Leadership

Lauren Zinns MD, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York City, NY

 

 

Expert Workgroup Members

Lamia Soghier, MD,MEd, MBA, CHSE, FAAP
Associate Division Chief of Neonatology
NICU Quality and Safety Officer 
Children’s National Hospital
Washington, DC

April Kam, MD, MScPH, FRCPC
Division Head, Director of Quality & Research
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON

Nichole McCollum, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Children’s National Hospital
Washington, DC

Jabeen Fayyaz, MD, FCPS, MCPS, CHSE, MHPE, PhD
Associate Professor Director, Clinical Fellowship Program, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, ON

Shiva Zargham, MD, MSCI, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Program Director of UNC Pediatrics Residency Program
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC

Natasha Afonso, MD,MPH, FAAP
Associate Professor, Medical Director of Simulation for the Heart Center
Associate Program Director for the CICU Instructor Program
Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX

Rita Dadiz, DO, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY

Whitney Marvin, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor, Pediatric Critical Care
Pediatric Intensivist
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Cherie Ginwalla, MD, FAAP
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospitalist
UC Davis Health
Sacramento, CA

 

 

Program Advisors

Lou Halamek, MD, FAAP
Professor, Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine
Director, Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Education
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

Lola Stavroudis, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology
Cedars Sinai Hospital
Westminster, CA

AAP Staff

Michelle Olech Smith, DNP, MS, RN, CHSE
Senior Director, Experiential Learning & Simulation
American Academy of Pediatrics

Nicole Keating, MS, MBA, CHSOS
Manager, Simulation Programs
AmericanAcademyof Pediatrics

Kelsey Richardson
Simulation Programs Operations Specialist 
American Academy of Pediatrics

 

 

Last Updated

01/28/2025

Source

American Academy of Pediatrics