New Members

  • Michael Gardiner, MD

    Dr. Michael Gardiner is an Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California San Diego and the Associate Division Chief for Research in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Rady Children’s Hospital. His academic career is distinguished by a strong commitment to clinical excellence, scholarly productivity, and the advancement of pediatric emergency care through innovative…

  • Jamie Furlong-Dillard, DO

    Dr. Jamie Furlong-Dillard is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Louisville and serves as the ECMO Medical Director at Norton Children’s Hospital. She is a board-certified pediatric intensivist with over a decade of experience in critical care, specializing in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), cardiac intensive care, nutrition, and quality improvement initiatives. Dr….

  • Ting Ting Fu, MD, MS

    Ting Ting Fu is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s and University of Cincinnati in the Division of Neonatology. She studied biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and obtained a medical degree from the University of Kentucky and a master’s degree in clinical and translational research from the University of Cincinnati. She…

  • Cristin Fritz, MD, MPH

    Dr. Fritz received her MD and MPH degrees from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (2010-15). She also completed her residency in pediatrics at Vanderbilt (2015-18) followed by her fellowship in Pediatric Hospital Medicine at the University of Colorado (2018-20). She returned to Vanderbilt in July 2020, joining the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics…

  • Megan Freeman, MD, PhD

    Megan Culler Freeman, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Freeman received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kentucky and her Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy Degrees through the…

  • Christy Foster, MD

    Dr. Christy Foster is a board-certified pediatric endocrinologist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She completed her pediatric residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, followed by fellowship training in pediatric endocrinology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. During her fellowship, Dr. Foster cultivated…

  • Marc Foca, MD

    Dr. Foca graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a B.A. and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School with an MD in 1995. He subsequently completed internship and residency in Pediatrics at Babies Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center. He remained for fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and upon completion became the Clinical Director of the Pediatric HIV…

  • Alice Ellyson, MS, PhD

    Dr. Ellyson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine at the University of Washington (UW), Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health, School of Public Health at UW, affiliate faculty in the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology at UW, the Director of Policy…

  • Cyd Eaton, MS, PhD

    Dr. Eaton is an Assistant Professor in the Division of General Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a Faculty Lead for the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Data Management (BEAD) Core. As a clinical psychologist with specialized expertise in pediatric psychology, her research centers on improving medication adherence and self-management among children, adolescents,…

  • Tara DuPont, MD

    Dr. Tara L. DuPont is a board-certified neonatologist committed to advancing pediatric science and improving outcomes for high-risk neonates. Her expertise lies particularly in long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes, with a strong focus on neonatal encephalopathy. Dr. DuPont’s research has directly addressed critical gaps in our understanding of HIE management, especially concerning infants with mild HIE who…

  • Christine Duncan, MD, MSc

    Dr. Christine Duncan is a Senior Physician at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and the Director of Clinical Research and Clinical Development of the Gene Therapy Program at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Duncan graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School…

  • Anna Duncan, MD, MHS

    Dr. Duncan is an Attending Neonatologist at Mass General Brigham for Children and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on understanding genetic causes of early onset neurodevelopmental disorders and is supported by an NINDS-K08 Career Development Award and a Shore Faculty Development Award. In her basic science research, Dr….