AARON CARPENTER
NORTH FLORIDA PRESIDENT, NEMOURS CHILDREN'S HEALTH, JACKSONVILLE & PENSACOLA
Nemours Children's Health is one of the nation's largest multistate pediatric health systems. It boasts two free-standing children's hospitals and a network of more than 70 primary and specialty care practices, employing nearly 4,300 people in Florida and 10,000 in total. Carpenter, a pediatric nurse practitioner by training, worked in primary care and emergency medicine for more than two decades, and he says he's passionate about developing the next generation of children's health leaders. In 2017, he helped create the country's first fellowship program for pediatric primary care nurse practitioners.
EDUCATION: Sacred Heart University (BS), Yale University (MS), Trinity Anglican Seminary (MDiv), Robert Morris University (DNP)
NOTABLE TREND: Virtual care integration is the most innovative trend in pediatrics. This has been tested in adult medicine, but opportunities for virtual care, hospital at home and advanced care at home through emerging and evolving technologies are transforming how we care for kids.
