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Advisory Board

The OPENPediatrics Scholar Advisory Board is a multidisciplinary group of health professions educators convened to help guide the strategic priorities of OPENPediatrics Scholar. This group has expertise in a wide variety of educational practices, scholarly endeavors, and faculty development in health professions education.

Elizabeth G. Armstrong, PhD

Founding Director, Harvard Macy Institute, Emerita
Professor of Pediatrics, PT

Harvard Medical School
Boston Children’s Hospital

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Priti Bhansali MD, MEd

Director, Children’s Academy of Pediatric Educators (CAPE)
Director of Scholarship and Faculty Development, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Children’s National Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics
The George Washington University School of Medicine

Jeffrey Burns, MD, MPH

Co-Director, OPENPediatrics
Chief and Shapiro Chair of Critical Care Medicine
Chair, Governance Committee of the Intensive Care Units
Boston Children’s Hospital 
Professor of Anaesthesia 
Harvard Medical School

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Daniel Cabrera, MD

Director, Advanced Digital Education

Director, Platform Knowledge Solutions

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Mayo Clinic

Latha Chandran, MD, MPH, UHealth Executive Dean

Latha Chandran, MD, MPH, MBA

Executive Dean for Education
Founding Chair, Department of Medical Education
Bernard J Fogel Chair in Medical Education
Professor of Medical Education and Pediatrics
Miller School of Medicine

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Dennis Daniel, MD

Associate Director, OPENPediatrics
Associate in Critical Care Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
Instructor of Anaesthesia 
Harvard Medical School

Lanre O. Falusi, MD, MEd

Medical Director of Advocacy Education, Child Health Advocacy Institute
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency Program
Attending Physician, Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health
Children's National Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

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Elissa Hall, EdD, MA

Director, Advanced Digital Education
Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Mayo Clinic

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Patricia A. Hickey, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN

SVP and Associate Chief Nurse
Cardiovascular, Perioperative and Critical Care
Nursing and Patient Care Operations 
Boston Children’s Hospital 
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School

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Grace C. Huang, MD

Dean for Faculty Affairs
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

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Kathleen Huth, MD, MMSc-Med Ed

Co-Director, Academy for Teaching and Educational Innovation and Scholarship
Program Director, Complex Care Fellowship 
Boston Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School

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Alan Leichtner MD, MSHPEd

Chief Education Officer
Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation
Boston Children’s Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School

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Kelsey Miller, MD, EdM

Director of Medical Student Education
Associate Physician in Pediatrics
Division of Emergency Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital
Co-Director, Interprofessional Education
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School

Lori Newman, MEd

Director, Academy for Teaching and Educational Innovation and Scholarship
Director, Professional Development in Education
Boston Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School

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Mary C. Ottolini MD, MPH, MEd

The George W. Hallett MD Chair of Pediatrics
The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center
Chief of the MaineHealth Child Health Service Line
MHMG Medical Director for Pediatric Primary Care-Southern Region
Professor of Pediatrics
The Tufts University School of Medicine

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Roy Phitayakorn, MD MHPE

Vice Chair of Education, MGH Department of Surgery
General and Endocrine Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Chair of HMS Surgery Education Committee
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School

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Teri Lee Turner, MD, MPH, MEd

Martin I. Lorin Endowed Chair in Medical Education
Professor and Vice Chair of Education, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Academic General Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine

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Kelly Wills, MD, MMSc-Med Ed

Director of Curriculum Development, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation
Associate Program Director, Boston Combined Residency Program
General Pediatrician, Primary Care
Continuity Clinic Director, Children's Hospital Primary Care Center
Boston Children's Hospital
Instructor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School

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Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH

Co-Director, OPENPediatrics
Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation
Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
Associate Professor in Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School