CHAI Affiliate Faculty
About the CHAI Affiliate Faculty Program
CHAI Affiliate Faculty are faculty members of Children’s National Hospital and/or George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and School of Nursing who are contributing substantially to CHAI’s mission of advancing "policy and systems changes to achieve health equity for all children."
Specifically, CHAI Affiliate Faculty members participate and lead in advocacy education, legislative advocacy, community benefit programs and other CHAI initiatives. CHAI Affiliate Faculty applications are accepted on an annual basis and then renewed annually by CHAI Medical Directors based on the individual’s involvement within CHAI’s priority activities. Affiliate members are not required to have salary support from CHAI.
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Lee Ann Savio Beers, MD
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Danielle Goodman Dooley, MD, MPHIL
- Medical Director, Community Affairs and Population Health
- Pediatrician
Danielle Goodman Dooley, MD, MPHIL
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Olanrewaju Omolayo Falusi, MD
- Medical Director, Advocacy Education, Child Health Advocacy Institute
- Director, LAUnCH Track
- Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency Program LAUnCH Track
- Pediatrician
Olanrewaju Omolayo Falusi, MD
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Desiree de la Torre
- Executive Director, Community and Government Affairs
Desiree de la Torre
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- English
Biography
Desiree de la Torre is the executive director of community and government affairs and she leads the organization’s population health improvement planning process, including support for community-based organizations, health equity, and compliance with federal community benefit regulations.
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Anisha Anna Abraham, MD
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Shaunte Yvette Anum-Addo, MD
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Nathaniel Beers, MD, MPA, FAAP
- Pediatrician
- Executive Vice President, Children's National Hospital
Nathaniel Beers, MD, MPA, FAAP
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- English
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Claire O'Connell Boogaard, MD, MPH
- Medical Director, COVID-19 Vaccine Program
- Pediatrician
Claire O'Connell Boogaard, MD, MPH
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Kathleen Marie Brown, MD
- Associate Chief, Quality and Safety, Division of Emergency Medicine
- Medical Director, EMS Base Station
- Emergency Medicine Physician
Kathleen Marie Brown, MD
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Celina Brunson, MD
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Deepika Saxena Darbari, MD
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Ashley Darcy-Mahoney
- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Ashley Darcy-Mahoney
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- English
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Ashley Darcy-Mahoney, PhD, NNP, FAAN, is an affiliate faculty member of the Child Health Advocacy Institute and a neonatal nurse practitioner and researcher. She has worked throughout her career to advance nursing research, education and practice, with a focus on neonatology, infant health and developmental pediatrics. Her research has led to the creation of programs that improve health and developmental outcomes for at-risk and preterm infants.
As an associate professor of nursing and the director of infant research at the George Washington University's Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Institute, Dr. Darcy-Mahoney advances the body of research in infant health and developmental outcomes in high-risk infants with a focus on understanding the early brain and development trajectories in this population. In addition to her work with the institute, she conducts interdisciplinary research through "Talk With Me Baby" a multi-agency initiative using the nursing workforce to educate parents in the importance of talking and engaging with their babies in early infancy. Her research seeks to improve early-childhood outcomes for these infants, most recently through language interventions that improve future literacy and cognitive development.
She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nurses, the 2020 National Academy of Medicine Scholar and a 2017 Josiah Macy Scholar.
Katie Ann Donnelly, MD
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Melissa Dvorsky, PhD
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Kathleen Teresa Ferrer, MD
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Eduardo Raul Fox, MD
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Tamara Laurel Gayle, MD
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Theiline Twehdi Gborkorquellie, MD
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Anandapadmanaba Gourishankar, MD
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Monika Kumari Goyal, MD
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Rana Farouk Hamdy, MD, MPH, MSCE
- Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
- Associate Director, Fellowship Training Program
- Infectious Diseases Specialist
Rana Farouk Hamdy, MD, MPH, MSCE
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Amanda Elizabeth Hastings, PsyD
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Linda Jones Herbert, PhD
- Director, Psychosocial Clinical Program, Allergy and Immunology
- Psychologist
Allison McCarley Jackson, MD, MPH
- Division Chief, Child and Adolescent Protection Center
- Pediatrician
Allison McCarley Jackson, MD, MPH
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Lenore Renee Jarvis, MD
- Director, Advocacy and Health Policy, Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Medicine Physician
Lenore Renee Jarvis, MD
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Simmy King
- Nursing Director, Clinical Information Systems and Professional Development
Simmy King
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- English
Mansi Rani Kotwal, MD, MPH
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Julie Christine Krueger, MD
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Maria Lauer, PhD
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Jessica Anne Lazerov, MD
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Matthew Edward Lecuyer, MD, MPH
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Sahira Askari Long, MD, FAAP
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Matthew Allen Magyar, MD
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Shideh Majidi, MD
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Jaytoya Chenelle Manget, NP, DNP, FNP
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Michael Evan Mintz, PsyD
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Daniel Ari Newman, MD
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Kavita Parikh, MD
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Shilpa Jayanti Patel, MD
- Medical Director, IMPACT DC Asthma Clinic
- Emergency Medicine Physician
Shilpa Jayanti Patel, MD
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Hope Elizabeth Rhodes, MD, MPH
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Nikita Pushpa Rodrigues, PhD
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Eric Rosenthal, MD, MPH
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Yael Tobie Smiley, MD
- Medical Director, Healthy Generations Program
- Assistant Director, LAUnCH Track, Pediatric Residency Program
- Pediatrician
Yael Tobie Smiley, MD
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Amanda Stewart, MD
- Director, LAUnCH Track
- Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program
- Associate Director, Advocacy and Health Policy, Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Medicine Physician
Amanda Stewart, MD
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Alicia Marie Tucker, MD
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Chloe Turner, MD
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Jessica R. Weisz, MD
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Laura Marie Willing, MD
- Co-Director, Anxiety Disorders Program
- Associate Program Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist