Chair
Ronald B. Hirschl, MS MD
CS Mott Children’s Hospital/ University of Michigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI
2026-2027
Treasurer (Director at Large)
Harold “Bo” Lovvorn, MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Children’s Hospital
Nashville, TN
Grosfeld Scholar 2012
2026-2029
Secretary (Director at Large)
Erin E. Perrone, MD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
2024-2027
Director
KuoJen Tsao, MD
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
Houston, TX
2026-2027
Director
Shaun M. Kunisaki, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Grosfeld Scholar 2011
2021-2027
Director at Large
Charles Paidas, MD, MPH
Nemours Children’s Health, Delaware/Sydney Kimmel Medical College Thomas Jefferson University
Wilmington, DE
2026-2029
Director at Large
Barbara Gaines, MD
UT Southwestern School of Medicine/Children’s Health Dallas
Dallas, TX
2026-2029
Ex officio Director (APSA Treasurer
David Hackam, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins Childrens Center
Baltimore, MD
2026-2029
ex officio Director, APSA Secretary
Kenneth W. Gow, MD, MHS
Stony Brook Children’s Hospital
Stony Brook, NY
2024-2027
APSA Past President, Director
Jessica J. Kandel, MD
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
2023-2027
APSA Past President, Director
David Powell, MD
Breckenridge, CO
2024-2028
APSA Past President, Director
Andrea Hayes Dixon, MD
Howard University,
Washington, D.C.
2025-2026
APSA President, Director
Gail E. Besner, MD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, OH
2026-2027
Consultant
Steven Stylianos, MD
Rutgers RWJ Medical School and RWJBH Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ
Grosfeld Scholar 1999
2026-2027
Executive Director
APSA President 2024-2025
Thomas F. Tracy, Jr., MD MBA
Providence, RI
Director of Education
Charles Snyder, MD
Leawood, KS