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All of the members of the Board of Directors and our key contacts have e-mail addresses.

Danielle Laraque, MD

Danielle Laraque, MD

District II Chairperson
Chair, Department of Pediatrics and Vice-President
Maimonides Infants and Children’s Hospital of Brooklyn
977 48th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219

Ph: 718/283-7632
718/283-6150
Fax: 718/283-7005
e-mail: dlaraque@maimonidesmed.org

 

Warren Seigel, MD, FSAM

Warren Seigel, MD, FSAM

 

District II Vice Chairperson

Ph: 718/616-3223
Fax: 718/616-4435
e-mail: wseigel@juno.com

 

 

 

Sheila Palevsky, MD, MPH

Sheila Palevsky, MD, MPH

 

National Nominating Committee

e-mail:  slpalevsky@aap.net

 

 

 

 

 

Bram Jelin, MD

Bram Jelin, MD

 

District Annual Leadership Forum Representative
Brooklyn Hospital Center
121 DeKalb Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Ph: 718/250-6277
Fax: 718/250-6856
e-mail: bramjel@aol.com

 

Ann Francis, MD

Ann Francis, MD

District Treasurer
125 Lattimore Road
Rochester, NY 14620

Ph: 585/244-9720
Fax: 585/244-9995
e-mail: afranci2@rochester.rr.com

 

 

George Dunkel

George Dunkel

District Executive Director

AAP, District II Office
American Academy of Pediatrics, District II
408 Kenwood Avenue, 2nd Floor 
Delmar, NY 12054

Ph: 518/439-0892
Fax: 518/439-0769
e-mail: gdunkel@aap.org

 

David Clark, MD

David Clark, MD

Child Advocacy Committee

Department of Pediatrics
Albany Medical Center
47 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, NY  12208

Ph: 518/262-5131
Fax: 518/262-4933
e-mail: dclark@ccgateway.amc.edu

 

Ellie Ward

Ellie Ward

 

Director of Policy & Advocacy

AAP, District II Office
American Academy of Pediatrics, District II
408 Kenwood Avenue, 2nd Floor 
Delmar, NY 12054

Ph: 518/441-4544
Fax: 518/439-0769
e-mail: eswabc@gmail.com

 

Carolyn Cleary, MD

Carolyn Cleary, MD

Chair, Membership Committee

125 Lattimore Road
Rochester, NY 14620
Ph: 585/244-9720

 

 

 

 

Michael Jordan, MD

Michael Jordan, MD

 

District CATCH Facilitator

RGH-Wayne Medical Group
1200 Driving Park Avenue
Newark, NY 14513

Ph: 315-359-2660
e-mail: michael.jordan@viahealth.org

 

 

 

 

Anthony J. Battista, MD

Anthony J. Battista, MD

 

District Webmaster

1101 Stewart Avenue, Suite 306
Garden City, NY 11530

Ph: 516/746-2299
Fax: 516/739-0623
e-mail: AJBattista@aol.com

 

 

Rhonda Graves Acholonu MD, FAAP

Rhonda Graves Acholonu MD, FAAP

 

Section on Young Physicians Representative

Residency Program Director
Department of Pediatrics
NYU School of Medicine

Office: 212/263-6425
Fax: 212/263-4053
e-mail: rhonda.graves@nyumc.org

 

 

Erin Kelly, MD

Erin Kelly, MD

 

Resident Section District  Coordinator

e-mail: erin.t.kelly@gmail.com

 

 

 

Roger Forden, MD

Roger Forden, MD

Communication Committee Co-Chair

341 Engelwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14223

Ph: 716/833-8206
Fax: 716/833-3972
e-mail: raforden44@yahoo.com

 

 

 

The District II Committee on Children with Disabilities has developed a standard health form for sharing information on special needs children form abstracted from the AAP “Emergency Form for Children with Special Needs” and the Medical Home Improvement Project “Care Plan.” You can download the form by clicking HERE and viewing the document in Microsoft Word.

Congratulations are in order for Thomas K. McInerny, MD, FAAP from Rochester, NY for becoming the AAP President-Elect!