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Suanne Kowal-Connelly, MD, Pediatrics, Freeport, NY

SuanneKowal-ConnellyMD

Pediatrics Freeport, NY

Director of Pediatric Clinical Quality at Long Island, FQHC, Inc

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  • Office

    101 South Bergen Place
    Freeport, NY 11520
    Phone+1 516-623-3600

Summary

  • I am a board certified pediatrician with 30 + years of clinical experience, now serving as the Director of Pediatric Clinical Quality for the Long Island FQHC, Inc. I am also the District Physician for several school districts in Nassau County and a state trainer for child abuse and neglect.
    Currently I sit on the Council of Sports Medicine and Fitness, the Section on Obesity, the Council of School Health, the Commitee on Media and Communications for the American Academy of Pediatrics. I am a regular contributor to HealthyChildren.org, the parenting website of the AAP and committee member of Chapter II of the AAP.
    As a dedicated triathlete I have merged my many hats to form a company, Health Powered By You which offers speaking programs, my blog series, and coaching services dedicated to helping individuals, families, and organizations discovery strategies for successful health and wellness throughout their lives hopefully without the need for medicinal support.
    Finally, I have recently authored my first book, Parenting Through Puberty,Mood Swings, Acne and Growing Pains, published by the AAP.
  • Parenting Through Puberty: Mood Swings, Acne, and Growing Pains

    Parenting Through Puberty: Mood Swings, Acne, and Growing Pains [Kowal-Connelly MD FAAP, Suanne] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Parenting

    HEALTH POWERED BY YOU, LLC

    Strategies For Enjoyable Lifelong Holistic Health & Wellness  Educational resources, coaching, consulting and speaking programs developed by a physician

Education & Training

  • Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Cohen Children's Medical Center
    Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Cohen Children's Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1983 - 1986
  • Jagiellonian University Medical College
    Jagiellonian University Medical CollegeClass of 1982
  • State University of New York
    State University of New YorkB.S., Biology, second major in Psychology, 1974 - 1978

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1986 - 2025
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics

Publications & Presentations

Books/Book Chapters

Other

Press Mentions

  • How Your Brain Morphs Stressful Family Vacations into Pleasant Memories
    How Your Brain Morphs Stressful Family Vacations into Pleasant MemoriesAugust 16th, 2018
  • Using Shelter-in-Place Time to Foster Better Family Food Habits
    Using Shelter-in-Place Time to Foster Better Family Food HabitsMay 8th, 2020
  • Review of Parenting Through Puberty: Mood Swings, Acne and Growing Pains
    Review of Parenting Through Puberty: Mood Swings, Acne and Growing PainsAugust 1st, 2020

Committees

  • member, AAP Committee on Communications and Media 2017 - Present
  • MD, AAP Council of Sports Medicine and Fitness 2016 - Present
  • MD, AAP Section on Obesity 2016 - Present
  • MD, AAP Committee on School Health 2016 - Present
  • Member, AAP NYS Chapter 2 2016 - Present

Professional Memberships