Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD is a pediatrician working in the public interest. He blends the roles of physician, occasional children’s librarian, educator, public health professional and child health advocate. With graduate degrees in public health, children’s librarianship, physician assistant studies, and medicine, he brings a unique combination of interests and experience together.
He is a professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine and Public Health, and a clinical professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the School of Human Ecology, both at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He has practiced primary care pediatrics in a variety of settings with special interest in underserved populations, and continues to practice in outpatient settings. He also works regionally and nationally with Reach Out and Read, as well as the American Academy of Pediatrics. In 2022, he was appointed by the White House to the National Museum and Library Services Board.
Dr Navsaria aims to educate those who work with children and families in realizing how their professional roles include being involved in social policy and how they may positively benefit the cognitive and socioemotional development of children, allowing them — and all of us — to flourish and thrive.