More than 80 pediatricians, pediatric subspecialists and trainees are recognized for exemplary achievements in advocacy, practice and research that impact the care of children every day. The awards are given out during the AAP National Conference & Exhibition in Orlando, Fla. The AAP congratulates the health care professionals who are making a difference in pediatrics.
AAP Education Award
Council on Communications and Media, Committee on Pediatric Education, Committee on Continuing Medical Education
Louis P. Halamek, M.D., FAAP
He is a professor in the Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University and an attending neonatologist at Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.
AAP Samuel J. Fomon Nutrition Award
Committee on Nutrition
Supported by the Infant Nutrition Council of America
Nancy Butte, Ph.D.
She is an emeritus professor at Baylor College of Medicine who had a 36-year career at the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children’s Nutrition Research Center within the Department of Pediatrics. Her primary area of research was energy metabolism with an emphasis on energy requirements for infants and children and childhood obesity.
Abraham Jacobi Award
American Medical Association (AMA) Section Council on Pediatrics
Supported by the AAP and AMA
Marsha D. Raulerson, M.D., M.Ed., FAAP
She is a pediatrician in Brewton, Ala.
Abstract Research Award
Section on Hospital Medicine
Supported by Abbott
Meenu Krishnasamy, M.D.
She is a first-year pediatric hospital medicine fellow at Inova Children’s Hospital. Her interests include patient safety and value-based care.
Adele Dellenbaugh Hofmann Award
Council on Adolescents and Young Adults
Adm. Rachel L. Levine, M.D., FAAP
She is the assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and oversees public health initiatives.
Alvin H. Jacobs Award
Section on Dermatology
Bernard A. Cohen, M.D., FAAP
He is the former director of pediatric dermatology at Johns Hopkins Children’s Hospital in Baltimore. Dr. Cohennow serves in a transitional retirement program at Johns Hopkins that allows him to collaborate on multiple projects focused on education and research within the pediatric dermatology space.
Anderson Aldrich Award for Lifetime Achievement in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Section on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Nathan J. Blum, M.D., FAAP
He is chief of the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and W.T. Grant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
Arnold J. Capute Award
Council on Children with Disabilities
Dennis Z. Kuo, M.D., M.H.S., FAAP
He is the Purcell Family Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and chief of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center/Golisano Children’s Hospital.
Arnold Salzberg Mentorship Award
Section on Surgery
Michael G. Caty, M.D., M.M.M., FACS, FAAP
He is the Robert Pritzker Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics and chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery at the Yale School of Medicine and the surgeon-in-chief of the Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital.
Avroy Fanaroff Neonatal Education Award
Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Sponsored by Reckitt
Stephen A. Pearlman, M.D., M.S., FAAP
He is the clinical effectiveness officer at ChristianaCare in Newark, Del., and professor of pediatrics at Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine.
Byron Oberst Award
Council on Clinical Information Technology
Samuel Trent Rosenbloom, M.D., M.P.H., FACMI, FAMIA, FAAP
He is vice chair for faculty affairs and a professor of biomedical informatics with secondary appointments in medicine, pediatrics and the School of Nursing at Vanderbilt University.
Calvin C.J. Sia Community Pediatrics Medical Home Leadership & Advocacy Award
Council on Community Pediatrics
Patricia M. Notario, M.D., FAAP
She is a general pediatrician and medical director of pediatric complex care at the Billings Clinic in Billings, Mont.
Charles “Buzzy” Vanchiere Award
Section on Administration and Practice Management
Jesse M. Hackell, M.D., FAAP
He was a managing partner in his practice for 40 years. He is a former member of the Section on Administration and Practice Management Executive Committee, former chairperson of the Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine and current chairperson of the Committee on Pediatric Workforce.
Clifford G. Grulee Award
AAP Executive Committee/AAP Board of Directors
Lewis R. First, M.D., M.S., FAAP
He is professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Vermont Robert Larner College of Medicine, chief of pediatrics at the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital and editor-in-chief of Pediatrics.
Clinical Decisions Award for Innovations in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Section on Emergency Medicine
Supported by DynaMed EBSCO
Mary Clyde Pierce, M.D., FAAP
She is a pediatric emergency physician at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, research director for child abuse pediatrics and medical director of the Injury Biomechanics Lab. She also is professor of pediatrics and preventive medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Dale Richmond/Justin Coleman Award
Section on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Supported by the Richmond/Coleman Endowment
Teal W. Benevides, Ph.D., M.S., O.T.R./L., FAOTA
She is an associate professor in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health Sciences in the School of Public Health at Augusta University and an occupational therapist and health services researcher.
Dave Berry Award
Section on Uniformed Services
Nanda Ramchandar, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP
He is a pediatric infectious disease physician at Naval Medical Center San Diego.
David W. Smith Award for Excellence in Genetics and Birth Defects Education
Council on Genetics
Leah W. Burke, M.D., M.A., FAAP
She is professor emerita of the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont.
Distinguished Career Award
Section on Critical Care
Lara S. Shekerdemian, M.D., M.H.A., FAAP
She is chair of pediatrics and professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and pediatrician-in-chief at Texas Children’s Hospital.
Distinguished Service Award
Section on Orthopaedics
Supported by Shriners Hospitals for Children
Brian A. Shaw, M.D., FAAOS, FAAP
He is a clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and a staff surgeon at Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Donald W. Schiff, M.D., FAAP, Child Advocacy Award
Section on Senior Members
Lori G. Byron, M.D., M.S., FAAP
She is a dedicated advocate for children’s health, focusing on the intersection of climate change and marginalized communities. Dr. Byron is a past president of the Montana Chapter and founder of the first Reach Out and Read program in Montana.
Dr. Beverly P. Wood Outstanding Pediatric Radiology Clinical Educator Award
Section on Radiology, Committee on Continuing Medical Education
Funded through the Dr. Beverly P. Wood Outstanding Pediatric Radiology Clinical Educator Endowment Fund
Jennifer Lynn Nicholas, M.D., M.H.A., M.Ed., FAAP
She is an associate professor of radiology at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and section chief of pediatric ultrasound at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She also is the co-director of the Radiological Society of North America Global Learning Center in Quito, Ecuador.
Dr. Susan S. Aronson Early Education and Child Care Advocacy Award
Council on Early Childhood
Andrew S. Garner, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP
He is a clinical professor of pediatrics at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and practices primary care pediatrics at Partners in Pediatrics, University Hospitals of Cleveland.
Early Career Award
Council on Children with Disabilities
Kate E. Wallis, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP
She is an attending physician in the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics and a faculty member at PolicyLab at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Early to Mid-Career Leadership Award
Section on Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Supported by Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition
Noelle Hanako Ebel, M.D., FAAP
She is an associate professor at Stanford University and the inaugural hepatology section chief and co-director of the Solid Organ Transplant Center at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. She also is the co-director of policy in the Office of Child Health Equity. Her current health equity work centers on disparities in pediatric liver transplantation and working with subspecialists across divisions to increase policy engagement.
Emerging Leader Award
AAP Council on Adolescents and Young Adults
Ashley M. Ebersole, M.D., M.S., FAAP
She is medical director of the Young Women’s Contraceptive Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Excellence Award
AAP Board of Directors
Keila N. Lopez, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP
She is an associate professor of pediatrics in the Section of Pediatric Cardiology at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.
Excellence in Health Equity Award
Section on Minority Health, Equity, and Inclusion
Sadiqa A.I. Kendi, M.D., M.P.H., C.P.S.T., FAAP
She is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children’s National Hospital and chief medical officer of Safe Kids Worldwide.
Excellence in Health Equity – Rising Leader Award
Section on Minority Health, Equity, and Inclusion
Marcus Mosley, M.D.
He is a third-year pediatric resident at New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital and a fellow at the National Endowment for the Humanities Institute.
F. Edwards Rushton Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Award
District CATCH facilitators
Supported by the Rushton Endowment
Stephanie A. Denton, M.D., FAAP
She is a well-baby hospitalist and medical director of Alabama Game Changers, a nonprofit that treats the medical and educational needs of children who struggle scholastically. Her two CATCH grants pioneered a game-changing neurodevelopmental literacy outreach program in schools. She serves on the Alabama Department of Education’s Dyslexia Advisory Council and as the state’s chapter CATCH facilitator.
Fellow Achievement Award
Council on Injury, Violence and Poison Prevention
Wendy J. Pomerantz, M.D., M.S., FAAP
She is a pediatric emergency medicine physician in Cincinnati who has led community work in burn prevention, fall prevention and poisoning. A past president of the National Injury Free Coalition for Kids, she has engaged and mentored many new injury prevention researchers and activists.
Helen Taussig Founders Award
Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Susan P. Etheridge, M.D., FAHA, FHRS, FACC, FAAP
She is a board-certified pediatric cardiologist and electrophysiologist. Her research has centered on long QT syndrome and other genetic disorders leading to sudden death in the young.
Henry L. Barnett Award
Section on Nephrology
Samir S. El-Dahr, M.D., FAAP
He serves as the Jane B. Aron Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Tulane University School of Medicine and is pediatrician-in-chief at Children’s Hospital New Orleans.
Hillman Olness Global Partner Award
Section on Global Health
Chinyere Ezeaka, M.D., M.B.B.S., M.P.H., FWACP, FRCPCH (U.K.), FNAMed
She is a professor and head of pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Lagos and consultant, neonatology/perinatology unit, Department of Paediatrics, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
Holroyd-Sherry Award
Council on Communications and Media
Seema Jilani, M.D., FAAP
She is a palliative care physician who served on staff at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. Her work in international humanitarian medical care has taken her to war zones and disaster areas where she cared for sick and injured children, with emphasis on those with special or medically complex needs. She communicates effectively and compassionately what is happening on the ground to other pediatricians and the public.
James T. Cassidy Award
Section on Rheumatology
Supported by the James T. Cassidy Award Endowment
Marietta M. de Guzman, M.D., FAAP
She is professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and clinic chief of the Pediatric Rheumatology Center at Texas Children’s Hospital.
Jane Knapp Emerging Pediatric Emergency Medicine Leader Award
Section on Emergency Medicine
Jennifer A. Hoffmann, M.D., M.S., FAAP
She is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Bret Ratner Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Research Award
Section on Allergy and Immunology
Sponsored by Abbott Nutrition
James Gern, M.D., FAAP
He is a professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison and vice chair for research in the Department of Pediatrics. His National Institutes of Health-funded translational research program focuses on identifying how viral respiratory infections and other environmental and host factors influence the development and acute exacerbations of childhood asthma.
Jim Seidel Distinguished Service Award
Section on Emergency Medicine
George A. “Tony” Woodward, M.D., M.B.A., FAAP
He is medical director, emergency services, Seattle Children’s Hospital and head, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine.
Job Lewis Smith Award
Council on Community Pediatrics
Barbara Zind, M.D., FAAP
She is a community pediatrician in rural western Colorado. During her pediatric career, she has started a malnutrition project in Papua New Guinea, an afterschool program on the Navajo Reservation, an ongoing obesity program called "We Can! Mesa County", and coordinated the administration of chemotherapy for children with cancer in rural western Colorado. She has volunteered in Palestine for 14 years coordinating care for children with chronic diseases and was working in Gaza when the Oct. 7 war started.
Julius B. Richmond Award for Excellence in Tobacco Control
AAP Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence
Supported by Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute
Susanne E. Tanski, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP
She is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, section chief and vice chair of general pediatrics and a practicing primary care pediatrician at Dartmouth Health Children’s. Her research focuses on tobacco use among adolescents and young adults, tobacco cessation for patients with cancer, media/marketing influences on adolescent drinking and smoking, the effects of corporate interests on health and the health effects of tobacco use.
Ken Graff Emerging Investigator Award
Section on Emergency Medicine
Supported by the Graff Endowment
Sofia Grigoria Athanasopoulou, M.D., FAAP
She is a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at Yale School of Medicine. This award is for research on “Mixed-Reality Simulation in Emergency Department Resuscitation.”
Leonard Apt Lectureship Award
Section on Ophthalmology
Supported by the Leonard Apt Endowment
Rosario Gomez de Liaño, M.D., Ph.D.
She is professor of ophthalmology at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) and chief of the motility unit and pediatric ophthalmology at Hospital Universitario Clinico San Carlos of Madrid. She is recognized for her contributions to understanding disease processes and treatments in pediatric ophthalmic patients.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Section on Transport Medicine
George A. “Tony” Woodward, M.D., M.B.A., FAAP
He is the division head of emergency medicine and medical director for emergency and transport services at Seattle Children’s and a professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington. Additionally, he is the pediatric medical director for Airlift Northwest and sits on the Angel Flight West Board of Directors.
Lou Halamek Pediatric Simulation Excellence Award
Section on Simulation and Innovative Learning Methods
Isabel T. Gross, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., FAAP
She is an associate professor of pediatrics at Yale University and the incoming chair of the International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research, and Education. She is an internationally recognized simulation-based researcher and a mentor for colleagues around the globe. Her simulation-based research focuses on community outreach simulations, distance simulations and new simulation technologies.
Lifetime Contribution in Infectious Diseases
Section on Infectious Diseases
James H. Brien, D.O., FAAP
He is a retired adjunct professor of pediatric infectious diseases at McLane Children’s Hospital, Baylor Scott & White Health, in Temple, Texas.
Local Hero Award
Council on Community Pediatrics
Kimberly G. Montez, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP
She is an associate professor of pediatrics and social sciences and health policy, pediatric vice chair for justice, equity, diversity and inclusion, and associate dean for justice and belonging at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Nia Imani Bodrick, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP
She is a general pediatrician at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. She is assistant professor of pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and is immediate past president of the AAP Washington, D.C., Chapter.
Maria Serratto Master Educator Award
Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Robert D. Ross, M.D., FACC, FAAP
He cofounded the pediatric cardiology fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit in 1991. Dr. Ross served as co-director until 2004 and then director until his retirement in 2022. Over that time, 65 fellows graduated from the program, many of whom are in leadership positions in the field.
Milton J.E. Senn Award
Council on School Health
Nathaniel Beers, M.D., M.P.A., FAAP
He is executive vice president, community and population health and clinical professor of pediatrics at Children’s National Hospital.
Murray Davidson Award
Section on Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Supported by Abbott Nutrition
Melvin B. Heyman, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP
He is professor and vice chair of faculty development and former division chief and training director in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition in the Department of Pediatrics at UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco. He was chair of the AAP Section on Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and a member of the AAP Committee on Nutrition.
Neonatal Landmark Award
Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Supported by Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition
Jeffery Gould, M.D., FAAP
He has worked with the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative and has influenced his colleagues to advance quality improvement, health services research and work in health equity. He has given peers the framework to be better physicians within communities working collaboratively in a data-driven fashion.
Oral Health Service Award
Section on Oral Health
Jeffrey M. Karp, D.M.D., M.S.
He is a clinical associate professor of pediatric dentistry at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry and the outgoing chair of the AAP Section on Oral Health.
Outstanding Achievement Award
Section on Epidemiology, Public Health and Evidence
Jessica Jack, M.D., FAAP
She is a practicing pediatrician at Denver Health in Colorado and an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado. She is the chair of Denver Health’s human papillomavirus strategic initiative workgroup and a supervisor for school-based health centers in Denver. She serves as the AAP Colorado Chapter’s oral health advocate.
Outstanding Service Award
Section on Uniformed Services
Gregory H. Gorman, M.D., M.H.S., FAAP
He is a pediatric nephrologist, clinical informaticist and health services researcher. He works as an informaticist supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs, a child health policy adviser for the Department of Defense and locums physician at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland and Advocate Children's Hospital outside Chicago.
Outstanding Service to Maltreated Children
Council on Child Abuse and Neglect
Joseph R. Saccoccio, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP
He is a pediatrician who has worked in the field of child welfare in New York City for his entire career. He recently retired as senior vice president of medical services at New York Foundling.
Paul Kaplowitz, M.D., Endowed Lectureship
Section on Endocrinology
Funded by the Paul Kaplowitz, M.D., Endowment
Todd Nebesio, M.D., FAAP
He is professor of clinical pediatrics at Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health. He is director of the clinical endocrinology program at Riley Hospital for Children.
Pediatric Innovation Award
Section on Advances in Therapeutics and Technology
Michael B. Pitt, M.D., FAAP
He is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Minnesota where he is an associate residency program director, associate chair of faculty development and strategic planning, and the fellowship director for hospital medicine. A winner of multiple teaching awards, Dr. Pitt speaks on improving the way medical providers communicate with each other and their patients.
Pediatric Otolaryngology Advocacy Award
Section on Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Kris R. Jatana, M.D.
He is a professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Ohio State University. At Nationwide Children’s Hospital, he serves as director of pediatric otolaryngology quality improvement, medical director for compliance and surgical director of clinical outcomes.
Physician in Training and Early Faculty Travel Awards
Section on Critical Care
Tomas Leng, M.D.
He is a resident at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Siddhakshi Solanki
She is a medical student at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
Tyler Cunningham, M.D., FAAP
He is an early career physician in pediatric cardiology and pediatric critical care medicine at Arkansas Children’s Hospital.
Pioneer in Integrative Medicine
Section on Integrative Medicine
Melanie Gold, D.O., D.M.Q., DABMA, FAAP
She is a former professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child and Adolescent Health, Section of Adolescent Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She is an osteopathic physician, a pediatrician and a board-certified adolescent medicine subspecialist.
Richard B. Heyman Award
AAP Council on Adolescents and Young Adults
Elise D. Berlan, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP
She is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and a faculty physician at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in the Division of Adolescent Medicine.
Robert M. Smith Award
Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Elliot J. Krane, M.D., FAAP
He is professor emeritus, anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine, and pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Section on Critical Care Advocacy Awards
Section on Critical Care
Michael T. Grassi, M.D., FAAP
He is a pediatric critical care fellow at the University of Iowa Stead Family Department of Pediatrics.
Nadine Najjar, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP
She is a pediatric critical care fellow at Emory University/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
Monique P. Quinn, M.D., FAAP
She is a pediatric critical care fellow at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
Sen. Daniel Inouye and Calvin C.J. Sia Advocacy Awards
Section on Emergency Medicine
Victor N. Oboli, M.D.
He is a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at Yale University School of Medicine.
Jahzel González Pagán, M.D., FAAP
She is a pediatric emergency medicine physician and associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine.
Small Project Awards
Section on Critical Care
Rebecca A. Asp, M.D., FAAP
She is a pediatric critical care fellow at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. This award is for advocacy research on “Co-creation of a Social Needs Screening and Response Process for the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.”
Eliza T. Firn, M.D., FAAP
She is a pediatric critical care fellow at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. This award is for quality improvement research on “Exploring Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Care in Community Emergency Departments: A Contextual Inquiry.”
Rebecca J. Martin, M.D., FAAP
She is a pediatric critical care fellow at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/Arkansas Children's Hospital. This award is for research in education on “Establishing Evidence of Validity for a Novel Pediatric Airway Management Assessment Tool in Pediatric Trainees: A Pilot Study.”
Spotlight Award
Council on Immigrant Child and Family Health
Katherine R. Peeler, M.D., M.A., FAAP
She is a pediatric intensive care physician at Boston Children’s Hospital and member of the faculty at the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School.
Stephen Gans Distinguished Overseas Lecturer Award
Section on Surgery
Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Ph.D., M.B.B.S., FRCPCH (U.K.), FAAP
He is the distinguished university professor and founding director of the Institute for Global Health and Development and the Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health at the Aga Khan University. He also holds the Robert Harding Inaugural Chair in Global Child Health at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, and is co-director of the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health.
Steve Miller Award for Excellence in Education and Mentorship Award
Section on Emergency Medicine
Fred M. Henretig, M.D., M.S.H.P., FAAP
He is associate medical director of emergency preparedness and senior toxicologist, Poison Control Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He also is professor emeritus of pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
Thomas F. Tonniges, M.D., FAAP Lifetime Achievement Award for Advocacy on Behalf of Vulnerable Children
Council on Foster Care, Adoption and Kinship Care
Elaine E. Schulte, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP
She is the vice chair, academic affairs and faculty development in the Department of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. She is a professor of pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She also is the medical director of the adoption program, which provides pre-adoption consultation, comprehensive post-adoption evaluation and ongoing care of adopted children.
Thomas E. Shaffer Award
Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness
Supported by Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Delphis C. Richardson, M.D.
He is a retired pediatrician who lives in South Phoenix, Arizona. He practiced primary care pediatrics for 37 years plus four years with the U.S. Public Health Service.
Urology Medal
Section on Urology
H. Gil Rushton, M.D., FAAP
He is chief emeritus of the Division of Pediatric Urology at Children’s National Hospital and professor of urology and pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. He is a member and former secretary-treasurer and chair of the AAP Section on Urology, former president of the Society for Pediatric Urology, former editor of the pediatric section of the Journal of Urology and the first executive secretary of the Pediatric Urology Advisory Council to the American Board of Urology.
Virginia Apgar Award
Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Supported by Abbott
Ann Stark, M.D., FAAP
She is the only physician who has served as chair of the three most important national neonatal activities: the AAP Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, the AAP Committee on the Fetus and Newborn and the American Board of Pediatrics subboard. She has had enormous impact on clinical care guidelines, education of neonatology trainees and the foundations of board certification in neonatal-perinatal medicine.
William E. Ladd Medal Award
Section on Surgery
Jay M. Wilson, M.D.
He is a pediatric surgeon whose work has advanced the care and treatment of infants born with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Dr. Wilson's research on tracheal occlusion and fetal lung development has led to innovative approaches in preoperative stabilization and postnatal management for infants with CDH.
William G. Bartholome Award for Ethical Excellence
Section on Bioethics
Brian S. Carter, M.D., FAAP
He is a professor at the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine with dual appointments in the Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology) and the Department of Medical Humanities & Bioethics.
Women in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Award for Excellence in Advancement of Gender Equity
Section on Emergency Medicine
Selena Hariharan M.D., M.H.S.A., FAAP
She is professor of clinical pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
