WHO WE ARE

Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting connects thousands of leading pediatric researchers and other healthcare providers worldwide united by a common mission: Connecting the global academic pediatric community to advance scientific discovery and promote innovation in child and adolescent health. This international gathering offers opportunities for a global audience of physician-scientists, clinicians, and educators to share research, explore new ideas, build career opportunities, and collaborate on future projects. Presentations cover issues of interest to generalists as well as topics critical to a wide array of specialty and sub-specialty areas. The PAS Meeting is produced through the partnership of four leading pediatric associations; the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Academic Pediatrics Association (APA), the American Pediatric Society (APS), and the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR).

OUR MISSION

Connecting the global academic pediatric community to advance scientific discovery and promote innovation in child and adolescent health.

OUR VISION:

A world with healthy children, adolescents, and families through advances in pediatric scholarship.

OUR PARTNERS

The PAS Meeting is produced through a partnership of four pediatric organizations that are leaders in the advancement of pediatric research and child advocacy. These partners, designated below, are pleased to celebrate ongoing collaborations with the Alliance and Affiliate supporters of the PAS Meeting denoted below.

  • American Pediatric Society (APS) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of child health through the promotion of pediatric research, recognition of achievement, and cultivation of excellence in pediatrics through advocacy, scholarship, education, and leadership development and to honor those who, by their contributions to pediatrics, have aided in its advancement.
  • Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) is an international society whose purpose is to create a network of multidisciplinary researchers to improve child health. SPR promotes the interchange of ideas and provides opportunities for investigators to present and be honored for their work.
  • Academic Pediatric Association (APA) is a national organization dedicated to improving the health of all children and adolescents through leadership in the education of child health professionals, research, dissemination of knowledge, patient care, and advocacy, in partnership with children, families, and communities. This is accomplished through membership activities, funded research, teaching programs, and advocacy to affect public and governmental opinion positively for children.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an organization of primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists, and pediatric surgical specialists committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental and social health for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Susan Bostwick, MD, MBA -President
Weill Cornell Medicine
sbbostwi@med.cornell.edu

Vineet Bhandari, MD, DM, FAAP– Secretary/Treasurer
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
bhandari-vineet@cooperhealth.edu

Lee Savio Beers, MD, FAAP
Children’s National Hospital
LBeers@childrensnational.org

Todd Florin, MD, MSCE
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
taflorin@luriechildrens.org

Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH
Zuckerberg San Francisco General
University of California, San Francisco
Elena.fuentes-afflick@ucsf.edu

Hannah Glass, MD
UCSF Departments of Neurology, Pediatrics and Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Hannah.Glass@ucsf.edu

Maria Trent, MD, MPH, FAAP, FSAHM
Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
mtrent2@jhmi.edu

Teri Turner, MD, M.P.H, M.Ed.
Baylor College of Medicine
tturner@bcm.edu

Ex officio

Judith Shaw, EdD, MPH, RN – Program Chair
University of Vermont
Judith.Shaw@uvm.edu

Daniel Rauch, MD – Program Chair-elect
HMH Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at HUMC
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Daniel.Rauch@HMHN.org
 
Eileen Fenton
PAS Executive Director
eileen.fenton@central-office.info

OUR PROGRAM COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP TEAM

Judith Shaw, EdD, MPH, RN,
PAS Program Chair
General Pediatrics, Quality Improvement
University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
Judith.Shaw@med.uvm.edu

Daniel Rauch, MD – Program Chair-elect
HMH Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at HUMC
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Daniel.Rauch@HMHN.org

Susan Bostwick, MD, MBA
PAS Board of Directors President
Weill Cornell Medicine
sbbostwi@med.cornell.edu

Barrett Fromme, MD, MHPE
PAS Workshop Chair
Hospital Medicine, Medical Education
Pritzker School of Medicine and
Comer Children’s Hospital
The University of Chicago
hfromme@bsd.uchicago.edu

Caroline R. Paul, MD
PAS Workshop Chair-Elect
Pediatrics
Institute of Innovations for Medical Education
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
NYU Langone Health
caroline.paul@nyulangone.org

OUR PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Barrett Fromme, MD, MHPE
PAS Workshop Chair

Hospital Medicine, Medical Education
Pritzker School of Medicine and
Comer Children’s Hospital
The University of Chicago
Affiliation: AAP

Caroline R. Paul, MD
PAS Workshop Chair-Elect
Pediatrics
Institute of Innovations for Medical Education
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
NYU Langone Health
Affiliation: APA

Priti Bhansali, MD MEd 
Children’s National Hospital
Affiliation: APA

Salathiel Kendrick-Allwood, MD, FAAP 
Emory University School of Medicine
Affiliation: AAP, APA

Mohsen Saidinejad, MD, MS, MBA, FACEP, FAAP 
UCLA Medical Center
Affiliation: AAP

Andria Tatem, MD, MEd 
Baylor College of Medicine
Affiliation: AAP, APA

Sonja Ziniel, PhD, MA 
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Affiliation: APA

Catherine M. Gordon, MD, MS
Adolescent Medicine Specialist and
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Baylor College of Medicine
Catherine.Gordon@bcm.edu
Affiliation: SAHM

Matthew D. Garber, MD
PHM Fellowship Director UFCOM-JAX
Director of Projects and Activities
The Value in Inpatient Pediatrics Network
American Academy of Pediatrics
Division Chief, UFCOM-JAX Pediatric Hospitalists
(Wolfson and UF Health)
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville Wolfson Children’s Hospital
Matthew.Garber@jax.ufl.edu
Affiliation: AAP

Kathryn King, MD, MHS
Telemedicine/General Pediatrics
Medical University of South Carolina
kingkl@musc.edu
Affiliation: AAP

Chris Peltier, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
President, Ohio Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
chris.peltier@cchmc.org
Affiliation: AAP

Hugo Ruben Martinez, MD, FAAP, FACC
Cardiology
The Heart Institue-Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
hmartinez@uthsc.edu
Affiliation: AAP

Alan Schroeder, MD
Critical Care, Hospital Medicine
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine
aschroe@stanford.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APA

Shabana Yusuf, MD, MEd, FAAP
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Faculty
Texas Children’s Hospital Emergency Center, Houston
syusuf@bcm.edu
Affiliation: AAP

Jean Raphael, MD
APA President
Hematology-Oncology and Section of Academic General Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
raphael@bcm.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APA, SPR

Tiffani Johnson, MD, MSc
APA President-elect
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
University of California, Davis
tjo@ucdavis.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APA, SPR

Michael Steiner, MD, MPH
APA Secretary/Treasurer
General Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine, Adolescent Medicine
UNC Children’s, Gillings School of Global Public Health
msteiner@med.unc.edu
Affiliations: APA, AAP, SPR

Esther Chung, MD, MPH
APA Research Committee Chair
General Pediatrics, Medical Education
University of Washington School of Medicine and
Seattle Children’s Hospital
ekc16@uw.edu
Affiliations: APA, AAP

Melissa Klein, MD
APA Education Chair
Pediatric Primary Care
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Melissa.Klein@cchmc.org
Affiliations: APA

Michael R. DeBaun, MD, MPH
APS President-elect
Hematology/Oncology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
m.debaun@vumc.org
Affiliation: APS

Catherine M. Gordon, MD, MS
APS Secretary/Treasurer
Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD
National Institutes of Health

Catherine.Gordon@bcm.edu
Affiliation: SAHM

Clifford Bogue, MD
Critical Care
Yale School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital
clifford.bogue@yale.edu
Affiliation: APS, AAP, APA, SPR

David Cornfield, MD
Pulmonology, Critical Care
Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
dcornfield@stanford.edu
Affiliation: APS, SPR

Lise Nigrovic, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital
lise.nigrovic@childrens.harvard.edu
Affiliation: APS, SPR, AAP

Jennifer Read, MD, MS, MPH, DTM&H
Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology
University of Vermont, Vermont Department of Health
jennifer.read@uvm.edu
Affiliation: APS, AAP, PIDS, SPR

Cristina Alvira, MD
SPR President-elect
Critical Care
Stanford University School of Medicine
calvira@stanford.edu
Affiliation: SPR

Danielle Ahn, MD
Critical Care
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
dsa2120@columbia.edu
Affiliation: SPR

Lina Chalak, MD
Neonatology, Developmental Neurology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
lina.chalak@utsouthwestern.edu
Affiliation: SPR, APS

Alyna Chien, MD, MS
General Pediatrics,
Health Services Research
Boston Children’s Hospital
alyna.chien@childrens.harvard.edu
Affiliation: SPR

Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH, FASN
Nephrology
UNC School of Medicine
kgibson@med.unc.edu
Affiliation: SPR ASPN

Durga Singer, MA, MD
Endocrinology
University of Michigan School of Medicine
ksinger@umich.edu
Affiliation: SPR

Tara Randis, MD, MS
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
University of South Florida Morsani
College of Medicine
trandis@usf.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR

Rita Ryan, MD
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Case Western Reserve University, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Rita.Ryan@UHhospitals.org
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR

Katherine Dell, MD
Pediatric Nephrology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
kmd8@case.edu
Affiliation: ASPN, SPR

Michelle Denburg, MD, MSCE
Pediatric Nephrology
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
denburgm@chop.edu
Affiliation: ASPN

Danielle Soranno, MD
Pediatric Nephrology
Indiana University School of Medicine
dsoranno@iu.edu
Affiliation: ASPN, SPR

Tetsuya Isayama, MD, MSc, PhD
Neonatology
National Center for Child Health and Development Tokyo, Japan
isayama-t@ncchd.go.jp
Affiliation: ASPR

Noriko Iwamoto, MD
Infectious Disease, Public Health
National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Disease Control and Prevention Center
nkinoshita@hosp.ncgm.go.jp
Affiliation: ASPR

Noriyuki Namba, MD
Pediatrics and Perinatology
Tottori University
nnamba@tottori-u.ac.jp
Affiliation: ASPR

Frederick Kaskel, MD, PhD
Nephrology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
FKASKEL@montefiore.org
Affiliation: AAP, APS, ASPN, SPR

Michele E. Smith, MD
Critical Care
University of Rochester Medical Center
Michele_Smith@URMC.Rochester.edu

Karen Warman, MD, MSc
Pediatric Respiratory Diseases
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
kwarman@montefiore.org
Affiliation: AAP, APA

Dawn L. Gano, MD, MAS
Pediatric Neurology
University of California San Francisco
Dawn.Gano@ucsf.edu
Affiliation: CNS, SPR

Emily Tam, MCDM, MAS, FRCPC
Neonatal Neurology
Hospital for Sick Children
emily.tam@sickkids.ca
Affiliation: SPR

Gary Darmstadt, MD, MS
Pediatrics Neonatal & Developmental Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
gdarmsta@stanford.edu
Affiliation: AAP, PIDS, SPR

Rishi Mediratta, MD, MSc, MA
Hospital Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
rishimd@stanford.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APA

Donald Batisky, MD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
batiskdl@ucmail.UC.edu
Affiliation: AAP, ASPN

Daniel Feig, MD, PhD, MPH
Nephrology
UAB, Children’s of Alabama
dfeig@peds.UAB.edu
Affiliation: ASPN

Ruth Etzel, MD, PhD
Milken Institute School of Public Health
George Washington University
retzel@gwu.edu
Affiliation: AAP

Zsakeba Henderson, MD
SVP & Deputy Chief Medical & Health Officer, & Interim Chief Medical Officer
zhenderson@marchofdimes.org
Affiliation: MOD

Fernando Gonzalez, MD
Neonatology
University of California San Francisco
Fernando.Gonzalez@ucsf.edu
Affiliation:

Christopher Smyser, MD, MSCI
Neonatal Neurology
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
smyserc@wustl.edu
Affiliation: SPR

Thomas Ciecierega, MD
Gastroenterology, Nutrition
New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Ciecierega@gmail.com
Affiliation: NASPGHAN

Maria E. Perez, DO
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
marperez@luriechildrens.org
Affiliation: NASPGHAN

Lauren Solan, MD, MeD
Hospital Medicine
University of Rochester Golisano Children’s Hospital
Lauren_Solan@URMC.Rochester.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APA, SPR

Neha Shah, MD, MPH
Hospital Medicine
Children’s National Hospital
NShah@childrensnational.org
Affiliation: PHM

Kari Simonsen, MD, MBA
Infectious Diseases
University of Nebraska Medical Center
kasimonsen@unmc.edu
Affiliation: PIDS, AAP, SPR

Gail J Demmler Harrison, MD
Infectious Diseases
Baylor College of Medicine Texas Children’s Hospital
gdemmler@bcm.edu
Affiliation: AAP, PIDS, SPR

Sara Buckelew, MD, MPH
Adolescent Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
sara.buckelew@ucsf.edu
Affiliation: APS

Oriaku Kas-Osoka, MD, MeD
Adolescent Medicine
Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
oriaku.kas-osoka@unlv.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APA

Deborah Winders Davis, PhD
Child & Adolescent Health Research Design and Support (CAHRDS) Unit
Norton Children’s Research Institute
Affiliated with University of Louisville School of Medicine
deborah.davis@louisville.edu
Affiliation: APA

Douglas Vanderbilt. MD, MS
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
dvanderbilt@chla.usc.edu
Affiliation: AAP, APS, SPR

Juan Boriosi, MD
Critical Care, Sedation
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
jpboriosi@pediatrics.wisc.edu
Affiliation: SPS

Corrie Chumpitazi, MD, MS
Duke Children’s Hospital
corrie.chumpitazi@duke.edu
Affiliation: SPS, AAP

Kate G. Ackerman, MD, MBA
Critical Care
Golisano Children’s Hospital
kate@ackerman.health

Fran Balamuth, MD, PhD, MSCE
Emergency Medicine
University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
BALAMUTHF@chop.edu
Affiliation: AAP

Khyati Brahmbhatt, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco
khyati.brahmbhatt@ucsf.edu
Affiliation: AACAP

David Cooper, MD, MPH
Critical Care
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
David.Cooper@cchmc.org
Affiliation: APS, SPR

Stephanie Ford, MD
Neonatology and Nephrology
UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
Stephanie.Ford@UHhospitals.org

Amy Hair, MD
Neonatology
Baylor College of Medicine
abhair@texaschildrens.org
Affiliation: APS, SPR

Suhas G. Kallapur, MD
Neonatology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital
SKallapur@mednet.ucla.edu
Affiliation: APS, SPR

Heather Kaplan, MD, MSCE
Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Heather.Kaplan@cchmc.org

Ross Myers, MD, ATSF
Pediatric Program Director
Pediatric Pulmonology
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
ross.myers@uhhospitals.org
Affiliation: APA

Ken Michelson, MD
Emergency Medicine
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
kenmichelson@luriechildrens.org
Affiliation: AAP, APA, SPR

Lisa Namerow, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital
lbnamerow@gmail.com
Affiliation: AACAP

Michael Posencheg, MD
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Perelman School of Medicine-University of Pennsylvania
Michael.Posencheg@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Affiliation: AAP, SPR

Rebecca Scherzer
Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Rebecca.Scherzer@nationwidechildrens.org

Shylaja Srinivasan, MD
Endocrinology
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Shylaja.Srinivasan@ucsf.edu

Sarah Taylor, MD, MSCR
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
Sarah.N.Taylor@yale.edu

Linda Waggoner-Fountain, MD, MeD
Pediatric Program Director
Infectious Diseases
University of Virginia Health System
LAW4Q@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
AAP, PIDS

Justin Yu, MD, MS
Palliative Care
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburg
yuja@upmc.edu

OUR STAFF

Eileen Fenton
Executive Director

Glenda Minshew
PAS Meeting Director

Antonio Moreno
Director, IT

Kate Culliton
CFO – APS, SPR, PAS

Jaclyn Huff
Director, Content & Conference Planning

Carmen Beck
Director, Marketing, Communications & Development

OUR MEETINGS

Past Meetings

2023 ~ Washington, D.C. ~ April 27 – May 1

2022 ~ Denver, CO ~ April 21 – 25

2021 ~ VIRTUAL ~ Phase I – April 30 – May 4 | Phase-II – May 10 – June 4

2020 ~ Philadelphia, PA ~ April 29 – May 6 – CANCELED

2019 ~ Baltimore, MD ~ April 24 – May 1

2018 ~ Toronto, Canada ~ May 5 – 8

2017 ~ San Francisco, CA ~ May 6 – 9

2016 ~ Baltimore, MD ~ April 30 – May 3

2015 ~ San Diego, CA ~ April 25 – 28

2014 ~ Vancouver, Canada ~ May 3 – 7

2013 ~ Washington, D.C. ~ May 4 – 7

2012 ~ Boston, MA ~ April 28 – May 1

2011 ~ Denver, CO ~ April 30 – May 3

2010 ~ Vancouver, Canada ~ May 1 – 4

Future Meetings

2024 ~ Toronto, Canada ~ May 2 – 6

2025 ~ Honolulu, HI ~ April 23 – 30

2026 ~ Boston, MA ~ April 22 – 29

2027 ~ Minneapolis, MN ~ April 28 – May 5

2028 ~ Salt Lake City, UT ~ May 2 – May 10