Conference Faculty

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Martin J. Blahnik, MD
Neonatologist
Sunrise Children’s Hospital
Las Vegas, Nevada

Carol A. Botwinski, EdD, RNC, ARNP
Assistant Professor of Nursing
University of Tampa
Tampa, Florida
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
All Children’s Hospital
St. Petersburg, Florida

Tyra Bradbury, MPH, RD
Neonatal Dietitian
Banner Children’s Hospital
Banner Desert Medical Center
Mesa, Arizona

Alice Chernich, MSN, RN
Planning Committee Member
Manager, Neonatal ICU
Sunrise Children’s Hospital
Las Vegas, Nevada

Sue C. Ditmyer, MSN, PNP, RNFA
Neurosurgical Nurse Practitioner
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Oakland, California

Sharon Fichera, MSN, RN, CNNP, CNS
Planning Committee Member
Clinical Nurse Specialist Center for Newborn and Infant Critical Care
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Gwen Fosse, MSA, RN
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Outreach Services
Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital
Past President, Society of Pediatric Cardiovascular Nurses
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Richard Fulroth, MD
Medical Director, Neonatal ICU
Sunrise Children’s Hospital
Las Vegas, Nevada

Jay P. Goldsmith, MD
Co-Chair, Neonatal Resuscitation Program
Steering Committee
American Academy of Pediatrics
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

Jose A. Honold, MD
Chief of Neonatology
Rady Children’s Hospital - San Diego
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
University of California San Diego
San Diego, California

Michele Hyams, DPT
Pediatric Physical Therapist
Pediatric Therapy Supervisor
Sunrise Children’s Hospital
Las Vegas, Nevada

Linda Lefrak, MSN, RN
Planning Committee Coordinator
Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialist and Case Manager
Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Oakland, California

Gregory C. Martin, MD, FAAP
Neonatologist
Phoenix Perinatal Associates
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona

Isabell B. Purdy, PhD, NNP, CPNP
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Coordinator, NICU Follow-Up Clinic & Database Center
Neonatology & Developmental Biology
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Abraham Rothman, MD, FACC, FAAP
Professor and Chief, Section on Pediatric Cardiology
University of Nevada School of Medicine
Pediatric Cardiac Interventionalist
Children’s Heart Center
Sunrise Children’s Hospital
Las Vegas, Nevada

Terri Schneider-Biehl, MN, RNC, NNP
Planning Committee Member
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Rady Children’s Hospital - San Diego and Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women
San Diego, California

Jan Sherman, PhD, RN, NNP
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
St. John’s Children’s Hospital and Memorial Medical Center
Adjunct Associate Professor
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
College of Nursing
University of Missouri - St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri

Cathy E. Shin, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Southern California
Staff Pediatric Surgeon
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Mark L. Shwer, MD
President, Neonatology Associates, Ltd.
Medical Director, Newborn Nurseries
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona
Clinical Lecturer
Department of Pediatrics
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Ellen Tappero, MN, RNC, NNP
Planning Committee Member
Director, NNP Programs
Neonatology Associates, Ltd.
Phoenix, Arizona