Signs & Symptoms in Pediatrics

About Henry M. AdamJane Meschan Foy

Henry M. Adam MD FAAP: Until recently Dr. Henry M. Adam was a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx NY. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Hamilton College and studying as a Woodrow Wilson Foundation Fellow at Yale University he graduated from the State University of NY-Upstate Medical Center in 1979 where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Following pediatric residency training at Mount Sinai Medical Center in NYC he was a Fellow in general and behavioral pediatrics and then joined the faculty at Einstein.He has directed the Pediatric Outreach Program (1984-86) the AIDS Day Care Center (1987-90) and the Pediatric AIDS Primary Care Program (1990-94) all at Jacobi Medical Center. As an educator Dr. Adam directed the pediatric residency training program at Montefiore Medical Center (1994-2002) has received the Lewis Fraad Teaching Award and has been elected to the Leo Davidoff Teaching Society.Jane Meschan Foy MD FAAP has spent more than 35 years in pediatric primary care public health administration and medical teaching. Her special interests include mental health services in pediatric primary care and school settings access to health care for underserved populations primary care of children with special health care needs and residency training in mental health community pediatrics and advocacy.Dr Foy received her bachelor of arts from Wellesley College and her doctorate of medicine from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. She completed her residency training in pediatrics at University of North Carolina hospitals. She has held several academic positions and is currently professor of pediatrics at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and medical director of the Northwest Community Care Network (a regional network of North Carolina Medicaid providers). She is active in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) having served as chair of the AAP Task Force on Mental Health from 2004 to 2010 and currently serving as past chair of the AAP National Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health; member of the AAP Mental Health Leadership Work Group and member of the AAP Board of Directors. Roles in other organizations have included the presidency of the North Carolina Pediatric Society (North Carolina Chapter of the AAP) from 1998 to 2000 and cofounder and director of the School Health Alliance for Forsyth County from 1999 to 2011.