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Community Leadership

Faculty members are leaders within the local community collaborating with a variety of organizations on major child health and public health initiatives with a focus on vulnerable children. Expertise has also been shared on the state, national and international levels as faculty have served as leaders of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Ambulatory Pediatrics Association.

• Child Welfare Programs
• Engagement and Advocacy Programs
• Lead Poisoning Evaluation and Treatment
• Leadership with Community Physicians

Faculty in Community Leadership Positions

Jill Halterman, M.D., M.P.H.

• Medical Director, Children's Institute

Neil E. Herendeen, M.D.

• Chair and Medical Consultant, Rochester Parent Network
• Advisory Board, Community Pediatric Telephone Triage
• Fundraising Board, Bivonia Child Advocacy

Cynthia R. Howard, M.D., M.P.H.

• Board of Directors, Program Committee Member, The Perinatal Network of Monroe County

Jeffrey M. Kaczorowski, M.D.

• Invited Member, Monroe County Children's Advisory Committee
• Strategic Planning Team, Rochester Children's Zone
• Board Member, Legal Aid Society of Rochester
• Part-Time Executive Director, The Children's Agenda

Rochester Community Pediatrics Advisory Council (CPAC)

Stanley Schaffer, M.D.

• Coordinator, Screening and Professional Education Committee, Member, Science Committee, Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning

Laura P. Shone, Dr.PH., M.S.W.

• Community Health Faculty Group, Center for Community Health
• Child and Adolescent HealthAction, Monroe County Department of Health

Peter G. Szilagyi, M.D., M.P.H. 

• Chairman of the Board, Monroe Plan Executive Committee,  Monroe Plan for Medical Care