This episode, we get a two-for-one interview with Drs. Normarie Albino and Hiral Lavania, who spoke to Chip while attending the Florida AAP chapter meeting in late August, 2025. Dr. Lavania discusses fears and hopes for the future of pediatrics, including vaccinations and type 1 diabetes research, and Dr. Albino discusses her work with the non-profit Who We Play For, including new Florida legislation she hopes will spread to more states.

More about Who We Play For: https://www.whoweplayfor.org/

Dr. Lavania is the founder of One Family Pediatrics in Cumming, GA. https://onefamilypediatrics.com/

Dr. Albino is a solo pediatrician practicing out of The Villages, FL: https://www.albinomd.com/

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What can pediatricians do to protect communities in the face of policies and laws that loosen requirements around vaccination? Chip attends the Florida annual chapter meeting and sits down with the chapter's executive director, Alicia Adams, who details her chapter's game plan.

Charting the Future is a PCC podcast hosted by Chip Hart. Production and editing by Chip Hart, Allie Squires, and Chris Forleo. Music by Challenger C, with additional help from Mark Hurne.


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Longtime friend of Chip and PCC, Nneka Unachukwu, MD joins the podcast this week. The two discuss the inner workings of building a practice, learning to manage and market, adapt and negotiate to achieve your goals for your patients and your practice.

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Chip welcomes Dr. Amaka Nnamani, MD FAAP to the show this week. Dr. Nnamani shares her experience buying and running a pediatric practice as a new CEO, and explains how her career has evolved over time to include medicine, a children's book, breastfeeding advocacy, and public speaking.

Check out her children's book, Ziora's Quest: Mommy's Milk Rocks! https://www.dramakannamani.com/

Chip sits down with pediatrician Dr. Anna Groebe, DO of Bloom Pediatrics in Metro Detroit, Michigan, and she shares her practice's culture of weighing risks, seizing opportunity, and showing up for children.

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Chip is joined by an old friend this week: Dr. Eric Arzubi, MD, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, and the CEO/Co-Founder of Frontier Psychiatry, a telemedicine-exclusive practice that was doing telehealth before it was cool. Dr. Arzubi discusses how he switched from hedge fund management to medicine and how the lessons in data he learned from finance may help solve gaps in the pediatric healthcare system.

Learn more about Dr. Arzubi and Frontier Psychiatry: https://frontier.care/providers/arzubi/

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Chip welcomes Lisa Callahan, DNP, CPNP of Grants Pass Pediatrics in Grants Pass, Oregon. Together they discuss being paid in eggs, navigating life as a capitation model practice, taking time to fill your cup, and when to negotiate for what matters -- and when not to.