The American Pediatric Society announces its new members for 2024

HOUSTON, Nov. 13, 2023 – The American Pediatric Society (APS) is pleased to announce eighty-four new members. Founded in 1888, the APS is North America’s first and most prestigious academic pediatric organization. New members will be recognized during the APS Presidential Plenary at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2024 Meeting.

APS members are recognized child health leaders of extraordinary achievement who work together to shape the future of academic pediatrics. Current members nominate new members by recognizing individuals who have distinguished themselves as child health leaders, teachers, scholars, policymakers, and clinicians.

“The APS is delighted to welcome this outstanding group of pediatric physician-scientists, pediatric surgery-scientists, and pediatric psychologists in North America,” APS President Michael R. DeBaun, MD, MPH. “Through active engagement with our initiatives to become the premier professional organization for child health in North America, the APS looks forward to drawing on our members’ boundless creativity and talent to rigorously address the most pressing issues facing our children and educating the next cadre of pediatricians, pediatric surgeons, and pediatric psychologists.”

Benefits of APS membership include:

  • Recognition and acknowledgment as a leader in pediatrics: APS members include individuals who have distinguished themselves as academic leaders, teachers, and researchers whose contributions to academic pediatrics have garnered national and international recognition.
  • A network of child health professionals: Membership in APS is dedicated to the advancement of child health through the promotion of pediatric research, recognition of achievement, and cultivation of excellence through advocacy, scholarship, education, and leadership development.
  • Advocacy for child health: In order to speak with one voice on behalf of child health, APS provides representation in Washington, D.C., through the Pediatric Policy Council which combines the advocacy efforts of the APS, the Society for Pediatric Research, the Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs, and the Academic Pediatric Association.

APS members are eligible to receive the society’s annual awards, including the APS John Howland Award, as well as to participate in the APS Howland Visiting Professor program. For more information about APS membership, please visit the APS website.

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APS 2024 active new members include:

Ann Anderson-Berry, MD, PhD, University of Nebraska College of Medicine

Ambika Ashraf, MD, UAB at Birmingham, Heersink School of Medicine

Justin Baker, MD, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Fran Balamuth, MD, PhD, MSCE, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Dorene Balmer, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Edward Barksdale, MD, FACS, FAAP, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital

Elizabeth Barnert, MD, MPH, University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine

Andrew Beck, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Lee Beers, MD, Children’s National Health System

Jonathan Bernstein, MD, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine

Sonia Bonifacio, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine

Debra Boyer, MD, MHPE, Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Kyle Brothers, MD, PhD, University of Louisville School of Medicine

David Brousseau, MD, MS, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Aaron Calhoun, MD, University of Louisville School of Medicine

Jennifer Carlson, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine

Archana Chatterjee, MD, PhD, Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science

Deena Chisolm, PhD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital

John Crawford, MD, CHOC Children’s Hospital of Orange County

Ian Davis, MD, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Deborah Davis, PhD, University of Louisville School of Medicine

Andrea Dean, MD, Baylor College of Medicine

Katherine Dell, MD, Cleveland Clinic Children’s

Angela Ellison, MD, MSc, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Eric Fleegler, MD, MPH, Boston Children’s Hospital

Todd Florin, MD, MSCE, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Kori Flower, MD, MPH, MS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Arvin Garg, MD, MPH, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Gina Geis, MD, MS, Albany Medical College

Scott Hadland, MD, MPH, MS, MassGeneral Hospital for Children

David Hains, MD, MBA, Indiana University School of Medicine

Christoph Hornik, MD, PhD, MPH, Duke Children’s Hospital

Meredith Irwin, MD, University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine

Shabnam Jain, MD, MPH, Emory University School of Medicine

Sarah Jaser, PhD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Sara Johnson, PhD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Brian Johnston, MD, MPH, University of Washington School of Medicine

Vishal Kapadia, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Rachel Katzenellenbogen, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine

Leslie Kean, MD, PHD, Boston Children’s Hospital

Jae Kim, MD, PhD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Gary Kleiner, MD, PhD, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Su-Ting Li, MD, MPH, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine

Casey Lion, MD, MPH, University of Washington School of Medicine

Charles Macias, MD, MPH, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Jennifer Mack, MD, MPH, Boston Children’s Hospital

Michelle Macy, MD, MS, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Patrick McGann, MD, PhD, Hasbro Children’s Hospital at Rhode Island Hospital

Sharon McGrath-Morrow, MD, MBA, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Jason Mendoza, MD, MPH, University of Washington School of Medicine

Karen Mestan, MD, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Julie Mirpuri, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Esi Morgan, MD, MSCE, University of Washington School of Medicine

Claudia Morris, MD, Emory University School of Medicine

Karna Murthy, MD, MSc, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Fumihiko Namba, MD, PhD, Hasbro Children’s Hospital at Rhode Island Hospital

Indra Narang, BMedSci, MBBCH, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children

Ruby Natale, PhD, PsyD, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Ann Neumeyer, MD, Harvard Medical School

H. Stacy Nicholson, MD, MPH, Levine Children’s Hospital

Anisha Patel, MD, MSPH, MSHS, Stanford University School of Medicine

Ravi Patel, MD, MSc, Emory University School of Medicine

Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Iris Perez, MD, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Anthony Piazza, MD, Emory University School of Medicine

Patricia Poitevien, MD, MSc, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Daniel Rauch, MD, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Kimberly Reidy, MD, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore

Clement Ren, MD, MBA, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Steven Rowe, MD, MSPH, UAB at Birmingham, Heersink School of Medicine

Shehzad Saeed, MD, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

Amy Shah, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Lara Shekerdemian, MD, MHA, Baylor College of Medicine

Kari Simonsen, MD, MBA, University of Nebraska College of Medicine

Joelle Simpson, MD, MPH, Children’s National Health System

Rachana Singh, MD, Tufts Medical Center

Kim Stone, MD, University of Washington School of Medicine

Sarah Taylor, MD, MSCR, Yale School of Medicine

Indi Trehan, MD, MPH, DTM&H, University of Washington School of Medicine

Rachel Umoren, MBBCh, MSCR, University of Washington School of Medicine

Jeffrey Upperman, MD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Susan Walley, MD, MHCM, Children’s National Health System

Shu Wu, MD, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Myra Wyckoff, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

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The American Pediatric Society (APS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1888 as the first pediatric society in North America. The mission of the APS is to shape the future of academic pediatrics through engagement of distinguished child-health leaders who represent the full diversity within the field. The 1,800 plus members of APS are recognized leaders of extraordinary achievement who work together to shape the future of academic pediatrics. For more information, please visit aps1888.org, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

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