Cecily L. Betz
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California; Director of Nursing Training, USC University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Cecily L. Betz, PhD, RN, FAAN is Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, USC Keck School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Betz is the Nursing Director and Research Director of the USC University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). Dr. Betz' area of specialization is health care transition (HCT) planning and she is a recognized national and international expert in the field. She has written numerous empirical, clinical, and conceptual articles on the topic. She serves as the Co-Chair of the International and Interdisciplinary Health Care Transition Research Consortium that fosters inter-professional collaboration and development of this emerging field of practice and research. She has served as the PI and Co-PI on numerous extramural grants funded by NIH, MCHB, ADD, and CDC. She consults widely at the international and national levels on health care transition planning, and is also the Founding Editor and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Pediatric Nursing.