HEALTH POLICY & ADVOCACY COMMITTEE
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The mission of the Health Policy and Advocacy Committee is to provide education for American Pediatric Surgical Association members regarding the intersection between public policy and our health care system and to support the Association’s leadership as it seeks to influence public policy related to the health and wellbeing of children.
Advocacy Resources
For the convenience of the membership, the APSA Health Policy and Advocacy Committee has created a list of resources to inform members, non-member professionals, learners and parents about APSA’s position on current advocacy issues in children’s surgical care and also to provide useful resources to provide further information and advocacy opportunities for various children’s advocacy issues, both within and outside of APSA.
Members
Max R. Langham – Liaison
University of Tennessess Health Science Center
mlangham@uthsc.edu
Joseph P. Vacanti – Liaison
Massachusetts General Hospital
jvacanti@partners.org
Kathryn D. Bass – Chair
Oishei Children’s Hospital
KBass@kaleidahealth.org
Kenneth W. Gow – Vice Chair
University of Washington
kenneth.gow@seattlechildrens.org
William T. Adamson – Member
Nemours Children’s Hospital
wm.t.adamson@gmail.com
Joanne E. Baerg – Member
joanne_elaine@verizon.net
Elizabeth A. Berdan – Member
Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital
eaberdan@multicare.org
Megan E. Bouchard – Member
mbouchard412@gmail.com
Danielle Dougherty – Member
dougherty.danielle@gmail.com
Loretto A. Glynn – Member
loretto.glynn@aol.com
Joshua N. Honeyman – Member
Hasbro Children’s Hospital
joshua.honeyman@brownphysicians.org
Danielle M. Hsu – Member
Texas Children’s Hospital
dmhsu@texaschildrens.org
Mark A. Kashtan – Member
mkashtan@gmail.com
J. Leslie Knod – Member
Connecticut Children’s Hospital
jlknod@gmail.com
Ruth Lewit – Member
rlewit@uthsc.edu
Linda T. Li – Member
UT Health Science Center
linda.t.li@uth.tmc.edu
Jeffrey R. Lukish – Member
Children’s National
jlukish@childrensnational.org
Louis M. Marmon – Member
Children’s National Medical Center
lmarmon@childrensnational.org
Christopher S. Muratore – Member
Stony Brook Pediatric Surgery
Christopher.Muratore@stonybrookmedicine.edu
Akila B. Ramaraj – Member
Seattle Children’s Hospital
akila.ramaraj@gmail.com
Dorothy V. Rocourt – Member
Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital
drocourt@hmc.psu.edu
Saurabh Saluja – Member
saurabh.saluja@yale.edu
Chethan J. Sathya – Member
Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Northwell Health, New York
chethan.sathya@gmail.com
Sarah Stokes – Member
scstokes@ucdavis.edu
Patrick Bailey – Ex Officio
pvbailey@facs.org
Mary E. Fallat – Ex Officio
Norton Children’s Hospital
mefall01@louisville.edu
Marion C. Henry – Ex Officio
University of Arizona
mcwhmd@gmail.com
Charles D. Vinocur – Ex Officio
AI DuPont Hospital for Children
cvinocur@Nemours.org