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OUR TEAM

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM

PRESIDENT & CEO

Pisit (Duke) Pitukcheewanont, MD, FAAP
Adj Professor of Clinical Pediatric

Keck School of Medicine of the

University of Southern California

Children's Hospital Los Angeles 

 

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VICE PRESIDENT

Emily L. Germain-Lee, MD

Chief, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Connecticut School of Medicine

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Daphne Plump

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SECRETARY / TREASURER

Joel Steelman, MD

Pediatric Endocrinologist

Cook's Children Hospital. Fort Worth, Texas

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CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Catherine Metzinger, AAS,RN,CDCES

Melbourne, FL

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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Pisit (Duke) Pitukcheewanont, MD, FAAP
Adj Professor of Clinical Pediatric

Keck School of Medicine of the

University of Southern California

Children's Hospital Los Angeles 

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Amrit Bhangoo, MD

Pediatric Endocrinologist

Children's Hospital of Orange County, CA

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Sasigarn A. Bowden, MD

Pediatric Endocrinologist

Nationwide Children’s Hospital

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Adriana Carrillo, MD

Pediatric Endocrinologist

Nicklaus Children's Hospital, MIami, FL

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Marco Danon, MD

Pediatric Endocrinologist

Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, FL

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Oscar Escobar, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

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Linda Hunt

TV/Film Actress

"NCSI: Los Angeles"

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Anna Ryabets-Lienhard, DO

Pediatric Endocrinologist

Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

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Juan D. Mejia-Otero, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
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Natavut Punyasavatsut, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Morehouse School of Medicine

Scottish Rite Pediatric & Adolescent Consultants 

Children Healthcare of Atlanta

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Angela R. Verardo, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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