Program Committee

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2023-2024 Program Committee

2024 Program Chair *Gylynthia Trotman MD* Mount Sinai Health System New York, NY			2023 Program Past-Chair *Lauren Kanner, MD* University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Iowa City, IA
*Assistant Program Chair* *Lauren Damle, MD* Children's National Hospital/MedStar Health Washington, DC			*Maggie Abraham, MD* Arnold Palmer Hospital Orlando, FL
*Akua Afriyie-Gray, MD* Dell Children's Medical Center Austin, TX			*Sarah Anderson, BSN* Primary Children's Hospital Salt Lake City, UT
*Serena Chan, MD* UPMC Magee-Women's Hospital Pittsburgh, PA			*Krista Childress, MD* University of Utah/Primary Children's Hospital Salt Lake City, UT
*Fareeda Haamid DO* Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH			*Laura Hollenbach MD* Arkansas Children's Hospital Little Rock, AR
*Kim Hoover, MD* University of Alabama Birmingham, AL			*Abigail Iseyemi, MD* Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, ON
*Megan Jacobs, MD* Oregan Health and Science University Portland, OR			*Olga Kciuk, MD* Stanford University Palo Alto, CA
*Jason Jarin* UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX			*Kate McCracken, MD* Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH
*Renee Morgan, MD* University of Miami Miami, FL			*Helen Oquendo, MD* San Juan, PR
*Sasha Pradhan, MD* University of Chicago Chicago, IL Judith Sanchez, MD Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Gilroy, CA			Kristen Reilly, MD Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH *Beth Schwartz MD* Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA
Abigail Smith, PA Children's Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory University Atlanta, GA			*Michelle Troutman, MD* Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX
*Alla Vash-Margita, MD* Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT			*Whitney Wellenstein, MD* Children's Hospital of the King's Daughter Norfolk, VA

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