Childhood vaccines: The key to a healthy future

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Dr. Eric Ball, a Rady Children’s pediatrician

Dr. Eric Ball is a general pediatrician with Rady Children’s Hospital Orange County. He is currently the Vice Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in California and is past president of the AAP in Orange County. He also serves on the boards of the Orange County Medical Association and the California Immunization Coalition. His interests in medicine involve quality improvement, legislative advocacy and childhood nutrition.

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