Dr. Doug Blowey is the Director of the Hypertension Clinic at Children’s Mercy Hospital where he has been on staff as a Pediatric Nephrologist for over 30 years. He also serves as the Medical Director for Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas and as the Chief Clinical Integration officer for Children’s Mercy Integrated Care Solutions. Dr. Blowey was a member of the AAP subcommittee that drafted the new AAP clinical practice guideline on High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents and is pleased to be here to present his insights on the guidelines changes that are of clinical significance to practitioners.