Meet your Newborn and Infant Chronic Lung Disease Program team
Here at the Newborn and Infant Chronic Lung Disease Program, your baby's care is in the hands of a large and very accomplished team of providers who specialize in neonatal/infant care.
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To transport a child to CHOP
Program Director
Huayan Zhang, MD
Medical Director
Kathleen A. Gibbs, MD
Neonatologists
Nicolas Bamat, MD, MSCE
Sara B. DeMauro, MD
William W. Fox, MD
Erik Jensen, MD
Krithika Lingappan, MD, PhD, MS
Daniel Thomas Malleske, MD, MS
Kathryn L. Maschhoff, MD, PhD
Kristin J. McKenna, MD, MPH
David A. Munson, MD
Iyalla E. Peterside, MD, MRCP, FAAP
Laura Sillers, MD
Jason Stoller, MD
General Surgery
Pablo Laje, MD
Otolaryngology
Luv R. Javia, MD
Psychosocial Services Team
Sara DellaVolpe, BA, CCLS
Casey Hoffman-Craven, PhD
Chavis A. Patterson, PhD
Pulmonary and BPD Outpatient Follow-up Clinic
Sahar A. Al Baroudi
Stamatia Alexiou, MD
Anita Bhandari, MD
Sara B. DeMauro, MD
Julie L. Fierro, MD
Sharon McGrath-Morrow, MBA, MD
Howard Panitch, MD
Pelton A. Phinizy, MD
Joseph Piccione, DO, MS
Danna Tauber, MD, MPH
Pulmonary Hypertension
Catherine Avitabile, MD
Kerri Cram, CRNP
Alex Davidson, MD, FACC
David B. Frank, MD, PhD
Therese M. Giglia, MD, FAHA
Stephen H. Walker, MSN, CRNP
Physician Assistant
Heidi Morris, MMS, PA-C
Neonatal Pharmacist
Anna Bustin, PharmD, BCPPS
Physical Therapists
Linda Pagnotto-Hammitt, PT, MS, PCS
Jennifer R. Peat, MSPT, NTMC
Diane Versaw-Barnes, DPT, PT, PCS
Audrey Wood, MS, PT, PCS
Occupational Therapists
Meghan Burkhardt, MS, OTR/L
Lydia Rawlins, MEd, OTR/L
Jill Velis, MS, OTR/L
Louise Wulfsohn, MS, OTR/L
Speech Therapists
Kimberly L. Duffy, MA, CCC-SLP
Leah Szeftel, MA, CCC-SLP
Julia Welc, MA, CCC-SLP
Respiratory Therapists
Kelle Matthews, BS, RRT, NPS
Natalie Napolitano, MPH, RRT-NPS, FAARC
Leane Soorikian, RRT, NPS
Neonatal Dietitians
Emily Bingham, RD-AP, CNSC, LDN, RD
Nurse Coordinators
Kathleen Nilan, RN
Basic Research Team
Haralambos Ischiropoulos, PhD
