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Carolinas Medical Center/Levine Children’s Hospital



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University of Nebraska Medical Center



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TTUHSC – School of Medicine

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University Hospitals/Rainbow Babies and Children’s



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Diana Kane, CAE

Associate Director

APPD National Office
6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101-3906
info@appd.org
Phone: (703) 556-9222

Francisco Hernandez, MBA

Mid-America, Mid-Atlantic
Senior Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
222 Richmond Street
Providence, RI 02903


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Fellowship Coordinator, Pediatric Clinical Care; Fellowship Coordinator, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care; Program Coordinator, Morris Green Physician Scientist Development Program
Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health
705 Riley Hospital Drive, Phase 2, Room 4900
Indianapolis, IN 46202


Hayley Gans, MD

Past Chair (2025 - 2026)
Director of Fellowship Education
Stanford Children's/Stanford Pediatrics
3529 Ramona St
Palo Alto, CA 94305


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Casey Hester, MD

(2020-2022)
Program Director Pediatric Residency
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
1200 Children's Ave, Ste 14102
Oklahoma City, OK 73104


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Professor-Faculty
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Ctr
3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 5018
Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039