Cori Cross is a board-certified pediatrician and has been serving the LA community since her residency at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) in 2004. Dr. Cross graduated cum laude from Barnard College with a BA in philosophy. She attended The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, where she obtained her M.D. and was elected to the AOA honor society.

Dr. Cross works as an advocate and public educator speaking nationally and locally to children and adults on a variety of topics. She is an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Spokesperson and uses this platform to advocate for children and educate the public on pediatric and public health issues. In addition to interviews on behalf of the AAP, she is a repeat medical expert on CNN’s Headline News and Los Angeles’ CBS news, as well as a regular guest on RadioMD’s Healthy Children podcast.

She has lobbied for stronger vaping and nicotine laws to protect children, tamper resistant marijuana packaging, LATCH child safety restraints, increasing the nutritional value of school meals and continued funding for the school lunch program.

Early in her career, it was evident that screens would have a profoundly different effect on this next generation. She joined the AAP’s Council on Communications and Media and served two terms on the Executive Committee. She was a lead author on the AAP’s “Media Use in School-Aged Children and Adolescents” as well as the accompanying technical report “Children and Adolescents and Digital Media.” She has continued working and educating in this space, giving talks locally and nationally to parents, student, educators and pediatricians. She has partnered with Common Sense Media locally to give panel discussions and nationally to develop resources for pediatricians to address these issues in their offices. In 2017, she won an Outstanding Achievement in Innovation Award from the AAP for her work in creating the Family Media Use Plan toolkit on HealthyChildren.org. Since then, she has continued to work with the AAP to update these resources and policies.

Dr. Cross has served as an elected board member of the local AAP, California Chapter 2, for 20 years holding positions of Treasurer and Member-At-Large. She uses her positions locally and nationally to address the changing needs of children and adolescents in todays evolving world.