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American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, 20172018
Kristin Van Hook, MD, MPH, FAAP, Chair
Executive Committee
Lee J. Brooks, MD, FAAP
Bonnie Hudak, MD, FAAP
Richard M. Kravitz, MD, FAAP
Susan L. Millard, MD, FAAP
Shruti Paranjape, MD, FAAP
Girish D. Sharma, MD, FCCP, FAAP
Emily M. DeBoer, MD, FAAP
Katie Krone, MD (fellow-in-training)
Julie P. Katkin, MD, FAAP (immediate past chairperson)
Liaisons
Steven Boas, MD, FAAP (American Association for Respiratory Care Board of Medical Advisors)
Mary Cataletto, MD, MMM, FAAP, FCCP (NCE Planning Group representative)
Susanna A. McColley, MD, FAAP, FCCP (Council of Pediatric Subspecialties)
AAP Staff
Laura Laskosz, MPH
Editors
Editors in Chief
Dennis C. Stokes, MD, MPH, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonary Medicine
Monroe Carell Jr Childrens Hospital at Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN
Allen J. Dozor, MD, FCCP, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Public Health
New York Medical College
Director, Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy, Immunology and Sleep Medicine
Boston Childrens Health Physicians
Associate Physician-in-Chief
Maria Fareri Childrens Hospital at Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
Associate Editors
Lee J. Brooks, MD, FAAP
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician
The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Mary E. Cataletto, MD, MMM, FAAP, FCCP
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Stony Brook University School of Medicine
Stony Brook, NY
Associate Director, Pediatric Sleep Medicine
NYU Winthrop Hospital
Mineola, NY
Julie P. Katkin, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Pulmonology Section
Baylor College of Medicine
Attending Physician
Texas Childrens Hospital
Houston, TX
Michael S. Schechter, MD, MPH, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
Childrens Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
James W. Stout, MD, MPH, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of General Pediatrics
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Kristin Van Hook, MD, MPH, FAAP
Attending Physician
Ochsner Childrens Health Center
New Orleans, LA
Radiology Imaging Editor
Lisa H. Hutchison, MD, FAAP, FACR
Pediatric Radiologist
Overland Park Regional Medical Center and Alliance Radiology Group
Overland Park, KS
American Academy of Pediatrics Reviewers
Board of Directors Reviewer
Wendy S. Davis, MD, FAAP
Committees, Councils, and Sections
Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect
Committee on Drugs
Council on Environmental Health
Section on Allergy and Immunology
Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Section on Breastfeeding
Section on Child Abuse and Neglect
Section on Hematology/Oncology
Section on Home Care
Section on Hospital Medicine
Section on Infectious Diseases
Section on Orthopaedics
Section on Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
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