SOU Leadership

Chairperson

Kate H. Kraft, MD, MHPE, FACS, FAAP
University of Michigan School of Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI

Chairperson-Elect

Gregory Dean, MD, FAAP
Virtua Voorhees Hospital
Voorhees, NJ

Secretary-Treasurer

CD Anthony Herndon, MD, FAAP, FACS 
Children’s Hospital of Richmond
Richmond, VA

Ex-Officio Chair

John C. Pope IV, MD, FAAP, FACS
Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN

Advisors

Christopher Cooper, MD, FAAP
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, IA

Earl Cheng, MD, FAAP
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
Chicago, IL

Executive Committee Members

Stephen Canon, MD, FAAP
Houston, TX

Kathleen Kieran, MD, FAAP
Seattle, WA

Gina Lockwood, MD, FAAP
Iowa City, IA

Jason Van Batavia, MD, FAAP
Philadelphia, PA

Membership Committee

Michael Ernst, MD
New York, NY

Julia Finkelstein, MD, FAAP
Boston, MA

Valeska Halstead, MD
Chicago, IL

Andrew Kirsch, MD, FAAP, FACS
Atlanta, GA

Education Committee

Julie Cheng, MD
Portland, OR

Laura Cornwell, MD
Louisville, KY

Christopher Jaeger, MD
Royal Oak, MI

Martin Kaefer, MD, FAAP
Indianapolis, IN

Kathleen Kieran, MD, FAAP
Seattle, WA

Leslie Peard, MD
Nashville, TN

Advocacy/Health Policy Committee

Hans Arora, MD, PhD
Chapel Hill, NC

Martin Koyle, MD, FAAP
Toronto, ON

Socioeconomics/Coding Committee

Douglas Storm, MD, FAAP
Iowa City, IA

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee

Elizabeth Malm-Buatsi, MD, FAAP
Columbia, MO

Albert Lee, DO
Houston, TX

Sherry Ross, MD, FAAP
Mebane, NC

Amanda Saltzman, MD
Lexington, KY

Joshua Roth, MD, PhD, FAAP
Indianapolis, IN

Fellows Committee

Brendan Frainey, MD
Nashville, TN

Valeska Halstead, MD
Chicago, IL