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
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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
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Clare Desmond, MD
Julia Merti, MD
Douglas Caldwell, MD
Vinita Chandwani MD
Shannon C Throndson, MD
Sean Caine, DO
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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
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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
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Dianna Baker, MD
Cheryl Orr, MD
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Tara M. Robinson, MD, PhD
Molly Price, MD
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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
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Nora Mulloy, DO, FAAP
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Lindsey Healy, MD
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Kate Hoppock, DO
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Jeffrey Landy, MD
Stephanie Cone, MD
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Maurice F. Joyce, MD, EdM, FASA
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Connie Cheng, MD
Crystal Brogan, MD
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Amy Becker, MD, FAAP
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Robert Roddenberry Jr, MD
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Cary Aungst, MD, FAAP
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Rachel Wiltjer, DO
Heather Shafi, MD
Kelli Williams MD, MPH
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Dorothy Lowe, MD
Laura Ferguson, MD
Kerry Hlubik, MD
Alisa Khan, MD, MPH
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Sai lakshmi Pallimalli, MD
Julie M. Kolinski, MD
Nicole Hartmann, DO
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Kristin Brown, MD
Jessica Kramer, MD
Sabrina Young, DO
Kelly Fradin, MD
Jacqueline Madison, MD
Lisa Glass, MD
Alexandra Solosko, DO
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Rebecca Brafman, MD
Sarah Wiersma, MD
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Christina Hernandez, MD
Robin Daugherty, MD
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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
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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
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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
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C. Russell Chen, MD
Venus M. Oliva, DO
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Tresa Ambooken, MD
Rashmi Narayan, MD
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Amanda Lansell, MD
Kimberly Ponton, MD
Yile Ding, MD
Lisa Cosgrove, MD
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Jason Reminick, MD, MBA, MS
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Meret Henry, MD, MSc
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Wesley Kerr, MD, PhD
Natasha Burgert, MD, FAAP
Parisa Momtaz, MD
Eric Ball, MD, FAAP
Markita L. Suttle, MD
Mallary Hodges, MD
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Jessica Zimmerman, MD, FAAP
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Jillian L. McKee, MD, PhD
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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
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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
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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
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Sandy Kotiah, MD
Meghan Sise, MD
Jessica Cici, MD
Edward Fudman, MD
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Michelle Orengo-McFarlane, MD
Patricia Hickey, MD
Wendy Kwartin, MD
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Kristen Budahn, MD
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Evan McKay, MD
Asya Wallach, MD
Dr. Tiffany Trenda, DO
Brenda Fraire Almaguer, MD
Mark Mansour, MD
Grace Chung, MD
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Amanda Jackson, MD
Kimberly Tafuri, DO
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Brandon Riley, MD
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Darren Hirsch, MD
Marjorie Affel, MD, MPH
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Shanda Dorff, MD, FAAFP
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Allan Joseph, MD, MPH
Laura Windham, MD
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Elizabeth Rand, MD
Amanda Uber, DO
Jennifer Mytar, DO
Elissa M. Downs, MD, MPH
Virginia Dines, MD
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Kirsten Austad, MD, MPH
Erica Dailey, DO, MPH
Honora Quinn Burnett, MD, MPP
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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
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SarahScott B. Dietz, MD
Angela Peper, DO
Emily Bonanni, MD
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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
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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
Erin Comer Burns, MD
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