A Letter to the FDA from Physicians (MDs/DOs) Urging Prompt Data Review

Robert Califf, MD, Commissioner
Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20993

Dear Dr. Califf:

We are concerned physicians requesting that the FDA urgently review COVID-19 vaccine data for our patients under the age of five

We watched helplessly as the first Omicron variant surged through the United States with the promise that vaccines would be made available to our youngest patients as quickly as possible. Months later, amidst the current Omicron BA.2 surge, we continue to have no options for protecting our children under five years of age against COVID-19. We remain unable to offer them a vaccine while nearly all mitigations have been lifted, including in childcare centers and on public transport. With nearly 500 children under the age of five in the United States dead from COVID-19, thousands suffering from MIS-C, and an ever-evolving recognition of COVID-induced neuroinflammation, myocarditis, and long COVID in children, there must be no further delay. We cannot continue to standby and allow preventable death and disability in the most vulnerable members of society. 

At this point, the combination of a lack of transparency, moving goalposts, and appearance of delays for reasons other than true concerns about safety and efficacy, has eroded public confidence in federal regulatory agencies, vaccination, and honestly, in us as physicians. Our impotence together with our inability to explain the delays leaves us not only devastated on behalf of our families, who are desperate to protect their children, but appearing as though we ourselves are ill-equipped or apathetic. Collectively, we worry about whether the pediatric workforce can bear the burden of long term disabilities associated with COVID. Beyond the immediate horrors of preventable pediatric death and disability, our clinics are understaffed, and we do not yet have the knowledge, resources, or capacity necessary to manage long COVID. The mental exhaustion of this pandemic is real for health care physicians; the psychological burden of feeling like we are at this point watching preventable illness and disability occur on a massive scale cannot be overstated. It is beyond us to understand how our healthcare system will sustain the additional costs of these preventable outcomes as they play out, potentially over the course of each of these young children’s entire lifetimes.

We must change the narrative and get back on a path of trust in our regulatory process, trust in our medical establishment, and trust in vaccines. The way to do this is by treating vaccination of our children under 5 with the urgency that families deserve. The FDA can change the tides immediately. We have written previously with our proposed solutions, urging creative thinking. Today, in light of the recent Politico article and Dr. Fauci’s public comments regarding intentional FDA postponement of data review, we offer another, noncontroversial path: review the data the moment it becomes available, from whomever it is first available, without political or corporate bias. Moreover, we ask that you signal, contrary to the news of arbitrary delays, that this is your intention, as both parents and we as physicians, who have worked tirelessly at the bedsides of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers suffering from COVID and COVID complications, deserve.

Sincerely,

American Academy of Pediatrics New York Chapter 2

Wyoming Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Mark W. Kline, MD

Katherine Matthias, DO

Katya Shpilberg, MD

Alpa P. Shah, DO, FAAP

Alissa Kahn, MD

Sharon Paige, MD, PhD

Melissa W. Braveman, MD, FAAP

Marina Khrizman, DO

Rebekah Diamond, MD

Marc Wasserman, MD

Jennifer Zalla, MD

Rosebeth R Marcou, MD, FAAP

Claudette Tan, MD

Sara Huberman Carbone, MD

Deborah Besson, MD

Alexandra Cole, MD

Roby Bhattacharyya, MD, PhD

Francisco J Castro, MD

Kavit Shah, MD

Rajeev Wadia, MD

Maria Vintimilla, MD

Anisha Shetty, MD

Preetha Iyengar, MD

Sarah Michael, DO, MS, FACEP

Jenica Wessels Harwood, MD

Shivani Patel, MD

Sara McLaughlin, MD, PhD

Barry L. Diener, MD

Camille E. Powe, MD

Joan Pelletier, DO

Courtney Weimert, MD

Jill C. Anderson, MD

Riabianca Garcia, MD

Amanda R Howland, MD

Zachary Rubin, MD

Erin Cordero, MD

Laura Czulada, DO

Jessica Lemke, MD

Kristen Stuppy, MD, FAAP

Ora Domovich, MD

Christine Drower, MD

Melissa AH Gener, MD, FCAP

Jennifer Kagan, MD

Inna Ryvkin, MD

Sarah Busis, MD

Rachel Kornik, MD

Kathleen Marie Pedersen, MD

Nicholas Figueroa, MD

Allison Lippert Boatman, MD

Anil Goklaney, MD

Rebecca Berens, MD, IBCLC

Cristina Tamez, MD

Belinda Holland, MD

Alrick Drummond, MD, FAAP

Jason Cohen, MD

Aubrey Hunt MD, PhD

Anisha Kumar, MD

Elizabeth Bukowy, DO

Yin Tong Stein, MD, FAAP

Christopher Vélez, MD

Monalyn Zouzias, MD

Amit K Mahajan, MD

April Schachte, MD

Kendra Smith, MD

Mariam Rasheed, MD

Anne Chmilewski, MD

Sandra M. Quinn, MD

Carly Zapata, MD, MPH

Amy Cho, MD, MBA, FACEP

Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP

Amanda Bristol Swanson, MD

Gina Posner, MD

Cynthia Cirolla, MD

Stephanie Toder, MD

Colleen Gerrity, MD

Eve Bloomgarden, MD

Kathryn Fick, MD

Jennifer Kannan, MD

Sarah Martin, MD

Leslie Greenwell, MD

Emily Hogeland, MD

Lindsay Maggio, MD, MPH

Julianne Hesterberg, MD

Nisha Parambil, MD

Sara Oberhelman-Eaton, MD, CLC, FAAFP

Laura Zimmermann, MD, MS, FACP

Tina Cheng, DO

Dr. Jennifer Long, MD

Kim Strupp, MD

Diego Raul Hijano, MD, MSc

Courtney Humphrey, MD, FAAFP

Pamela D Portnoy-Saitta, DO

Elizabeth J Griffin, MD

Whitney Bossert, MD

Kristin Shimano, MD

Anika Nelson, MD

Sheela Agarwal, MD

Sohni Dean, MD

Theresa Sevilis, DO

Jessica Anglin, MD

Eugenia Kim, DO

Sarah Prinzi, MD

Adrienne D. Mishkin, MD, MPH, MS, FAPA

Sara Teichholtz, MD

Kelly D. Berchou, MD

Noé D. Romo, MD

Tiffany Moadel, MD

Risa Skibell, MD, PhD, MBA

Kathryn Stahl, MD

Melissa Zegar, DO

Alyssa Nastro, MD

Yamilee Jacques, MD

Jami Maxson, MD

Heather Kowalski, MD

Heather Schlott, MD

Wanny Tam, MD, MPH

Mary E Christian, MD

Sasha Shapiro, MD

Amanda Smith, MD

Kristen Wendorf, MD, MS

Robin Kalish, MD, MPH

Rachel Cymerman, MD

Carmen Campbell, MD

Serwa Ertl, MD

Nora Saavedra, MD

Gloria Choi, MD

Rebecca Karp, MD

Saul R. Hymes, MD, FAAP

Lauren Herrmann, MD

Dr. Susan Halverson, MD

Glenda Weeman, DO

Tricia Humphrey, MD, FAAP

Sarah Nelson-Taylor, MD, PhD

Sonya Gabrielian, MD, MPH

Amy Voelker, MD, FAAP

Courtney McClintic, MD

Heather McCrea MD, PHD

Elizabeth Levacy Foley, DO

Deepthi Reddy, MD

Jeffrey Landy, MD

Rima Patel, MD

Allyson Self-Stoico, MD

Priya Chandra, MD

Mark Pedersen, MD

Yona Silverman, MD

Sheena Plamoottil, MD

Ashley Crimmins, MD

Judith Kim, MD

Aedan Olaso, MD, FACP

Ji Buethe, MD

Jennifer Young, DO

Kirsten Koch, MD

Joyce Hairston, MD

Molly Chapman, MD

Jessica Rachel Starr, MD

Nicole Glynn, MD

Kaylene Fiala, MD

Rebecca Dezube, MD, MHS

Dr. Parveen Wahab, MD

Sarah Van Camp, DO

Felicity Lenes-Voit, MD

Dr Emily Gorman, MD

Curt Parnes, MD

David Birnkrant, MD

Maria Aguilera Nunez, MD

Ashley Wells, MD

Rachel E. Kaczynski, DO

Lauren McClain, MD, FAAP

Shannon Offerman, MD

Mary Abel, MD

Aimee Kahn, MD, MPH

Amanda Bartholomew, MD

Katie Rebedew, MD

Laura Breymann, MD

Anatalia Labilloy, MD, PhD

Celia Williams, DO

Dorothy Liu, MD

Sugandha Landy, MD

Katherine S Speckman, MD

Jessica Karen Wong, MD

Shubin Shahab, MD, PhD

Andrea Stitgen, MD

Clare Desmond, MD

Julia Merti, MD

Douglas Caldwell, MD

Vinita Chandwani MD

Shannon C Throndson, MD

Sean Caine, DO

Leigh Bragg, MD

Alissa Hersh, MD

Jennifer Vazquez - Bryan, MD, MPH

Anna Harbison, MD

Mia Henderson, MD, PhD

Jiani Guo, DO

Lauren J Becton, MD

Erin Kelly, MD, FAAP, FACP

Denise Pounds, MD

Laura Balestreri, MD

Jiean Heifetz-Li, DMD, MPH

Suegene Lee, MD

Katherine Noel, MD

Ann Lavers, MD

Kirsten Steffner, MD

Ronald Cypher, MD

Jessica Schulte, MD, PhD

Mary Wolf, MD

María Ximena Traa Kiely, MD, MPH

Kavitha Sivaraman, MD

Allyson Darga, MD

Dianna Baker, MD

Cheryl Orr, MD

Elizabeth Rubin Peck, MD

Nicole Arkin, MD

Jessica Hootnick, MD

Mary Boren, MD

Allison Neitzel, MD

Jaclyn Dovico, MD

Sara Giordano, MD

Javier Mora, MD

Tara M. Robinson, MD, PhD

Molly Price, MD

Joanna Mattis, MD, PhD

Lisa Wray, MD

Jennifer Lin-Nguyen, MD

Stephanie Maximous, MD, MS

Catherine Krafft, MD

Caitlin Nicotra, DO

Heather Saavedra, MD

Janet Perlman, MD, MPH

Julia Mustillo, MD

Tricia Thomson, MD

Anisha Shetty, MD

Angela Kilpatrick, DO

Regina Toto, MD

Katherine Ready, MD

Melissa Orkin, MD

Kalindi Parikh, MD

Sarah Lupu, MD

Zeva Daniela Herzog, MD

Jennifer Kaufman, MD

Stephanie Appleman, MD, MCTR

K. Meghan Kendall, DO

Suet Kam Lam, MD, MPH, MS

Christina Hughey, MD

Heather Felton, MD

Sonal Bhatnagar, MD

Nora Mulloy, DO, FAAP

Rachel Rosenstein, MD, PhD

Raelene Walker, MD, FAAP

Helen C. Michel, MD

Laura Davids, MD

Kayla Bracey, MD

Farid Jalali, MD

Erica Katz, MD

Danielle Bius, MD

Kaitlin Kirkpatrick, MD

Usaima Siddiqi, DO

Elizabeth Elmschig, MD, MPH

Randaline Barnett, MD

Sara Szkola, MD

Lindsey Healy, MD

Lindsey Stephens, MD

Shelileah Newman, MD

Dorothea Edmunds, DO

Maaria Syed, MD

Dana Gal, MD

Melissa Kivitz-Krantzow, MD

Kate Hoppock, DO

Joanna Chin, MD

Shawn Brickner, MD

Betty Cheney Kelly, MD, MPH

Christine Seif Pasquarella, MD

Margaret Sanford, MD

Jeffrey Landy, MD

Stephanie Cone, MD

Stephanie Tarnacki, MD

Maurice F. Joyce, MD, EdM, FASA

Bena Mehta, MD

Electra Foster, MD

Patrick Foster, MD

Jamie Osman-Wager, MD, MPH

Melissa Hughes, MD

Emily Hamburg-Shields, MD, PhD

Erin McLeod, MD

Connie Cheng, MD

Crystal Brogan, MD

Andrea Pettinato, MD

Kathryn Tegeder, MD

Heather Kapperman, MD, MS

Larissa Chismar, MD

Divya Parikh, MD

Andrea Censullo, MD

Amy Becker, MD, FAAP

Kristi Smith, DO

Melody Ailsworth, DO

Jennifer Osborne-Roddenberry, MD

Robert Roddenberry Jr, MD

Susan M. Gerber, MD

Chau Che, MD

Angela Weyand, MD

Cary Aungst, MD, FAAP

Iris Kassem, MD, PhD

Rachel Wiltjer, DO

Heather Shafi, MD

Kelli Williams MD, MPH

Stephanie Camaglia Reznick, MD

Dorothy Lowe, MD

Laura Ferguson, MD

Kerry Hlubik, MD

Alisa Khan, MD, MPH

Maria Bravo, MD

Sai lakshmi Pallimalli, MD

Julie M. Kolinski, MD

Nicole Hartmann, DO

Andrew Swanson, MD

Kristin Brown, MD

Jessica Kramer, MD

Sabrina Young, DO

Kelly Fradin, MD

Jacqueline Madison, MD

Lisa Glass, MD

Alexandra Solosko, DO

Sarah Van Hauen, DO

Rebecca Brafman, MD

Sarah Wiersma, MD

Benjamin Katz, MD

Christina Hernandez, MD

Robin Daugherty, MD

Vi Goh, MD

Janet K. Black, MD

Megan Griff, MD

Nadia Sawicki, MD

Alexandra Sawicki, MD

Sarah A. Rojas, MD, MAS

Angela Skrzynski, DO

Genevieve Santillanes, MD

Kenneth Elman, MD

Valentina Dehghan-Bernabe, MD

Teresa Nodal, MD

Jessica Monas, MD

Kerry Jurges, MD

Jacquelyn Smith, DO

Arun Gurunathan, MD

Teresa Fu, MD

Ashley Tyrrel, MD

Benjamin Heatwole, MD

Jennifer Kung MD

Jesil Pazhayampallil, MD, FAAP

David Siu, MD

Rajvee Vora MD

Sara Herman, MD

Stephanie Spangler, DO

Kathryn Whitaker, MD

Amanda Kiely Bicket, MD, MSE

Valerie Grant, MD, MS

Natasha Boydstun, DO

Kaleb Friend, MD

Laura Parente, MD, MPH

Dr. Christy Harvey, MD

Natasha Kolomeyer, MD

Audra Ryan-Shepard, MD, MPH

Melissa Bernbaum, MD

Victoriya Staab, MD

Emily Gladstone, DO

Lukas Gladstone, DO

Sarah Pastoriza, DO

Maura Dunfey, DO

Jennifer Nichols, DO

Matthew J. Frazier, DO

Erin Syverson, MD

Julia Judd, DO

Juan Ortega-Legaspi, MD, PhD

Samata Kamireddy, MD

Eliana Cardozo, DO

Taison Bell, MD, MBA

Jacqueline Scheier, DO

Anne Dudley, DO

Virginia Pierce, MD

Hilary Anderson, MD

Marissa Kilberg, MD MSEd

Audrey Wagner, MD

Kristin K Hutchinson, MD, FAAP

Richelle Stillwagon, MD

Christine Chan, DO

Priyanka Gimbel, MD, MPH

Deanna Dahl Grove, MD, FAAP

Peggy Simpson, MD

Jessica Reeves, MD, MPH

Sasha Knowlton, MD

Anu Chaudhry, MD

Madeline Field, MD

Heather Orman-Lubell, MD

Victoria Cox, MD

Heidi Schmidt, MD, MS

Jason Ho, MD

Whitney Hunt, MD

Evelyn Angulo, MD

Lilia Sugarman, MD

C. Russell Chen, MD

Venus M. Oliva, DO

Sarah Ditch, MD

Tresa Ambooken, MD

Rashmi Narayan, MD

Namita Singh, MD

Julie Wolfson, MD, MSHS

Madeleine Chollet, MD, PhD

Marley Griffin Fagg, DO

Susan C. Martin, MD, MPH

Bianca Jacobs, MD

Amanda Lansell, MD

Kimberly Ponton, MD

Yile Ding, MD

Lisa Cosgrove, MD

Greta Braun, DO

Keli Donnelly, DO

Sarah Longworth, MD

Jason Reminick, MD, MBA, MS

Marit Knutson, MD

Jared Gallaher, MD, MPH

Elena Shea, MD

Allison Croucher, DO

Dr. Yuliya Gatina, DO

Alaina Kipps, MD

Raul N Lara, MD

Regina Myers, MD

Thomas Wallach, MD

Priscilla Alvarez, MD

Alisa Helfgott, DO

Richard C. Month, MD

Danial Hocson, MD

Baharak Tabarsi, MD

Callie Cox Bauer, DO

Marielle Kulling, DO

Deborah Jane Power, DO, MS, FACR, FACOI

Michael J. Tchou, MD

Bijoy Telivala, MD

Meret Henry, MD, MSc

Carine Hedari, MD

Elizabeth Qin, MD, PhD

Carmen Kilpatrick, MD

Jocelyn Chin, MD

Taylor Nichols, MD

Asya Agulnik, MD, MPH

Maryann Snyder, MD, FAAP

Sarah Seo, MD

Alexis Lopez, MD

Sara Scherrer, MD

Aniesa Slack, MD

Daniel Pomerantz, MD, MPH, FACP

Zhuoyan Li, MD

Rajat N. Moman, MD, MA

Nicholas Pietrzak, MD

Mitchell J. Kerfeld, MD

Jared Rubenstein, MD

Rachel Bender Ignacio, MD, MPH

Christina Johns, MD, MEd, FAAP

Kenneth Pettersen, MD, MPH

Kathleen Pencek, MD

Wesley Kerr, MD, PhD

Natasha Burgert, MD, FAAP

Parisa Momtaz, MD

Eric Ball, MD, FAAP

Markita L. Suttle, MD

Mallary Hodges, MD

Hannah Wakefield, MD

Jessica Zimmerman, MD, FAAP

Leila DeWitt, DO, MA

Katherine Cahn-Fuller, MD, MA

Lekshmi Santhosh, MD

Danielle Dunetz, DO

Jillian L. McKee, MD, PhD

Alexis Dallara-Marsh, MD

Julie Stein O’Brien, MD

Sarah Swenson, MD, DPhil

Shubha V. Srinivas, MD, MPH

Farhana Sharmeen, MD

Elise Martin, MD

Leslye Heilig, MD

Adam Langenfeld, MD, PhD, FAAP

Joshua Stein, MD

Erika Surace, MD

Anna Kersh, MD, PhD

Christopher Mancuso, DO

Daisy Bassen, MD

Frank Han, MD

Pooja N Pandit, MD

Robyn T. Cohen, MD, MPH

Brian Baturin, MD

Nora Pfaff, MD

Katherine Baldwin, MD

Arthi Venkat, MD, MS

Bushra Rizvi, MD

John Vann, MD

Jena Wirt, DO, MPH

Alyssa Goldberg, MD

Anne Tsoi, MD

Christina Raman, MD, FAAP

Vignesh Doraiswamy, MD, FAAP

Neha Darrah, MD

John Kuster, MD

LeeAnn Tanaka, DO

Therese Trolan, MD

Shamsa Shafi, MD

Daniel Kats, MD

Saurabh D. Patel, MD, PhD

Elizabeth Murray, DO, MBA, FAAP

Ashley Jenkins, MD

Rena Kasick, MD

Kirk James Murphy, MD

Brytney Cobia, MD

Dr. Timothy Menz, MD

Dr Giorgia Tropini, MD, MSc, CCFP

Ruchita Amin, MD

Millie Chang, MD

Zachary Shaheen, MD/PhD

Julia Tokarski, MD, FAAP

Sherry Yan, MD

Jennifer Doorey, MD, MS, FACOG

Chelsea Powell, MD

Brady Hanson, DO

Lawrence Dall, MD

Melanie Pollack, DO

Allyson Richards, MD

Efrat Kean, MD

Kristin Streiler, MD

Jason M Kane, MD, MS, FAAP, FCCM

Clay Jones, MD

Louis Jamtgaard, MD, FACEP

Katrina Willie-Musoma, MD

Alfredo Ok, MD

Thomas A. Nguyen, DO

Michelle Massie, MD

Adrienne Newburg, MD

Michelle Daniels, MD

Jared Mayers, MD, PhD

Kenneth Delay, MD

Stefan Kramarczuk, MD

Sarah Holstein, MD, PhD

Jennifer Talley, DO

Megan Keuler, MD, MPH

Krupa Savalia, MD, PhD

Hilary Royston, MD

Misha Koshelev, MD, PhD, FAAD

Susanne Matias-Gomes, DO, FACOG

Binh-To Tran, MD

Shuchi Kapoor, DO, MPH

Gunhild Alvik Nyborg, MD, PhD

Elizabeth Jarrett, MD, MPH

Rachel Overton, MD

Eve Meltzer Krief, MD

Semhar Mahmud, MD

Anna Pfenniger, MD, PhD

Jessica Casey, DO, FAAP

Joel Hellman, MD, FACC

Leesa Rae Novotny, MD

Faith Galderisi, DO

Alissa Evenson, MD

Joseph Bayes, MD

Maureen Saint Georges, MD

James Meiling, DO

Tonya Neumann, MD

Timothy E Sweeney, MD, PhD

Sandy Liu, MD

Laura Miller, MD, MPH

Rosanna Spear, DO

Jason Ricco, MD, MPH

Kirsten Cowan, MD

Jennifer Sokol, DO, MPH

Angela Kelle, MD

Kyne Wang, MD

Lindsey McDonald, DO

Kathleen Byron, MD

Jennifer M. Andresen, MD

Elizabeth Schepker, MD

Cameron McDonald-Hyman, MD, PhD

Emily Daligga, MD, FAAP

Megan Wells, MD

Kelsey Eitel, MD

Lauren Henning Miller, DO

Anupama Sharma, MD, MPH

Carol Lee Wilkinson, MD, PhD

Wesley J. Tsai, MD

Jennifer Naidu, MD

Laura Simon, MD

Terry Adirim, MD, MPH, MBA

Audrey Nath, MD, PhD

Adrienne Ritter-Ling, MD

Amelia Sorensen, MD

Aimee Kahn, MD, MPH

Laura Nelson, DO

Jennifer Pratt, DO

Susan Ramirez-Chung, MD

Shoa Rizvi, MD

Megan VanEe Hilgers, MD

Charlayne McStay, MD

Christopher O’Conor, MD, PhD

Matthew Timlin, DO

Melissa Hardy, MD

Sarah Robinson, MD

Sandy Kotiah, MD

Meghan Sise, MD

Jessica Cici, MD

Edward Fudman, MD

Anna Paulsson, MD

Michelle Orengo-McFarlane, MD

Patricia Hickey, MD

Wendy Kwartin, MD

Anisha Rimal, MD

Kristen Budahn, MD

Madelyn Lauer, MD

Julie Petersen, MD

Evan McKay, MD

Asya Wallach, MD

Dr. Tiffany Trenda, DO

Brenda Fraire Almaguer, MD

Mark Mansour, MD

Grace Chung, MD

Ely Wes, MD, MPH

Catharine Crockett, MD

Amanda Jackson, MD

Kimberly Tafuri, DO

Leah Jordan, MD

Brandon Riley, MD

Theresa Zaleski, DO

Darren Hirsch, MD

Marjorie Affel, MD, MPH

Eliza Varadi, MD, IBCLC

Francesca Khani, MD

Bhervi Patel, MD

Shanda Dorff, MD, FAAFP

Rylee Scott, MD

Rhea S Ford, MD

Megan Camerino, MD

Elizabeth Donahoo, MD

Prabhu Rajappa, MD

Allan Joseph, MD, MPH

Laura Windham, MD

Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez, MD, PhD

Leigh Trani, MD

Elizabeth Rand, MD

Amanda Uber, DO

Jennifer Mytar, DO

Elissa M. Downs, MD, MPH

Virginia Dines, MD

Sara Gibson, MD

Kirsten Austad, MD, MPH

Erica Dailey, DO, MPH

Honora Quinn Burnett, MD, MPP

Heather Walters, MD

David Ziring, MD

Victoria Jewell-Mahler, MD, FAAP

Clarissa Bonanno, MD

Eric Schultz MD, MPH

Timothy P. Cripe, MD, PhD

Sara Siddiqui, MD, FAAP

Hina Talib, MD

Lily Mei, MD

Alyssa Reyes Smith, MD, FAAP

Christy Sadreameli, MD

Julie Nogee, MD

Yana Nagle, MD, FAAP

Kathleen Empen, MD, FAAP

Dr. Tarin DeVoursney, MD

Dr. Amanda Norris, DO

Sara Johnson, MD

Megan Pesch, MD, MS

Shannon Brown, MD

SarahScott B. Dietz, MD

Angela Peper, DO

Emily Bonanni, MD

Leslie King-Schultz, MD

Julie S. W. Childers, MD, PhD

Allison P Wheeler, MD, MSCI

Margaret Lee, MD

Jessica Rice, DO, MHS

Katherine Holten, MD

Tori Smith, DO

Courtney Thornburg, MD, MS

James Wantuck, MD

Carolyn Lorenz-Greenberg, MD, MPH

Emily S Peterson, MD

Sharon Rouse, DO, FAAP

Erinn Gallagher, DO

Kimberly Noble, MD, PhD

Jake Collins, DO

Shikha Jain, MD, FACP

Anita A Thomas, MD, MPH

Lisa Turman, MD

Laura Maher, MD

Joannie Yeh, MD

Zak Rose-Reneau, DO

Margot Zarin-Pass, MD

Kathryn Davis, MD, MPH

Hannah Lichtsinn, MD

Mignon Loh, MD

Rebecca Kolsky, MD

Zachary Boyd, MD

Christine Johnson, MD

Ming-Jim Yang, MD, MS

Margaret Shatara, MD

Lingmin He, MD

Virginia Takagi, MD, FACOG

Dana Neel, MD, PhD

Cindy Tran, MD

Cody Weston, MD

Katherine Howard Kathan, MD

James Barnes, MD

Amy Dunbar, MD, FACOG

Meghan Pearl, MD

Karen Chow, MD

Sharon Fine, MD

Amy Mao, MD

Holly Nichols, MD

Mitchell L. Nimmich, MD, SFHM

Kimberly Campbell, MD

Jamie L. Fraser, MD, PhD, FACMG

Marion Sills, MD, MPH

Robert Weitz, DO

Lisa Visentin, MD

Jasmin S. Darling, MD, FAAP

Erin E Toth, MD, FAAP

Aditi Nerurkar, MD, MPH

Dr. Molly R. Falasco, MD

Svetlana Harel, DO

Leigh DeShong, MD

Shannon Murphy, MD

Ashley Bjorklund, MD

Ashely Mays, MD, FACC, FASE

Karen J Parsell, MD

Rachel Kay, MD

Laura Kopplin, MD, PhD

Elizabeth N. Chapman, MD

Alana Carpenter, MD

Ashley Thomas, MD

Branden Pfefferkorn, MD, MPH

Ijaz Shafi, MD

Gregory M. Fedele, MD

Johannah Scheurer, MD

Lynda M. Stidham, MD, FAAP

Katrina Koslov, MD, PhD

Michelle Haggerty, DO, MPH, IBCLC

Landon D. Price, MD

Anuj Goel, MD

Rebecca Roediger, MD

Jennifer Louie, MD

Melody Lao, MD

Maya Maxym, MD, PhD

Lisa K. Catapano-Friedman, MD, DLFAPA

Kamila Sikora-Prasad, MD

Heather Schlott, MD

Robert Becker, MD

Zachary Harvanek, MD, PhD

Mehak Swami, DO

Lisa Hwang, MD

Sophia Yen, MD, MPH

Robin Kilker, MD, PhD

Nancy Uythoven, MD, FAAP

Karen Hessel, MD

Christine Martin, MD, MPH

Victoria Riese, MD

Emily Paprocki, DO

Irène Mathieu, MD

Kathleen Lane, MD

Jennifer W. Hsu, MD

Erin Milligan-Milburn, MD

Allison Newman, MD

Arpana Rayannavar, MD

Ilan Shapiro, MD

Grace A. Lin, MD, MAS

Telianne Chon, DO

Julie Kaswick, MD

Rebecca Baudoin, MD

Sarah Juul, MD

Hayley Guilkey, MD

Michelle D. Fiscus, MD, FAAP

Kathlynn Dominguez, MD, MPH

Adrian Clark-Randall, MD

Sumon Das, MD, FAAP

Cari Combs, MD

Laura Heinmiller, MD

Ashley Greer, MD

Maria Cristina Poscablo-Stein, MD

Erika Baunl, MD

Kimberly Nowak, DO

Sara Schroder, MD

Carey Lumeng, MD, PhD

Anna Cheng, MD

Hope Taylor Scott, MD

Jane Lyons, MD

Jenny Shih, MD

Sherry Jester, MD

Marlen Midthune, MD

Gita Gupta MD, MS

Nadia Merchant, MD

Srishti Bhagat, MD, PhD

Anita K Patel, MD

Jessica Mowry, MD, FAAP

Veer Vithalani, MD

Sahar Lotfi-Emran, MD PhD

Jennifer K. Porter, MD, FACOG

Alexandra Boucher, DO

Michelle P Lin, MD, MPH, MSc

Anna Pace, MD

Lindsay Caverly MD

Jennifer Ann Black, MD

Jenna Bergerson, MD

Michael Land, MD

Elizabeth Zellner, MD

Nisha N Shah, MD

Farshad Sedaghat, MD

Sonia Zechmann, MD

Catherina Pinnaro, MD

Anjali Sura, MD

Romy Soto, DO

Zafreen Lalani Momin, DO

Cristy Jensen, MD

Elizabeth Lavery, MD, FACOG

Morgan Stottlemyre, MD

Susan Matesanz, MD

Shannon Cannon, MD

Rishi Arvind Patel, DO

Carolyn Barber, MD

Pemmaraju Saleena Dakin, MD

Nathan Chomilo, MD, FAAP, FACP

Danielle Privitera, MD

Mona Vellanki, MD

Lindsey Pearson, MD

Christina Piron, MD

Diana Martins-Welch, MD

Alyce Anderson, MD, PhD

Meghan Shekar, MD

Neil Gray, MD, PhD

Kate Waldeck, MD

Rebecca Brugger, MD

Joshua Connor, MD, MPH

Genie L Kim, MD

Lisa Moore-Brandon, DO

Ravi DeSilva, MD

Lauren Lukas, MD

Bashar Shihabuddin MD, MS, FAAP, FACEP

Summer Barlow, MD

Stephanie Traud, DO

Amee Patrawalla, MD, MPH

Harita Nyalakonda, MD

Marica Baleilevuka-Hart, MD

Dr. Kristen Kammerer, DO

Jesse Hackell, MD, FAAP

Amanda Millstein, MD, FAAP

Patricia Wells, MD

Tyler Fisher, MD

Daniel Wood, MD

Rachel Chasan, MD

Zarana Swarup, MD

Mayme Marshall, MD

Erica Kaye, MD, MPH

Tanya Ellman MD, MS

Rebecca Levorson, MD, FAAP

Santoshkumar Mathapati, MD

Stephanie Smith, MD

Pearl Chang, MD

Shital Patel, MD

Krystin A Engelhardt, DO, MPH

Andrea Carter, MD

Nisha N Shah, MD

Jennifer Cohn, MD

Jamie Elizabeth Flerlage, MD

Samina Afreen, MD

Scott R. Schoem, MD, MBA, FAAP

Sarah Schaffer DeRoo, MD, MA

Jessica Clem, MD, MPH

Molly Taylor, MD

Ingrid Cristian, MD

Rebecca Richards, MD, PhD

Jesse Hackell, MD, FAAP

Jessica Arasmith, MD

Tina Bartlinski, MD

Sana Mohsin, DO

Claire Drom, MD

Elizabeth Little, MD, MS

Timothy Porter, MD

Nina Rodriguez, MD

Summer Engler Jager, MD

Stephanie Chen, MD

Aislinn Black, DO, MPH

Stella Q Clavecilla, DO

Brian Bezack, DO, FAAP

Dana Raml, MD

Yujie Wang, MD

Lisa Podgurski, MD

Katie Ahmadzadeh, DO

Huma Ansari, MD

Natasha R Minnaert, DO

Jeremey Young, MD

Makenna Arca, MD

Saira Rashid, MD

Erin Nagode Nguyen, DO

Chris Hickie, MD, PhD

Emily Fisher, MD

Amy Hajari Case, MD, FCCP

Sinimol James, MD

Julie Krodel, MD

Ryan Kartheiser, MD, MPH

Maria Goertz, MD

Christina Ronai MD, MSEd, FAAP

Roma Bhatia, MD, MPH

Anna B. Owczarczyk, MD, PhD

Lisa Hollensteiner, MD

John P. Sherbeck, MD

Rachel Téllez, MD, MS, FAAP

Leila DeWitt DO, MA

Girish Nadkarni, MD, MPH

Rachel Hensel, MD

Jennifer Lycette, MD

Eric Walford, MD

Suzanne van Landingham, MD

Roua Azmeh, MD

Jessica Carani, MD

Jillian Bybee, MD, FAAP

Ami Bax, MD, MS

Rohan Kalathiya, MD

Wenlan Cheng, MD

Joseph S. Thomas, MD

Sophia Patel, MD

Dr. Joy Crandall, DO

Rebecca Thompson, MD

Reinou S Groen, MD, MIH, PhD

K Sennholz, MD

Gina Ciacci, DO

Alyan Schwartz, MD

Caroline Martin, DO

Stephanie Vargo, MD

Christine Eady, DO

Sarah Scott, MD

Elizabeth Pietralczyk, MD

WanWan Xu, MD

Corina Hopkins-Vacca, MD

Lauren Friedman, MD

Jasdeep Sandhu, MD, MPH

Cindy Wan, MD

Lakiea Wright, MD

Imelda Tanchoco, MD

Halleh Akbarnia, MD

Nicketti Handy, MD

Claire Mulvey, MD

William Yorns, DO

Irene Dehghan-Paz, MD

Lisa Abrams MD

Lindsay Stanley, MD

Sarah Newman, MD

Katelyn Smelser, MD

Pragati Tandon, MD

Mahmuda Ahmed, MD

Abby Metzler, MD

Kristina Pyclik, MD

Michael A. Hernandez, MD

Isheeta Zalpuri, MD

Todd Wolynn MD, MMM

Patricia Dickmann MD

Allison Ashford MD

Lynn C Fullenkamp, MD, JD

Karisa Hajek, MD

Jennifer McIntosh, DO, MS

Candice Nalley, MD

Joel Badeaux, MD, MPH

Peter Morcos, MD

Helen Stanley, MD

Sarah Murphy, MD

Suneet W Dullet, MD

Nicole DiGiannantonio, DO

Amanda Ely, MD

Berkin Ulgen, MD

Nhu Hang, MD

Brandy Hattendorf, MD

Elise Lu, MD, PhD

Jessica Harder, MD

Maya Soufan, MD

Briana Riemer MD

Mallory Highstein, MD

Eleanor Martin, MD, FAAP

Dina Blumenfield, DO

Erik Bartholomew, MD

Andrew Walker, MD

Monique L Child, MD

Jonathon Anderson, MD

Andrea May, DO

Aleisha Nabower, MD

Tara Humphrey, DO

Benjamin Arthurs, MD

Benjamin Arthurs, MD

Alix Komar, MD

Amanda Oropeza, MD

Lauren Feld, MD

Ajanta Patel, MD, MPH

Amanda Ramsdell, MD

Paloma Reinoso, MD

Sheetal Khedkar Rao, MD

Aedan S. Olaso, MD, FACP

Santina Wheat, MD, MPH

Christine Chuppa, MD, FACOG

Melissa St. Germain, MD, FAAP

Lisa Masinter, MD

Kirsten Charnond, MD, FAAP

Alpa G. Desai, MD, FCCP

Abhaya Trivedi, MD

Payal Makadia, MD

Xiaoping Wu, MD, MS

Angela Whittington, MD

Grace Shih, MD

Maliha Sayla, MD

Christine Janowiak, MD

Jessica Lue-Lai, MD

Abigail Breeze, MD

Susan Dunning, DO

Kate Hoppock, DO

Michael Etches, MD

Eve Doucette, MD

Christina Dewey, MD

Sheela Rao, MD, MACM, MPH

Amanda Donohue, DO

Jason Maley, MD, MPH

Joanna Fried, MD

Juntira Laothavorn, MD

Molly Lepic, DO

Sara Hock, MD

Dina Sztein, MD

Joseph R Hageman, MD

Tessa Sugarbaker, MD

Alicia Wilson, DO

Sheila Ravendhran, MD, MPH

Lynda M. Stidham, MD

Sarah Kureshi, MD, MPH

Jessica Caporuscio, MD

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