Profiles
NEEL PATEL, MD, FAAP – President
SAUL ANTONIO-DIAZ MARTINEZ, MD, FAAP – Vice President, PROS Coordinator
NICOLE WEBB, MD, FAAP – Past President
KERRILYN RICE, MD FAAP – Secretary
AMITA SAXENA, MD, FAAP – Treasurer and Practice Support Committee Chair
YOLANDA RUIZ, BSPH – Executive Director
SANA SAYYID, MS – Project Coordinator
ARATHZY PORTILLO, BS — Marketing & Communications Assistant
Jihey Yuk – Sacramento Valley Area Director
DEBORAH SHASSETZ, DO, FAAP – Central Valley Area Director
NADEEM MOUSA, MD, FAAP – South Valley Area Director & Early Career Physician Committee Co-Chair
AISHWARYA TANEJA, MD – San Francisco Area Director
SWETANG SHAH, MD, MPH, FAAP – Santa Clara Area Director
JONATHON EVERETT LEE, DDS, FAAPD, FACD – San Mateo County Area Director
OZLEM EQUILS, MD, FAAP – North Coastal Area Director
RENEE WACHTEL, MD, FAAP – Alameda Area Director & Committees on Development and Behavior and School Health Co-Chair
JENNIFER MILLER, MD, FAAP – Contra Costa / Solano Area Director
STEPHANIE Y. FONG GOMEZ, MD, MS, FAAP – Advocacy Committee Co-Chair
MORGAN LEIGHTON, MD, MPH, FAAP – Advocacy Committee Co-Chair
MARIA JOSEFINA MBA WRIGHT, MD, FAAP – Advocacy Committee Co-Chair
LENA VAN DER LIST, DO, FAAP – Advocacy Committee Co-Chair
VICTORIA CHI, MD – Advocacy Committee Co-Chair
MELISSA EGGE, MD, FAAP – CAPET Committee Co-Chair
CASEY L. BROWN, MD, MPH, FAAP – CAPET Committee Co-Chair
VENKATA SUSHMA CHAMARTHI, MD, FAAP, DABOM – Childhood Nutrition and Obesity Prevention Committee Chair
VAISHALI BENAKA HEBBAR, MD, FAAP, CLC – Childhood Nutrition and Obesity Prevention Committee Vice Chair
NAOMI BARDACH, MD, FAAP – Climate Change and Child Health Committee Co-Chair
SONJA SWENSON, MD, FAAP – Climate Change and Child Health Committee Co-Chair
WILLIAM BILLY BURROUGH, MD, MPH, FAAP – COSUP Committee Chair
MIKA HIRAMATSU, MD, FAAP – CME Committee Co-Chair
JAVAY ROSS, MD, FAAP – CME Committee Co-Chair
PRATISHTHA CHHABRA, MD, FAAP – Early Career Physician Committee
DEEPAK VIJAYAN NAIR, MD, FAAP – Immigrant Health Task Force – Co-Chair
SIREESHA PALKAMSETTI, MD, FAAP – Immigrant Child Health Task Force Co-Chair
LISA LEAVITT, MD, FAAP – Mental Health Committee Co-Chair
ELIZABETH GRADY, MD, FAAP – Mental Health Committee Co-Chair
HARVEY KAPLAN, MD, FAAP – Vintage Docs Committee Chair
KANANI TICHEN – Adolescent & Young Adults (AYA) Champion
NINA AGRAWAL, MD, FAAP – CATCH Co-Facilitator
OMONIYI OMOTOSO, MD, MPH, FAAP – Chapter Immunization Representative
AMNA KHAN, MD, FAAP – Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Champion
KATY CARLSEN, MD, FAAP – Foster Care Liaison
SUSAN FISHER-OWENS MD, MPH, FAAP – Oral Health Champion
DIPTI KAMATH – Pediatric Insider News Editor
NICOLE ANDERSON – MD, FAAP – Pediatric Insider News Editor
ANNA KAPLAN, MD, FAAP – State Government Affairs (SGA) Representative
NORA PFAFF, MD, FAAP – State Government Affairs (SGA) Representative