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2022 New Member Nominations
Nominations for APS 2022 Active and Honorary membership are now open! APS welcomes nominations of new members who are distinguished child health leaders in academic pediatrics. Deadline: August 1.

2022 John Howland Award Nominations
Nominations for the 2022 John Howland Award, the highest honor given by the APS, are now open. This prestigious award – with its accompanying medal – is bestowed annually upon an esteemed pediatric leader whose significant contributions have advanced child health and the profession of pediatrics. Deadline: August 1.

2022 Officer and Council Nominations
Nominations for the 2022 Officer and Councilor Election are now open! Candidates will be selected by the APS Nominating Committee. Deadline: August 1.

Committee Volunteer Opportunities
Multiple APS committees are seeking volunteers. All APS members in good standing are eligible to serve. If you are interested in being considered for a committee opening, please submit a one-page statement of interest (including the name of the committee you are interested in) to info@aps1888.org. Deadline: July 18

Our Mission

Shaping the future of academic pediatrics through engagement of distinguished child health leaders to represent the full diversity within the field.

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Our Vision

Advance child and adolescent health and well-being through an engaged, diverse, inclusive, and impactful community of pediatric thought leaders.

Our History

The American Pediatric Society was founded during the last part of the nineteenth century, at a time when scientific medicine was only just emerging from the shadows of empiricism and polytherapy.

The major impetus for the organization of the APS came from Job Lewis Smith of New York who saw the need for a forum for the discussion of pediatric issues and clinical problems. Smith was responsible for convening a small meeting of physicians who had attended the Pediatric Section of the Ninth International Medical Congress, held in Washington, DC on September 7-9, 1887. Smith was Chairman of the Section and invited a “few members” to meet after the adjournment with the express purpose of setting into motion activities to establish the American Pediatric Society. Among those attending were Smith, W.D. Booker of Baltimore, I.N. Love of St. Louis, S. C. Busey of Washington and W.P. Watson of Jersey City. Smith was elected temporary chairman, and Booker temporary secretary of the proposed society. A decision was made that the new society would be independent and avoid entangling alliances, especially with the AMA. ¹

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