Professional Advisors

Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
Orlando, FL
Cristine Velazco, MD, Director
Marc Levy, MD
Donald Plumley, MD
Brenna Fullerton, MD
William T. Adamson, MD
Gabriel Ramos, MD

Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Belinda Dickie, MD-Director
Erin McNamara, MD-Associate Director
Prathima Nandivada, MD
Paula Cruz, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Yrag Daphnis, RN, MSN, FNP-C
Eddie Liao, RN, BSN, CPN

Children’s Health 
Dallas, TX
Barbara Gaines, MD
Charles Hong, MD
Steve Megison, MD
Sharon Kluger, APRN, CPNP-PC/AC
Michele Phelan, RN-Program Manager

Children’s Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO
Andrea Bischoff, MD
Luis De la Torre, MD
Dan Wood, MD
Veronica Alaniz, MD
Laura Judd-Glossy, PhD
Anne Merritt, RN, BSN, CPN

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Christopher Gayer, MD, PhD
Jaya Punati, MD
Genele- Grace Romero, APP
Tori Berba, RN
Nancy Hernandez, Supervisor

Children’s Mercy 
Kansas City, MO
Rebecca Rentea, MD-Director
Kristen Meier, MD
Ashli Lawson, MD John Gatti MD
Christine Feira, MSN, CPNP-PC
Rachel Foutz, APRN
Molly Gotobed, APRN
Aeriole Hext, APRN
Kally Tessman, RN, program manager

Children’s National Hospital
Washington, DC
Marc Levitt, MD-Chief
Julie Choueiki, MSN, RN, Program Manager
Andrea Badillo, MD-Director
Christina Feng, MD
Allison Mayhew, MD
Briony Varda, MD Christina Ho, MD
Katherine Worst, CPNP-AC
Lindsay Clarke, PA-C
Krystal Artis, PA-C
Lindsay Pesacreta, FNP
Jessica McAuliffe, APN Emma Varner, APN
Janel Talley, RN
Justine Gagnon, BSN, RN, CPN
Meghan Mesa, BSN, RN, CPN
Emily Tower, DPT
Ari Verthelyi-Romano, MD

Rady Children’s Health of Orange County
Orange, CA
Donald Shaul, MD, Co-Director
Hira Ahmad, MD, Co-Director
Ashish Chogle, MD, MPH, Division Chief
Mayam Gholizadeh, MD
Ashley Bone, NP

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
Nelson Rosen, MD, Director
Aaron Garrison, MD
Beth Rymeski, DO
Maria Obermeyer, APRN-CNP
Monica Holder, RN
Marybeth Kenny

Golisano Children’s Hospital
Rochester, NY
David Darcy, MD
Sheena Snelgrove, FNP-BC

Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital
New York, NY
Jason Fisher, MD-Chief Pediatric Surgery
Jordan S Gitlin, MD-Chief Pediatric Urology
Melanie K Greifer, MD
Elise Mckenna, MD- Associate Professor
Linda Fang, RN-Clinical Coordinator

Intermountain Healthcare Primary Children’s
Salt Lake City, UT
Michael Rollins, MD
Chad Wallis, MD
Katherine Hayes, MD
Katherine Gaddis, NP
Sarah Zobell, APRN

Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, OH
Richard Wood, MD
Ihab Halweish,MD
Alessandra Gasior, DO
Sarah Driesbach, APP
Jessica Thomas, BSN, RN
Stephanie Vyrostek, RN
Daniel DaJusta, MD

Nemours Children’s Health
Orlando, FL
Hadeel Haddad, MD
Pablo Palomo, MD
Adela Casas-Melley, MD, MBA
Roberto Gomez Suarez, MD
Robert Dorman, MD
Teerin Meckmongkol, MD

Norton Children’s Medical Group
Louisville, KY
Naomi-Liza Denning, MD
Stewart Carter, MD
Cynthia Downard, MD
James Franciosi, MD
Jerry Hodapp, RN

Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, AZ
Kathleen Van Leeuwen, MD
Jamie Harris, MD
Justin Lee, MD
Ricardo Medina, MD
Gwen Grimsby, MD
Tara Goesch, DNP, APRN-PNP

Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle, WA
Caitlin Smith, MD- Co-Director RPM
Clarissa Lindley, Social Worker
Lissa Yu, MD
Angela Hernandez
Laura Brazer, DNP
Jennifer Ahn, MD, MS

UC Davis
Sacramento, Northern CA
Payam Saadai, MD- Director of Peds Colorectal Center
Maheen Hassan, MD- Director of GI Motility
Kendall Ouzts, NP
Kywaita Keys, NP
Andrea Reich, RN

Stanford Children’s Hospital
Stanford, CA
Stephanie Cizek, MD
Julie Fuchs, MD
Erin Grantham, MD
Claudia Mueller, MD, PhD
Juliana Ma Crawford, PA-C

SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
Carlos Reck, MD
Panagiotis Kougias, MD
Francisca Velcek, MD
Sumanth Suresh, MD
Michelle Fried, ACNP-BC

Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, TX
Kristy Rialon, MD
Timothy Lee, MD
Patrick Delaplain, MD
Rohini Olson, MD
Felicia Denner, NP

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Kelly Austin, MD- Program Director
Devin R Halleran, MD Asst Director
Ward Richardson, MD
Stefan Scholz, MD, Director
Francis X Schneck, MD
Serena Chan, MD
Paul K Waltz, MD
Sarah M Shumate, PA-C

University of Michigan
K. Elizabeth Speck, MD
Christopher Jaeger, MD
Katherine McCracken, MD
Alejandro Velez Lopez, MD

UTHealth Houston
Houston, TX
Akemi Kawaguchi, MD
Danielle Hsu, MD
Dianna Schmeda, FNP
Rachel Barton, PNP
Lawrence Cisek, MD