About Us
The Minnesota
Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, is a 501(c)(6), tax-exempt
organization, incorporated in the State of Minnesota.
The Minnesota Chapter was founded in 1948 in Duluth, Minnesota,
and operated as an unincorporated association until 1986.
That year, the Minnesota Chapter incorporated in Minnesota
and sought tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(3) organization.
That status was granted in 1987. Further changes occurred in 2004, when
the Minnesota Chapter incorporated anew in Minnesota as a
501(c)(6) tax exempt organization. This took effect on July
1, 2004. At the same time, the existing 501(c)(3) was changed
to the Minnesota Academy of Pediatrics Foundation.
The membership
of the Minnesota Chapter consists of Fellows of the AAP, Candidate
Fellows, Pediatric Residents, Medical Students, and Affiliated
Members. In 1949, there were 17 members of the state chapter.
Since then, membership has grown to the current number of 822
members.
We
are part of AAP District VI (Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Manitoba
and Saskatchewan, Canada). The Minnesota Chapter is considered
one of the large chapters of the AAP.
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MAILING ADDRESS:
Minnesota Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics
1043 Grand Ave. #544
St. Paul, MN 55105
651-402-2056 (voice)
651-699-7798 fax
www.mnaap.org
Our Mission
Statement
American
Academy of Pediatrics,
Minnesota Chapter.
We are Minnesota's
Pediatricians, dedicated to the Health of All Children. We
believe in the inherent worth of all children. They are our
most enduring and vulnerable legacy. Children deserve optimum
health and require the highest quality health care. Pediatricians
are the best qualified of all health professionals to provide
child health care. The American
Academy of Pediatrics, Minnesota Chapter, exists to prepare
its members with the tools, skills, and knowledge to be the
best qualified health professionals
- to
advocate for infants, children, adolescents, and young
adults and provide for their care;
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to
collaborate with others to assure child health; and
- to
ensure that decision-making affecting the health and
well-being of children and their families is based upon
the needs of those children and families.
The
American Academy of Pediatrics, Minnesota Chapter, also exists
to support members professional satisfaction and personal
growth. By providing these services, the American Academy
of Pediatrics, Minnesota Chapter, will be the most valuable
professional organization to which those eligible for membership
can belong. The
mission of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Minnesota
Chapter, is to attain optimal physical, mental, and social
health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents,
and young adults. To this purpose, the Academy and its members
dedicate their efforts and resources. The
American Academy of Pediatrics, Minnesota Chapter, will accomplish
this mission by addressing the needs of children, their families,
and their communities, and by supporting Academy members
through advocacy, education, research, service, and improving
the systems through which they deliver pediatric care.
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