Dora Mills receives Child Advocate Award from American Academy of Pediatrics Maine Chapter

Dora Anne Mills, M.D., M.P.H., vice president for Clinical Affairs and director of the School of Community and Population Health, was awarded the Child Advocate Award by the American Academy of Pediatrics at the annual meeting of the organization’s Maine Chapter in Portland on November 2, 2013. The award's plaque states that it is given "in recognition of outstanding service to advance the health of Maine's children.”

Drs. Steve Feder and Janice Pelletier, chapter President and vice president, surprised Mills with the award after she gave the keynote address at the meeting.

Mills responded, "I am extremely touched by this recognition, and I also want to recognize all of Maine's pediatric providers, who work tirelessly on the front lines every day with Maine children and their families to improve the health of our state. I feel tremendous gratitude to the community of pediatric providers who have always responded so graciously to my many requests over the years and are always available at the other end of the phone (or email). Thank you! I am also very proud to count myself among you, as a board-certified pediatrician, a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and a member of the Maine Chapter."