As the program’s medical director, as well as an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Dipesh Navsaria provides leadership, direction and connection with the broader world of medical training.
He is the founding medical director of Reach Out and Read Wisconsin and the founder and director of the Pediatric Early Literacy Projects at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Navsaria has practiced primary care pediatrics in various settings for many years and is still actively involved in ambulatory pediatric settings. He has also served as an ARC-PA Commissioner for two terms. He has been involved in advocacy, general pediatrics, policy, public health and early childhood settings with medical students, residents, PA students and public health students, and has worked with early childhood educators, librarians and the general public. Prior to attending medical school, Navsaria was trained and practiced as a physician assistant. He brings that invaluable background and understanding of PA education to the program.
You can find him on Facebook and Twitter as well as at navsaria.com. He also writes a regular column on child health policy for Madison’s Capital Times, and hosts the Reach Out and Read podcast.