Steering Committee

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

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Northeast

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

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

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

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Steven Allen, MD and Jessie Barnum, MD

Columbia University Medical Center
Larisa Broglie, MD MS

Cornell University Weill Medical College
Catherine McGuinn, MD

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health
Bonnie Lau, MD PhD

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

Johns Hopkins University
Christopher Gamper, MD PhD 

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

Maine Medical Center
Sei-Gyung Sze, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center​
Farid Boulad, MD

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

Yale University
Niketa Shah, MD and Rozalyn Rodwin, MD

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Southeast

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

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

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

Virginia Commonwealth University
Joseph Laver, MD MHA

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

Central

Arkansas Children's Hospital​
Jason Farrar, MD

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

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

Lurie Children's Hospital- Northwestern
Alexis Thompson, MD

Medical College of Wisconsin
David Margolis, MD

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

Riley Hospital for Children / Indiana University
Kathleen Overholt, MD

University of Chicago
Jill de Jong, MD PhD

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

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

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

University of Wisconsin, Madison​
Inga Hofmann, MD

Washington University in St. Louis
Jeffrey J. Bednarski, MD PhD

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Mountain and West

Children’s Hospital Colorado
Taizo Nakano, MD and Craig Forester, MD PhD

Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Thomas Coates, MD

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

Oregon Health Science University
Evan Shereck, MD MEd

Phoenix Children's Hospital
Jessica Boklan, MD

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

Stanford University
Bert Glader, MD and Anupama Narla, MD

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

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

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