Board Members

The 2021-2022 Board Members of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Minnesota Academy of Pediatrics Foundation:

Executive Committee

Sheldon Berkowitz, MD, FAAP
President
Clinical Medical Director & Physician Advisor
Children’s Minnesota

Eileen Crespo, MD, FAAP
President-Elect
Chapter Oral Health Advocate and Pediatrician
HCMC

Janna Gewirtz O’Brien, MD, FAAP
Treasurer
Pediatrician
Adolescent Medicine Fellow in the University of Minnesota Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH) Interdisciplinary Fellowship Program

Lori DeFrance, MD, FAAP
Immediate Past President
Pediatrician
Essentia Health – Duluth Clinic

Rachel Tellez, MD, MS, FAAP
Secretary
General Pediatrician
HCMC

Ria Bardhan, MD, FAAP
At-Large Committee Member
Pediatrician
Allina Health

Katie Smentek, MD, FAAP
At-Large Committee Member
Pediatrician
Mankato Clinic

Board of Directors

Kelly Bergmann, DO, MS, FAAP
Pediatric Emergency Physician
Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

Marcie Billings, MD, FAAP
Pediatrician
Mayo Clinic Children’s Center

Deborah Buchman, MD, FAAP
Pediatrician
Southdale Pediatrics

Pamela Gigi Chawla, MD, FAAP
Pediatrician, Pediatric Hospitalist, Senior Medical Director
of Primary Care

Nathan Chomilo, MD, FAAP
General Pediatrician and Internal Medicine Hospitalist; Park Nicollet
Medical Director, Medicaid & MinnesotaCare, Minnesota Department of Human Service

Lisa Cinar, MD, FAAP
General Pediatrician
North Memorial Clinic – Maple Grove

Valeria Cristiani, MD, FAAP
Pediatrician
Mayo Clinic

Madeleine Gagnon, MD, FAAP
Associate Medical Director
Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare

Seth Gregory, MD, FAAP
Pediatrician
Mayo Clinic

Kimara Gustafson, MD, MPH, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrician
University of Minnesota, M Health Fairview

Kathy Kulus, MD, FAAP
Medical Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
CentraCare Health

Hannah Lichtsinn, MD, FAAP
General Pediatrician, Internal Medicine
Hennepin Healthcare

Dawn Martin, MD
Pediatrician
Hennepin Healthcare

Nancy Ott, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Allergist
Allergy and Asthma Specialists

Mark R. Schleiss, MD, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota

Andrea Singh, MD, FAAP
Chairperson of Pediatrics, Park Nicollet Health Services
Medical Director of Newborn Nursery, Methodist Hospital
Pediatrician, Park Nicollet Health Services