About GAAAP

Committees & Sections

View all of our committees and sections below.

About GAAAP

Committees & Sections

View all of our committees and sections below.

Committees & Sections

Committees & Sections

We welcome Chapter Member participation in any Chapter Committees or Sections!
To contact the committee chairs listed below, please contact Joanna Caceres-Aponte at jcaceres-aponte@gaaap.org.

We welcome Chapter Member participation in any Chapter Committees or Sections!

To contact the committee chairs listed below, please contact Joanna Caceres-Aponte at jcaceres-aponte@gaaap.org.

Adolescence

Dr. Charrelle Coates

Bioethics Section

Dr. April Dworetz

Breastfeeding Committee

Co-Chairs
Dr. Hiral Lavania
Dr. Brandy Gheesling

Bright Futures Task Force

Dr. Nicola Chin

Child Abuse & Neglect

Dr. Yameika Head
Vice-Chair
Stephen Messner, MD

Child & Adolescent Mental Health

Dr. Evan Brockman
Vice-Chair
Dr. Shreeti Kapoor

Children with Disabilities

Co-Chairs
Dr. Marshalyn Yeargin-Alsop
Dr. Amy Talboy

Clinical Information Technology Task Force

Dr. Edward Gotleib

Coding & Nomenclature

Dr. Ross MacLeod
Vice-Chair
Dr. Jamie Rollins

Communications & Media

Dr. Flavia Rossi
Vice-Chair
Dr. Joanna Dolgoff

Continuing Medical Education (CME)

Dr. Hugo Scornik

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Co-Chairs
Dr. Iris Basilio
Dr. Salathiel Kendrick-Allwood

Early Education & Child Care Section

Dr. Melissa Boekhaus

Emergency Medicine

Dr. Natalie Lane

Environmental Health

Dr. Leslie Rubin
Vice-Chair
Dr. Anne Mellinger-Birdsong

EPIC® Immunization Advisory

Dr. Iyabode Beysolow

Fetus & Newborn

Dr. Paul Mann
Vice-Chair
Dr. David Levine

Foster Care, Adoption, & Kinship Care

Dr. Patricia Lantis
Vice-Chair
Dr. Jennifer Collier-Madon

Healthy Weight Task Force

Dr. Evelyn Johnson

Hospital Medicine

Dr. Joanne Kennedy

Immigrant Child & Family Health (ICFH)

Dr. Lara Jacobson
Vice-Chair
Dr. Ana M. Pimentel

Infectious Diseases

Dr. Christina Rostad

Injury, Violence & Poison Prevention

Dr. Sofia Chaudhary

Legislative Committee

Dr. Melinda Willingham
Vice-Chair
Dr. Robert Wiskind

Medicaid Task Force

Dr. April Hartman
Vice-Chair
Dr. Anu Sheth

Medical Missions

Dr. David Sprayberry
Vice-Chair
Dr. Jan Soapes

Medical Home Task Force

Dr. Jeffeory White
Vice-Chair
Dr. W. Steen James

Membership

Dr. Deneta Sells
Vice-Chair
Dr. Tania Smith

Newborn Hearing Screening Champion

Dr. Paula Harmon

Newsletter Editor

Dr. Alice Caldwell

Nominating Committee

Dr. Hugo Scornik

Nutrition

Dr. Tatyana Hofmekler
Vice-Chair
Dr. Jay Hochman

Oral Health Task Force

Dr. Chevon Brooks

Physician Wellness

Dr. Susan Smiley

PROS

Co-Chairs
Dr. Jaquelin Gotlieb
Dr. Ed Gotlieb

Practice Management & Managed Care

Dr. Ben Spitalnick
Vice-Chair
Dr. Patrick Pulliam

Public Health Task Force

Dr. Hugo Scornik

Quality Improvement Task Force

Dr. Shabnam Jain

Reach Out & Read Medical Director

Dr. Fredly Bataille
Vice-Chair
Dr. Terri McFadden

Safe Sleep Champions

Dr. Gary Freed
Vice-Chair
Dr. Sarah Lazarus

School Health

Dr. Veda Johnson
Vice-Chair
Dr. Yuri Okuizumi-Wu

Senior Section

Co-Chairs
Dr. Wyndolyn Bell
Dr. Jan Soapes

Sports Medicine & Fitness

Dr. Shelley Street Callender

Subspecialty Section

Dr. Cyrus Samai

Telehealth

Dr. Jonathan Goodin

Tobacco Free & E Cigarette

Dr. Alice Caldwell

Website Editor

Dr. Ross MacLeod