Officers & Committees

 

Officers

 

President - Chandra Krishnan, MD
 

President-Elect - Kyle Kurek, MD
 
Past-President - M. Cristina Pacheco, MD
 
Jefferson Terry | BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
Secretary - Jefferson Terry, MD, PhD, FRCPC
 
Secretary-Elect - Ben Wilkins, MD, PhD
 
 
Treasurer - Jennifer Black, MD

 Board of Directors

Jennifer Picarsic, MD (2026)
Karen Chisholm, MD, PhD (2026)

Aliya Husain, MD (2027)
Amy McKenney, MD (2027)
Csaba Galambos, MD. PhD (2028)
Erin Rudzinski, MD (2028)
Michael Arnold, MD, PhD (2029)
Eumenia Castro, MD, PhD (2029)

Special Positions
Social Media Specialists
-Sonja Chen, MD
-Mercia Dibe Gondim, MD

Board of Directors Liaison to the PDP
Kyle Kurek, MD
Committees
 
Education Committee 
Lauren Parsons, MD (Chair, 2026) 
Shahrazad Saab, MD (Chair-Elect, 2030)
Larry Wang, MD, PhD (2026)
Nick Shillingford, MD (2027)
Kristen Thomas, MD (2027)
Moe Takeda, DO (2029)
Nathan Shelman, MD (2029)
Aviv Oren, MD (2029)
 
Workshop Subcommittee 
Shahrazad Saab, MD (Chair, 2027)  
Oscar Lopez-Nunez, MD (2026)
Sandy Cope-Yokoyama, MD (2026)
Kathryn McFadden, MD (2027)
Naseem Uddin, MD (2027)
Dina El Demellawy, MD, PhD (2027)
Sean Ricciardo, MD (2027)
Camilla Stefanovici, MD (2027)
 
Symposium Subcommittee 
Diana Corao-Uribe, MD (Chair, 2027) 
Dehua Wang, MD (2026)
Lea Surrey, MD (2026)
Melissa Gener, MD (2027)
 
Perinatal Subcommittee
Katte Carreon (Chair, 2028)
Alysa Poulin, MD, PhD (2026)
Charlotte Kim, MD (2027)
Kerby Oberg, MD, PhD (2027)
Sanjita Ravishankar, MD (2029)
Lauren Skvarca, MD, PhD (2029)
Heather Keir, MBChB, BSc (2029)
Angela Viaene, MD, PhD (2029)

 

Slide Survey Committee 
Caitlin Alexander, MD (Chair, 2026)
Robert Byrd, MD (Case Lead 1; 2027)
Jenna Bodmer, MD (Case Lead 2; 2028)
Jose Velasquez-Vega, MD (Case Lead 3; 2029)
Julie Fanburgh-Smith, MD (2026)
Anita Nagy, MD (2026)
Athena Chen, MD (2026)
Ali Saad, MD (2026)
Natalia Belova, MD (2027)
Jessenia Guerrero, MD (2027)
Robyn Reed, MD, PhD (2027)
Mikako Warren, MD (2027)
Louis Samson (2027)
Jessica Hata, MD (2028)
Qian Wang, MD (2028)
Charmaine Ilagan, MD (2029)
Shannon Kelley, MD (2029)

 
 
 
Research & Awards Committee 
Ben Wilkins, MD, PhD (Chair, 2026) 
Selene Koo, MD, PhD (Chair-Elect, 2030)
Serena Tan, MD (Abstract Director, 2027)
Rachel Mariani, MD (Awards Director, 2029)
Claudia Salgado, MD, PhD (2026)
Dina El Demellawy, MD, PhD (2026)
Hao Wu, MD, PhD (2026)
John Hicks, MD (2027)
Archana Shenoy, MBBS (2027)
Terry Morgan, MD, PhD (2029)
David Carpentieri, MD (2029)
Jonathan Bush, MD (2029)
 
*Junior Member
 

Each committee member is required to complete a disclosure to identify any possible conflicts of interest. If a conflict exists, membership on the committee may need to be re-evaluated.

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