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Surgical Committee

Krishna Patel MD, PhD

  • Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Director of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, & Co-Director of MUSC Craniofacial Anomalies Cleft Lip and Palate Team, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Steven Maturo MD, LT Colonel, USAF, MC, FS

  • Director, Pediatric Otolaryngology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
  • Director of Residency, Department of Otolaryngology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
  • Associate Professor, Uniformed Services University

Carolyn Rogers-Vizena MD

  • Attending in Plastic & Oral Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital
  • Associate Clinical Director for Plastic & Oral Surgery Services & Special Effects & Materials Science, Boston Children’s Hospital Simulator Program
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Adam Johnson MD, PhD

GSF Assistant Director of Research, Director of Workshop Curriculum

  • Associate Professor of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Arkansas Children’s Hospital
  • Program Director University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Dept. of Otolaryngology and HNS

Robert Mann MD

  • Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
  • Director of the Oral Cleft Program, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital

Laura Hetzler MD, FACS

  • Program Director & Associate Professor, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
  • Director, Our Lady of the Lake (OLOL) Children’s Hospital Cleft Team & Facial Nerve Disorders Clinic

James Liau, MD, FACS

  • Associate Professor Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
  •  Section Chief Craniofacial and Pediatric, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
  • UK Chandler Hospital Senior Inpatient Medical Director, University of Kentucky College of Medicine

     

Lauren Leeper MD, FACS

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
  • Co-Medical Director, Children’s Cochlear Implant Center, Pediatric Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

Rami Kantar MD, MPH

GSF Research & Outcomes Committee Coordinator, Workshop Curriculum Committee Coordinator

  • Surgery Resident, The University of Maryland Medical System/Shock Trauma Center

Anesthesia Committee

Navil Sethna MD, FAAP

  • Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
  • Clinical Director, Mayo Family Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Center, Department of Anesthesia, Children’s Hospital Boston

Jane Seviour MD

  • Locum Staff Anesthesiologist, Health Sciences Center, St. John’s NL

Thomas Sung MD

  • Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology, Tufts Medical Center
  • Director of Day Surgery Unit, Tufts Medical Center 

Sarena Teng MD

  • Staff Physician, Anesthesiology & Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Ochsner Clinic Foundation

Cole Dooley, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Florida

Dental Committee

Christopher V. Hughes DMD, PhD

  • Former Chair, Pediatric Dentistry & Community Oral Health, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Serena Kassam DMD

GSF Director of Presurgical & Dental Division

  • Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, New York University College of Dentistry
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia
  • Clinical Attending, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, BC Children’s Hospital

Martin R. Boorin DMD

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Surgery, Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine
  • Attending Dentist Anesthesiologist, Stony Brook University Hospital
  • Attending Dentist Anesthesiologist, Long Island Jewish Medical Center
  • Private Practice, Office-Based Dental Anesthesiology, Anesthesia for Dental Health

Bieke L. Kreps DDS, MSc

  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Pediatric Dentistry, NYU College of Dentistry (USA)
  • Pediatric & Special Care Dentist, referral hospital-based practice, Dept. of Maxillofacial Surgery, AZ Delta Roeselare
  • Scientific Researcher, Unit Population Studies, Dept. of Oral Health Sciences, University Leuven
  • Dental Specialist/Pediatric Dentist, Craniofacial Center, University Hospitals Ghent
  • Director, Positive Exposure Belgium/Europe

M. Mansoor Ahmed DDS, MS

Yinayra Victoria Peralta DMD, MMSc

  • Assistant Clinical Professor, Post-Doctoral Program in Pediatric Dentistry
  • Assistant Clinical Professor, General Practice Residency Program
  • Dentist, Dental Dreams
  • Dentist, Ryder Memorial Hospital

Sofia Perez DDS

  • Orthodontist

Ethical Review Board

Alex Marston MD

GSF Director of Outcomes

  • Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine

Serena Kassam DMD

GSF Director of Presurgical & Dental Division

  • Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, New York University College of Dentistry
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia
  • Clinical Attending, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, BC Children’s Hospital
Lauren Kilpatrick

Lauren Leeper MD

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
  • Co-Medical Director, Children’s Cochlear Implant Center, Pediatric Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

 

Matthew Brigger MD, MPH

  • Chief of the Division of Otolaryngology at Rady Children’s Hospital
  • Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at UC San Diego School of Medicine

Barry Grayson DDS

  • Associate Professor, Clinical Surgery (Orthodontics), NYU School of Medicine
  • President, International Society of Craniofacial Orthodontics
Lauren Kilpatrick

R. Jason Yong MD, MBA

  • Medical Director, Pain Management Center, Brigham & Women’s Hospital

 

Grace Peng MD

  • Facial Plastic Surgeon, Los Angeles, CA

Kelly Mabry PhD, CCC-SLP

  • Professor, Southern Connecticut State University
  • Craniofacial Speech Pathologist, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center

Antonio Lanata Flores MD, DDS

  • Professor, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo Dental School
  • Maxillofacial Surgeon, Centro Odontológico Especializado Lanata

Nursing & QA Committee

Rosemarie Cruz, RN

  • Staff Nurse, Boston Children’s Hospital

Alyssa Singer, RN

  • OR Nurse, Massachusetts General Hospital

Corey McManus, RN

  • Staff Nurse, Boston Children’s Hospital

Jeanne Paolilli, RN

  • Nurse, North Shore Medical Center.

Pediatrics Committee

Robert Karch MD, MPH, FAAP

  • Deputy Secretary for Children’s Medical Services, Florida Department of Health
  • President of the Medical Staff, Nemours Children’s Hospital
  • Chairman of the Medical Executive Committee, Nemours Children’s Hospital
  • Director, Medical Nutrition Longitudinal Curricular Theme, University of Central Florida College of Medicine
  • Pediatric Clinical Clerkship Site Director, UCF College of Medicine/Nemours Children’s Hospital Inpatient Teaching Service
  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Univ. of Central Florida College of Medicine

Jennifer C. Muñoz Pareja MD, FAAP

  • Associate Professor & Associate Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Childrens Heart Center at University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

Marie Nader MD

  • Clinical Fellow, PICU, Yale School of Medicine

Nicholas Chiriboga MD

  • Clinical Fellow, PICU, University of Florida

Psychosocial Committee

Martin Persson PhD, MPH, MSc

  • Professor of Health Sciences, Kristianstad University

Joy Abi Habib MSc, MS

  • Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Specialist, Save the Children International

Patient Safety & Simulation Committee

Jennifer C. Muñoz Pareja MD, FAAP

  • Associate Professor & Associate Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Childrens Heart Center at University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

Marie Nader MD

  • Clinical Fellow, PICU, Yale School of Medicine

IT Committee

Talal Ali Ahmad

GSF Board Treasurer, Director of Information Technology

  • Founder & CEO, Predictive Healthcare
  • Former President, Entrada Communications

RG Conlee

  • President & CEO, Tylark Corporation
  • Former Chief Innovation Officer, Xerox Services

Research Committee

Raj Vyas MD

GSF Director of Research

  • Professor and Vice-Chairman, UC Irvine Department of Plastic Surgery,
  • Chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, CHOC Children’s Hospital
  • Co-Chair, CCCW 2022 Curriculum Committee  

Adam Johnson MD, PhD

GSF Assistant Director of Research, Director of Workshop Curriculum

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Director of Velopharyngeal Insufficiency,
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children’s Hospital

Rami Kantar MD, MPH

GSF Research & Outcomes Committee Coordinator, Workshop Curriculum Committee Coordinator

  • Surgery Resident, The University of Maryland Medical System/Shock Trauma Center

Alex Marston MD

  • Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
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