Members, colleagues, and guests, I have had the distinct privilege of serving as your President. This past year has been filled with excitement and invigoration as we revitalized the American Pediatric Society (APS). We have launched a major campaign targeted at “Taking back APS.” I will provide a brief report on the state of the APS after my Presidential address.

I would like to begin by describing our new transformed world. With major technological advances has come globalization, our world is shrinking and the stark contrast of imbalances is becoming apparent. Although our environment is ever changing, the world's children remain our collective focus. To improve their health and lives, we must embark on, exchange, share, and join hands in meeting their needs. What better way than to join forces in the four important areas, namely, 1) research to bring new advances in prevention, diagnosis, and therapy, 2) health care delivery that reaches all children of the world, 3) advocacy toward making our collective voices on behalf of all children heard by policy makers around the world, perhaps igniting an United Nations summit on Children's Health, and 4) train the next generation of Pediatricians to carry the torch for the sake of children worldwide.

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