ITASCA, IL — Sandor Feldman MD, FAAP, professor emeritus of pediatrics at the University Mississippi Medical Center, will be awarded the Lifetime Contribution to Education in Infectious Diseases Award by the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Infectious Diseases.
The annual award recognizes a section member who has devoted lifetime efforts to the postgraduate education of physicians, specifically those who have participated in the education of AAP members.
Dr. Feldman in 1987 became the first pediatric infectious disease specialist in Mississippi after beginning work at the University Mississippi Medical Center. Before that, he extended the reach of St. Jude's Research Hospital expertise for Sickle Cell Anemia with a program that provided sick care, wellness care, nutrition, transportation, and vaccinations to children. During this time, the AIDS epidemic impacted our nation, and he was a trailblazer in managing this disease in the immunocompromised children at St. Jude.
He will receive the award during the fall meeting of the AAP Section on Infectious Diseases.
The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 67,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of the nation’s infants, children, adolescents and young adults.
The Mississippi Chapter of the AAP is comprised of over 350 pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists, and trainees across the state of Mississippi.
