OUR TEAM
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM
PRESIDENT & CEO
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
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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
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Daphne Plump
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SECRETARY / TREASURER
Joel Steelman, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Cook's Children Hospital. Fort Worth, Texas
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CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Catherine Metzinger, AAS,RN,CDCES
Melbourne, FL
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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
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
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Amrit Bhangoo, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Children's Hospital of Orange County, CA
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Sasigarn A. Bowden, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
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Adriana Carrillo, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Nicklaus Children's Hospital, MIami, FL
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Marco Danon, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, FL
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Oscar Escobar, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
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Linda Hunt
TV/Film Actress
"NCSI: Los Angeles"
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Anna Ryabets-Lienhard, DO
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
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Juan D. Mejia-Otero, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
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Anil Piya, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Children’s Endocrinology & Diabetes Center
Savannah, GA
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Natavut Punyasavatsut, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Morehouse School of Medicine
Scottish Rite Pediatric & Adolescent Consultants
Children Healthcare of Atlanta
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Angela R. Verardo, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
