Mark L. Wolraich, M.D.

Mark L. Wolraich, M.D., is the Shaun Walters Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and the Edith Kinney-Gaylord Presidential Professor at the University Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. He was the Chief of the Section of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics there for the past 17 years until June 2018. Dr. Wolraich has been active nationally in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) particularly relating to ADHD. He is a member and past president of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatric. Dr. Wolraich developed the Vanderbilt ADHD Behavior Rating Scales that are now used widely nationally and internationally.

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