SOAPM Leadership

The Section on Administration and Practice Management (SOAPM) is directed by a six-member Executive Committee, which is elected by the SOAPM members who are eligible to vote. The Executive Committee may be elected for two 3-year terms, for a total of 6 years. The Chairperson is nominated by the existing Executive Committee members and may serve for two 2- year terms, for a total of 10 years in the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee meets two times a year: once in the Fall at the AAP National Conference and Exhibition and once in the Spring.

Other SOAPM members also serve in leadership capacities; they include:

• The immediate past-chairperson as ex-officio member
• The liaison member to the Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine
• The liaison member to the Committee on Child Health Financing
• The liaison member to the Payer Advocacy Advisory Committee
• The liaison member to the Committee on Medical Liability and Risk Management

Executive Committee

Kim Clare, MD, FAAP
Chairperson
Poughkeepsie, NY

Krekamey Craig, MD, FAAP 
Montclair, NJ

Elizabeth Lange, MD, FAAP,
Exeter, RI

Katherine Schafer, DO, FAAP
Birmingham, MI

Karla Nickolas-Swatski, MD, FAAP
Narberth, PA

Eliza Varadi, MD, FAAP
Charleston, SC