Susan S Aronson

Susan S. Aronson, MD, FAAP, (Dr. Sue) is a pediatric advisor for the Early Childhood Education Linkage System-Healthy Child Care Pennsylvania (ECELS) at the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (PA AAP). ECELS is a statewide quality improvement program that Dr. Sue founded in 1989. She is the author of Model Child Care Health Policies , the PA AAP publication distributed by the AAP and available for free download on the ECELS website along with online curricula and...See more

Susan S. Aronson, MD, FAAP, (Dr. Sue) is a pediatric advisor for the Early Childhood Education Linkage System-Healthy Child Care Pennsylvania (ECELS) at the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (PA AAP). ECELS is a statewide quality improvement program that Dr. Sue founded in 1989. She is the author of Model Child Care Health Policies , the PA AAP publication distributed by the AAP and available for free download on the ECELS website along with online curricula and resource materials for early educators about health and safety issues. She is a contributor to the widely-used Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs . Dr. Sue is the author and guest faculty for an online, 3-college-credit Child Care Health Advocate course for early educators. Since 2007, the course has been offered fall and spring terms at Northampton Community College under a renewable agreement of the college with the PA AAP. Dr. Sue is the author/editor of Healthy Young Children , 5th Edition (2012), published by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Her column "Ask Dr. Sue" was published in Exchange magazine for many years. She is a retired clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. See less