Reach Out and Read Illinois launched

Gary Gardner, MD, FAAP elected as ICAAP president and served as chair of its Accident and Injury Prevention Committee after being named Pediatrician of the Year in 1986. Since 2013, the H. Garry Gardner Keynote has been a staple at our Annual Education Conference.

Agnes D. Lattimer, MD, FAAP was elected ICAAP president, the first African- American woman in that role, and served from 1984 to 1986. In 1986, she was appointed medical director of Cook County Hospital, the first female African-American medical director of a major hospital.

Richard Dukes, MD, FAAP incorporated ICAAP with Thomas P. Driscoll, MD, FAAP, Oliver W. Crawford, MD, FAAP, and Albert L. Pisani, MD, FAAP