &Emergency Medicine Emory University School of Medicine Children's Healthcare of Atlanta AAP Firearm SIG Co-Chair Atlanta, GA

Claudia Fruin, MD Senior Ambassador Giffords Gun Owners for Safety Atlanta, GA

Gregory N. Jackson Jr. President, The Rocket Foundation Executive Adviser, Community Justice Action Fund Former Deputy Director, White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention

Jodi M. Greenwald, MD North Fulton Pediatrics Roswell, Ga

Jennifer McCain, MD Children’s of Alabama Birmingham, AL

Rebecca Reamy, MD Department Chief Columbus Regional Health Columbus, GA

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Dates & Times

August 22, 2025, 9:00 AM to

12:30 PM

Location

Virtual Event