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Priscilla M. Mpasi, MD, FAAP (she/her/hers)

Pediatrician & Trustee
National Medical Association
Clifton Heights, PA, Pennsylvania, United States

Dr. Priscilla Mpasi is the Medical Director for Delaware Medicaid Partners (ACO) and the Clinically Integrated Network and a primary care pediatrician at ChristianaCare Health System. She completed a health policy fellowship in the National Clinicians Scholars Program at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research centers on Medicaid network adequacy and early childhood education, with priority focus on children from historically minoritized background and low-income families. Dr. Mpasi primarily provides pediatric care in school-based health centers for children in grades K-8 in a multidisciplinary model with a behavioral health therapist, registered dietician and community health worker. She focuses on students’ health status, nutrition and education promotion. In addition to clinical practice and health system leadership, she serves health policy consultant for national organizations and state health departments.

Dr. Mpasi is a national leader and a recognized pediatric health expert. She is the Region II Trustee on the National Medical Association (NMA) Board of Trustees and has held national leadership in the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Medical Association. She is the governor-appointed Chair of the Delaware Healthy Mother & Infant Consortium. She serves as the NMA Representative on the Child Health and Wellness Advisory Council and a liaison for the NMA Pediatric Section to the National Dairy Council.

Dr. Mpasi earned her B.S. in Psychology from Duke University and her M.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. She completed her pediatrics residency at the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital with a certificate in Advocacy. She is completing her Masters in Science of Health Policy and Research from the University of Pennsylvania. She currently resides in Philadelphia, PA with family origins from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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