| Richard Golden, MD President, 2011-2012 |
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| Medical School: | Ohio State University College of Medicine – MD 06/09/2000 |
| Internship: | Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix – 06/20/2001 |
| Residency: | University of Missouri – 06/30/2004 |
| Fellowship: | Nationwide Children’s Hospital – 06/30/2005 |
| Meera Mehta, MD President Elect, School Health Update Advisor Secretary/Treasurer |
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| Medical School: | Northeastern Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM) |
| Residency: | Nationwide Children’s Hospital |
| Chief Resident: | Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 2007-2008 |
| Current Practice: | Mid-Ohio Pediatrics & Adolescents |
| Special Interests: | Adolescent medicine, reading & travel |
| Katrina Tansky, MD Past President, 2010-2011 |
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| Medical School: | Medical College of Ohio, Toledo |
| Residency: | Columbus Childrens Hospital, Columbus, Ohio |
| Current Practice: | Step by Step Pediatrics, Westerville, Ohio |
| Special Interests: | General Pediatrics |
| Other Memberships: | American Academy of Pediatrics |
| Jill Fitch, MD Secretary/Treasurer Pediatric Pearls Co-Medical Director |
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| Medical School: | Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine |
| Residency: | Cleveland Clinic Foundation – Internal Medicine and Pediatrics |
| Fellowship: | Cleveland Clinic Foundation – Pediatric Critical Care |
| Current Practice: | Pediatric Academic Association, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University |
| Special Interests: | Cardiology and Thromboembolism |
| Other Memberships: | Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society |
| Mary-Lynn Niland, MD Member-At-Large |
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| Medical School: | The Ohio State University College of Medicine |
| Residency: | Columbus Children’s Hospital |
| Fellowship: | Columbus Children’s Hospital – Pediatric Emergency Medicine |
| Current Practice: | Step by Step Pediatrics, Westerville, OH |
| Special Interests: | General Pediatrics |
| Other Memberships: | American Academy of Pediatrics |
| Website: | www.copcp.com |
| Meredith Merz, MD Member-At-Large |
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| Medical School: | The Ohio State University College of Medicine |
| Residency: | University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago |
| Fellowship: | Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego |
| Current Practice: | Section of Otolaryngology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital |
| Special Interests: | Clinical interests in general pediatric otolaryngology, head and neck and thyroid masses, obstructive sleep apnea and other airway problems, and disorders of the ears and nose. Research interests include treatment of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, obstructive sleep apnea, and nasal airway obstruction. |
| Zorica Bjelovuk, PNP Nurse Practitioner Liaison Co-chair |
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| Nursing School: | The Ohio State University: Bachelor’s 1993, Master’s 1998 |
| Current Practice: | 5 years at Crosswoods Pediatrics with Dr. Joseph Fiala and Dr. Eileen Bolton & Downtown Urgent Care since February 2004 |
| Special Interests: | General Pediatrics and Infant Massage |
| Other Memberships: | OAAPN (Ohio Association of Advanced Practice Nurses), NAPNAP (National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners), IAIM (International Association of Infant Massage) |
| JoAnn Rohyans, MD Historian |
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| Medical School: | The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH |
| Residency: | Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH |
| Special Interests: | Recurrent infection, allergies |
| Other Memberships: | TAPP-PIUS Board of Directors, Center for New Directions Board, Children’s Practicing Pediatricians Board, American Academy of Pediatrics |
| Alex Rakowsky, MD Pediatric Pearls |
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| Medical School: | Pennsylvania State University – MD 05/13/1990 |
| Internship: | Hahnemann University Hospital – 06/30/1991 |
| Residency: | Hahnemann University Hospital – 06/30/1993 |
| Fellowship: | Children’s National Medical Center – 06/30/1995 |
| Maria J. Henwood-Finley, DO Faculty Advisor |
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| Medical School: | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine |
| Residency: | Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center |
| Fellowship: | The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia |
| Current Practice: | Pediatric Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital, Columbus |
| Special Interests: | Pediatric Osteoporosis; Disorders of the Adrenal Gland |
| Other Memberships: | American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians, The Endocrine Society, The Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Ohio Osteopathic Association, Columbus Osteopathic Association |