Fostering Health for Kids in Foster and Kinship Care

As pediatric health care providers, you are certain to encounter patients who have experienced foster or kinship care. Caring for children in foster care or kinship care can be complex and requires specialized knowledge and skills. Join Dr Mary Greiner, Chairperson of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Care, to learn about the newly released 3rd edition of Fostering Health: Health Care for Children and Adolescents in Foster Care, a comprehensive guide to health care for this population. As one of the book’s Editors-in-Chief and Medical Director of The CHECK (Comprehensive Health Evaluations for Cincinnati’s Kids) Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Dr Greiner will take us on a journey to explore the making of this book and how to use its exciting new content to better care for children in foster and kinship care.   Dr. Mary Greiner Bio:Dr. Mary V. Greiner is a child abuse pediatrician and the Medical Director of the Comprehensive Health Evaluations for Cincinnati’s Kids (CHECK) Foster Care Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. She is a professor with tenure in the University of Cincinnati Department of Pediatrics. Inspired by her grandfather, a pediatrician, and her mother, a guardian ad litem, Dr. Greiner has been passionate about pediatric care and child welfare from a young age. She pursued her medical degree at the Medical College of Virginia and completed her residency in Pediatrics at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. She further specialized in child abuse pediatrics through a fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital.  Since founding the CHECK Center in 2012, Dr. Greiner has focused on working across systems to develop a healthcare model that provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary care to children with child welfare involvement from birth through young adulthood. Her research centers on identifying health risks and developing and evaluating innovative solutions to improve outcomes for these children. She is the Chair of the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Care.