Andrea Green
Professor, Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric New American Program and Pediatric Global Health
PRONOUNS she/her
- MDCM, McGill University Medical School
- B.A., Cornell University
- Internship/Residency, Pediatrics, University of Colorado
Department of Pediatrics
Areas of expertise
Immigrant health, pediatrics, refugee health, children in immigrant families, health literacy.
BIO
Andrea E. Green, MDCM, FAAP is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine. She is the Director of the Pediatric New American Program and Pediatric Global Health. She is the Past Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Community Pediatrics. Her scholarship is in providing care to children in immigrant families. Areas of academic focus include mental health screening and multigenerational trauma, social determinants of health including food insecurity and non-traditional US diets, health literacy, care coordination, community collaboration, autism and advocacy. She has authored peer reviewed primary research, commentary and the AAP policy statement on Caring for Immigrant Children.
Awards and Achievements
- 2025 AAP COCP Job Lewis Smith Award, for lifelong outstanding career achievement in community pediatrics
- 2024 Vermont Medical Society Physician Award for Community Service
- 2023 Everyday Leader Award, Gender Equity, LCOM Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion Kid Safe Collaborative’s
- 2022 Outstanding Professional Award
Bio
Andrea E. Green, MDCM, FAAP is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine. She is the Director of the Pediatric New American Program and Pediatric Global Health. She is the Past Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Community Pediatrics. Her scholarship is in providing care to children in immigrant families. Areas of academic focus include mental health screening and multigenerational trauma, social determinants of health including food insecurity and non-traditional US diets, health literacy, care coordination, community collaboration, autism and advocacy. She has authored peer reviewed primary research, commentary and the AAP policy statement on Caring for Immigrant Children.
Awards and Achievements
- 2025 AAP COCP Job Lewis Smith Award, for lifelong outstanding career achievement in community pediatrics
- 2024 Vermont Medical Society Physician Award for Community Service
- 2023 Everyday Leader Award, Gender Equity, LCOM Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion Kid Safe Collaborative’s
- 2022 Outstanding Professional Award
Select Publications
- Julie M. Linton M.D. and Andrea E. Green, M.D. Providing Care for Children in Immigrant Families Policy Statement from the Council on Community Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics. Sep 2019, 144 (3) e20192077 https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2019-2077 PMID: 314274603.
- Andrea Green, M.D. and Matthew Saia, M.D. Preventing Harm upon Arrival, Lead Prevention in Newly Resettled Pediatric Refugees. Solicited Commentary. Pediatrics. May 2019 143 (5) e20183567, PMID: 30996118 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-3567
- Andrea E. Green, Weinberger SJ, Harder VS. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire as a Mental Health Screening Tool for Newly Arrived Pediatric Refugees. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2020 Sep 22:1-8. PMID: 32960360 DOI: 10.1007/s10903-020-01082-7
- Dawson-Hahn E, Green AE. Applying a Cultural Safety Framework to Understand Vaccination of Children in Immigrant Families. Pediatrics. 2024 May 22:e2023065190. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-065190. PMID: 38774988.
- Crystal Shen, MD Annalee Coakley, MD Sarah K. Clarke, Suzinne Pak-Gorstein, MD MPH Andrea Green, MDCM Jean-Jaques Kayembe, Nasreen S. Quadri MD, Compounding Crises: Collective Community Action for Hope and Resilience during Turbulent Times-Key Insights from the International Refugee and Migration Health Pre-Conference Workshop, J Immigrant Minority Health. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-025-01834-3