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Board of Directors


PRESIDENT
Peggy P. McNaull, MD
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

 

PRESIDENT-ELECT
John Fiadjoe, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

 

SECRETARY-TREASURER
Olutoyin Olutoye, MD, M.Sc, FAAP
Lurie Children’s Hospital, Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

 


IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Jim Fehr, MD
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA

 


DIRECTORS


Aditee Ambardekar, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

 


Maria Concetta Lupa, MD
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

 


Jamie McElrath Schwartz, MD

Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, MD

 


Jina Sinskey, MD

University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

 


Paul A. Stricker, MD

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

 


Jonathan M. Tan, MD, MPH, MBI, FASA

Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

 


Amy E. Vinson, MD

Boston Children’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

 


Emmett E. Whitaker, MD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

 

 


SECTION PRESIDENTS


Luis M. Zabala, MD

CCAS Section Board President
Children’s Medical Center
Dallas, TX

 


Yuan-Chi Lin, MD, MPH

SPPM Section Board President
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA

 


Joseph P. Cravero, MD, FAAP

PALC Section Board President
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA

 


Doyle Lim, MD
PAPDA Section Board President
Nemours Children’s Health – Delaware
Wilmington, DE

 


BOARD LIAISONS


Debnath Chatterjee, MD, FAAP

Liaison and Chair; Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine – American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Liaison and Chair; ASA Committee on Pediatric Anesthesia 

Children’s Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO


James DiNardo, MD

Ex-Officio – A&A Editor
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA

 


Robert M. Brustowicz, MD, FAAP, FACMQ
President – Wake Up Safe
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA

 


Travis L. Reece-Nguyen, MD

Chair-SPA Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) 
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

 


Lynn R. Correll, MD, PhD, FASA, FAAP

Representative – WELI
British Columbia Children’s Hospital
Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

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SPA 39th Annual Meeting
October 10, 2025
Grand Hyatt San Antonio River Walk
San Antonio, TX

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