Dr. Michelle Fiscus is a board-certified pediatrician and public health advocate who practiced general pediatrics in Franklin, TN for 17 years before transitioning to a career in public health in 2016. She served as the medical director of the Tennessee Department of Health’s Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and Immunization Program and led the state’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts until July 2021. Since 2022, she has served as the inaugural Chief Medical Officer of the Association of Immunization Managers, the professional organization of the 64 CDC-funded immunization programs across the U.S. states, territories, and major cities. Through her work at AIM she has championed pharmacist involvement in immunization efforts, especially for children without access to healthcare. Dr. Fiscus has served as a senior health policy consultant for the National Academy for State Health Policy and served on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Fiscus is a proud graduate of Indiana University and Indiana University School of Medicine and completed her residency in pediatrics at the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Medical Center. She and her family recently relocated to their forever home in Maryland.