Cassandra Shorter, BS

Past Chair (2024 - 2025)
Program Manager Pediatric Residency
Baylor College of Medicine - Houston Texas Children's Hospital
6621 Fannin W1985
Houston, TX 77030


Senior Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
222 Richmond Street
Providence, RI 02903


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Beth Wueste, MAEd, C-TAGME

Past Chair (2021 - 2022)
Associate Program Director
UTHSCSA
7703 Floyd Curl Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78229


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Associate Program Director
University of Washington- Seattle Childrens’ Hospital
4800 Sand Point Way, NE, OC.7.830
Seattle, WA 98125


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Ross Myers, MD

Past Chair (2020-2021)
Associate Director, Pediatric Residency
UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
11100 Euclid Ave, RBC 838
Cleveland, OH 44106


Laura E. Degnon, CAE

Executive Director

APPD National Office
6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101-3906
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Associate Program Director
University of Virginia Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Disease
PO Box 800386/Hosp Dr 4th Floor Barringer/#4224
Charlottesville, VA 22908


John G. Frohna MD, MPH

(2022 - 2023)
Department Chair
CAMC/West Virginia University (Charleston Division)
830 Pennsylvania Ave,
Charleston, WV 25302


Patricia Poitevien MD, MSc, FAAP

Immediate Past President (2024 - 2026)
Vice President for Campus Life
Brown University
222 Richmond Street
Providence, RI 02903


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Associate Chair of Education
Stanford Children's/Stanford Pediatrics
725 Welch Rd, MC 5906
Palo Alto, CA 94304