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About the School

Nina F. Schor, MD, PhD
Professor and
William H. Eilinger Chair,
Department of Pediatrics

Division of Adolescent Medicine
Jonathan D. Klein, MD, MPH, Acting Chief
Richard E. Kreipe, MD
Cheryl M. Kodjo, MD, MPH
Elizabeth R. McAnarney, MD, Chair Emerita
David M. Siegel, MD, MPH
Patricia A. Stewart, Ph.D.
Susan M. "Shellie" Yussman, MD, MPH

Division of Cardiology
Winston E. Gaum, MD, Chief
Carol J. Buzzard, MD
J. Peter Harris, MD
William G. Harmon, MD
Cecilia C. Meagher, MD
Daniel E. Miga, MD
Roger P. Vermilion, MD

Division of Pediatric Critical Care
Jeffrey S. Rubenstein, MD, MPH, Chief
Kate Ackerman, MD
Jill Cholette, MD
Heidi V. Connolly, MD
William G. Harmon, MD
Sara Horstmann, MD
Emily B. Nazarian, MD
N. William Parilla, MD
Karen S. Powers, MD
Janice Schriefer, DrPH
John S. Sullivan, MD
Élise W. van der Jagt, MD, MPH

Division of Pediatric Dentistry
Robert Berkowitz, DDS, Chief
Jeffrey M. Karp, DMD, MS
David Levy, DMD

Division of Developmental Disabilities
Kathleen M. Bishop, PhD
Christine M. Burns, EdM, MBA
Philip W. Davidson, PhD
Daniel J. DeMarle, MS
Tasha C. Geiger, PhD
Susan A. Hetherington, MS
Susan L. Hyman, MD
Bonnie M. Kramer, PhD
Jacqueline M. Lindauer, MS
Caroline I. Magyar, PhD
Linda L. Matons, MA
David B. McAdam, PhD
Danielle D. Morris, PsyD
Dennis B. Mozingo, PhD
Daniel W. Mruzek, PhD
Deborah A. Napolitano, PhD
Jenny C. Overeynder, PhD, CSW, ACSW
Christine R. Peterson, PhD
Katherine G. Purcell, MPA
Tristram H. Smith, PhD
Stephen B. Sulkes, MD
Susan Taylor-Brown, PhD
Lawrence M. Unger, PhD
J. Kelley Yost, PhD
Jennifer R. Zarcone, PhD

Division of Emergency Medicine
Gregory P. Conners, MD, MPH, Chief
Mohamed Badawy, MD
Ellen S. Bass, MD, MPH
Anne F. Brayer, MD
Lynn B. Cimpello, MD
Madelyn Garcia, MD
Sharon G. Humiston, MD
Ann Marie Lenane, MD
M. Colleen O'Neil Davis, MD
Dante A. Pappano, MD

Division of Endocrinology
Nicholas Jospe, MD, Chief
Henry Artman, MD
Craig C. Orlowski, MD

Division of G.I./Nutrition
Thomas K. McInerny, MD, Acting Chief
Marilyn R. Brown, MD
Koorosh Kooros, MD
Thomas M. Rossi, MD
Natalie A. Sikka, MD

Division of General Pediatrics
Peter G. Szilagyi, MD, MPH, Chief
Constance D. Baldwin, PhD
James R. Campbell, MD, MPH
Stephen R. Cook, MD
Larry D. Denk, MD, FAAP
Lynn C. Garfunkel, MD
Robert J. Haggerty, MD
Jill S. Halterman, MD, MPH
Neil E. Herendeen, MD
Robert A. Hoekelman, MD
Cynthia R. Howard, MD, MPH
Sandra H. Jee, MD, MPH
Jeffrey M. Kaczorowski, MD
Kenneth M. McConnochie, MD, MPH
Thomas K. McInerny, MD
Lawrence F. Nazarian, MD
Cynthia M. Rand, MD, MPH
Stanley J. Schaffer, MD, MS
Laura P. Shone, MSW, DrPH
Ted Sigrest, MD
Moira A. Szilagyi, MD, PhD

Karen Wilson, MD, MPH


Division of Genetics
Chin-To Fong, MD, Chief
Georgianne L. Arnold, MD
Erin Caine Lagoe, MS, CGC
Jessica M. Salamone, ScM, CGC

Division of Hematology/Oncology
Craig A. Mullen, MD, PhD, Chief
Barbara L. Asselin, MD
Lauren B. Bruckner, MD, PhD
Paul D. Kingsley, PhD
David N. Korones, MD
Norma B. Lerner, MD
Kathleen E. McGrath, PhD
Laurie A. Milner, MD
James Palis, MD
Olle Jane Z. Sahler, MD
George B. Segel, MD
Kathryn H. Wissler, MS

Division of Infectious Diseases
Francis Gigliotti, MD, Chief
Samir P. Bhagwat, PhD
Mary T. Caserta, MD
Cynthia Christy, MD
Caroline B. Hall, MD
Anne M. Haywood, MD
Damian J. Krysan, MD, PhD
Geoffrey A. Weinberg, MD
Melanie A. Wellington, MD, PhD
Terry W. Wright, PhD

Division of Neonatology
William M. Maniscalco, MD, Chief
Sanjiv B. Amin, MD
Patricia R. Chess, MD
Rita Dadiz, DO
Carl T. D'Angio, MD
David Dean, PhD

Fabeha Fazal, PhD
Jacob N. Finkelstein, PhD
Ronnie Guillet, MD, PhD
Anju Gupta, MD
Sema Hart, MD
Carl J. Johnston, PhD
Nirupama Laroia, MD
Ruth A. Lawrence, MD
Robert H. Notter, MD, PhD
Michael A. O'Reilly, PhD
Dale L. Phelps, MD
Laura Price, MD
Gloria S. Pryhuber, MD
Arshad Rahman, PhD
Timothy P. Stevens, MD, MPH
Robert J. Swantz, MD
Alice L. Taylor, MD
Eric Thingvoll, MD
Zhengdong Wang, MD

Jennifer Young, PhD

Division of Nephrology
George J. Schwartz, MD, Chief
Marc B. Lande, MD
Ayesa Mian, MD
Hu Peng, PhD
Jeffrey M. Purkerson, PhD
William S. Varade, MD

Soundarapandian Vijayakumar, PhD

Division of Neurology
Jonathan W. Mink, MD, PhD, Chief
Harris A. Gelbard, MD, PhD
Allison R. King, MD
Jennifer Kwon, MD, PhD
Gary J. Myers, MD
David D. Wang, MD

Division of Pulmonology/Allergy
Clement L. Ren, MD, Chief
Eulalia R. Y. Cheng, MD
Robert J. Holzhauer, MD
Robert K. Horowitz, MD
Karen Z. Voter, MD

Division of Rheumatology/ Immunology
David M. Siegel, MD, MPH, Chief
John Baum, MD

Jennifer Huggins, MD
Emmanuel Quaidoo, MD

SCRC
George J. Schwartz, MD, Chief

Sleep Medicine Services

Center for Aging & Development
Nina F. Schor, MD, PhD
Zhiping Mi, MD

Center for Pediatric Biomedical Research
Kate Ackerman, MD
Michael W. Becker, MDc
Michael D. Bulger, PhD
Tim Bushnell, PhD
Mark Dumont, PhD
Steven A. Goldman, MD, PhD
Elizabeth J. Grayhack, PhD
Craig T. Jordan, PhD
Paul D. Kingsley, PhD
Kathleen E. McGrath, PhD
James Palis, MD
Eric Phizicky, PhD

Other Subspecialties
George Alfieris, MD (Cardiovascular Surgery)
Linda J. Alpert-Gillis, PhD (Pediatric Psychiatry)
John G. Benitez, MD (Toxicology)
Enrico Caiola, MD (Medicine-Pediatrics)
Ashwani K. Chhibber, MD (Pediatric Anesthesiology)
Heidi V. Connolly, MD (Pediatric Sleep Medicine)
Louis S. Constine, MD (Radiation Oncology)
George Drugas, MD (Pediatric Surgery)
Matthew D. Gearinger, MD (Ophthalmology)
John Girotto, MD (Plastic Surgery)
Steven A. Goldman, MD, PhD (Neurology)
Barbara Gracious, MD (Pediatric Psychiatry)
Arthur S. Hengerer, MD (Otolaryngology)
William C. Hulbert, Jr., MD (Pediatric Urology)
Kenneth V. Jackman, MD (Pediatric Orthopedics)
Melanie Johannessohn, MD (Medicine-Pediatrics)
Luann T. Jones, MD, PhD (
Pediatric Radiology)
Nina Klionsky, MD (Pediatric Radiology)

Christopher Lentz, MD (Pediatric Surgery-Burns)
Leon A. Metlay, MD (Pediatric Pathology)
Robert Mevorach, MD (
Pediatric Urology)
Keely Dwyer Mutsky (Medicine-Pediatrics)
Walter Pegoli, Jr., MD (Pediatric Surgery)
Alice P. Pentland, MD (Dermatology)
Ronald Rabinowitz, MD (Pediatric Urology)
Sireesha Reddy, MD (OB/GYN - Adolescent Medicine)
Brett Robbins, MD (Medicine-Pediatrics)
James Robotham, MD (Pediatric Anesthesiology)
Randy Rosier, MD (Pediatric Orthopaedics)
Paul T. Rubery, MD (Pediatric Orthopedics)
Mary Santos, MD  (Pediatric Surgery)
Michael Scharf, MD (Pediatric Psychiatry)
Steven Scofield, MD (Medicine-Pediatrics)
Howard Silberstein, MD (Pediatric Neurosurgery)
Anjali K. Singh, MD (Pediatric Orthopedics)
Dawn Sweeney, MD (Pediatric Anesthesiology)
Gary Tebor, MD (Pediatric Orthopedics)
K. Whittemore, MD (Otolaryngology)