Program Committee

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2022-2023 Program Committee

2023 Program Chair *Lauren Kanner, MD* University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Iowa City, IA			2022 Program Past-Chair *Nancy Sokkary, MD* Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University Athens, GA
*Krista Childress, MD* University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT			*Lauren Damle, MD* National Children's Hospital MedStar Washington Hospital Center Washington, DC
*Fareeda Haamid, MD* Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH			*Celeste Hemingway MD MHPE* Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN
*Kim Hoover, MD* University of Alabama Medicine Birmingham, AL			*Megan Jacobs, MD* Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR
*Andrew Lupo, MD* Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO			*Kate McCracken, MD* Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH
*Sasha Pradhan, MD* University of Chicago Chicago, IL			*Judith Sanchez, MD* Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Gilroy, CA
*Abigail Smith* Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, GA			*Gylynthia Trotman, MD MPH* Mt Sinai Health System New York, NY
*Nichole Tyson, MD* Stanford Children's Hospital Stanford, CA			*Alla Vash-Margita, MD* Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT
*Whitney Wellenstein, MD* Children's Hospital of the King's Daughter Norfolk, VA

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