Meet the Team
Leadership
- Division Chief, Emergency Medicine
- Medical Director, Emergency Preparedness
Joelle Nicha Simpson, MD, MPH
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Mark L. Batshaw, MD
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Dennis Mingke Ren, MD
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- Program Manager, Emergency Medical Services for Children Program
- Clinical Research Project Manager, Emergency Medicine and Trauma Services
- Program Manager, Pediatric Pandemic Network
Christopher Page
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- English
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Community Engagement
- Parent Advisor
Darcel Jackson
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- English
Darcel Jackson and her husband Marc are the parents of two children. Their wonderfully-made 11-year-old daughter Anniyah has received care for her complex health needs at Children’s National since birth.
Anniyah was transferred to Children’s National’s NICU three hours after birth and three days later they learned that she was born with two rare chromosome anomalies (Mosaic Trisomy 8 and Mosaic Trisomy 18). As the additional chromosomes affect Anniyah’s full body system, she has required numerous surgeries, procedures and specialty care. They have been seen in many departments within Children’s including: primary care, complex care, neurology, ENT, cardiology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, GI, physical medicine, sleep medicine, dermatology, developmental pediatrics, urology, pulmonary, genetics, audiology, dentistry and the Emergency Department. Their visits have been both inpatient and outpatient, at the main campus as well as specialty care locations.
Darcel has worked as a parent navigator in the Goldberg Center for Pediatric Primary Care at Children’s National Hospital for 5 years and currently serves as patient and family coordinator. In this capacity, she works to advance patient-and family-centered care throughout the organization by coordinating ways in which patients and family members can contribute to the mission and values of the organization. She has served as a parent advisor to PFAC since 2013 and sits on numerous hospital committees.
- Associate Division Chief, Operations
- Director, Experience and Clinical Integration
- Emergency Medicine Physician
Sephora Naomi Morrison, MD
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Disaster Management
- Emergency Preparedness Program Manager, Safety and Emergency Management
- Medical Director, Emergency Preparedness
- Emergency Medicine Physician
Tress Louise Goodwin, MD
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Education
Pavan Zaveri, MD
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Infectious Diseases
Innovation
Francesca D. Joseph, MD
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Mental Health
Christopher Gable, DO
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Pre-hospital/EMS
- Program Manager, DC EMSC
- Program Director, Emergency Medical Services for Children - DC Program
- Emergency Medicine Physician
Caleb Edwin Ward, MD
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Telemedicine
- Associate Medical Director, Telemedicine
- Emergency Medicine Physician