The 105 signatories to the letter
The 105 signatories to the letter
Randell C. Alexander, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Howard Dubowitz, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Kenneth W. Feldman, MD
Clinical Professor
The University of Washington School of Medicine
David L. Kerns, MD
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Stanford University School of Medicine
John M. Leventhal, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Yale University School of Medicine
Alex V. Levin, M.D., MHSc, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Ophthalmology
The Hospital for Sick Children
University of Toronto
Desmond K.Runyan, MD, Dr PH
Professor and Chair of Social Medicine
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
John Ross Ainsworth
Paediatric Ophthalmology
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Honorary Senior Lecturer
University of Birmingham
Seth Asser, M.D.
Medical Consultant
Children’s Healthcare Is a Legal Duty, Inc.
Ronald G. Barr, MDCM, FRCPC
Canada Research Chair in Community Child Health Research
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Amy Baxter, M.D.
Children’s Medical Center at Dallas
Kirsten Bechtel, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Yale University School of Medicine
Susan Bennett M.B. Ch.B. FRCP
Assistant Professor
University of Ottawa Departments of Pediatrics and
Psychiatry
Scott Benton, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
LSU and Tulane Departments of Pediatrics
Rachel Berger MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh PA
Robert Block, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics
University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Tulsa campus
Lucilla Butler MA FRCOphth FRCSEd
Consultant Ophthalmologist
Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, City Hospital
Birmingham UK
David L. Chadwick, M.D.
Research Professor
University of Utah
David L. Corwin, M.D.
Professor and Chief, Division of Child Protection and Family
Health
Pediatrics Department, University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Jack Coyne M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
State University of New York at Buffalo
Margaret Crawford
Consultant Paediatrician
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust
Holly W. Davis, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Geoffrey DeBelle, MB, BS, FRACP, FRCPCH, DRCOG
Consultant Paediatrician (Community Child Health)
Named Doctor (Child Protection)
Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Julia DeBellis, MD
The Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at
Hackensack University Medical Center
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Marcus DeGraw, M.D.
St. John Health System
Detroit Michigan
Allan R. De Jong, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Mark S. Dias, MD
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA
Michael Durfee, M.D.
Chief Consultant
ICAN National Center for Child Fatality Review
Anna Ells, MD, FRCS (C)
Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary,
Alberta, Canada.
Martin A. Finkel, D.O., FACOP, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Howard Fischer MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Emalee Flaherty, MD.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Brian J Forbes M.D.,Ph.D
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Dept of Ophthalmology
Gilles Fortin, MD
Associate Clinical Professor Peadiatrics
Montreal University
Lori Frasier, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Utah School of Medicine
W. David Gemmill, MD.
Toledo, Ohio
MGF Gilliland MD
Professor, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Forensic Division
Gwendolyn Gladstone, MD
Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Dartmouth Medical School
Dr Danya Glaser
Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist and Named Doctor for Child
Protection
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
London WC1N 3JH England
Jill Glick, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Chicago
Penny Grant, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Oklahoma School of Medicine
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Bruce Herman, MD.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Utah School of Medicine
Astrid Heppenstall Heger, M.D.
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Ralph A. Hicks, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Wright State University Department of Pediatrics
Dayton, Ohio
Dr Chris Hobbs
Consultant Paediatrician
St James's University Hospital
Leeds
Philip Hyden, MD, JD
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Kent Hymel, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
University of Virginia
Carole Jenny, MD, MBA
Professor of Pediatrics
Brown Medical School
Providence Rhode Island
Richard Kaplan, MD, MSW
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Jerry G. Jones, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Arkansas
Alison Kemp
Senior Lecturer Child Health
University of Wales College of Medicine
Cardiff. S Wales UK
Steven Kairys, MD, MPH
Chairman of Pediatrics
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Marilyn Kaufhold, MD
Children's Hospital, San Diego
Nancy Kellogg, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Paul K. Kleinman, M.D.
Professor of Radiology
Harvard Medical School
Henry F. Krous, M.D.
Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of San Diego
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
Richard D. Krugman, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Dean
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Cynthia L. Kuelbs, MD
Medical Director, Chadwick Center for Children and Families
Children's Hospital, San Diego
Wendy G. Lane, M.D., MPH
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Dr Vic Larcher
Consultant Paediatrician and Named Doctor for Child Protection
Queen Elizabeth Children's Service
The Royal London Hospital
Stephen Lazoritz, M.D.
Vice-President – Medical Affairs
Children’s Hospital, Omaha Nebraska
Lori Legano, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY
Carolyn J. Levitt, M.D.
Asst. Professor of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota
Richard Alan Lewis M.D., M.S.
Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology, Medicine,
Pediatrics, and Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Michelle Lorand, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Chicago Medical School
Deborah Lowen, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine - Tulsa
James L. Lukefahr, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Texas Medical Branch
Professor Margaret Lynch
Newcomen Centre, Guy's Hospital
London SE1 9RT
Margaret McHugh,M.D.,MPH
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
NYU School of Medicine, New York, N.Y.
Eedy Mezer, M.D.
Staff Pediatric Ophthalmologyst
Rambam Medical Center
Haifa, Israel
Marcellina Mian, M.D.
Professor of Paediatrics
University of Toronto
Dr Jacqueline Mok
Consultant Paediatrician
Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Edinburgh EH9 1TS
Dr Alan Mulvihill, FRCSI.
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion
Edinburgh
Robert Nelken, M.D.
Andover Pediatrics
Andover Massachusetts
Eli Newberger, M.D
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
R. Kim Oates, MD
Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, the University of Sydney
Chief Executive, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
Vincent J. Palusci, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Human Development
Michigan State University School of Medicine
Dr Jean Price
Designated Doctor
Southampton Community Primary Care Trust
Judson B. Reaney, MD
Instructor of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota
Lawrence Ricci, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Vermont
John D. Roarty, MD
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Karen St. Claire, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Duke University Medical Center
D. Rosenberg, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Martin Samuels
Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics
Keele University / University Hospital of North
Staffordshire
Robert Sege, M.D., PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston MA
Randall Schlievert, MD
Director, Child Maltreatment Program
Mercy Children's Hospital
Toledo, Ohio
Susan Schloff, MD
Pediatric Ophthalmology
St. Paul, Minnesota
Sara E. Schuh MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical University of South Carolina
Dr Neela Shabde
Consultant Paediatrician
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust
North Tyneside General Hospital
North Shields NE 29 8NH
Lynn K. Sheets, M.D.
Kansas University Children’s Center
Jo Sibert
Professor of Child Health
University of Wales College of Medicine
Andrew Sirotnak, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Professor David Southall OBE, FRCPCH, MD
Consultant Paediatrician
University Hospital of North Staffordshire
Staffordshire ST5 1ND
Betty S. Spivack, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Janet Squires M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Suzanne P. Starling, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Eastern Virginia Medical School
R. Daryl Steiner, D.O.
Assistant Proffessor of Clinical Pediatrics
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
John Stirling, M.D.
Vancouver Pediatrics
Vancouver, Washington
Wilbur L Smith MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Radiology
Wayne State University
Naomi F. Sugar MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Washington School of Medicine
Nasrin Najm Tehrani MBBCh, MSc, FRCS Ed (Ophth)
Clinical Associate Staff Ophthalmologist
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Canada
Linda R. Thompson M.B., B.S.
Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota
Kathryn Wells, M.D.
Instructor in Pediatrics
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
James J.Williams, MD
Tamara Wygnanski-Jaffe M.D.
Pediatric Ophthalmologist
Goldschleger Eye Instititue
Sheba Medical Center, Israel.
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