Voting for AAP president-elect and national officers will take place from Sept. 7-21. All terms begin Jan. 1, 2020.
AAP president-elect candidates are Lee Savio Beers, M.D., FAAP, and Pamela K. Shaw, M.D., FAAP. The winner will serve as AAP president in 2021.
Individuals running for national positions are listed below.
Voters will elect district officers in six of 10 districts: district chairpersons (who serve as AAP board members), district vice chairpersons (who assist and support the district chairperson when needed) and National Nominating Committee representatives (who nominate two candidates for president-elect).
Also on the ballot are individuals vying for three new at-large board member seats representing pediatric medical subspecialists, pediatric surgical specialists and at-large Fellows or specialty Fellows.
The Election Guide in the August issue of AAP News will feature biographical information on all candidates. Information also is posted at www.aap.org/election (login required).
Voting will be conducted online only. Instructions will be emailed to all voting Fellows with email addresses on file with the Academy. Watch for an email message that contains your personalized link to the election ballot (no additional ballot login information will be required). For questions about election procedures, contact Katie Friedman at [email protected] or 630-626-6296.
2020 district office candidates
DISTRICT I
District chairperson
Wendy S. Davis, M.D., FAAP, incumbent
DISTRICT II
National Nominating Committee representative
Carolyn T. Cleary, M.D., FAAP
DISTRICT IV
District chairperson
Michelle D. Fiscus, M.D., FAAP
Robert C. Gunther, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP
District vice chairperson
Patricia M. Purcell, M.D., M.B.A., FAAP
Charles R. Woods Jr., M.D., M.S., FAAP
DISTRICT V
District vice chairperson
Michael A. Gittelman, M.D., FAAP
Hirotaka Yamashiro, M.D., FRCP(C), FAAP, has withdrawn from the race.
National Nominating Committee representative
Tisa Johnson-Hooper, M.D., FAAP
DISTRICT VII
District chairperson
Gary W. Floyd, M.D., FAAP
District vice chairperson
Susan Buttross, M.D., FAAP
Chadwick T. Rodgers, M.D., FAAP
DISTRICT IX
National Nominating Committee representative
Edward S. Curry, M.D., FAAP
There are no position vacancies in Districts III, VI, VIII or X.
New at-large board seats
Voters will select three individuals to serve in the new AAP Board of Directors at-large positions.
One candidate will represent pediatric medical subspecialists:
Wayne H. Franklin, M.D., M.P.H., M.M.M., FACC, FAAP, of Oak Park, Ill.
Charles G. Macias, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, of Houston
One candidate will represent pediatric surgical specialists:
William L. Hennrikus, M.D., FAAP, of Hershey, Pa.
Constance S. Houck, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, of Boston
One candidate will represent at-large Fellows or specialty Fellows:
Rachel L. Dawkins, M.D., FAAP, of St. Petersburg, Fla.
Joseph L. Wright, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, of Upper Marlboro, Md.
