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Dr. Sarah Schlegel Appointed Medical Director of
CCA's Medical-Legal Partnership Project
The Center for Children's Advocacy's Medical-Legal
Partnership Project (MLPP) has appointed Sarah Schlegel, M.D. as
the project's Medical Director.
The MLPP, a medical-legal collaborative that improves
the health and welfare of low-income children and their families,
provides legal assistance on site at hospitals and medical clinics
serving greater Hartford's poorest neighborhoods.
As Medical Director for the MLPP, Dr. Schlegel will
work with the project's attorneys to develop a training curriculum
for resident and attending physicians. She will consult with MLPP
staff on medical-legal issues, including developmental disabilities,
educational curriculum, and medical diagnoses, and will work directly
with Attorney Jay Sicklick, Director of the MLPP and Deputy Director
of the Center for Children's Advocacy, to develop systemic advocacy
strategies that address the unmet medical needs of children at risk
in Connecticut.
"The work of the MLPP is critical to the poorest families
in our neighborhoods. Hartford's pediatricians and family care providers
are the first contact for these vulnerable children. Their ability
to direct families to available legal support services dramatically
improves medical outcomes," noted Dr. Schlegel.
Dr. Paul Dworkin, Connecticut Children's Medical Center's
Physician-In-Chief and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at
the UConn School of Medicine, will continue to serve as chief medical
advisor to the MLPP.
Attorney Sicklick indicated that "we are very fortunate
to have someone of Dr. Schlegel's ability and expertise join our
project. Sarah will help us develop a first-class training curriculum
for Hartford's pediatric practitioners, and will work with other
medical directors around the country to address systemic health
issues and raise the visibility and impact of medical-legal collaboratives."
Dr. Schlegel is an attending physician at Connecticut
Children's Medical Center (CCMC) in the Department of Developmental
and Behavioral Pediatrics. She recently completed a fellowship in
developmental-behavioral pediatrics at Yale University. She received
her bachelor's degree in neuroscience and behavior at Wesleyan University
and her medical degree from the University of Connecticut School
of Medicine. She also completed a pediatric residency at Stony Brook
University Hospital.
Dr. Schlegel is board-certified in general pediatrics,
and is a member of numerous professional organizations including
the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Society for Developmental
and Behavioral Pediatrics. Dr. Schlegel is an Assistant Professor
of Pediatrics with the UConn School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics.
Her clinical work includes outpatient services for children with
developmental and learning problems, and support for the outpatient
and inpatient rehabilitation programs, and the Special Kids Support
Center-Medical Home Initiative.
A member of the AAP since 2001, Dr. Schlegel currently
sits on the Oral Health Initiative steering committee for the Partnership
to Reduce Oral Health Disparities in Early Childhood. In 2007, she
spearheaded and now co-chairs the Ad Hoc Trainee/Recent Graduate
Committee in the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.
Her involvement in Reach Out and Read led her to create her own
youth literacy non-profit organization, founding ReBooK (Recycling
Books for Kids) in 2000.
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