AMSPDC Committees
Clinical Care Committee
Chair: Lucky Jain, MD, Emory University School of Medicine
Allison Eddy, MD, BC Children’s Hospital
Morris Gessouroun, MD, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Mary Leonard, MD, MSCE, Stanford University School of Medicine
Ann Reed, MD, Duke University School of Medicine
Judith L. Schaechter, MD, MBA, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Christopher Tiongson, MD, UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Yasmin Tyler-Hill, MD, FAAP, Morehouse School of Medicine
Nominations Committee
Michael Artman, MD Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Patrick Brophy, MD University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Stephanie Davis, MD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Advocacy Committee and Pediatric Policy Council (PPC)
Michael Artman, MD Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Tina Cheng, MD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
PLDP Committee
Chair: Catherine Scott Manno, MD, New York University School of Medicine
Michael Artman, MD Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Loretta Cordova de Ortega, MD, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Stephen R. Daniels, MD, PhD, Pediatrician-in-Chief and Chair, Childrens Hospital Colorado
Gerald M. Loughlin, MD, Weill Cornell Univ. SOM, NY Presbyterian Hospital
Planning Committee
Chair: Brian Pate, MD, KU Wichita Pediatrics
Incoming Chair: Mary Leonard, MD Stanford University School of Medicine
Past Chair: Gabriel Haddad, MD University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
Max J Coppes, MD, PhD, MBA, University of Nevada School of Medicine
Steven Czinn, MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Barbara Ostrov, MD, Albany Medical Center
Ann Reed, MD, Duke University School of Medicine
Leslie Walker-Harding, MD, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Education Committee
Chair: Robert J. Vinci, MD, Boston University School of Medicine
Xylina Bean, MD, Meharry Medical College
Douglas Carlson, MD, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Mitchell B. Cohen, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham Children’s Hospital
B. Keith English, MD, Michigan State University College of Medicine
Barbara Ostrov, MD, Albany Medical Center
Judith L. Schaechter, MD, MBA, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Christopher Smith, MD, FAAP, OU Tulsa, School of Community Medicine
New Chairs Committee
Chair: Patricia Emmanuel, MD University of South Florida College of Medicine
Michael Artman, MD Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Frederick (Rick) Barr, MD, Children’s Healthcare of Mississippi
Geoff Binney, MD, Tufts Medical Center
Charlotte Boney, MD Baystate Children’s Hospital
Mitchell B. Cohen, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham Children’s Hospital (
Lewis First, MD, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
Morris Gessouroun, MD, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Bruce Rubin, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Mary Taylor, MD, University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Research Committee
Chair: Max J Coppes, MD, PhD, MBA, University of Nevada School of Medicine
Stephanie Davis, MD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Terence Dermody, MD, Unversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
David Gozal, MD, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
Raphael Hirsch, MD University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Jordan Orange, MD Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Sally Radovick, MD Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Lisa Satlin, MD Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Gary Silverman, MD, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Joseph W. St. Geme, III, MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Stephen Teach, MD George Washington University School of Medicine
Ex officio: Sallie Permar, MD, PhD Duke University School of Medicine
Membership & Bylaws Committee
Chair: Pedro de Alarcon, MD, University of Illinois/Peoria College of Medicine
Archana Chatterjee, MD, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Norman Christopher, MD, Akron Children’s Hospital
Alan R. Cohen, MD, Emeritus Member
Charles Schleien, MD, MBA, Barabara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
Chair: Leslie Walker-Harding, MD, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Pedro de Alarcon, MD, University of Illinois/Peoria College of Medicine
Xylina Bean, MD, Meharry Medical College
Patrick Brophy, MD, University of Rochester Medical Center
Michael Cabana, MD, MPH, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phyllis Dennery, MD, Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University
Lewis First, MD, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
Raphael Hirsch, MD University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Joseph W. St. Geme, III, MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Judith L. Schaechter, MD, MBA, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Yasmin Tyler-Hill, MD, FAAP, Morehouse School of Medicine
Frontiers in Science Chair
Chair: D. Wade Clapp, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine
AMSPDC Member Liaisons
FOPO Liaisons
Wade Clapp, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine and Sherin Devaskar, MD, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
Journal of Pediatrics AMSPDC Pages Editor
Mitchell Cohen, MD, University of Alabama School of Medicine
CoPS Representatives
John Barnard, MD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Mitchell Cohen, MD, University of Alabama School of Medicine
CHA
Vacant
Council of Faculty Academic Societies (CFAS) of the AAMC
Robert Vinci, MD, Boston University School of Medicine
COMSEP Liaison
Douglas Carlson, MD, Southern Illinois University