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
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
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
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
Past Chair: Gabriel Haddad, MD University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
Ann Reed, MD, Duke University School of Medicine
Robert Vinci, MD Boston University School of Medicine
Mary Lee, MD, Nemours Alfred I duPont Hospital For Children
Mary Leonard, MD Stanford University School of Medicine
Max Coppes, MD University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine
Education Committee
Chair: Robert J. Vinci, MD, Boston University School of Medicine
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
Katherine Poehling, MD, MPH, Wake Forest University 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
Frederick (Rick) Barr, MD, Children’s Healthcare of Mississippi
Mitchell B. Cohen, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham Children’s Hospital (
Mary Lee, MD Nemours Children’s Health System
Bruce Rubin, MD Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Lewis First, MD University of Vermont Larner College 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
Samir S. El-Dahr, MD, Tulane University 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
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 (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
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
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
Robert Vinci, MD, Boston University School of Medicine
Lewis First, MD, University of Vermont College of Medicine (2013-2018)
COMSEP Liaison
Douglas Carlson, MD, Southern Illinois University
Charles Schleien, MD (2015-2018)