The Pediatrician, Tanya Remer Altmann, M.D.

A leading medical authority for the popular press and entertainment industry, Dr. Tanya Remer Altmann is a nationally recognized author, parenting expert and media spokesperson. A working mother and UCLA-trained pediatrician who practices in Southern California, Dr. Tanya is a designated spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), communicating complicated medical issues into easily understood concepts.

As a child health expert for NBC's Today Show and PBS parenting show A Place of Our Own, Dr. Tanya has discussed breaking medical news stories and controversial parenting issues. She has reported for stations including KTLA (CW, Los Angeles) and KEYT (ABC, Santa Barbara) and served as a nutrition expert on the Food Network program Weighing In.  
 
Quoted in more than one hundred periodicals, including Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times and Parents magazine, Dr. Tanya was a columnist for Los Angeles Family magazine and is currently on the advisory boards for LA Parent and Healthy Children magazines. She is Editor-in-Chief of the AAP parenting book The Wonder Years and Associate Medical Editor of their best selling parenting book Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5.

You can purchase Dr. Tanya's latest parenting book, Mommy Calls: Dr. Tanya Answers 101 Common Questions About Babies and Toddlers, at Amazon.com.