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April 2, 2020

LEAD Cohort 8

APPD LEAD Cohort 8 Group Picture

Pictured: APPD LEAD Council and Cohort

Front Row (l to r): E. Zwemer, H. Howell, R. Mink (Council), J. Hemond, E. Hanson, N. Charnsangavej, I. Walker-Descartes (Council), C. Shubkin, A. Baghdassarian; Second Row (l to r): C. Hrach, L. Nassetta, J. Yu, A. Solomon, J. Kitchen, M. Anderson (Council), B. Vinci (Council), H. Anwar, R. Sanders, B. Herman (Council); Third Row (l to r): M. Green, R. Swan (Council Chair), R. Shugerman (Council), R. Kapoor

Cohort Members and Organizations:

Hadi Anwar, MD
VCU Dept of Pedatricss

Aline Baghdassarian, MD, MPH, FAAP
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU

Nalinda Charnsangavej, MD
UT Austin Dell Medical School Pediatrics

Michael Green, MD
UTSW/Childrens’ Health

Elizabeth Hanson, MD
UT Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, General Pediatricss

Joni Hemond, MD, FAAP
University of Utah

Heather Howell, MD
New York University, School of Medicine

Chrissy Hrach, MD
Washington University/St. Louis Children’s

Rupa Kapoor, MD
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters

Jacqueline Kitchen, MD, MS
Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Lauren Nassetta, MD
Univ of Alabama at Birmingham

Nicola Orlov, MD, MPH
University of Chicago Medicine

Rebecca Sanders, MD, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine – Pediatrics Residency Training Program

Catherine Shubkin, MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Aliza Solomon, DO
New York Presbyterian- Weill Cornell

Jennifer Yu, MD
UCSD – Department of Pediatrics

Eric Zwemer, MD
UNC Pediatrics

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