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Tanya R. Altmann, MD, FAAP

Tanya R. Altmann, MD, FAAPTanya R. Altmann, MD, FAAP



Pediatrics

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Bio

Tanya Remer Altmann, MD, FAAP, is a nationally recognized author, parenting expert, and media spokesperson. A working mother and UCLA-trained pediatrician who practices in Southern California, Altmann is a designated spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, communicating complicated medical issues into easily understood concepts.

Quoted in more than 100 periodicals, including Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times and Parents magazine, Altmann has reported for KEYT (the ABC affiliate in Santa Barbara) and the PBS parenting show A Place of Our Own and served as a nutrition expert on the Food Network program Weighing In. Altmann was a columnist for Los Angeles Family magazine, hosts a question and answer column for Modern Mom, and teaches monthly parenting workshops. She is editor-in-chief of the American Academy of Pediatrics parenting book The Wonder Years and a contributing author for the Experts Guide to the Baby Years. She is on the editorial board of the American Academy of Pediatrics' best-selling parenting book Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5 and Healthy Children magazine. Altmann serves on the board of the National Association of Medical Communicators and the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Media.

Credentials

Organization Affiliations:
  • Community Pediatrics, Westlake, CA
  • Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
 

My Answers

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