About
Committees
Membership Committee
Nicole T. Spillane, M.D. (Chair)
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, NJ
Nicole.Spillane@hmhn.org
Melissa Langhan, MD, MHS (Immediate Past Chair)
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
melissa.langhan@yale.edu
Rehman Chowdhry, MD
Albany Medical Center
Albany, NY
chowdhr1@amc.edu
Melanie Leong, MD, MS, FAAP
The Regional Neonatal Center
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
mleong2@nymc.edu
Kavya Rao, MD
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
kavyarao@buffalo.edu
Nominating Committee
Elisa I. Muniz, MD, MS (Chair)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
elmuniz@montefiore.org
Adam Spanier, MD (Immediate Past Chair)
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
aspanier@peds.umaryland.edu
Shaon Sengupta, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
senguptas@chop.edu
Jennifer R. Cerone, MD, FAAP
Albany Medical Center
Albany, NY
ceronej@amc.edu
Laura Perretta, MD
The Regional Neonatal Center
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
laura_perretta@bchphysicians.org
Jennifer Duchon, MDCM, MPH, DrPH
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY
Jennifer.Duchon@mountsinai.org
Planning Committee
Vivien Yap, MD (Chair)
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY
vly9001@med.cornell.edu
Jayasree Nair, MD (Immediate Past Chair)
John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital
Buffalo NY
jnair@upa.chob.edu
Ed Hurley, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
edward.hurley@chp.edu
Jonathan Mintzer, MD
Mountainside Medical Center
Montclair, NJ
jmintzermd@gmail.com
Elizabeth Yen, MD
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
EYen@tuftsmedicalcenter.org
Krithika Lingappan, MD, PhD, MS
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
lingappank@chop.edu
Sponsorship Committee
Ranjith Kamity MD (Chair)
NYU Long Island School of Medicine
Mineola, NY
Ranjith.kamity@nyulangone.org
Kate Tauber, MD (Co-Chair)
Albany Medical Center
Albany, NY
tauberk@amc.edu
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
Patricia Vuguin, MD (Chair)
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, NY
pv2267@cumc.columbia.edu
Suhasini Kaushal, MD (Co-Chair)
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC
suhasinichandra@yahoo.com
Mitchell J. Kresch, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Penn State Health Children’s Hospital
Hershey, PA
mkresch@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Onome Oghifobibi, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
komegly@gmail.com
Sripriya Sundararajan, MD
University Of Maryland School Of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
ssundararajan@som.umaryland.edu
Elisa I. Muniz, MD, MS
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
elmuniz@montefiore.org
Social Media Committee
Beatrice Goilav, MD (Chair)
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
Bronx, NY
bgoilav@montefiore.org
Praveen Chandrasekharan, MD, MS
University at Buffalo (Oishei Children’s Hospital)
Buffalo, NY
pkchandr@buffalo.edu
Carlos Oliveira, MD, PhD
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
carlos.oliveira@yale.edu
Alla Kushnir, MD, FAAP (Chair)
Cooper Union Hospital
Camden, NJ
kushnir-alla@cooperhealth.edu
Junior Representative Committee
Tomini Fashina, MBChB, MPH (Chair)
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
tominifashina@gmail.com
Yaritzy Astudillo, MD
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital
Valhalla, NY
yaritzymastudillo@gmail.com
Vignesh Gunasekaran, MBBS
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
vigneshg.mmc@gmail.com
Past Presidents
2017–2020 | Jason Stoller, MD |
2014–2017 | George A. Porter, Jr. MD, PhD |
2011–2014 | Vineet Bhandari, MD, DM |
2008–2011 | Lawrence M. Nogee, MD |
2005–2008 | Bruce D. Gelb, MD |
2002–2005 | Luc P. Brion, MD |
1999–2002 | Mitchell J. Kresch, MD |
1996–1999 | Ira H. Gewolb, MD |
1993–1996 | Alan R. Fleischman, MD |
1991–1993 | Marc Yudkoff, MD |
1989–1991 | Joseph B. Warshaw, MD |
1988–1989 | Laurence Finberg, MD |