Nolan Altman, MD
Chief, Department of Radiology, Miami Children's Hospital
Dr. Altman is a graduate of the
University of Miami School of Medicine and specializes in pediatric
neuroradiology.
His academic career includes being Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology at the
University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. Altman is a member of the Radiologic Society
of North America, the Dade County Medical Society and the American Medical Society.
Lewis A. Barness, MD
University of South Florida, College
of Medicine (Pediatrics), Tampa, Florida
Mislen Bauer, MD
Director, Division of Genetics,
Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, Florida
Cyril Blavo, DO, MPH
Chairman/Professor, Department of Pediatrics, College of
Osteopathic Medicine, Health Promotions Division, Nova Southeastern
University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Francine Blei, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, New York University
Medical Center
Dr. Blei graduated from the Sackler School of Medicine in Tel Aviv,
Israel. She specializes in pediatric vascular anomalies, hemangiomas and
vascular malformations. At the NYU Medical Center, Dr. Blei
is the Medical Coordinator for the Vascular Anomaly Program. She also serves on
the Professional Advisory Panel of Hemangioma Newsline; Hemangioma Advisory Board, Roche
Laboratories; and Director, Long-term Follow-up Program, NYU Medical Center. Dr. Blei is a
member of the American Society of Hematology, the American Academy of Pediatrics and
the International Society for the Sturdy of Vascular Anomalies.
W. Ted Brown, MD
Director, Department of Human
Genetics, Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New
York
Kemp Crockett, MD
Director, Department of Emergency
Medicine, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, Florida
Ana M. Duarte, MD, FAAP, FAAD
Director, Division of Dermatology, Miami Children's Hospital
Dr. Duarte graduated Summa
Cum Laude from the University of Miami School of Medicine and was listed on the
President’s Honor Roll. While in school, she was a member of the
Golden Key National Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, Alpha Epsilon
Delta Premedical Honor Society and the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.
She received numerous academic awards, including
the Henry King Stanford Merit Scholarship, Thomas Brown McClelland Trust Merit Scholarship
Rotary Club of Miami, Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation American Medical
Women’s Association, and the Warren W. Quillian Award for excellence in Pediatrics,
The Florida Pediatric Society. Dr. Duarte is a member of numerous medical organizations,
including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, the
Society of Pediatric Dermatology, the American Academy of Dermatology, the Cuban
Inter-American Society of Dermatology, the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery, the
Greater Miami Pediatric Society and the Cuban Pediatric Society. Dr. Duarte has lectured
and published extensively and has been recognized by South Florida
magazine as one of the "Top Doctors" in South Florida. She was Gross Anatomy Teaching Assistant, Ph.D. to M.D. program in 1985 and taught freshman medical students in 1987. She also conducted a
Pediatric Dermatology Clinic from 1991 to 1995 for dermatology and pediatric residents
from the University of Miami School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dr.
Duarte’s work is guided by a three-part professional philosophy: 1) to
diagnose and treat children with dermatologic disorders/conditions; 2) to promote public
awareness on the importance of early skin protection against sun exposure as a preventive
measure against serious and lasting skin damage later in life; 3) to place dermatology in
the continuum of general medicine through education and training of a new generation of
pediatricians.
Rafael
Gosalbez, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatric and Reconstructive Urology
Dr. Gosalbez specializes in
Pediatric and Reconstructive Urology and is the Director of the Division of Pediatric
Urology at the University of Miami School of Medicine. He received his degrees form the
Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr.
Gosalbez has received numerous awards, including Urology Residents: 1993-94 Annual Teaching
Award; Outstanding Attending Award, University of Miami Urology Department;
listed among Best Doctors in America: Southeast Region 1996-97; listed among "Best
Doctors in America: National Chapter" 1997-98. Dr. Gosalbez strives to
achieve personal excellence through patient care, research and education.
Deise Granado-Villar, MD
Director, Division of Preventive
Medicine, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, Florida
Donald E. Greydanus, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Human Development,
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine; and Director of the Pediatrics
Residency Program at the Michigan State University/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies
Dr. Greydanus received his Medical Degree from the College of Medicine & Dentistry
of New Jersey. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at the Mayo Graduate School of
Medicine and his fellowship in Adolescent Medicine from the New York University School of
Medicine. He is the co-author or co-editor of seven books about adolescent medicine, and he
has co-edited 15 medical journal issues on adolescent medicine. He has also
authored more than 80
medical journal articles and 50 medical chapters in adolescent medicine. Dr. Greydanus is the current Chair of the Annual Planning Meeting Group and member of
the Committee on Continuing Medical Education for the American Academy of Pediatrics. He
is the recipient of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Adele D. Hofmann Award for
Distinguished Contributions in Adolescent Health and the 2000 Mayo Clinic
Pediatrics Honored Alumnus Award for National Contributions to the field of
Pediatrics.
Parul Jayakar, MD
Division of Genetics, Miami
Children's Hospital, Miami, Florida
Winston
Koo, MD
Department of Pediatrics, Hutzel
Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
Carlos Lifschitz, MD
Oscar Loret de Mola, MD
Director, Department of
Gastroenterology, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, Florida
Andrea Maggioni, MD, PhD
Director, In-Patient Services, Miami Children's Hospital
Dr. Maggioni specializes
in hospital pediatrics and is the hospitalist for Miami Children's Hospital.
In addition, he is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the State University of New York, Health
Science Center at Brooklyn. His professional affiliations include being a Fellow of the
American Academy of Pediatrics and Fellow of the American College of Nutrition. Dr. Maggioni is a graduate of the University of Rome La Sapienza
in Italy.
Stephen J. Melnick, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology, Miami
Children's Hospital, Miami, Florida
Glenn Morrison, MD, FACS, FAAP
Chief, Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, Florida
While in medical school at Case-Western Reserve University, Dr. Morrison studied neurology
at Queen's Square in London. He spent two years at the National Institutes of Health doing
basic and clinical research before completing his neurosurgical residency at University
Hospitals in Cleveland. Dr. Morrison has been in practice in Miami since 1974 and has had
his office at Miami Children's Hospital (a.k.a. Variety Children's Hospital) since 1984.
He has been chief of neurological surgery since 1985 and has served on the Medical Board,
the Board of Directors (Vice President), and as the Chief of Surgery as well as most of the
committees of the institution. Dr. Morrison was certified by the National Board of Medical
Examiners in 1968 and by the American Board of Neurological Surgery in 1976.
He
is a member of many medical organizations, including the Dade County Medical Society, the
Florida Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the Florida Neurosurgical
Society, the International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, the North America Skull Base
Society, the American Epilepsy Society, the Neurosurgical Society of America, the Southern
Neurosurgical Society, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association of
Neurological Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Society of
Pediatric Neurological Surgeons, and the America College of Surgeons. Dr. Morrison has
served as the President of the Southern Neurosurgical Society, the Florida Neurosurgical
Society, the Greater Miami Neurosurgical Society, and the Greater Miami Chapter of the
American College of Surgeons. He is currently a Governor of the American College of
Surgeons. He has published and lectured extensively and has been recognized as
one of the Best Doctors in America as well as one of the Best Doctors in
America - Southeast Region. He is involved in the teaching program at the
University of Miami and is a Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University
of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. Morrison is the only neurosurgeon to be certified by the
American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery in South Florida.
Oscar Papazian, MD
Department of Neurology, Miami
Children's Hospital, Miami, Florida
Rita Pankaja Raman, MD, MS, JD
Dr. Raman is a professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in the
Neonatology Department. Dr. Raman has won numerous awards and is a member of various
organizations, including the Society for Pediatric Research, the American Society for Bone and
Mineral Research, the American College of Nutrition, the Oklahoma State Medical Association,
the American Medical Association, the Southern Society for Pediatric Research,
the Charter Member
American Society for Magnesium Research, the Oklahoma Bar Association, the American Bar
Association and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Otto
Ramos, MD
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, Florida
Andre Raszynski, MD
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami,
Florida
Abelardo A. Retureta, MD
Clinical pediatrics and pediatric hematology/oncology, Miami
Children's Hospital
Dr. Retureta
received his medical degree from the University of Havana, School of Medicine in 1960. He
completed a three-year Pediatric Residency program at the University Hospital, Havana, Cuba,
in 1964. In 1968, Dr. Retureta moved to Miami, Florida, where he completed a
one-year
rotating internship at the Mount Sinai Hospital, Miami Beach, Florida in 1970 and
two
years of Pediatric Residency in 1972 at Miami Children’s Hospital, then
known as Variety
Children’s Hospital. In 1978, Dr. Retureta
completed a Fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at the University of Miami, School
of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital, in Miami. Dr. Retureta’s
academic career includes being a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology at the University of Miami, School of Medicine/Jackson
Memorial Hospital. He was
certified by the Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates in 1969,
the Florida
State Board of Medical Examiners in 1972, the American Board of Pediatrics
in 1975, the Texas
State Board of Medical Examiners in 1976 and the American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board of
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology in 1984. Dr. Retureta has lectured locally and in Central America.
He has also published many papers.
Daniel V. Schidlow, MD
St. Christopher's Hospital for
Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Juan
Silverio, MD
Dr. Silverio specializes in clinical pediatrics and nutrition at Miami
Children's Hospital.
Dr. Silverio received his
medical degree from Havana University School of Medicine in 1947. He did his Pediatric
Residency at the University Hospital, Havana. Later, he moved to France,
where he completed a
fellowship at the Hôpital des Enfants Malades in Paris. His academic career
brought him to Miami, where he is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Miami
School of Medicine. Prior to this, Dr. Silverio was an
adjunct Associate Professor in Pediatrics at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania and
a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in
Philadelphia. Dr. Silverio holds the titles of Fellow American Academy of
Pediatrics, Fellow American College of Nutrition and Fellow Pasteur Institute (France).
In 1992, he received the John Silverio Research
Fellowship Award from the Association of Medical School Pediatric Chairmen. He is
the current president of the Cuban Pediatric Society (in exile). He has
published more than 100 papers in Cuban and U.S. medical journals. His greatest fulfillment is having cared for children in
three countries using three languages - Cuba, France and the United States.
Robert Suskind, MD
Department of Pediatrics, LSU School
of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
Raul Wapnir, PhD
Department of Pediatrics, North
Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York
Michael Weitzman, MD
Department of Pediatrics, University
of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, New York |
