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Announcing the Newly Certified Breastfeeding-Friendly Pediatricians!

We are excited to announce the latest recipient of Georgia’s Breastfeeding-Friendly Pediatrician Certification! The Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Georgia Breastfeeding Coalition partnered to recognizing and empowering pediatricians who provide excellent support for their patients' breastfeeding journeys.

Congratulations to the recent awardees of the Breastfeeding-Friendly Pediatricians program:

Adele Goodloe, MD, FAAP of Northside Pediatrics in Woodstock. Dr. Goodloe, board certified pediatrician, graduated summa cum laude with highest honors from the University of Georgia and was awarded UGA’s most prestigious scholarship, the Foundation Fellowship. She attended Mayo Medical School in the frozen tundra of Minnesota where she was also selected as 1 of 74 nationwide Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellows. She then migrated south for pediatric residency at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in 2013 in pursuit of her lifelong dream of caring for kids. Dr. Goodloe joined Northside Pediatrics in Woodstock, GA in 2016 and finds great joy in being a primary care physician in her community. Dr. Goodloe is passionate about breastfeeding and childhood obesity prevention. She enjoys being an active part of the community including school career days and finding opportunities to promote healthy habits such as Walk with a Doc events. Dr. Goodloe also serves the greater Atlanta area through her Kids Health First leadership roles where she is the chair of the Kids Health First Quality and Utilization Management Committee as well as a board member. Dr. Goodloe has three elementary school children including a daughter born in 2014 and twins born in 2016. In her free time, you might find her running – whether it be for fitness or chasing her kids – in the best of ways, there is rarely a dull moment!

Shreeti Kapoor, MD, FAAP of Children’s Hospital of Georgia/Augusta University in Augusta. Dr. Kapoor is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia/Augusta University since October of 2021. Prior to that, she had a 23 career in private pediatric practice, of which 3 years were spent in Western Pennsylvania followed by 20 years in Northern Virginia. She has a special interest in behavioral healthcare for pediatric patients and is the newest member of the Pediatric Enhanced Primary Care Clinic at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia. She also continues to provide general pediatric care and facilitates clinical learning with medical students at The Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Kapoor is currently the Chapter’s Child & Adolescent Mental Health Committee Co-Chair & Chapter Youth Suicide Prevention Ambassador. In her free time, she loves to cook, read and is an avid runner.

Susan McWhirter, MD, FAAP of Rivertown Pediatrics in Columbus. Dr. McWhirter is a native of Glen Burnie, Maryland, and has been practicing in Columbus since 2001. She received her Bachelor of Science in Zoology from the University of Maryland and her Medical Doctorate from Emory University in Atlanta. She completed her residency at Emory University and served an extra year as Pediatric Chief Resident, Clinical Instructor. Dr. McWhirter is a Board Certified Diplomat of the American Board of Pediatrics and serves on the Pediatrics Faculty at Piedmont Midtown Medical Center. She is serving on the Hospital Authority Board and is a board member of the Piedmont Columbus Regional Health system. She has served as Chairperson of the Pediatric Department Executive Committee and also as Chief of the Medical Staff at Midtown Medical Center. She is a member of the American National and Georgia American Academy of Pediatrics and is the current district representative for the Georgia American Academy of Pediatrics. She has a daughter, Sophia, and a son, Thomas. She is married to Thomas Brown and is a happy stepmom to Gavin and Lauren. She is a member of St. Anne Catholic Church.

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Become a Breastfeeding-Friendly Pediatrician by completing our interest form here. Follow us on Facebook here and Instagram here to learn more about the program, our candidates, and to meet your local Breastfeeding-Friendly Pediatricians.

Questions? Claire Eden, EPIC® Breastfeeding Program Director, ceden@gaaap.org