Dr. Maggie Kozel, a graduate of Georgetown University Medical School, is a pediatrician and author. She has spent most of her professional life in primary care pediatrics and has taken great pride in translating a pediatrician’s perspectives into the written word. Her first book, “The Color of Atmosphere,” won an Independent Publishers’ silver medal for writing in healthcare. She has been an activist for healthcare equity and common sense gun safety, and her numerous commentaries have appeared in outlets such as the NYT and Huffington Post.

In 2015 Dr. Kozel accepted a position as the Medical Director of the Inpatient MedPsych unit at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, RI. In doing this MedPSych work Dr. Kozel realized she had been treating emotionally-based symptoms in her previous outpatient practice with one hand tied behind her back. In this time of pediatric mental health crisis Dr. Kozel’s passion for writing from a pediatrician’s viewpoint shifted to what patients’ stories teach us about the emotional brain and the basic skill set that all pediatricians, educators and parents need to effectively manage pediatric anxiety and school-avoidant behaviors.

Dr. Kozel lives with her husband, Randy, also a physician, in Jamestown RI, has two daughters, and spends as much time as possible on her bike.