Maura Dunfey Hwang is a double board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist in private practice in southeastern Pennsylvania with an additional certification in ecosystemic structural and family therapy. She can be reached on Spoutible @MauraDHDO and BlueSky @mauradhdo.
Dr. Dunfey’s longstanding interest in public health, policy, and systems thinking was shaped by her early work in homeless outreach, community mental health, and firearm injury prevention research.
Dr. Dunfey currently serves on the board of the Delaware County Medical Society and is president-elect for the Regional Council of Eastern Pennsylvania & Southern New Jersey Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She is co-founder of Physicians for a Healthy Pennsylvania and trained as a restorative justice circle keeper in Philadelphia. As Dr. Dunfey and her partner raise their three children, she has become a reliable community leader and child advocate. She is currently focused on early literacy as a social driver of health and prioritizing children’s mental health in a variety of settings, including public schools and youth sports.
Maura Dunfey Hwang is a double board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist in private practice in southeastern Pennsylvania with an additional certification in ecosystemic structural and family therapy. She can be reached on Spoutible @MauraDHDO and BlueSky @mauradhdo.
Dr. Dunfey's longstanding interest in public health, policy, and systems thinking was shaped by her early work in homeless outreach, community mental health, and firearm injury prevention research.
Dr. Dunfey currently serves on the board of the Delaware County Medical Society and is president-elect for the Regional Council of Eastern Pennsylvania & Southern New Jersey Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She is co-founder of Physicians for a Healthy Pennsylvania and trained as a restorative justice circle keeper in Philadelphia. As Dr. Dunfey and her partner raise their three children, she has become a reliable community leader and child advocate. She is currently focused on early literacy as a social driver of health and prioritizing children's mental health in a variety of settings, including public schools and youth sports.
In a post-election fog on the morning of November 6, I attended my third-grade daughter’s Veteran’s Day assembly. It was deeply moving and full of the trust, hope, and optimism that we want all children to have. They enthusiastically sang “Proud to Be an American” and a less well-known song, “American Tears.” The lyrics hit hard that morning in the auditorium, and many of the audience members were shedding them. …
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