Terri D. McFadden, MD, FAAP

Emory University School of Medicine

Dr. McFadden is a General Pediatrician and a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. As a general pediatrician, she sees patients and teaches medical students, pediatric residents and allied health students. She is also the Director of Clinical Initiatives with the Department’s PARTNERS for Equity in Child and Adolescent Health program. She is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics where she serves on the Executive Committee of the Council on Injury, Violence and Poison Prevention. Dr McFadden is the Immediate Past President of the Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a previous member of the Executive Committee of the Council on Early Childhood. She serves as the Medical Director of the Injury Free Coalition for Kids (IFCK)-Atlanta and as Medical Director of Reach Out and Read Georgia. Her academic and professional interests include comprehensive care for the underserved, health equity, early literacy/early brain development, breastfeeding promotion, childhood injury prevention, and medical education. She is chair of the Georgia Board of Healthcare Workforce and serves on the national Reach Out and Read Board, as well as the Project Healthy Grandparents Advisory Board. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Spelman College and a medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.