CHNC Board of Directors and Executive Committee Members

Chair
Karna Murthy
MD, MSc

Professor of Pediatrics Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Attending Physician, Neonatology
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago & Prentice Women’s Hospital

Vice Chair
Michael A. Padula
MD, MBI, FAAP

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Senior Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Informatics
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Medical Director of Informatics, Division of Neonatology
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Secretary
Anthony Piazza
MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Emory University School of Medicine

Quality Improvement Director for the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston

Treasurer
Eugenia K Pallotto
MD, MSCE, CPHQ

Clinical Professor
Wake Forest School of Medicine

Division Chief, Neonatology
Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital

Member
Beverly Brozanski
MD, CPHQ

Vice Chair of Quality and Safety
Department of Pediatrics

Washington University School of Medicine

CMO and Vice President of Pediatric Quality and Patient Safety for BJC HealthCare and St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Member
Theresa Grover
MD, MAS

Professor of Pediatrics

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Children’s Hospital Colorado

Member
Joanne Lagatta
MD, MS

Professor of Pediatrics
Medical College of Wisconsin, Division of Neonatology
Children’s Wisconsin

Member
Kristina Reber
MD

Professor and Exec Vice Chair, Pediatrics
Division Chief, Neonatology

Shannon and Mark A. Wallace Endowed Chair
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children’s Hospital

Member
Billie Lou Short
MD

Chief, Division of Neonatology
Children’s National Hospital

Professor of Pediatrics
The George Washington School of Medicine

Member
Joan Smith
PhD, RN, NNP-BC, FAAN

Director Quality, Safety & Practice Excellence
St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Member
Lamia Soghier
MD, MEd

Professor of Pediatrics
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Medical Director and Quality & Safety Officer, Children's National NICU

Past Members
David Durand
MD
Francine Dykes
MD
Jeanette Asselin
MS, RRT-NPS

CHNC Staff

Executive Director
Jacquelyn Evans
MD
Associate Executive Director
Theresa Grover
MD, MAS
Program Manager
Kelli Johnson
Director, Data and Analytics
John Mallett
CIQI Program Manager
Aaron Rose
MBA, CPHQ
Manager, Database Operations
Darian Younger
MHA, MS