General Pediatrics Division

National Leadership

We are perhaps unique among university-affiliated departments of pediatrics in that 3 of our 4 last chairs were generalists of national renown - Robert J. Haggerty, M.D. Emeritus, widely regarded as a founder of general academic pediatris, as well as Robert A. Hoekelman, M.D., Emeritus and Elizabeth A. McAnarney, M.D. 

Constance D. Baldwin, Ph.D.

Academic Pediatric Association

  • Member, Board of Directors
  • Chair, Education Committee
  • Director, PAS Educational Scholars Program
  • Team Member, APA Educational Guidelines for Pediatric Residency
  • Past Chair, Faculty Development Special Interest Group

Stephen R. Cook, M.D., M.P.H, F.A.A.P.

American Acadamy of Pediatrics

  • Member, Executive Committee, Provisional Section on Obesity

The Obesity Society

  • Member, Membership Committee
  • Member, Advocacy Taskforce

Lynn Garfunkel, M.D.

Academic Pediatric Association (APA)

  • Education Committee
  • CORNET—Continuity Clinic Research Network

Association of Pediatric Program Directors APPD

  • Curriculum Committee

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

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine

  • Board of Directors 1999-present
  • Past, Secretary
  • Past, Vice President
  • President 2007

Breastfeeding Medicine (Journal)

  • Senior Associate Editor 2006-present

La Leche League International

  • Professional Advisory Board, 1998 to present
  • Health Advisory Council, 1998 to present

 Jeffrey Kaczorowski, M.D.

American Academy of Pediatrics

  • Principal Investigator and Director, Community Pediatrics Training Initiative

American Board of Pediatrics

  • Residency Review and Redesign in Pediatrics (R3P) Project Committee  

Kenneth M. McConnochie, M.D.

Academic Pediatric Association (APA)

  • Nominating Committee

American Academy of Pediatrics

  • Member, Section on Epidemiology

Thomas K. McInerny, M.D.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

  • District II                                            
    Member, Executive Committee                    
    Treasurer                                      
  • Chapter I, District II
    Member, Executive Committee                    
    Vice President                                 
    President                                      
  • Committee on Child Health Financing
    Chairman                                       
  • ACQIP—EQIPP Strategic Planning Committee         
    Chairman
  • Pediatrician Reimbursement Advisory Team, Member
  • Private Sector Advocacy Advisory Committee, Member
  • Access to Care Subcommittee                       
  • ADHD Project Advisory Committee
  • Immunization Advisory Team
  • Mental Health Task Force
  • AAP representative to the Ambulatory Care Quality Association
  • AAP representative to the American Board of Pediatrics Task Force On Maintenance of Certification in Pediatrics   

New York State Department of Health

  • Chairman, Pediatric Advisory Group

Lawrence Nazarian, M.D.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

  • PREP Advisory Group
  • Committee on Pediatric Education

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

Academic Pediatric Association

  • Member

Academy Health

  • Member

American Academy of Pediatrics

  • New Leaders in National Maternal and Child Health

Moira Szilagyi, M.D., Ph.D.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

  • Committee on Early Childhood, Adoption and Dependent Care
  • Healthy Foster Care America Steering Committee
  • Task Force on Foster Care

Peter G. Szilagyi, M.D., M.P.H. 

Academic Pediatric Association (APA)

  • Past Co-Chairman, Region III
  • Board of Directors
  • Past Chair, Research Committee
  • President Elect
  • President
  • Immediate Past President