Chairman

Gary A. Silverman, MD, PhD
Harriet B. Spoehrer Professorship in Pediatrics
Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
Vice chairs, education & DEI

Philip M. Abraham, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Hospitalist Medicine
Co-Director, Office of Faculty Development & DEI
- Phone: 314-454-2076

Beverly Brozanski, MD
Susan and James C. Gould Professor of Pediatric Quality and Safety, Newborn Medicine
Vice Chair, Quality and Safety
Chief Medical Officer, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Vice President of Pediatric Quality and Patient Safety for BJC HealthCare and St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- Phone: 314-454-2683

Vikas R. Dharnidharka, MD, MPH
Alexis F. Hartmann, Sr., MD, Endowed Professor of Pediatrics, Nephrology
Division Director, Pediatric Nephrology, Hypertension & Apheresis
Vice Chair, Clinical Investigation

Anthony R. French, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Rheumatology
Vice Chair of Physician-Scientist Training Program
Alan L. Schwartz Chair in Pediatrics
Co-Scientific Director, Children’s Discovery Institute

David A. Hunstad, MD
Division Director, Infectious Diseases
Professor of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
Professor, Molecular Microbiology
Arnold W. Strauss, MD Endowed Professor for Mentoring
Co-Scientific Director, Children’s Discovery Institute
- Phone: (314) 454-6050

Jason G. Newland, MD, MEd
Professor of Pediatrics
Schnuck Family Endowed Chair, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Vice Chair, Community Health & Strategic Planning
- Phone: 314-454-6050

Kevin O’Bryan, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Hospitalist Medicine
Vice Chair, Clinical Informatics
Chief Medical Information Officer, SLCH
- Phone: 314-454-2076

Cassandra M. Pruitt, MD, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics, Academic Pediatrics
Associate Pediatric Residency Program Director
Interim Director, Academic Pediatrics
Medical Director, General Pediatrics and Complex Care Clinic
Vice Chair, Outpatient Health
- Phone: 314-454-6300

Katherine Rivera-Spoljaric, MD, MSCI
Professor of Pediatrics, Allergy and Pulmonary Medicine
Co-Director, Office of Faculty Development & DEI
Medical Director, Multidisciplinary Technology Dependent Child Center
Co-Director, Severe Asthma Clinic for Kids (SACK)
- Phone: 314-454-2694
Executive directors

Rhonda Fortune, BSBA, MBA
Executive Director, Research

Katherine Krajcovic, EdD, MBA, PMP, SHRM-SCP
Executive Director, Clinical Affairs & Business Operations
Division directors

Ana María Arbeláez, MD, MSCI
Professor of Pediatrics
Division Director, Endocrinology and Diabetes
David English Smith Professorship in Medicine
Director, Patient Oriented Research Unit
Co-Director, ICTS TL1 Predoctoral Clinical Research Program
- Phone: 314-454-6051

Juliane Bubeck-Wardenburg, MD, PhD
Donald B. Strominger, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine
Division Director, Critical Care Medicine
Researcher, Pediatric Research
- Phone: 314-454-2527

Megan A. Cooper, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Rheumatology & Immunology
Division Director, Rheumatology & Immunology

Vikas R. Dharnidharka, MD, MPH
Alexis F. Hartmann, Sr., MD, Endowed Professor of Pediatrics, Nephrology
Division Director, Pediatric Nephrology, Hypertension & Apheresis
Vice Chair, Clinical Investigation

Jorge Di Paola, MD
Professor of Pediatrics & Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Elizabeth Finney McDonnell Endowed Chair in Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Division Director, Hematology & Oncology
- Phone: 314-454-6018

Patricia I. Dickson, MD
Centennial Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics
Division Director, Genetics and Genomic Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-6093

Andrew C. Glatz, MD, MSCE
Louis Larrack Ward Professor of Pediatrics, Cardiology
Division Director, Cardiology
- Phone: 314-454-4561

David A. Hunstad, MD
Division Director, Infectious Diseases
Professor of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
Professor, Molecular Microbiology
Arnold W. Strauss, MD Endowed Professor for Mentoring
Co-Scientific Director, Children’s Discovery Institute
- Phone: (314) 454-6050

Lisa M. Moscoso, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Hospitalist Medicine
Division Director, Hospitalist Medicine
Associate Dean for Student Affairs

Katie Plax, MD
Ferring Family Chair Professor of Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine
Division Director, Adolescent Medicine
Medical Director, The SPOT and Project ARK
- Phone: 314-454-2468

Cassandra M. Pruitt, MD, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics, Academic Pediatrics
Associate Pediatric Residency Program Director
Interim Director, Academic Pediatrics
Medical Director, General Pediatrics and Complex Care Clinic
Vice Chair, Outpatient Health
- Phone: 314-454-6300

Kimberly S. Quayle, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine
Dana Brown Chair in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Division Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-2341

Ronald C. Rubenstein, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Allergy and Pulmonary Medicine
Division Director, Allergy and Pulmonary Medicine
Robert C. Strunk Endowed Chair for Lung and Respiratory Research
- Phone: 314-454-2694

Phillip I. Tarr, MD
Professor of Molecular Microbiology
Melvin E. Carnahan Professor of Pediatrics
Co-Leader, Pathobiology Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics
Division Director, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
- Phone: 314-454-6173

Barbara B. Warner, MD, MSc
F. Sessions Cole Professor of Newborn Medicine
Division Director, Newborn Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-2683