AMSPDC Committees
Clinical Care Committee
Chair: John Barnard, MD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital (2017 – 2020)
Michael Corbo, AAAP Rep, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (2017 – 2020)
Rashed Durgham, MD, Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Med Center (2017 – 2020)
Allison Eddy, MD, BC Children’s Hospital (2017 – 2020)
Morris Gessouroun, MD, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (2017 – 2022)
Mary Leonard, MD, MSCE, Stanford University School of Medicine (2017 – 2019)
Ann Reed, MD, Duke University School of Medicine (2017 – 2020)
Judith L. Schaechter, MD, MBA, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine (2017 – 2020)
Christopher Tiongson, MD, UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (2017 – 2021)
Yasmin Tyler-Hill, MD, FAAP, Morehouse School of Medicine (2017 – 2022)
Nominations Committee
Loretta Cordova de Ortega, MD, University of New Mexico School of Medicine (2014 – 2017)
Valerie P. Opipari, MD, University of Michigan Medical School (2017 – 2019)
Judith L. Schaechter, MD, MBA, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine (2017 – 2018)
Advocacy Committee
Chair: Scott Rivkees, MD, University of Florida College of Medicine (2014 – 2018)
Steven J. Czinn, MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine (2014 – 2017)
Sherin Devaskar, MD, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (2014 – 2017)
David A. Gremse, MD, University of South Alabama School of Medicine (2014 – 2017)
PLDP Committee
Chair: Catherine Scott Manno, MD, New York University School of Medicine (2016 – 2017)
D. Wade Clapp, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine (2013 – 2017)
Loretta Cordova de Ortega, MD, University of New Mexico School of Medicine (2011 – 2017)
Stephen R. Daniels, MD, PhD, Pediatrician-in-Chief and Chair, Childrens Hospital Colorado (2011 – 2017)
Gerald M. Loughlin, MD, Weill Cornell Univ. SOM, NY Presbyterian Hospital (2018 – 2021)
Nina F. Schor, MD, PhD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (2011 – 2017)
Planning Committee
Chair: Ann Reed, MD, Duke University School of Medicine (2016 – 2018)
Sherin Devaskar, MD, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (2013 – 2018)
Lewis R. First, MD, University of Vermont College of Medicine (2016 – 2017)
David A. Gremse, MD, University of South Alabama School of Medicine (2016 – 2018)
Gabriel G. Haddad, MD, University of California, San Diego (2018 – 2020)
Mary Lee, MD, Nemours Alfred I duPont Hospital For Children (2017 – 2020)
Brian Pate, MD, KU Wichita Pediatrics (2018 – 2020)
Teresa Quattrin, MD, Conventus Building (2016 – 2018)
Education Committee
Chair: Robert J. Vinci, MD, Boston University School of Medicine (2018 – 2021)
Douglas Carlson, MD, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (2018 – 2021)
Mitchell B. Cohen, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham Children’s Hospital (2017 – 2020)
John Duby, MD, Dayton Children’s Hospital (2016 – 2018)
Patricia J. Emmanuel, MD, University of South Florida College of Medicine (2016 – 2017)
B. Keith English, MD, Michigan State University College of Medicine (2017 – 2020)
Joseph Neglia, MD, MPH, Univ. of Minnesota, Masonic Children’s Hospital (2013 – 2018)
Katherine Poehling, MD, MPH, Wake Forest University School of Medicine (2018 – 2021)
Judith L. Schaechter, MD, MBA, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine (2017 – 2020)
Christopher Smith, MD, FAAP, OU Tulsa, School of Community Medicine (2017 – 2020)
Jerold Stirling, MD, Loyola University, Chicago Stritch School of Medicine (2016 – 2018)
New Chairs Committee
Chair: Frederick (Rick) Barr, MD, Children’s Healthcare of Mississippi (2014 – 2018)
Michael Artman, MD, Kansas University Medical Center (2014 – 2017)
D. Wade Clapp, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine (2014 – 2018)
Mitchell B. Cohen, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham Children’s Hospital (2017 – 2020)
Patricia J. Emmanuel, MD, University of South Florida College of Medicine (2018 – 2020)
Mark W. Kline, MD, Baylor College of Medicine; TX Children’s Hospital (2014 – 2018)
Mary Lee, MD, Nemours Alfred I duPont Hospital For Children (2017 – 2020)
Scott Rivkees, MD, University of Florida College of Medicine (2014 – 2017)
Jerold Stirling, MD, Loyola University, Chicago Stritch School of Medicine (2017 – 2020)
Research Committee
Chair: Joseph W. St. Geme, III, MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (2017 – 2019)
Archana Chatterjee, MD, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development (2016 – 2018)
Tina Cheng, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University Department of Pediatrics (2017 – 2020)
Max J Coppes, MD, PhD, MBA, University of Nevada School of Medicine (2016 – 2018)
Phyllis Dennery, MD, Hasbro Children’s Hospital (2015 – 2019)
Samir S. El-Dahr, MD, Tulane University School of Medicine (2016 – 2018)
Raphael Hirsch, MD, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (2017 – 2020)
Margaret K. Hostetter, MD, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (2015 – 2019)
D. Brent Polk, MD, (2015 – 2017)
Ann Reed, MD, Duke University School of Medicine (2015 – 2019)
Thomas Shanley, MD, Feinberg School of Medicine (2016 – 2018)
John W. Sparks, MD, University of Nebraska College of Medicine (2016 – 2018)
Membership & Bylaws Committee
Chair: Pedro de Alarcon, MD, University of Illinois/Peoria College of Medicine (2017 – 2020)
Archana Chatterjee, MD, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development (2017 – 2019)
Norman Christopher, MD, Akron Children’s Hospital (2017 – 2019)
Alan R. Cohen, MD, Emeritus Member (2017 – 2020)
Timothy J. Fete, MD, MPH, University of Missouri Health Care, Dept. of Pediatrics (2017 – 2019)
Teresa Quattrin, MD, Conventus Building (2017 – 2021)
Charles Schleien, MD, MBA, Barabara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell (2017 – 2021)
Frontiers in Science Chair
Chair: Alan L. Schwartz, PhD, MD, Washington University School of Medicine
PSDP Steering Committee
AMSPDC Member Liaisons
Pediatric Policy Council Liaisons
Valerie P. Opipari, MD, University of Michigan Medical School (2017 – 2019)
Scott Rivkees, MD, University of Florida College of Medicine (2014 – 2020)
Vacant
FOPO Liaisons
Robert W. Wilmott, MD, MB, BS, St. Louis University School of Medicine (2012 – 2018)
Journal of Pediatrics AMSPDC Pages Editor
Robert W. Wilmott, MD, MB, BS, St. Louis University School of Medicine (2015 – 2018)
CoPS Representatives
John Barnard, MD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital (2017 – 2020)
Joseph Neglia, MD, MPH, Univ. of Minnesota, Masonic Children’s Hospital (2017 – 2019)
CHA
Vacant
Council of Faculty Academic Societies (CFAS) of the AAMC
Lewis First, MD, University of Vermont College of Medicine (2013-2018)
COMSEP Liaison
Charles Schleien, MD (2015-2018)