Meet the VPS Team
Research Committee

Christine Allen
MD
The Children's Hospital at OUMC

Brian Boville
MD
Helen DeVos
Children's Hospital

Cindy Bowens
MD
Childrens Medical Center of Dallas

Christopher Carroll
MD, MS
Wolfson Children's Jacksonville

Todd Carpenter
MD
Children's Hospital Colorado

Nick Ettinger
MD, CMQ, CPPS, FAAP
Texas Children's Hospital

Brian Flaherty
MD
Primary Children's Medical Center
Salt Lake City

Nancy Ghanayem
MD, PhD
Comer Children’s Hospital

Kevin Havlin
MD, FAAP
Norton Children's Hospital

Emilie D. Henry
MD
Children’s Hospital at OU Health

Katherine Irby
MD
Arkansas Children's Hospital

Howard Jeffries
MD, MBA, MPH
Seattle Children's Hospital

Sameer Kamath
MD, FCCM
Duke Children's Hospital

Matt Kirschen
MD, PhD
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Cheri Landers
MD
Kentucky Children’s Hospital

Samir Latifi
MBBS, FAAP, FRCPCH
Cleveland Clinic Children’s

Aline B. Maddux
MD, MSCS
Children's Hospital Colorado

Melissa Mahabee
MD, MSHS
Dayton Children’s Hospital

Michael McCrory
MD, MS
Brenner Wake Forest Children's Hospital

Srinivas Murthy
MD, CM, MHSc
BC Children's Hospital

Akira Nishisaki
MD, MSCE
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Christopher Page-Goertz
MD
Legacy Emanuel: Portland

Ryan Palapaz
MD
UC Davis Children's Hospital

Kayla Bronder Phelps
MD, MPH
Children's Hospital New Orleans

Jose A. Pineda
MD, MSC
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital

Courtney Rowan
MD, MS
Riley Children's Hospital

Matthew Scanlon
MD, CPPS
Children's Wisconsin

Rebekah Shappley
MD, FAAP
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

Carolyn Shelak
MD, PhD
Randall Children's Hospital

Jill Sweney
MD, MBA
Primary Children’s Hospital

Bala Totapally
MD, DCH, MRCP, FAAP,
FCCP, FCCM
Nicklaus Children's Hospital

Katri Typpo
MD
Texas Children's Hospital

Elizabeth Ulano
MD
The University of Vermont Children’s Hospital

Shirley D. Viteri
MD, MSHQS
Nemours Children's Hospital - Delaware

Phoebe Yager
MD
MassGeneral Hospital for Children