Faculty

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Susan M. Abdel-Rahman, PharmD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Medical Toxicology
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Kansas City, Missouri

David H. Adamkin, MD
Conference Planning Member
Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Neonatal Medicine
Director of Neonatal Nutrition Research
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, Kentucky

Charles I. Berul, MD
Senior Associate in Cardiology
Children’s Hospital Boston
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Henry L. Dorkin, MD, FAAP
Associate Chief, Division of Respiratory Diseases
Department of Medicine
Children’s Hospital Boston
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Peter Gal, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FASHP
Director, Graduate Pharmacy Education
Greensboro Area Health Education Center
Director, Neonatal Pharmacotherapy Fellowship
Women’s Hospital
Greensboro, North Carolina
Clinical Professor, School of Pharmacy
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Ruth A. Lawrence, MD, FAAP, FABM
Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director, Breastfeeding and Human Lactation Study Center
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Director, Newborn Nursery, Golisano Children’s Hospital
Medical Director, Poison and Drug Information Center
Rochester, New York

Allen A. Mitchell, MD
Director, Slone Epidemiology Center
Professor of Epidemiology and Pediatrics
Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts

Mark S. Pasternack, MD
Chief, Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit
Massachesetts General Hospital for Children
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical Schoo
l Boston, Massachusetts

Richard A. Polin, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
Director, Division of Neonatology
Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York - Presbyterian
New York, New York

Mark Puder, MD, PhD
Associate in Surgery
Department of General Surgery
Children’s Hospital Boston Associate
Professor in Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Janet S. Soul, MD, CM, FRCPC
Pediatric Neurologist
Co-Director, Neonatal Neurology Program
Children’s Hospital Boston
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Linda J. Van Marter, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Neonatologist, Children’s Hospital Boston and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Kelly C. Wade, MD, PhD
Attending Neonatologist
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Instructor in Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

W. Allan Walker, MD
Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition
Director, Division of Nutrition
Harvard Medical School
Director, Mucosal Immunology Laboratory
Massachusetts Hospital for Children
Boston, Massachusetts

Robert M. Ward, MD, FAAP, FCP
Conference Chair
Former Chair, American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Drugs
Neonatologist and Clinical Pharmacologist
Primary Children’s Medical Center
Director, Pediatric Pharmacology Program
University of Utah Medical Center
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah