Andres J. Pumariega, MD

Professor and Chief of the University of Florida Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

TOPIC:

Autism Spectrum Disorder: Management in the Pediatric Office and New Consultative Supports

 

Dr. Pumariega’s career has focused on children’s mental health systems of care and underserved populations.  He is Professor and Chief, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Florida. He has headed four divisions of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, three psychiatry departments, and many statewide service system programs and national committees/ organizations. He has lectured/ written extensively (over 250 publications, 250 abstracts, and 6 textbooks). He is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the APA and AACAP, Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists, American Orthopsychiatry Association, and World Social Psychaitry Association. His awards include Alumni Hall of Fame of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (1999), AACAP’s APA’s Simon Bolivar Award for Hispanic Psychaitry (2003), Jeanne Spurlock Award on Diversity/Culture (2007), and APA’s Agnes Purcell McGavin Award for Career Achievement in Child Psychiatry (2024).