ELECTED OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (2024-2026)
President: Bob Brustowicz, MD, Children’s Hospital Boston
President-Elect: Megha Kanjia, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston)
Immediate Past President: Anna Varughese, MD, Johns Hopkins-All Children’s Hospital
PALC Liaison: Lena Sun, MD, Columbia-Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
David Buck, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Dan Roke, MD, Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital (St. Louis)
Executive Director: Jayant K. Deshpande, MD, MPH, FAAP
COMMITTEE LEADERS
Program and Education
Director: Neha Patel, MD, Shriners Children’s Hospital Pasadena
Associate Director: Susmita Nesargi, MD, Nemours Children’s – Delaware,
Associate Director: Janice Man, MD, Stanford-Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital
Research
Co-Chair: Manon Haché, MD, Columbia-Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
Co-Chair: Angela Lee, MD, Children’s National Medical Center
Data Governance
Co-Chair: David Buck, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Co-Chair: Gina Whitney, MD, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Quality Improvement
Chair: Imelda Tjia, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston)
Co-Chair: Kavitha C. Raghavan, MBBS, FRCA
Communications (collaboration with SPA Quality & Safety Committee)
Co-Chair: Megha Kanjia, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston)
Co-Chair: Rahul Baijal, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston)
WakeUp Safe International
Chair: Raj Iyer, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia