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Congratulations to Dr. John W. Harrington, recipient of the 2012 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Childhood Immunization Champion Award.
”Dr. Harrington is an outstanding choice for this first-ever award and demonstrates the importance of collaboration between public health and bedside clinicians,” said State Health Commissioner Karen Remley, MD, MBA, FAAP. “Through his practice and his role as an educator, Dr. Harrington stresses the importance of vaccines to patients and the next generation of health care providers.”
Dr. Harrington is a practicing pediatrician and serves at Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters as Medical Director of the Outpatient Center, Director of the Division of General Academic Pediatrics and Chief of Professional Staff. He is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School as well as Adjunct Association Professor of Pediatrics at New York Medical College. Dr. Harrington was nominated for the Immunization Champion award by Project Immunize Virginia, the statewide immunization coalition that promotes timely immunizations.
This year marks the inaugural presentation of CDC Childhood Immunization Champion Award, which is presented to one individual from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. For more information about the awards and a list of recipients, click here.
Champions are nominated by the Vaccines for Children staff for excellent in immunization practices. To discover who the current Immunization Champion is, click here.
