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The Board of Directors of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics:

OFFICERS:
       
Marilyn Peitso, MD Marilyn Peitso, MD, President
Pediatrician at CentraCare Clinic - Women & Children - Pediatrics Clinic 		Abe Jacob, MD Abe Jacob, MD, Secretary/Treasurer  
Assistant Professor
Division of General Pediatrics
University of Minnesota
       
Robert Jacobson, MD,
President-elect
Chair of the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at the Mayo Clinic 		Anne Edwards, MD Anne Edwards, MD, Past President
Chair, Park Nicollet Pediatrics
       

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

       
John Andrews, MD John Andrews, MD
Associate Professor
Director, Pediatric Residency Program
University of Minnesota 		Kristin Benson, MD

Kristin Benson, MD
Pediatrician Park Nicollet Clinic
       
Susan Berry, MD Sue Berry, MD
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Institute of Human Genetics
University of Minnesota		 Christopher Collura, MD Christopher Collura, MD
Resident, Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
Mayo Clinic
       
Troy Couture, MD Troy Couture, MD
Pediatrician at the Brainerd Medical Clinic		 Lori DeFrance, MD
Pediatrician at Duluth Clinic
       
Julia Joseph-DiCaprio, MD
Chief of Pediatrics, HCMC 		Ron Furnival, MD Ron Furnival, MD, FAAP, FACEP
Medical Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital
       
Gordy Harvieux, MD Gordy Harvieux, MD, Chair of the Web Communications Ad Hoc Committee
Pediatrician at Duluth Clinic  		 Jonathon Johnson, MD Jonathon Johnson, MD
Fellow In Training, Pediatric Cardiology Mayo Clinic
       
Phillip Kibort, MD, MBA Phillip Kibort, MD, MBA
Vice President of Medical Affairs, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics		 Andrew Kiragu, MD Andrew Kiragu, MD
Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at HCMC
       
Jessica Larson, MD Jessica Larson, MD, FAAP
Pediatrician at Fairview Elk River Clinic

Sara Lenhardt, MD 
U of M Resident

       
  Manu Madhok, MD
Attending Physician, Children's Hospital		 Lawrence Morrissey, MD

Lawrence Morrissey, MD, FAAP
Pediatrician and Medical Director of Quality Improvement at Stillwater Medical Group

       
Nancy Mendelsohn, MD
Medical Director, Medical Genetics Division, Children's Hospital and Clinics  		 Mary Rahrick, MD

Mary Rahrick, MD
Pediatrician at the Owatonna Clinic
       
Scott Schwantes, MD

Scott Schwantes, MD
Hospice and Palliative Care, Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare

Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, MD Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, MD
Director, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition,
University of Minnesota
       
Emily Borman-Shoap, MD Emily Borman-Shoap, MD, FAAP 
Associate Program Director,
Pediatric Residency
University of Minnesota
Pediatrician at Fairview Children's Clinic 		  Maggie Skrypek, MD
U of M Resident
 
 

STAFF:
       
Katherin Cairns, MPH, MBA Katherine Cairns, MPH, MBA
Executive Director		   Mary Gilbert Dougherty
MN-AAP Lobbyist  
       
Melissa DeBilzan Melissa DeBilzan
Director of Communications		    

MAILING ADDRESS:
Minnesota Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics
1043 Grand Ave. #544
St. Paul, MN 55105
651-402-2056 (voice)
651-699-7798 (fax)

CONTACT INFORMATION:
By phone, you may contact our Executive Director Katherine Cairns at 651-402-2056.
By email, you may contact:

1. Our Physician Chair of the Website Committee Gordy Harvieux

2. Our Executive Director Katherine Cairns

3. Our Communications Director Melissa DeBilzan