Vincent Iannelli, MD

Highlights

• Board-certified pediatrician and Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• Author of "The Everything Father's First Year Book"
• Member of the AAP Section on Administration & Practice Management and the AAP Council on Communications and Media
• Founder of keepkidshealthy.com and vaxopedia.org

Experience

Vincent Iannelli, MD, is a former writer for Verywell Fit covering pediatrics. He currently has a private pediatrics practice in a suburb of Dallas and he is an associate professor of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. In addition to being a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, he is also a member of the Texas Medical Association and Dallas County Medical Society.

Dr. Iannelli is also the technical editor/medical expert for several parenting books on overweight children, childhood illnesses, autism, getting babies to sleep, and cooking for babies and toddlers.

Dr. Iannelli has also been featured as an expert in several national magazines, including "Baby Talk", "Redbook", "Home Life", "ePregnancy", and "My Family Doctor", and has discussed parenting and health topics on the "Good Morning Texas".

Education

Dr. Iannelli graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science in biology. He then attended medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas and completed his pediatrics residency at Children's Medical Center in Dallas.

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