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 National Hospital
Robert Nickel, MD and Blachy J. Dávila Saldaña, MD

Columbia University Medical Center
Monica Bhatia, MD

Cornell University Weill Medical College
Catherine McGuinn, MD

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health
Bonnie Lau, MD PhD

Georgetown University
Gary Kupfer, MD

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 and Katherine Armstrong, MD

Maine Medical Center
Sei-Gyung Sze, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center​
Maria Cancio, MD and Jaap Jan Boelens, MD

Nemours Children's Health
Emi Caywood, MD and Rochelle Maxwell, MD

New York Medical College
Edo Schaefer, MD and Mitchell Cairo, MD

Northwell Health / Cohen Children's Medical Center​
​Adrianna Vlachos, MD and Jeff Lipton, MD PhD
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Penn State Health
Robert Greiner, MD and Dan McKeone, MD

Stony Brook Children's Hospital
Michelle Nash, MD

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

Yale University
Niketa Shah, MD and Rozalyn Rodwin, MD

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Southeast

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

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

Levine Children's Hospital / Atrium Health
Michael Kent, MD

University of Alabama, Birmingham
Chibuzo Ilonze, MD MPH FAAP and Frederick Goldman, MD

University of Florida, Gainesville​
​Jordan Milner, MD and Paul Castillo, MD

Virginia Commonwealth University
Joseph Laver, MD MHA and Gita Massey, MD

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Central

 Arkansas Children's Hospital​
Jason Farrar, MD

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

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Kasiani C. Myers, MD and Jane Koo, MD

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

Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital  / Spectrum Health​
Troy Quigg, DO and Ulrich Duffner, MD

Lurie Children's Hospital- Northwestern
Sherif Badawy, MD

Medical College of Wisconsin
Larisa Broglie, MD MS and David Margolis, MD

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

Riley Hospital for Children / Indiana University
Kathleen Overholt, MD

Saint Louis University
Deepika Bhatla, MD and William Ferguson, MD

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Marcin Wlodarski, MD PhD and Winfred Wang, 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 
Chittalsinh Raulji, MBBS
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University of Texas Southwestern / Children's Health Dallas
Katherine Dickerson, MD and Tiffany Simms-Waldrip, MD

University of Wisconsin, Madison​
Inga Hofmann, MD

Vanderbilt University Medical Center​
Heather McDaniel, MD MSCI and Sara Zarnegar-Lumley, MD MS

Washington University in St. Louis
Melanie Fields, MD MSCI

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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 and Christopher Denton, MD

Oregon Health Science University
Evan Shereck, MD MEd

Phoenix Children's Hospital
Holly Miller, DO

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

University of Arizona
Emmanuel Katsanis, MD