American Academy of Pediatrics Email Format
Non-profit OrganizationsIllinois, United States1001-5000 Employees
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is a non-profit professional membership organization representing about 67,000 pediatricians. Founded in 1930, the organization is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, with a federal affairs office in Washington, DC. It employs between 1,001 and 5,000 people and functions as a leading advocacy organization for children's health in the United States. The AAP serves as a primary source of pediatric health information for clinicians and families and operates HealthyChildren.org, a parenting website backed by pediatricians. It maintains a large publishing program with hundreds of titles for consumers and professionals, including the journal Pediatrics and AAP News.