AAP California Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 advocate together on state-level issues related to children’s health and well-being and the practice of pediatrics.
Our work is strictly nonpartisan, and addresses the many CA bills and budget items related to child health access and reimbursement, vaccines, mental and behavioral health, prevention of childhood injury and trauma, youth vaping, and childhood obesity, the importance of achieving racial and ethnic child health parity, and advocacy for COVID19 policies that support the public health and the viability of pediatric practices.
Advocacy Day Gallery
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023

2025 Martin Gershman, MD Outstanding Advocacy for Children Lifetime Achievement Award: Phyllis Agran, MD, UC Irvine

Amy Whittle, MD, UCSF, Receives Kris Calvin Resident Education Award

2025 AAP-CA Awards

Chapter 2 Advocates with Assm. Mike Fong

Sharon Pham, MD, AAP-CA SGA Co-Chair, interviewed by local TV station

AAP-CA Advocates with Senator Smallwood-Cuevas

Eric Ball, MD, AAP-CA Chair & Diana Ramos, MD, CA Surgeon General




Yasuko Fukuda, MD & Eric Ball, MD with Assemblymember Matt Haney

With Assemblymember Gonzales

Serena Yang, MD & Advocate Team

Senator Caroline Menjivar, Senate Health Comm Chair

Nicole Webb, MD & Junior Advocate with Ben Hoffman, MD

Meredith Kennedy & Marcia Spitzer, MD, AAP-CA Treasurer







Eric Ball, MD, AAP-CA Chair interviewed by local TV station

Eric Ball, MD & Richard Pan, MD, former State Senator

Eric Ball, MD, AAP-CA & District IX Chair

Diana Ramos, MD, CA Surgeon General

Chapter 3


Chapter 1 Advocate Team

Ben Hoffman, MD, Immediate Past President of the AAP

AAP-CA Members with Assemblymember Matt Haney


2025 AAP-CA Advocacy Day

Yasuko Fukuda, MD presents Stuart Cohen, MD with the Martin Gershman, MD Lifetime Achievement award

Stuart Cohen, MD

Richard Pan, MD, Yasuko Fukuda, MD and Eric Ball, MD

Resident Advocates

Receiving the Kris Calvin Resident Education award for Anda Kuo, MD is Amy Whittle, MD, presented by Nancy Graff, MD

Drs. Richard Pan-Yasuko Fukuda & Eric Ball

Chapter 4 Advocates

Chapter 4 Advocates at the Capitol

Chapter 2 Advocates

Chapter 1 Advocates

Assembly Member Mia Bonta receiving the Richard Pan, MD Advocate of the Year award for Attorney General Rob Bonta for his work on social media protections

AAP-CA Chapter 3

AAP-CA Chapter 1

AAP-CA Chapter 1

AAP-CA Chapter 1

2024 Advocacy Day

2024 Advocacy Day Group Photo

Drs. Doshi, Jones, Fukuda & Ball

Dr. Sun, Dr. Pfaff Dr. Ng & Dr. Killmond

Dr. Sharon Pham speaks at a press conference on SB 616

Dr. Sharon Pham, Senator Gonzalez

Dr. Petko, Dr. Sun, Dr. Pan, Dr. Fukuda

Dr. Petko, Dr. Fukuda, Dr. Kento Ito visiting from Japan

Dr. Melissa Ruiz, Dr. Nicole Webb with junior advocates

Dr. Lisa Chamberlain receives the Kris Calvin Resident Education Award from Dr. Nancy Graff

Dr. Fukuda, Asm Jasmeet Bains, Dr. Udovic-Constant

Dr. Fukuda presents Dr. Jaques Corriveau with the Dr. Martin Gershman Lifetime Achievement in Advocacy Award

Dr. Fukuda, Lydia Bourne

Dr. Doshi

Dr. Angela Dangvu, Dr. Reshmi Basu

Chapter 4 Advocates

Chapter 4 Advocates at the State Capitol

Advocating at the State Capitol

AAP-CA Members with Senator Josh Newman

AAP-CA Members with Asm Matt Haney representing San Francisco

AAP-CA Members with Asm Mike McGuire representing North Coast counties

2023 AAP-CA SGA

2023 AAP-CA Advocacy Day
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