MIAAP Committees
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Advocacy Committee
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Chair - Jon Gold, MD, FAAP - Michigan State University
Kelli Collins, DO - Western Michigan University
Alexandra Concannon, DO - Michigan State University
Ed Cox, MD, FAAP - Spectrum Health
Dennis Cunningham, MD, FAAP - Henry Ford
Gurbaksh Esch, MD, FAAP - Hurley
Carolina Fonseca, MD - Ascension St John Children’s Hospital
Mackenzie Fountain, DO - Authority Health
Stacey Gorman, MD - Trinity Health
Brittany Tayler, MD - Hurley Medical Center
Drew Stern, DDS - Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Alex Waselewski, MD - University of Michigan
Taylor Argo, MD - Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Alexis Cohen - Michigan State University
Michal Ruprecht - Wayne State University
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Caleb Bupp, MD - Spectrum Health
Christine Borg - The Play Project
David Obudzinski, MD, FAAP - Beverly Hills Pediatrics
Richard Solomon, MD, FAAP -The Ann Arbor Center for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Lia Gaggino, MD, FAAP - Retired Pedistrician
Karen Brenner, MD, FAAP - Trinity Health
Kira Sieplinga, MD, FAAP - Spectrum Health
Lisa Lowery, MD, FAAP - Spectrum Health
Nicole Hamp, MD, FAAP - University of Michigan
Jeanette Scheid, MD, PhD - Michigan State University
Yakov Sigal, MD, FAAP - Michigan State University
Sheila Marcus, MD - University of Michigan
Teresa Holtrop, MD, FAAP - Kids Health Connections
La Sharon Samuels, MD, FAAP - County Creek Pediatrics
Callie Kilpatrick, MD, FAAP - Sparrow Health System
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Chair - Lauren Azevedo, MS, DO, FAAP - Michigan State University
Banu Kumar, MD, FAAP - Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Jacqueline Leja, MD, FAAP - Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Ravleen Saini, MD - Michigan State University
Brooke Blazius, DO, - University of Michigan
Gurbaksh Esch, MD, FAAP - Michigan State University
Ethics Committee
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Chair - Lauren Azevedo, MS, DO, FAAP - Michigan State University
Dom Sanfilipo - DeVos Children’s Hospital
Naomi Laventhal - Michigan Medicine
Nadia Tremonti - Children's Hospital of Michigan
Sathyanarayan Sudhanthar, MD, MPH - Michigan State University
HeaLth Equity Committee
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Chair - Gurbaksh Esch, MD, FAAP - Henry Ford
Joseph Fakhoury, MD, FAAP - Bronson Healthcare
Tisa Johnson-Hooper, MD, FAAP - Henry Ford
Nakia Allen, MD, FAAP - Henry Ford
Lynn Smitherman, MD, FAAP - Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Uzma Shah, MD, FAAP - Henry Ford
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Chair - Joseph Fakhoury, MD, FAAP - Bronson Healthcare
Aarti Raheja, MD - University of Michigan
Abeba Berhane, MD - Spectrum
Bob Sprunk, MD, FAAP - Retired
Denise Lippitt, MD, FAAP - Medical Center Pediatrics
Catherine Ezzio, MD, FAAP - Spectrum
Mackenzie Fountain, DO - Authority Health
Haya Azouz, MD - Beaumont
Jonathan Gold, MD, FAAP - Michigan State University
Boyce English, MD, FAAP - Michigan State University
Kelly Spooner, PNP - Trinity Health
Madaiah Kusuma Talakadu, MD, FAAP - Care 4 You Pediatrics
Sonali Vashi, MD, FAAP - McLaren
Tiffany Chritz, DO, FAAP - Ascension
Geraldine Terry, MD - Spectrum
Maryam Hermez - Oakland University
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Scott Moore, MD, FAAP - Green Tree Pediatrics
Katherine Schafer, DO, FAAP - Bloom Pediatrics
Matthew Hornik, DO, FAAP - Pediatric Care Corner
Tuan Bui, MD, FAAP
Barbara Periard, MD, FAAP - Forrest Hills Pediatrics