Medical Matters Weekly welcomes Kris Perry, director of the Institute of Digital Media and Child Development

Vermont Business Magazine Kris Perry is a social worker, child advocate, director of the Institute for Digital Media and Child Development, and the next guest on Weekly Medical Questions at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, August 17.

The show is produced by Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV). Viewers can view at facebook.com/svmedicalcenter and facebook.com/CATTVBennington. The show is also available to view or download as a podcast at svhealthcare.org/medicalmatters.

Perry holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology and psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a master’s degree in social work from San Francisco State University. She has had a career as a children’s advocate with several organizations, beginning with the Alameda County Social Services Agency, where she worked in child protective services. She pivoted to lead systems change as executive director of First Five San Mateo and later as executive director of First Five in California and nationally in Washington, DC. She was president of Save the Children Action Network.

Perry returned to California to serve as senior adviser to Governor Gavin Newsom and deputy secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency. There, she led the development of California’s blueprint for early learning and child care and was instrumental in expanding access to high-quality early childhood programs. In her current role as Director of the Institute of Digital Media and Child Development, she works to fund and disseminate scientific research focused on the impact of digital media on child development and translating these findings into programs and policies that promote child well-being.

Weekly Medical Questions showcases the innovators who are driving positive change in health care and related professions. The show covers all aspects of creating and sustaining a healthy lifestyle for all, including food and nutrition, housing, diversity and inclusion, breakthrough medical care, exercise , mental health, environment, research and government. The show is broadcast on Facebook Live, YouTube and all podcast platforms.

After the program, the video is available on public-access television stations in the region CAT-TV (Comcast channel 1075) and GNAT-TV (Comcast channel 1074), as well as on public-access stations across the United States.

About SVHCs:
Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) is a preeminent, comprehensive health care system that provides exceptional, convenient, and affordable care to communities in Bennington and Windham counties in Vermont, east of Rensselaer and Washington counties in New York and north of Berkshire County in Massachusetts. The SVHC includes the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), the Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center, the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation, and the SVHC Foundation. SVMC includes 25 primary and specialty care practices.

Southwest Vermont Health Care is one of the most popular small rural health systems in the country. He is the recipient of the American Hospital Association’s 2020 Rural Hospital Leadership Award. Additionally, SVMC was ranked fourth nationally for the value of the care it provides by the Lown Institute Hospital Index in 2020 and has received five-time Magnet® recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for l excellence in nursing. The healthcare system is fortunate to have the support of platinum-level corporate sponsor Mack, a leading provider of contract manufacturing services and plastic injection molded parts based in Arlington, VT.

BENNINGTON, VT—August 9, 2022—Southwestern Vermont Medical Center