Advan​cing Pediatric Educator E​​xcellence (APEX) Faculty

H. Barrett Fromme, MD, MHPE, FAAP, is a Professor of Pediatrics and a pediatric hospitalist at the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, where she is the Associate Dean for Faculty Development in Medical Education and Section Chief of Pediatric Hospital Medicine.

Priti Bhansali, MD, MEd, is Associate Program Director for the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship and director of the Children's Academy of Pediatric Educators at Children’s National Hospital in Washington DC. Dr. Bhansali is also an affiliate faculty member for the Child Health Advocacy Institute at Children’s National.

Nicole Paradise Black, MD, MEd, is a Professor of Pediatrics and a pediatric hospitalist at the University of Florida and UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital in Gainesville, Florida, where she is the Associate Chair of Education for the Department of Pediatrics and the Program Director for the pediatric residency program.

Heather Burrows, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor and a general pediatrician at the University of Michigan School of Medicine, where she is the Pediatric Residency Program Director and Associate Chair of Education in the Department of Pediatrics. 

Kayla Heller, MD, MHPE is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and a pediatric hospitalist at St. Louis University Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, where she is the Program Director for the pediatric residency program.

Becky Ivancie, MD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and a pediatric hospitalist at Stanford University School of Medicine, where she is the Community PHM site lead for medical education for third year medical students and PHM fellows.

Scott Krugman, MD, MS, FAAP, is Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Herman & Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital at Sinai in Baltimore Maryland. He practices general pediatrics, child abuse pediatrics, and hospital medicine. He is a Professor in Pediatrics at the Georgetown University School of Medicine and former Associate Dean for Education for the Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum in Baltimore.

Michele Long, MD, is a Professor of Pediatrics and a pediatric hospitalist at the University of California, San Francisco, where she is the Co-Director of Medical Student Career Advising for Pediatrics and the Director of UCSF Education in Pediatrics Across the Continuum (EPAC).

Jennifer Maniscalco, MD, MPH, MAcM, FAAP is a Pediatric Hospitalist at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, where she is the Director of Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official. She is a faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Chris Merritt, MD, MPH, MHPE, is Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine & Pediatrics, and a pediatric emergency physician at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Hasbro Children's Hospital, where he directs the Medical Education Fellowship and is a Mary B Arnold longitudinal mentor to AMS medical students.

Kimberly O'Hara, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and a hospitalist at Children's Hospital Colorado. She is the Director of Education for the Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) Section in the Department of Pediatrics and Associate Program Director of the PHM Fellowship.

Steve Paik, MD, EdM, FAAP, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and pediatric hospitalist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and is the Director of the pediatric residency program.

Mary Esther M. Rocha, MD, MPH, FAAP, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and a Pediatric Hospitalist at Texas Children's Hospital. She is a medical education scholar and thought leader. 

Michael S. Ryan, MD, MEHP, is Professor of Pediatrics and a Pediatric hospitalist at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he is the Barry V. Kirkpatrick Vice Chair of Education and Director of Competency-based Assessment at the VCU School of Medicine.

Debbie Sakai, MD, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics and a pediatric hospitalist at Stanford School of Medicine, where she is the Course Director for Early Clinical Engagement.

Richard Shugerman, MD, is a Professor of Pediatrics and a pediatric emergency medicine physician at the University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Hospital where he is the Vice Chair for Faculty Development and the Director of the Pediatric WWAMI program. 

Diane E. J. Stafford, MD, is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and pediatric endocrinologist at Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital where she is the Associate Chief and Associate Program Director for the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes. 

Rebecca Tenney-Soeiro, MD, MSEd is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania  and Program Director of the CHOP Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship and Academic Co-Director of the Health Professions Education Certificate program through the PENN Graduate School of Education. 

Teri L. Turner, MD, MPH, MEd, FAAP, is a Professor of Pediatrics and is a board certified Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician who practices as an Academic General Pediatrician. She is the Assistant Dean of Graduate Medical Education for Baylor College of Medicine, the Martin I Lorin Endowed Chair in Medical Education and the Vice Chairman of Education for the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital.

Rebecca Wallihan, MD, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in The Ohio State College of Medicine and currently serves as Program Director for the Pediatric Residency Program and Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Pediatrics. 

Michael Weisgerber, MD, MS, is a Professor of Pediatrics and a pediatric hospitalist at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee where he is the Program Director of the Pediatric Residency Program and Combined Pediatrics-Anesthesia Residency Program.

Xian "Sam" Zhao, MD MEd, is a physician at Children's National Hospital. Dr. Zhao is the Assistant Program Director for Intern Selection for the pediatric residency program and the Co-Director of Resident and Medical Student Education in the Division of Emergency Medicine.

Eric Zwemer, MD is a Pediatric Hospitalist at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, where he serves as an Associate Program Director for the Pediatrics Residency, President of the UNC School of Medicine Academy of Educators, and Associate Chair for Faculty Affairs in Education for the UNC Department of Pediatrics.