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Board of Directors

PRESIDENT
Nina Deutsch, MD
Children’s National Medical Center
Washington, DC


PRESIDENT-ELECT
Jim J. Fehr, MD
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA

 

SECRETARY/TREASURER
Peggy P. McNaull, MD
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

 

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Kirk Lalwani, MBBS, FRCA, MCR
Oregon Health Sciences University
Portland, OR

 


DIRECTORS


Sean Barnes, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

 


Tarun Bhalla, MD, FAAP, MBA
Akron Children’s Hospital
Akron, OH

 


Melissa L. Brooks Peterson, MD

Children’s Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO

 


Christina D. Diaz, MD

Children’s Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

 


Faye Evans, MD

Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA

 


Olutoyin Olutoye, MD, M.Sc, FAAP

Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, TX

 


Vidya T. Raman, MD

Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, OH

 


Lawrence I. Schwartz, MD

Children’s Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO

 


SECTION PRESIDENTS


Wanda C. Miller-Hance, MD

CCAS Section Board President
Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, TX

 


Rita Agarwal, MD, FAAP

SPPM Section Board President
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA

 


Thomas J. Long, MD, FAAP

PALC Section Board President
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

 


Justin L. Lockman, MD, MSEd, FAAP

PAPDA Section Board President
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

 


BOARD LIAISONS


Anita Honkanen, MD, FAAP

Liaison and Chair; Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine – American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA

 


James DiNardo, MD

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

 


Matthew B. DiGiusto, MD

Chair-Pediatric Anesthesia Trainee Group
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

 


Sulpicio G. Soriano, III, MD, FAAP, FASA

Chair-ASA Committee on Pediatric Anesthesia 
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA

 

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Meeting Information

SAVE THE DATES!

SPA-AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology 2021
February 25-28, 2021
VIRTUAL MEETING

 

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