Committees & Sections
We welcome Chapter Member participation in any Chapter Committees or Sections!
To contact the committee chairs listed below, please contact Michelle Hudson at mhudson@gaaap.org.
Adolescence
Dr. Charrelle Coates
Bioethics Section
Dr. April Dworetz
Breastfeeding Committee
Dr. Tarayn Fairlie
Bright Futures Task Force
Dr. Nicola Chin
Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Program (Metro Atlanta)
Dr. Lillianne Lewis Debnam
Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Program (Out-State – Outside of Atlanta)
Dr. Katherine Duncan
Child Abuse & Neglect
Dr. Yameika Head
Vice-Chair
Stephen Messner, MD
Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Dr. Evan Brockman
Vice-Chair
Dr. Shreeti Kapoor
Children with Disabilities
Co-Chairs
Dr. Marshalyn Yeargin-Alsop
Dr. Amy Talboy
Chair Emeritus
Dr. R. Dwain Blackston
Clinical Information Technology Task Force
Dr. Edward Gotleib
Coding & Nomenclature
Dr. Ross MacLeod
Vice-Chair
Dr. Jamie Rollins
Communications & Media
Dr. Flavia Rossi
Vice-Chair
Dr. Joanna Dolgoff
COVID-19 Task Force
Dr. Hugo Scornik
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Dr. Gerald Reisman
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Co-Chairs
Dr. Iris Basilio
Dr. Salathiel Kendrick-Allwood
Early Education & Child Care Section
Dr. Melissa Boekhaus
Emergency Medicine
Dr. Natalie Lane
Vice-Chair
Dr. Byron Mainor
Environmental Health
Dr. Anne Mellinger-Birdsong
EPIC Immunization Advisory
Dr. Iyabode Beysolow
Fetus & Newborn
Dr. Paul Mann
Vice-Chair
Dr. David Levine
Foster Care, Adoption, & Kinship Care
Dr. Patricia Lantis
Vice-Chair
Dr. Jennifer Collier-Madon
Healthy Weight Task Force
Dr. Evelyn Johnson
Hospital Medicine
Dr. Joanne Kennedy
Immigrant Child & Family Health (ICFH)
Dr. Lara Jacobson
Vice-Chair
Dr. Ana M. Pimentel
Infectious Diseases
Dr. Lilly Immergluck
Injury, Violence & Poison Prevention
Dr. Kiesha Fraser Doh
Vice-Chair
Dr. Maneesha Agarwal
Legislative Committee
Dr. Melinda Willingham
Vice-Chair
Dr. Robert Wiskind
Medicaid Task Force
Dr. April Hartman
Vice-Chair
Dr. Anu Sheth
Medical Missions
Dr. David Sprayberry
Vice-Chair
Dr. Jan Soapes
Medical Home Task Force
Dr. Jeffeory White
Vice-Chair
Dr. W. Steen James
Membership
Dr. Deneta Sells
Vice-Chair
Dr. Tania Smith
Newborn Hearing Screening Champion
Dr. Paula Harmon
Newsletter Editor
Dr. Alice Caldwell
Nominating Committee
Dr. Hugo Scornik
Nutrition
Dr. Tatyana Hofmekler
Vice-Chair
Dr. Jay Hochma
Oral Health Task Force
Dr. Chevon Brooks
Physician Wellness
Dr. Susan Smiley
PROS
Co-Chairs
Dr. Jaquelin Gotlieb
Dr. Ed Gotlieb
Practice Management & Managed Care
Dr. Ben Spitalnick
Vice-Chair
Dr. Patrick Pulliam
Quality Improvement Task Force
Dr. Shabnam Jain
Reach Out & Read Medical Director
Dr. Fredly Bataille
Vice-Chair
Dr. Terri McFadden
Safe Sleep Champions
Dr. Gary Freed
Vice-Chair
Dr. Sarah Lazarus
School Health
Dr. Veda Johnson
Vice-Chair
Dr. Yuri Okuizumi-Wu
Senior Section
Co-Chairs
Dr. Wyndolyn Bell
Dr. Jan Soapes
Sports Medicine & Fitness
Dr. Shelley Street Callender
Subspecialty Section
Dr. Cyrus Samai
Telehealth
Dr. Jonathan Goodin
Tobacco Free & E Cigarette
Dr. Alice Caldwell
Website Editor
Dr. Ross MacLeod