See below for more information on the K12 scholars program leadership.
Program Director
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Michael R. DeBaun, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics and MedicinePediatric Hematology/OncologyJ.C. Peterson Chair in PediatricsDepartment of PediatricsVice Chair for Clinical and Translational ResearchDepartment of PediatricsDirectorVanderbilt-Meharry Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease -
Juan C. Salazar, MD, MPH
James C. Overall Professor and ChairDepartment of PediatricsSystem Pediatrician-in-ChiefMonroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Steering Committee
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Michael R. DeBaun, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics and MedicinePediatric Hematology/OncologyJ.C. Peterson Chair in PediatricsDepartment of PediatricsVice Chair for Clinical and Translational ResearchDepartment of PediatricsDirectorVanderbilt-Meharry Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease -
H. Scott Baldwin, MD
Professor of PediatricsCardiologyKatrina Overall McDonald Chair in PediatricsCo-DirectorPediatric Heart Institute -
William O. Cooper, MD, MPH
Cornelius Vanderbilt ProfessorPediatrics and Health PolicySenior Vice President for Professionalism and Clinical ExcellenceVanderbilt University Medical CenterAssociate Dean for Faculty AffairsVanderbilt University School of MedicinePresidentVanderbilt Health Center for Patient and Professional AdvocacyMemberVUMC Academy for Excellence in Education -
Daniel J. Moore, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of PediatricsPediatric EndocrinologyMemberVUMC Academy for Excellence in Education -
Jeff Reese, MD
Professor of PediatricsNeonatologyMildred T. Stahlman Chair in Perinatal ResearchNeonatology
Senior Pediatric Mentors
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Eric D. Austin, MD, MSCI
Director, Vanderbilt Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension ProgramAllergy/Immunology/Pulmonary MedicineAssociate Professor of PediatricsAllergy/Immunology/Pulmonary Medicine -
H. Scott Baldwin, MD
Professor of PediatricsCardiologyKatrina Overall McDonald Chair in PediatricsCo-DirectorPediatric Heart Institute -
James E. Cassat, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of PediatricsPediatric Infectious DiseasesEdward Claiborne Stahlman ChairPediatric Physiology and Cell Metabolism -
C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH
Edie Carell Johnson Chair in PediatricsProfessor of PediatricsPediatric Infectious DiseasesDirectorVanderbilt Vaccine Research Program -
James E. Crowe, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyPediatric Infectious DiseasesDirectorVanderbilt Vaccine CenterAnn Scott Carell ChairDepartment of Pediatrics -
Debra L. Friedman, MD
DirectorDivision of Pediatric Hematology/OncologyProfessor of Pediatrics and MedicineHematology/OncologyE. Bronson Ingram Chair in Pediatric OncologyDeputy DirectorVanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center -
Natasha B. Halasa, MD, MPH
Craig Weaver Professor of PediatricsInfectious DiseasesMemberVUMC Academy for Excellence in Education -
Rizwan Hamid, MD, PhD
Dorothy O. Wells Professor of PediatricsGeneticsDirectorDivision of Pediatric Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine -
Lori Jordan, MD, PhD
Professor of PediatricsPediatric NeurologyVice Chair for Faculty AdvancementDepartment of PediatricsDirectorPediatric Stroke Program -
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Jeffrey L. Neul, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Pharmacology, and Special EducationPediatric NeurologyDirectorVanderbilt Kennedy CenterAnnette Schaffer Eskind ChairPediatric Neurology -
John A. Phillips, MD
David T. Karzon Professor of PediatricsGeneticsProfessor of Biochemistry, Medicine and PathologyGenetics -
Jeff Reese, MD
Professor of PediatricsNeonatologyMildred T. Stahlman Chair in Perinatal ResearchNeonatology -
William E. Russell, MD
Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair and Professor of PediatricsPediatric EndocrinologyProfessor of Cell and Developmental BiologyDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology
Next Generation Mentors
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Daniel J. Moore, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of PediatricsPediatric EndocrinologyMemberVUMC Academy for Excellence in Education -
Kristen M. Ogden, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology, Microbiology and ImmunologyPediatric Infectious Diseases -
Christian Rosas-Salazar, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of PediatricsAllergy/Immunology/Pulmonary Medicine -
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