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Faculty
Richard Lee Bucciarelli, M.D.
Associate Vice President for Health Affairs for Government Relations
Interim Chairman and Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Professor, Institute for Child Health Policy
College
AS, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI
BS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Medical School
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Residency
University of Florida College of Medicine
Fellowship
Neonatology: University of Florida College of Medicine
Cardiology: University of Florida College of Medicine
Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy
Number of years at UF as Faculty
21
Current Appointments
- Associate Vice President for Health Affairs for Government Relations, 2004-present
- Interim Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, 5/15/2007-present
- Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1988-present
- Professor, Institute for Child Health Policy, 1992-present
- Professor, College of Nursing, University of Florida, 1988-present
- Professor, Department of OB-GYN, University of Florida, 1984-present
Active Society Memberships
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow
- Section of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
- American Pediatric Society
- Alachua County Medical Society
- Florida Medical Association
- Florida Pediatric Society
- Florida Society of Neonatal-Perinatologists
- National Perinatal Association
- Board of Medical Examiners, Utah, 1978, #5964
- Neonatal-Perinatal Boards, 1977
- Pediatric Cardiology Boards, 1977
- Pediatric Boards (oral), 1977
- Pediatric Boards (written), 1976
- Board of Medical Examiners, Florida, 1973, #21452
- National Board of Medical Examiners, 1972
Editorial
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow
- Section of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
- American Pediatric Society
- Alachua County Medical Society
- Florida Medical Association
- Florida Pediatric Society
- Florida Society of Neonatal-Perinatologists
- National Perinatal Association
Administration/Service: American Academy of Pediatrics
- Member, AAP Committee of State Government Affairs, 2004-present
- Chair, AAP Subcommittee on Access to Care, 1998-2004
- Chair, AAP Committee on Federal Government Affairs, 1998-2002
- Member, AAP Committee on Federal Government Affairs, 1992-2000
- Member, AAP Committee on State Government Affairs, 1992-2000
Florida Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics
- President, Florida Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics, 2000-2002
- Chair, Committee on the Fetus and Newborn, Florida Pediatric Society, 1986-1990
- Regional Representative, Florida Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics, 1984-2000
Association of American Medical Colleges
- Chair, Association of Medical Colleges Government Relations Steering Committee, 2004
- Member, Association of American Medical Colleges
- Government Relations Steering Committee, 1999-2003
Institute of Medicine Committees
- Member, Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship Advisory Board, 1999-present
- ember, Institute of Medicine Committee on Children, Health Insurance, and Access to Care, 1997-98
Others
- Member, Board of Directors, Children’s Miracle Network Foundation 2002-present
- Member, National Association of Children’s Hospitals Public Policy Council, 2000-2002
- Chair, Public Policy Committee, National Perinatal Association, 1994-95
- President, Florida Perinatal Association, 1988-1990
- President, Florida Society of Neonatal-Perinatologists, 1986-88
- Chairman, Board of Directors, Friends of Children, Inc., 1990-present
Publications over the last five years
Chapters in Books
- Bucciarelli RL: The scope and the organization of the practice of neonatology in the U.S. In: MacDonald, M, Seshia, MM, and Mullett MD (eds): Neonatology: Pathophysiology and Management of the Newborn, 6th edition. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 2004 (in press).
Refereed articles
- Bucciarelli RL: The effect of Medicaid participation by private and safety net pediatricians on incremental expansion coverage for children. Pediatrics. 112 (2): 416-417, 2003.
Statement
Rick, a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Medicine (‘72M), is boarded in Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology, and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and continues to actively practice Neonatology at the University of Florida.
After graduation and completion of his pediatric training at the University of Florida, he served as a member of the pediatric faculty at the University of Utah for four years. He then returned to the University of Florida in 1982 as Chief of Neonatology.
In 1990 Rick became a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow and worked in the office of Senator John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV). As a health policy legislative assistant, Rick was instrumental in drafting several pieces of legislation, including the Medicare physician payment system (RBRVS) and the Democratic leadership bill for universal health coverage for all Americans. From 1991-2001, Rick served as Associate Chair of Pediatrics and became very involved in pediatric health policy research as a member of the Institute for Child Health Policy at UF. For the past several years, Rick and his colleagues have analyzed various aspects of the Healthy Kids program in Florida, as well as, Florida’s SCHIP program, KidCare.
Rick has served on the AAP Committee on Federal Governmental Affairs for six years before becoming Chair in 1999. At the same time he was appointed as Chair of the AAP Workgroup on Access and Health Care Coverage for Children and is one of the major architects of the AAP MediKids proposal, which was introduced by Representative Pete Stark (D-CA) and Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV (D-WV) in the spring of 2001 and reintroduced in the 107th Congress on March 11, 2003. He currently serves on the Academy’s Committee on State Governmental Affairs.
In January of 2001, Rick became the Associate Vice-President for Health Affairs for Governmental Relations, representing the health science in Washington and in Tallahassee and in September of 2002, he was appointed Vice President for Government Relations for the University of Florida where he was responsible for all government relations activities for the University at both the state and federal levels. In April 2004, he returned to the UF Health Science Center in his capacity as Associate Vice President for Health for Government Relations. In May 2007 he assumed the duties of Interim Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida.
In addition to his academic duties, Rick has been a very active member of the Medicaid reform debate at both the state and federal levels and has participated in drafting legislation on behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Despite this heavy administrative load, Rick remains active as a practicing neonatologist and teacher and is the Immediate Past-President of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
