Department of Pediatrics

Department of Pediatrics

Urquiza honored for leadership in child-abuse treatment

September 15, 2011
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) —

Anthony Urquiza, director of mental health services for the UC Davis Children's Hospital CAARE (Child and Adolescent Abuse Resources and Evaluation) Center, has received the William Friedrich Memorial Award from the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC). 

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Anthony Urquiza

APSAC is a national organization of health-care providers and law-enforcement professionals dedicated to supporting the health and safety of children and decreasing risk of maltreatment. This award is given to one individual each year who demonstrates leadership and achievement related to child maltreatment.

Urquiza's efforts have resulted in the establishment of child-abuse treatment programs in more than 125 agencies, which provide treatment to more than 10,000 children per week.

Urquiza received the award in recognition of his contributions and leadership in the field of child maltreatment for the last three decades. In addition, he has been a leader in improving the quality of mental-health services to children by training mental-health providers in evidence-based interventions throughout California, the United States and in several other countries.

UC Davis Medical Center is a comprehensive academic medical center where clinical practice, teaching and research converge to advance human health. Centers of excellence include the National Cancer Institute-designated UC Davis Cancer Center; the region's only level 1 pediatric and adult trauma centers; the UC Davis MIND Institute, devoted to finding treatments and cures for neurodevelopmental disorders; and the UC Davis Children's Hospital. The medical center serves a 33-county, 65,000-square-mile area that stretches north to the Oregon border and east to Nevada. It further extends its reach through the award-winning telemedicine program, which gives remote, medically underserved communities throughout California unprecedented access to specialty and subspecialty care. For more information, visit medicalcenter.ucdavis.edu.
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