OUR TEAM
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM
PRESIDENT
Pisit (Duke) Pitukcheewanont, MD, FAAP
Adj Professor of Clinical Pediatric
Keck School of Medicine of the
University of Southern California
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
VICE PRESIDENT
Emily L. Germain-Lee, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Daphne Plump
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT/SECRETARY
Joel Steelman, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Cook's Children Hospital. Fort Worth, Texas
CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER
Kent Reifschneider, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Children's Hospital of the Kings Daughters
Norfolk, Virginia
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER/TREASURER
Catherine Metzinger, AAS,RN,CDCES
Health First Medical Group
Melbourne, FL
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Amrit Bhangoo, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Children's Hospital of Orange County, CA
Sasigarn A. Bowden, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Marco Danon, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Miami Children's Hospital, FL
Oscar Escobar, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Linda Hunt
TV/Film Actress
"NCSI: Los Angeles"
Anna Ryabets-Lienhard, DO
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Juan D. Mejia-Otero, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Anil Piya, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Children’s Endocrinology & Diabetes Center
Savannah, GA
Natavut Punyasavatsut, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Morehouse School of Medicine
Scottish Rite Pediatric & Adolescent Consultants
Children Healthcare of Atlanta
Angela R. Verardo, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center






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