Steering Committee

The primary governing body of the consortium is composed of the principal investigators from each member institution.  ​

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Northeast

Akiko Shimamura, MD PhD and David Williams, MD- Boston Children's Hospital

Salley Pels, MD- Brown University / Hasbro Children's Hospital

Tim Olson, MD, PhD and Peter Kurre, MD PhD- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Steven Allen, MD and Beth Carella, DO- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Larisa Broglie, MD MS- Columbia University Medical Center

Catherine McGuinn, MD- Cornell University Weill Medical College

Yigal Dror, MD and Michaela Cada, MD- The Hospital for Sick Children

Christopher Gamper, MD PhD and Bonnie Lau, MD PhD- Johns Hopkins University

Al Gillio, MD- Joseph Sanzari Children's Hospital / Hackensack University

Sei-Gyung Sze, MD- Maine Medical Center

Farid Boulad, MD- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center​

Adrianna Vlachos, MD and Jeff Lipton, MD PhD- Northwell Health / Cohen Children's Medical Center​

Gary Kupfer, MD PhD and Shilpa Hattangadi, MD- Yale University

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Southeast

Carolyn Bennett, MD and Staci Arnold, MD- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta / Emory University 

William Owen, MD- Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
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Jennifer Rothman, MD- Duke University

Winfred Wang, MD and Marcin Wlodarski, MD PhD- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Paul Castillo, MD and Vandy Black, MD- University of Florida, Gainesville

Central

Jason Farrar, MD- Arkansas Children's Hospital​

Alison Bertuch, MD PhD and Ghadir Sasa, MD- Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children's Hospital

Rabi Hanna, MD and Seth Corey, MD MPH- Cleveland Clinic​

Alexis Thompson, MD- Lurie Children's Hospital- Northwestern

David Margolis, MD- Medical College of Wisconsin

Melissa Rose, DO- Nationwide Children's Hospital / Ohio State University

Kathleen Overholt, MD- Riley Hospital for Children / Indiana University

Jill de Jong, MD PhD- University of Chicago

Anjali Sharathkumar, MD, MS and David Claassen, MD PhD- University of Iowa

Kelly Walkovich, MD and Thomas Michniacki, MD- University of Michigan / CS Mott Children's Hospital

Sachit Patel, MD and James Ford, DO- University of Nebraska Medical Center 
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Zora Rogers, MD and Katherine Dickerson, MD- University of Texas Southwestern / Children's Health Dallas

Inga Hofmann, MD- University of Wisconsin, Madison​

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Mountain and West

Taizo Nakano, MD- Children’s Hospital Colorado

Thomas Coates, MD- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

Nicole Karras, MD and Anna Pawlowska, MD- City of Hope National Medical Center

Evan Shereck, MD MEd- Oregon Health Science University

Jessica Boklan, MD- Phoenix Children's Hospital

Lauri Burroughs, MD and Amy Geddis, MD- Seattle Children's Hospital / Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Bert Glader, MD and Anupama Narla, MD- Stanford University

James Huang, MD and Kristin Shimano, MD- UC San Francisco / Benioff Children's Hospital​

Sylvia Titi Singer, MD and Alison Matsunaga, MD- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

​Nicholas Gloude, MD and Hilda Ding, MD MS- UC San Diego / Rady Children’s Hospital