FACULTY:

Terese Amble, Psy.D., LP, Pediatric Psychologist, Children's Minnesota

Chris Ashton, MS, LAT, ATC, Concussion Program Coordinator; Twin Cities Orthopedics

Andrew Barnes, MD MPH, Associate Professor & Fellowship Director, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, University of Minnesota

Sheyanga Beecher, APRN, CNP, MPH, Program Director, Hennepin Healthcare Pediatric Mobile Health, Hennepin Healthcare

Ashley Bjorklund, MD, FAAP, Medical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care, Hennepin Healthcare; Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, University of Minnesota; Assistant Professor Pediatrics, University of Minnesota

Nicole Chase, MD, FAAAAI, FACAAI,  Allergy and Immunology, St. Paul Allergy & Asthma, PA

Ragen Chastain, Speaker, Writer, Researcher

Bradford Chu, MD, Pediatric Cardiologist, Medical Director of Echocardiography, Children’s Heart Clinic

Roli Dwivedi, MD, Associate Professor, Department Head of Community University Health Care Center

Kylie Fowler, MD, MS, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Children’s Minnesota

Emma E.B. Fronz, MN, RN, PHN

Anne Gearity, PhD, LICSW, Community Practitioner, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School

Janna R. Gewirtz-O’Brien, MD, MPH, FAAP, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota; Adolescent Medicine Physician, HennepinHealthcare

Kenneth Ginsburg, MD, Pediatrician, Adolescent Medicine at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Co-Founder and Director of Programs at the Center for Parent and Teen Communication

Brianna Gloe, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Surgical Associates

Steve Gross, MSW, Founder and Chief Playmaker, Life is Good Kids Foundation

Anu Kalaskar, MD,  Medical Director Infectious Disease, Children’s Minnesota

Kelsey Leonardsmith, MD, Director of Child and Adolescent Transgender Hormone Care Program at Family Tree Clinic

Katherine Lingras, PhD, LP, Assistant Professor, Child Psychologist, University of Minnesota Medical School

Sheilagh Maguiness, MD, Associate Professor, Dermatology and Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Division Director, Pediatric Dermatology, Medical Director UMMCH Vascular Anomalies Clinic

Dawn Martin, MD, MPH, Medical Director, HHS Pediatric Mobile Health, HennepinHealthcare

Sam Marzouk, PhD, LP, Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychologist, Promethean Psychology, LLC

Christina Mikesell, DO, Pediatric Pulmonologist, Children's Respiratory and Critical Care Specialists

Katy Miller MD, FAAP,  Adolescent Medicine and Gender Health, Children’s Minnesota

Abby Montague, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School; Pediatric Hospitalist and Medical Toxicologist, HennepinHealthcare

David E. Olson, MD, Primary Care Sports Medicine

Sara Polley, MD, National Medical Director of the Youth Continuum for Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

Laura Speltz, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School

Joshua Stein, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Clinical Director, Brooklyn Park Office Building, PrairieCare

Natalie Stork, MD, Primary Care Sports Medicine and Non-Operative Pediatric Orthopaedic Physician, Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare

Krishnan Subrahmanian, MD, MPhil, DTM, Pediatrician, HennepinHealthcare
 

PLANNING COMMITTEE:

Jeff Bauer, Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Rachel Bies, MD, Wayzata Children's Clinic
Emily Borman Shoap, MD, FAAP, University of Minnesota
Emily Bruggeman, PharmD, BCACP, Children's Minnesota
Brandi Buczynski, University of Minnesota
Rebecca Carlson, MAN, APRN, CPNP-PC, Children's Minnesota
Michael Esan MD FAAP, M Health Fairview
Cheri Friedrich, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, FNAP, University of Minnesota
Janna R. Gewirtz O'Brien, MD, MPH, FAAP, Hennepin Healthcare
Angela Kade Goepferd, MD, FAAP, Children's Minnesota
Mary Grimm, Children's Minnesota
Meghan Harney, MD, Partners in Pediatrics
Kim Honcharenko, RN, CHCP, Children's Minnesota
Kacey Justesen, MD, University of Minnesota North Memorial Health
Erin King, MD, FAAP, Children's Minnesota
Kelsey Leonardsmith, MD, Family Tree Clinic
Tracey McGuinn, MD, Children's Minnesota
Katie Smentek, MD, FAAP, Mankato Clinic
Rachel Tellez, MD, MS, FAAP, HealthPartners
Bethany Venable, Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

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