CHNC Board of Directors and Executive Committee Members

Chair
Karna Murthy
MD, MSc

Professor of Pediatrics Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University Division of Neonatology Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Vice Chair
Michael A. Padula
MD, MBI, FAAP

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

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

Secretary
Anthony Piazza
MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Emory University Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Medical Director Neonatal Services, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston

Treasurer
Eugenia K Pallotto
MD, MSCE

Division Chief, Neonatology

Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital

Clinical Professor, Wake Forest School of Medicine

Member
Beverly Brozanski
MD, CPHQ

Vice Chair of Quality and Safety

Washington University School of Medicine

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

Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Children’s Hospital Colorado

Member
Joanne Lagatta
MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, The Medical College of Wisconsin

Member
Kristina Reber
MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine

Chief, Division of Neonatology, 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

Medical Director and Quality & Safety Officer of the NICU, Children's National
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

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

CHNC Staff

Executive Director
Jacquelyn Evans
MD
Program Manager
Kelli Johnson
Director of Data and Analytics
John Mallett
CIQI Program Manager
Aaron Rose