PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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The mission of the Program Committee is to select, coordinate and moderate presentations at the annual meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association that provide the optimal educational benefit to the membership. The Program Committee will: – Select up-to-date clinical and scientific information regarding pediatric surgery for its annual meeting – Compile and organize the meeting presentations to insure a concise and orderly meeting – Coordinate with the Education Committee to optimize the annual meeting – Provide moderators for the scientific sessions during the meeting – Assure compliance with the educational guidelines set forth by the ACCME for continuing education credit – Review the infrastructure of the abstract submission and selection process on a yearly basis to insure that the most optimal mode is used; – Incorporate common suggestions from the yearly APSA surveys to insure that our committee and the meeting is responsive to the APSA membership
Members
John H. Waldhausen – Liaison
Seattle Children’s Hospital
john.waldhausen@seattlechildrens.org
Casey M. Calkins – Chair
Children’s Wisconsin
ccalkins@chw.org
Kathleen Van Leeuwen – Vice Chair
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
kvan@phoenixchildrens.com
Todd A. Ponsky – Emeritus
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
tponsky@gmail.com
P. Stephen Almond – Member
Driscoll Children’s Hospital
stephen.almond@dchstx.org
Meghan A. Arnold – Member
CS Mott Children’s Hospital
meghanar@med.umich.edu
Erica M. Carlisle – Member
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
erica-carlisle@uiowa.edu
Nicole M. Chandler – Member
Johns Hopkins All Childrens Hospital
Nicole.Chandler@jhmi.edu
Pam Choi – Member
pmchoi@gmail.com
Jason S. Frischer – Member
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Med Ctr
jason.frischer@cchmc.org
Jeffrey W. Gander – Member
University of Virginia Children’s Hospital
jg9br@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
Erin M. Garvey – Member
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
erinmgarvey@gmail.com
Richard D. Glick – Member
Cohen Children’s Med Ctr
rglick@northwell.edu
Jamie Golden – Member
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
jamie.m.golden@gmail.com
David J. Hackam – Member
Johns Hopkins Childrens Center
dhackam1@jhmi.edu
Shaun M. Kunisaki – Member
Johns Hopkins University
skunisa1@jhmi.edu
Dave R. Lal – Member
Medical College of Wisconsin
dlal@chw.org
David A. Lazar – Member
University of California, San Diego
dlazar@ucsd.edu
Timothy C. Lee – Member
Texas Children’s Hospital
timlee@bcm.edu
Roxanne Massoumi – Member
roxanne.massoumi@gmail.com
Biren P. Modi – Member
Boston Children’s Hospital
biren.modi@childrens.harvard.edu
Nathan M. Novotny – Member
Beaumont Children’s Hospital
nathanmnovotny@gmail.com
Barrie S. Rich – Member
Cohen Children’s Medical Center
brich@nshs.edu
Drew A. Rideout – Member
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
drew.rideout@jhmi.edu
Erin E. Rowell – Member
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
erowell@luriechildrens.org
Sohail R. Shah – Member
Texas Children’s Hospital
srshah2@texaschildrens.org
Bethany J. Slater – Member
University of Chicago
bjslater1@gmail.com
Anthony Stallion – Member
Beaumont Children’s Hospital
anthony.stallion@beaumont.org
Edward P. Tagge – Member
Loma Linda Univ Children’s Hospital
etagge@llu.edu
Kenneth C. Walters – Member
Children’s Hospital of Georgia
kwalters@augusta.edu
Kasper Wang – Member
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
kwang@chla.usc.edu
Peter T. Yu – Member
CHOC
peter.tw.yu@gmail.com