Paul McPherson, MD

Paul McPherson, MD is a renowned child abuse pediatrician and the director of the Children at Risk Evaluation Center at Akron Children’s, located at 300 Locust Street in Akron, Ohio, United States. Dr. McPherson has been practicing since 2007 and has been with Akron Children’s since 2016. He obtained his medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and completed his residency in pediatrics at Akron Children’s. Dr. McPherson further specialized in child abuse pediatrics through a fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in this field. He is also a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Ray E. Helfer Society, and serves as a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Northeast Ohio Medical University.

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