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HOUSTON, Dec. 1, 2020 - The American Pediatric Society (APS) is pleased to announce 55 new members. Founded in 1888, the APS is the first and most prestigious academic pediatric organization in North America. New members will be recognized during the APS Presidential Plenary on May 3 at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2021 Virtual Meeting.
APS members are recognized child health leaders of extraordinary achievement who work together to shape the future of academic pediatrics. New members are nominated by current members through a process that recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves as child health leaders, teachers, scholars, policymakers and/or clinicians.
"Our members represent the most distinguished and accomplished academic leaders in pediatrics whose outstanding work has advanced child health," said APS President Steven Abman, MD. "I am honored to welcome this exceptional group of individuals to the APS. The APS is especially looking forward to the active engagement of our membership with many exciting programs within the organization that are directed towards improvements in academic pediatric medicine, including more vigorous approaches to express our values of anti-racism, equity, diversity and inclusion ."
Some benefits of APS membership include:
- Recognition and acknowledgement 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 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.
APS 2021 active new members include:
- Dewesh Agrawal, MD, Children's National Hospital
Manuel Amieva, MD, PhD, Stanford Medicine
Eric Austin, MD, MSc, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Mara Becker, MD, MSCE, Duke University School Medicine
Shaquita Bell, MD, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital
Rebecca Blankenburg, MD, MPH, Stanford University School of Medicine
Dara Brodsky, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
Jeffrey Brosco, MD, PhD, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Clarence Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH, Stanford University
Peter Cole, MD, Rutgers Cancer Institute of NJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Andrew Dauber, MD, MMSc, Children's National Health Systems
Jorge DiPaola, MD, Washington University School of Medicine
Alexander Fiks, MD, MSCE, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Robert Freishtat, MD, MPH, Children's National Hospital
Anthony French, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine
Deborah Friedman, MD, MS, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Stephanie Fritz, MD, MSCI, Washington University
Vittorio Gallo, PhD, Children's National Hospital, Children's National Research Institute
James Hagood, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Anne Hansen, MD, MPH, Boston Children's Hospital
Jacqueline Ho, MD, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Prince Kannankeril, MD, MSCI, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Wendy Landier, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Keith Mann, MD, MEd, American Board of Pediatrics
Rebekah Mannix, MD, MPH, Boston Children's Hospital
Ana Maria Arbelaez, MD, MSCI, Washington University School of Medicine
Bradley Marino, MD, MPP, MSCE, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Camilia Martin, MD, MS, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Asuncion Mejias, MD, PhD, MsC, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Isabelle Meyts, MD, PhD, University of Leuven
Cynthia Mollen, MD, MSCE, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Yaël Mossé, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Audrey Odom John, MD, PhD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Elijah Paintsil, MD, Yale University
Mohan Pammi, MD, PhD, MRCPCH, Baylor College of Medicine
Anna Penn, MD, PhD, Columbia University
Eliana Perrin, MD, MPH, Duke University
Catherine Pihoker, MD, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital
Tara Randis, MD, MS, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Sonja Rasmussen, MD, MS, University of Florida
Jennifer Raymond, MD, MCR, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Ranna Rozenfeld, MD, Brown University
David Schnadower, MD, MPH, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Richard Shugerman, MD, University of Washington School of Medicine
Eric Sibley, MD, PhD, Stanford Medicine
Brian Sims, PhD, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Brian Smith, MD, MPH, MHS, Duke University
Martha Sola-Visner, MD, Boston Children's Hospital
Michael Stephen Meyn, MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
David Teachey, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
Sara Toomey, MD, MPH, MPhil, MSc, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Marietta Vazquez, MD, Yale University
Yatin Vyas, MD, University of Iowa
Lisa Young, MD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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About the American Pediatric Society
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 to 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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