Asthma, Breastfeeding, childrens health, Flu, Healthcare, Pediatric, Pediatrician, Vaccination, Water Safety
Jean S. Moorjani, MD, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatrician at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. She is a member of the medical education faculty that works with the pediatric residency training program. Her areas of focus include breastfeeding, asthma and children with special healthcare needs. Dr. Moorjani earned her medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Moorjani is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Within the AAP, she is a fellow of the Section on Breastfeeding, the Section on Hospital Medicine and a fellow of the Council on Communications and Media.
HIV, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Medicine, Pediatric, Preventive Medicine
Dr. Pavia is a pediatric infectious disease expert who can provide expert commentary on vaccines, infectious disease and related trending topics. He has become a trusted source for top national media. He received his bachelor's degree and medical degree at Brown University. He trained in internal medicine and pediatrics at Dartmouth and the University of Utah. At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Pavia trained in Public Health Epidemiology as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer and a Preventive Medicine Resident. Additionally, Dr. Pavia completed a fellowship in pediatric and adult infectious diseases at the University of Utah. He joined the faculty at the University of Utah in 1991. In 2003 Dr. Pavia became the George and Esther Gross Presidential Professor and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, where he mentors a dynamic and productive team of faculty and fellows. He also serves as Director of Hospital Epidemiology at Primary Children's Hospital and Associate Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship. Dr. Pavia is a member of the Society for Pediatric Research. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Dr. Pavia is a member of the National Academy of Science Engineering and Medicine Forum on Preparedness. He was recently Vice Chair and Chair of the Program Committee for IDWeek and served two terms on the CDC Board of Scientific Counselors. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) and past chair of the Pandemic Influenza Task Force and past Chair of the National and Global Public Policy Committee. Dr. Pavia served as a member of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee and chaired the Vaccine Safety Working Group, was an inaugural member of the National Biodefense Science Board (NBSB) and chaired the Influenza Working Group, and co-chaired the Personal Preparedness Working Group of the NBSB from 2008-2010. Dr. Pavia has served on several Institute of Medicine Committees including 鈥淎ntivirals for Pandemic Influenza: Guidance on Developing and Distribution and Dispensing System,鈥 and 鈥淧repositioned Medical Countermeasure for the Public,鈥 and is a frequent consultant for CDC. He is an associate Editor of the Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy and is on the editorial board the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society and a reviewer for numerous journals. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed scientific articles, textbook chapters, reviews and scientific abstracts. His research interests include the epidemiology of influenza and other emerging respiratory infections, pneumonia, vaccine preventable diseases, emerging infections, and HIV/ AIDS, with a particular interest in infections of pregnant women and their children. He has been the principal investigator or co-investigator on grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Pavia received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Brown University. He completed his residency at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and served as Chief Resident. He then served as an officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and completed a residency in Preventive Medicine. He completed fellowship training in pediatric and adult infectious diseases at the University of Utah. Dr. Pavia is currently the George and Esther Gross Presidential Professor at the University of Utah and is Chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. His academic interests include the epidemiology, diagnosis and management of emerging infectious diseases including influenza, respiratory infections and diarrheal diseases. He is also keenly interested in HIV/AIDS and has been involved in HIV clinical care and research since the 1980s.
Children's Health, Pediatric, Short Bowel Syndrome
Ajay Jain, M.D., is a professor of pediatrics, pharmacology, and physiology at Saint Louis University (SLU) School of Medicine. Jain is also the director of the M.D./Ph.D. program for SLU鈥檚 School of Medicine. A SLUCare pediatric hepatologist and gastroenterologist, he serves as the associate division chief of pediatric gastroenterology, and the medical director of the pediatric liver transplant program at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. An internationally recognized expert, Jain has received several national and international accolades for his work. Jain was recently awarded the international Stanley J. Dudrick Award and the Harry M. Vars award from the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition as well as the Gerard Odell Prize for Excellence in Liver by the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Jain has also received highly competitive funding from the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition; the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Rhoads Research Foundation; the American Liver Foundation; Mid-America Transplant Foundation and industry partners. Additionally, seed funding through SLU's Liver Center and President's Research Fund allowed Jain to conduct early proof-of-concept studies.
Hematology, multiple sclerois (MS), Oncology, Pediatric, Pediatric Care, Pediatric Infectious Disease, pharmaceutial science, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacy
Danielle M. Alm, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (PCP). Additionally, she is a Pediatric Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Children鈥檚 Regional Hospital at Cooper University HealthCare. In this role she practices in general pediatrics as well as pediatric intensive care unit patients. Here, Dr. Alm precepts learners, including introductory and advanced pharmacy practice experience (IPPE) and (APPE) students and a PGY2 Pharmacotherapy Resident. On campus, Dr. Alm鈥檚 didactic teaching responsibilities include pediatric content taught throughout the curriculum. Pediatric content includes pediatric infectious diseases, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic differences, pediatric enteral and parenteral nutrition, pediatric seizures, multiple sclerosis, drug information and literature evaluation, and hematology and oncology. She also coordinates the pediatric elective. Dr. Alm鈥檚 research interests include student run research, pediatric research focusing on medication safety, pharmacodynamics, and asthma. She is an active member of the Pediatric Pharmacist Association (PPA) where she has served in many different roles.
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Emergency Medicine Director Point of Care Ultrasound
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterEmergency Medicine, Pediatric, physician wellness
Dr. Marla Levine is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the division of Emergency Medicine at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. She is also the director of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) within their Pediatric Emergency Department. After completing her pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Children’s National Medical Center and Emergency Ultrasound fellowship at Maimonides Medical Center, she has been recognized as a leader within the field of Pediatric Emergency medicine (PEM) POCUS, particularly as an educator in emergency ultrasound, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
She has authored numerous papers on the utility of POCUS in the care of pediatric patients, as well as having helped create educational guidelines for how to incorporate POCUS into educational curricula. Her passion is teaching POCUS, especially the vital role that POCUS can serve in resource limited settings. As a Pediatric Emergency Medicine specialist, she is passionate about injury and illness prevention. Her intention is to use her platform as a Pediatric Emergency Medicine specialist to provide families with helpful information and guidance that can help keep children safe and healthy.
Physician, Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteASCO 2024, Oncology, Pediatric, Pediatric Hematology
Dr. Gillani uses computational techniques to understand the markers in cancer and normal patient genomes that are associated with the development and progression of disease, leveraging these insights to inform novel approaches to the treatment of pediatric cancer. He cares for patients with a range of solid tumor and hematologic malignancy diagnoses, with the overall aim of translating research insights to improved patient management.