Awards & Honors Committee
The Awards and Honors Committee comprises two subcommittees:
- The Awards Subcommittee is charged with the review and selection of applicants for the Research Fellow Awards (RFS) and the Clinical Scholar Awards (CSA). This subcommittee consists of the current President, President-Elect, the past 5 Presidents, and the Chair of the Research Affairs Committee (or a designee).
- The Honors and Lectures Subcommittee is charged with the nomination, review, and selection of appropriate individuals for various lectures and awards other than RFAs and CSAs available to Society members. This subcommittee consists of the current President, President-Elect, the past 5 Presidents, the Chair of the History Committee, and other PES members appointed by the President.
The Immediate Past President of the Society will serve as Chair of the overall Awards and Honors Committee and Chair of the Awards Subcommittee. The Chair of the Honors and Lectures Subcommittee will be appointed by the President.
- Tom Carpenter
- Mark Palmert
- Craig Alter BOD Liaison
- Walter L. Miller Chair
- Sharon Oberfield
- Madhu Misra
- Philip Scott Zeitler
- Erica Eugster
- Alan D. Rogol
- Ron G. Rosenfeld
- Stephen M. Rosenthal
- Steven Mittelman
Communications Committee
- Priyanka Bakhtiani
- Andrew J. Bauer
- Scott Clements
- Cathrine Constantacos
- Erica Eugster BOD Liasion
- Mitchell Geffner
- Nidhi Gupta
- Colin Hawkes
- Nina Ma
- Paul Saenger
- Jessica Schmitt
- Heather Wadams
Drugs & Therapeutics Committee
Charged with keeping the Society informed on topics about both new and existing drugs and devices. To review problems related to the therapeutics of Pediatric Endocrine disorders and report to the Board of Directors and the greater membership of PES.
- Ambika Ashraf
- Tandy Aye BOD Liaison
- Emily Breidbart
- Anshu Gupta
- Patrick Hanley
- Manu Kamboj
- Aditi Khokhar
- Mimi Kim
- Brenda Kohn
- Sowmya Krishnan
- Amit Lahoti
- Marissa Lightborne
- Daniel Mak
- Seth Marks
- Kristal Matlock
- Shilpa Mehta
- Ryan Miller Chair
- Laura Page
- Neha Patel
- Vandana Raman
- Jonanlis Ramirez
- Elizabeth Rosolowsky
- Anna Ryabets-Lienhard Chair
- Christine Yu
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Education Committee
Charged with the conception, organization, and execution of educational opportunities including Board Review courses, Clinical Updates, Spring Fellows’ Retreats, and other educational materials for patients/families, practitioners, pediatric fellows, pediatric residents, and medical students. The Education Committee will liaise with the Diabetes SIG and the Transgender SIG.
- Iman Al-Gadi
- Natalie Allen
- Alaa Alnofal
- Bethany Auble
- Ghufran Babar
- Hayley Baines
- Priyanka Bakhtiani
- Kanthi Bangalore Krishna
- Nidhi Bansal
- Robert Benjamin
- Kathleen Bethin Co-Chair
- Katerina Constantacos
- Marco Danon
- Mark DeBoer
- Sean Delacey
- Dianne Deplewski
- Sara DiVall
- Oscar Escobar
- Doris Fadoju
- Kristin Favela
- Christy Foster
- Adda Grimberg
- Naiomi Gunaratne
- Anshu Gupta
- Jee-Young Ham
- David Hansen
- Alyssa Huang
- Hannah Jelley
- Manmohan Kamboj
- Marissa Kilberg
- Michelle Knoll
- Amit Lahoti
- Amy Levenson
- Ashwini Mallappa
- Shana McCormack
- Abby Meyers
- Shelly Mercer
- Jonathan Meyer
- Todd Nebesio Chair
- Katie O'Sullivan
- Pedro Pagan Banchs
- Paola Palma Sisto
- Laura Pierre
- Vana Raman
- Sonalee Ravi
- Samantha Roberge
- Alissa Roberts
- Liz Rosolowsky
- Mostafa Salama
- Mohamed Saleh
- Kiki Sarafoglu
- Jessica Schmitt
- Swathi Sethuram
- Durga Singer
- Kathleen Timme
- Ahmed Torky
- Lisa Topor
- Alexander Tuttle
- Serife Uysal
- Marcela Vargas
- Patricia Vuguin
- Jessica Weber
- Selma Witchel BOD Liaison
- Lauren Wood Heickman
- Vickie Wu
History Committee
To collect, validate, collate and archive information, documents, photographic and graphic materials relevant to the history of PES and to make such materials available to the members and to generate periodically publications relevant to the history of PES and its members.
- John S. Fuqua BOD Liaison
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John L. Fowlkes
- Evan Graber
- Alan D. Rogol Chair
- Arlan L. Rosenbloom
International Relations Committee
Charged with the development of international collaboration and interaction of PES with other societies/organizations to globally benefit children with endocrine conditions—with special focus on collaborations that may help to improve care in resource-constrained environments.
- Mark Palmert BOD Liaison
- Charumathi Baskaran
- Luisa Gonzalez
- Evangelia Kalaitzoglou
- Sando Ojukwu
- Jadranka Popovic Chair
- Sripriya Raman
- Ahmed Torky
- Yun Yan
- Y. Miles Yu
Membership Committee
Charged with accepting and reviewing all applications for membership to the Society. A recent strategic objective of this committee is to encourage and increase fellow involvement in the Society.
- Christine Burt Solorzano
- Rebeca Esquivel-Zuniga
- Erica Eugster BOD Liaison
- Iris Gutmark-Little
- Andrew H. Lane
- Joshua May
- Lindsey Waldman Chair
MOC and QI Committee
Charged with overseeing the quality improvement activities of PES and facilitating mechanisms for MOC credit to allow PES members to achieve recertification by the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatric Endocrinology.
- Shipra Bansal
- Bruce A. Boston
- Christine Cherella
- Daina Dreimane
- Morey W. Haymond
- Justin A. Indyk Chair
- Ajanta Naidu
- Sarah Reynolds
- Erinn Rhodes Advisor
- Sejal Shah
- Joshua Smith
- Rona Sonabend
- Shoshana Tell
- Selma Witchel BOD Liaison
- Mary Ellen Vajravelu
- Surendra K. Varma
- Patricia Myriam Vuguin
- Sarah Corathers
- Jessica Schmitt
- Sobenna George
- Carrie Schulmeister
Nominating Committee
Charged with coordinating, reviewing, and arranging ballots for election of new members to the PES Board of Directors.
- Ambika Ashraf
- Kanthi Bangalore Krishna Associate Chair
- Sheela N. Magge Chair
- Todd Nebesio
- Madhusmita Misra
- Priyanka Bakhtiani
- David Sparling
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Craig Alter BOD Liaison
Practice Management Committee
Charged with providing members of PES with tools and information to facilitate the practice of pediatric endocrinology. The focus is to promote multidisciplinary practice models, develop educational materials for Endocrinology providers, develop CME curricula, and develop position statements on key issues in pediatric endocrinology. If you have ideas for future topics you’d like to see the PMC address, please click here.
- Soumya Adhikari Co-Chair
- Rushika Conroy
- Marcie Drury Brown
- Ambika Ashraf
- Samuel Freedman
- Monica Grover
- Ines Guttmann-Bauman
- Sunil Nayak
- Jon Oden
- Inas Thomas
- Ksenia Tonyushkina
- David Sparling Co-Chair
- Priyanka Bakhtiani
- Craig Alter BOD Liaison
- Laurie Cohen
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Program Committee
Charged with organizing the scientific program of the now freestanding annual meeting of PES. Additional tasks include participation in abstract review, organization of Scientific Symposia, Meet-the-Professor sessions, Plenaries, Clinical Practice Sessions, the Year-in-Review program, and Satellite Symposia, along with selecting the Leona Cutler and Human Growth Foundation Best Poster Awards.
- Ghufran Babar
- Andy Bauer
- Andrew Dauber Co-chair
- Shanlee Davis
- Berrin Ergun-Longmire
- Rachel Gafni
- Minu George
- Anshu Gupta
- Roopa Kanakatti Shankar
- Alex Karmazin
- Maya Lodish
- Shana McCormack
- Madhu Misra
- Leena Nahata
- Molly Regelmann
- Marie-Eve Robinson
- Takara Stanley BOD Liaison
- Jenise Wong Co-chair
Public Policy Committee
Charged with identification of political and policy issues that impact the care of children with pediatric endocrine conditions and the licensure of competent pediatric endocrinologists. To develop a rapid response team to deal with critical political and policy issues that affect children with pediatric endocrine and metabolic conditions. Also assist other councils and committees with policy issues should they arise.
- Elaine Apperson
- Cassandra Brady
- Brittany S Bruggeman
- Melanie Cree-Green
- Chineze Ebo
- Swati Elchuri Chair
- Takara Stanley BOD Liaison
- Tamara S. Hannon Chair
- Shuai Hao
- Dorit Koren
- Bonnie McCann-Crosby
- Sudha Mootha
- Susan Phillips
- Henry Rodriguez
- Swathi Sethuram
- Rachel Whooten
Publications Committee
The Publications Committee is charged to provide oversight into the society’s journal, Hormone Research in Paediatrics (HRP), which includes nominations for associate editors and editorial board members, assessing data related to the number of publications submitted by and accepted from PES members, and identification of key papers from HRP (and other journals) that will have an impact on the practice of pediatric endocrinology to share on the PES website on a quarterly basis.
- Erica Eugster BOD Liaison
- Mitchell Geffner
- Colin Hawkes Chair
- Nina Ma
- Sharon E. Oberfield
- Paul Saenger
Research Affairs Committee
Charged with facilitating the research endeavors of PES members and prioritizing the research goals of PES. This council will formulate policies for research grant support, develop national/regional research advisor programs, and establish collaborative relationships with international pediatric research groups.
- Yee-Ming Chan
- Shanlee Davis
- John L. Fowlkes
- Rose A. Gubitosi-Klug
- Katherine Kutney
- Karla Leavens
- Shana McCormack
- Tom Carpenter BOD Liaison
- Steven Mittelman Chair
- Radhika Muzumdar
- Leena Nahata
- Kankadurga Singer
- Shylaja Srinivasan
- Jenise Wong
- Apoorva Ravindranath Waikar
- Jeanie B. Tryggestad
Training Committee
Charged with providing information on regulatory issues that impact the training and certification of fellows. This council will work with other committees to develop a research advisor program, develop milestones, increase fellow participation in PES, organize educational activities, and improve communication.
- Beth Auble
- Tandy Aye BOARD LIAISON
- Reema Lynn Habiby CHAIR
- Amy Levenson
- Ioanna Athanassaki
- Vanessa Curtis
- Patricia Vuguin
- Jennifer Barker
- Sowmya Krishnan
- Bethany Auble
- Lisa Swartz Topor
- Katherine Hwu
- Lisa Madison
- Dennis Chia
- Himala Kasmiri
- Mary Lauren Scott
- Aikaterini (Katerina) Nella
- Vandana (Vana) Raman
- Claudia Boucher-Berry
- Anisha Gohil
Website Committee
The Website Committee is charged to review website function and utilization, to coordinate with SIGs and other committees regarding sharing of content and updates to appear on the website, and to optimize use of multiple social media platforms for societal communication.
- Ionna Athanassaki
- Priyanka Bakhtiani
- Andrew J. Bauer
- Scott Clements
- Katerina Constantacos Chair
- Jack Fuqua BOD Liaison
- Nidhi Gupta
- Minu M. George
- Manish Raisingani
- Apoorva Ravindranath Waikar
- Heather Wadams