Special Interest Group (SIG) Chairs
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Academic Fellows SIG
Melissa Cellini, MD
606 Suburban Ct
Rochester, NY 14620
Phone: (845) 642-0928
Melissa_Cellini@urmc.rochester.eduCandice Taylor Lucas, MD, MPH
1481 Fifth Ave, Apt 12E
New York, NY 10135
Phone: (909) 816-5736
candice.taylor.m.d@gmail.comAdvocacy Training SIG
Marianne Dunlap, MD
1200 N. Phillips Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Phone: (405) -27-4407
marny-dunlap@ouhsc.eduMarjorie Rosenthal, MD
269 West Rock Ave
New Haven, CT 06515
Phone: (203) 785-6377
marjorie.rosenthal@yale.eduJennifer Walthall, MD
8701 Lepart Court
Indianapolis, IN 46278
Phone: (319) 228-0940
jdhewlet@iupui.eduChild Abuse SIG
Wendy Lane, MD, MPH
660 W. Redwood St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (410) 706-7865
wlane@epi.umaryland.eduPhilip Scribano, DO, MSCE
34th & Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 590-5357
scribanop@email.chop.eduComplex Care SIG
Rishi Agrawal, MD, MPH
East 65th Street at Lake Michigan
Chicago, IL 60649
Phone: (773) 256-5709
ragrawal@childrensmemorial.orgJay Berry, MD, MPH
300 Longwood Ave
Boston, MA 02130
Phone: (617) 522-1513
jay.berry@childrens.harvard.eduCarl Tapia, MD, MPH
6701 Fannin
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (832) 822-1542
cdtapia@texaschildrens.orgContinuity SIG
Ada Fenick, MD
333 Cedar St
New Haven, CT 06520-8064
Phone: (203) 688-2475
ada.fenick@yale.eduJohn Olsson, MD
3E-132 Brody Medical Sciences Bldg.
Greenville, NC 27834
Phone: (252) 744-4422
olssonj@ecu.eduCulture, Ethnicity & Health Care SIG
John Cowden, MD
2401 Gillham Rd
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: (816) 983-6492
jdcowden@cmh.eduRashmi Shetgiri, MD
5323 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, TX 75390-9063
Phone: (214) 648-2431
rashmi.shetgiri@utsouthwestern.eduDevelopmental-Behavioral Pediatrics SIG
Diane Langkamp, MD, MPH
One Perkins Square
Akron, OH 44308
Phone: (330) 543-8952
dlangkamp@chmca.orgDivision Directors SIG
John Harrington, MD
Chidlren's Hospital of The King's Daughters
Norfolk, VA 23507
Phone: (757) 668-7179
John.Harrington@chkd.orgMary Rogers, MD
PO Box 32861
Charlotte, NC 28232-2861
Phone: (704) 381-6800
mary.rogers@carolinashealthcare.orgE-Learning in Medical Education SIG
Erik Black, PhD
1701 SW 16th Ave
Gainesville, FL 32608
Phone: (352) 334-1357
ewblack@peds.ufl.eduMichal Cidon, MD
700 Welch Rd, Suite 301
Stanford, CA 94304
Phone: (650) 723-8295
mjcidon@stanford.eduKadriye Lewis, EdD
3333 Burnet Avenue (MLC 2011)
Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039
Phone: (513) 636-4506
kadriye.lewis@cchmc.orgEmergency Medicine SIG
Mark Roback, MD
M653 East Building
Minneapolis, MN 55454
Phone: (612) 625-6739
mgroback@umn.eduAnne Stack, MD
37 Grant St
Concord, MA 01742
Phone: (617) 355-6624
anne.stack@childrens.harvard.eduEnvironmental Health SIG
Heather Brumberg, MD, MPH
100 Woods Rd
Valhalla, NY 10595
Phone: (914) 493-8491
heather_brumberg@nymc.eduMateusz Karwowski, MD, MPH
1295 Boylston St, Suite 100
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: (617) 355-3612
matt.karwowski@childrens.harvard.eduAdam Spanier, MD, PhD, MPH
500 University Drive
Hershey, PA 17033
Phone: (717) 531-8006
aspanier@hmc.psu.eduEthics SIG
Diane Plantz, MD
2401 Gillham Rd
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: (816) 234-3665
dmplantz@cmh.eduZeynep Salih, MD
13689 Cheswick Blvd
Carmel, IN 46032
Phone: (317) 274-4739
znsalih@hotmail.comEvidence Based Pediatrics SIG
Robert Jacobson, MD
200 First Street, SW
Rochester, MN 55905
Phone: (507) 538-1642
jacobson.robert@mayo.eduHans Kersten, MD
Front Street at Erie Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19134-1095
Phone: (215) 427-8150
hkersten@drexelmed.eduFaculty Development SIG
Miriam Bar-on, MD
2040 West Charleston Blvd, Suite 504
Las Vegas, NV 89102
Phone: (702) 671-6400
Mbar-on@medicine.nevada.eduJoseph Lopreiato, MD, MPH
1105 Betts Trail Way
Rockville, MD 20854
Phone: (301) 295-8136
joe.lopreiato@simcen.usuhs.eduFamily Centered Care SIG
Snezana Nena Osorio, MD
525 E 68th St
New York, NY 10065
Phone: (212) 746-3457
snm2001@med.cornell.eduHeather Toth, MD
9200 W Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 337-7050
htoth@mcw.eduMichael Weisgerber, MD
PO Box 1997 - Children's Corporate Center
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1997
Phone: (414) 337-7050
mweisger@mcw.eduFellowship Training SIG
Iris Borowsky, MD, PhD
717 Delaware Street SE, Suite 353
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: (612) 626-2398
borow004@umn.eduPaul Darden, MD
1200 N. Phillips Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Phone: (405) 271-4407
paul-darden@ouhsc.eduGlobal Health SIG
Cynthia Howard, MD
717 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: (612) 625-8384
drcindy@umn.eduMirzada Kurbasic, MD
2209 Woodford Pl.
Louisville, KY 40205
Phone: (502) 629-8229
mirzada.kurbasic@louisville.eduSuzinne Pak-Gorstein, MD, PhD, MPH
6016 First Ave, NW
Seattle, WA 98107
Phone: (206) 679-2460
spakgor@u.washington.eduYvonne Vaucher, MD, MPH
607 Fern Glen
La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone: (619) 543-3759
yvaucher@ucsd.eduHealth Care Transition and Disease Self-Management SIG
Cecily Betz, PhD, RN
1525 Cresthaven Dr
Pasadena, CA 91105
Phone: (818) 414-5215
cbetz@chla.usc.eduMegumi Okumura, MD
3333 California St
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: (415) 502-8068
okumuram@peds.ucsf.eduDavid Wood, MD, MPH
580 W 8th St. Suite 6015
Jacksonville, FL 32209
Phone: (904) 244-9620Ext:(813)
david.wood@jax.ufl.eduHealth Literacy SIG
Lee Sanders, MD, MPH
117 Encina Commons
Stanford, CA 94305-6019
Phone: (305) 243-3819
lsanders@stanford.eduHsiang Yin, MD
11 Lincoln Place
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Phone: (347) 432-6380
Hsiang.Yin@nyumc.orgHospital Medicine SIG
Vineeta Mittal, MD
1935 Motor Street
Dallas, TX 75295
Phone: (214) 456-5527
Vineeta.Mittal@childrens.comJeffrey Simmons, MD
3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 9016
Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039
Phone: (513) 636-6601
Jeffrey.Simmons@cchmc.orgKaren Smith, MD, MEd
111 Michigan Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20010
Phone: (202) 476-2350
ksmith@cnmc.orgInjury Control SIG
Veronica Gunn, MD, MPH
PO Box 1997, C525
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1997
Phone: (414) 266-3928
vgunn@chw.orgKieran Phelan, MD, MSc
S Bldg, Rm. 2.347, MLC 7014
Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039
Phone: (513) 636-3231
kieran.phelan@cchmc.orgIntegrative Pediatrics SIG
Erica Sibinga, MD
Suite 4200, MFLord Bldg, Center Tower
Baltimore, MD 21224
Phone: (410) -55-4134
esibinga@jhmi.eduLiteracy Development Programs in Primary Care SIG
Perri Klass, MD
20 Cooper Square
New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 998-7992
perri.klass@med.nyu.eduRobert Needlman, MD
2500 MetroHealth Drive
Cleveland, OH 44109
Phone: (216) 77-4288
robert.needlman@case.eduMedical Informatics and Electronic Health Records (EHR) SIG
Erika Abramson, MD, MS
525 East 68th St Rm M-610A
New York, NY 10065
Phone: (212) 746-3929
err9009@med.cornell.eduJane Hull, MD
1906 Belleview Ave, SE
Roanoke, VA 24014
Phone: (540) 266-6345
jrhull@carilionclinic.orgMichelle Medina, MD
5410 Riverview Drive
North Royalton, OH 44133
Phone: (440) 652-6315
medinam@ccf.orgSrinivasan Suresh, MD, MBA
3901 Beaubien
Detroit, MI 48201
Phone: (313) 745-5260
suresh@dmc.orgLevon Utidjian, MD
3535 Market St, St 1024
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 300-4248
utidjianl@email.chop.eduMedical Student Education SIG
Lavjay Butani, MD
2516 Stockton Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: (916) 734-8118
lbutani@ucdavis.eduMichele Long, MD
513 Parnassus Ave, Med Sci, Room: S672
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 476-9599
Michele.long@ucsf.eduNewborn Nursery SIG SIG
Esther Chung, MD, MPH
Jefferson Peds/Nemours - Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215) 861-8800
echung@nemours.orgElizabeth Simpson, MD
2401 Gillham Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: (816) 983-6655
easimpson@cmh.eduNutrition SIG
Robert Karp, MD
450 Clarkson Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Phone: (718) 270-7337
robert.karp@downstate.eduObesity SIG
Sarah Hampl, MD
2401 Gillham Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: (816) 983-6764
shampl@cmh.eduSandra Hassink, MD
2602 Pennington Drive
Wilmington, DE 19810
Phone: (302) 651-5936
shassink@nemours.orgPediatric Clinical Research Network SIG
Richard Wasserman, MD, MPH
N310 Courtyard at Given
Burlington, VT 05405
Phone: (802) 656-5455
richard.wasserman@med.uvm.eduPediatric Emergency Medicine Program Directors SIG
Halim Hennes, MD, MS
1935 Medical District Drive-M7
Dallas, TX 75235
Phone: (214) 456-6371
halim.hennes@childrens.comPediatric Residents SIG
Brian Flaherty, MD
108 B East Middlefield
Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone: (720) 254-9428
flaherty.bf@gmail.comMatthew Wallenstein, MD
1130 Welch Rd, apt 334
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone: (617) 417-2217
mbw@stanford.eduPediatric Tobacco Issues SIG
Deepa Camenga, MD
16 Gate Way
Hamden, CT 06518
Phone: (203) 281-1199
drcamenga@gmail.comQualitative Research SIG
Dorene Balmer, PhD
6621 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (832) -82-3204
dorene.balmer@bcm.eduEve Colson, MD
32 Acorn Hill Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Phone: (203) 785-6935
eve.colson@yale.eduJanice Hanson, PhD, EdS
The Children's Hospital, Medical Education
Aurora, CO 80045-7106
Phone: (720) 777-6383
janice.hanson@childrenscolorado.orgQuality Improvement SIG
Alex Kemper, MD, MPH, MS
PO Box 17969
Durham, NC 27715
Phone: (919) 668-8038
alex.kemper@duke.eduRace in Medicine SIG
Angela Ellison, MD
34th St & Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 590-1965
ellisona@email.chop.eduCaryn R.R. Rodgers, PhD
1300 Morris Park Ave
Bronx, NY 10461
Phone: (718) 276-8878
caryn.rodgers@einstein.yu.eduServing the Underserved SIG
Steven Federico, MD
990 Bannock St
Denver, CO 80204
Phone: (303) 602-8966
steve.federico@dhha.orgArvin Garg, MD, MPH
Vose Hall 3rd floor
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: (617) 414-3817
Arvin.Garg@bmc.orgTyler Smith, MD
6711 Park Heights Avenue #307
Baltimore, MD 21215
Phone: (410) 585-1393
tylersmith8@aol.comSimulation-based Medical Education (SBME) SIG
Marc Auerbach, MD
101 Ardmore St
Hamden, CT 06517
Phone: (203) 737-7437
marc.auerbach@yale.eduTaylor Sawyer, DO, MEd
15309 62nd PL NE
Kenmore, WA 98028
Phone: (808) 551-9074
taylorleesawyer@hotmail.comTeaching in Community Settings SIG
Scott Krugman, MD
9000 Franklin Square Drive
Baltimore, MD 21237
Phone: (443) 777-7730
scott.krugman@medstar.netChris Peltier, MD
4371 Ferguson Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45245
Phone: (513) 752-3650
Chris.Peltier@cchmc.orgWomen in Medicine SIG
Carol Berkowitz, MD
1000 West Carson Street, Box 437
Torrance, CA 90509-2910
Phone: (310) 222-3091
cberkowitz52@gmail.com
