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Tanya S. Hinds, MD, MS, FAAP, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, DC and a board-certified Child Abuse Pediatrician. She is an Attending Child Abuse Pediatrician at the Child and Adolescent Protection Center at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC. In addition to patient care, Dr. Hinds serves as the course director of a Child Abuse Pediatrics elective for medical students. . Dr. Hinds is an active participant in the District of Columbia's Multidisciplinary Team on Child Abuse. She is also a member of several national organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics' Section on Child Abuse and Neglect, the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, and the Ray E. Helfer Society. Dr. Hinds is part of several child maltreatment research and education efforts at Children's National, lectures locally and nationally, and testifies in child abuse cases in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.



Angelo P. Giardino, MD, PhD, MPH, is the Wilma T. Gibson Presidential Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah's School of Medicine and Chief Medical Officer at Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. He received his medical degree and doctorate in education from the University of Pennsylvania, completed his residency and fellowship training at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), earned a Master's in Public Health from the University of Massachusetts, a Master's in Theology from the Catholic Distance University, and a Master's in Public Affairs from the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley. He holds subspecialty certifications in Pediatrics and Child Abuse Pediatrics from the American Board of Pediatrics. He is also a Certified Physician Executive (CPE) within the American Association for Physician Leadership. He completed the Patient Safety Certificate