Lynn K. Sheets, MD, FAAP is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and the inaugural Children’s Wisconsin’s Sue and Bud Selig Research Chair for Child Abuse Prevention in the Child Advocacy and Protection Services (CAPS) program. She began her career 34 years ago as the medical director of the child abuse program at the University of Kansas Medical Center where she co-founded the first child advocacy center in Kansas and led the development of a joint nursing student and medical student elective in family violence. Dr. Sheets led and developed the CAPS program at CW between 2006 and 2022 and was instrumental in developing the accredited child abuse pediatrics fellowship at MCW which was one of the first in the nation to be accredited.

In addition to being an educator, researcher, and mentor, she is Chair of the Wisconsin Child Death Review Council, co-founder and medical director of the Wisconsin Child Abuse Network (WI CAN), member of the Executive Council of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Section of Child Death Review and Prevention, and Chair of the American Board of Pediatrics’ Subboard on Child Abuse Pediatrics. Dr. Sheets has received multiple awards including the prestigious Ray E. Helfer MD Award from the National Alliance of Children’s Trust and Prevention Funds and the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Wisconsin Chapter of the AAP’s WI AAP Achievement Award for research and translational work regarding sentinel injuries and protections for child maltreatment victims. She has a strong commitment to the prevention of child maltreatment and the development of trauma-informed approaches to improve child, family, workforce, and community resilience.