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.
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
Public Health Task Force
Dr. Hugo Scornik
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Dr. Gerald Reisman
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
Vice-Chair
Dr. Rebecca Reamy
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
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