Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician

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I am a board-certified Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician with 20 years of experience and expertise in developmental delays, developmental disabilites, behavioral health conditions, child trauma and adversity, racism, adoption and foster care. Dr. Adiaha Spinks-Franklin is an African American cis-gender woman who is a board certified Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician, wife, mother, and grandmother and lives on farm. She is a life-long anti-oppression/pro-liberation child advocate and Social Justice Warrior. Dr. Spinks-Franklin serves on multiple national committees, including the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (SODBP) Executive Committee, American Board of Pediatrics Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Subboard, and is the Immediate Past-President of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. Dr. Spinks-Franklin earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She graduated with honors with a Doctor of Medicine from Meharry Medical College School of Medicine in Nashville, TN. She completed Pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan/Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. Then Dr. Spinks-Franklin went to Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School and completed two fellowships: the Dyson Advocacy Fellowship and the Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Fellowship. She earned a Master’s in Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health during her fellowship. She has participated in global pediatric healthcare initiatives in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and South America. Dr. Spinks-Franklin is a descendant of the enslaved, freedom fighters, and generations of social justice warriors. She has actively worked to dismantle racism and other systems of oppression since she was a teenager. Dr. Spinks-Franklin identifies as Wonder Woman.