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

Katie Boyle
MD
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

Todd Carpenter
MD
Children's Hospital Colorado

Jayson Clayton
MD, PhD
UH Rainbow Babies &
Children's Hospital

Angela Czaja
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

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

Cheri Landers
MD
Kentucky Children’s Hospital

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

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

Katherine Slain
DO
UH Rainbow Babies &
Children’s Hospital

Jill Sweney
MD, MBA
Primary Children’s Hospital

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

Elizabeth Ulano
MD
The University of Vermont Children’s Hospital

Julianne Wilke
MD
Renown Children's Hospital

Phoebe Yager
MD
MassGeneral Hospital for Children