Department: Pediatrics

Established: 1930

Chairs:

Wilburt C. Davison, 1930 - 1954

Jerome S. Harris, 1954 - 1968

Samuel L. Katz, 1968 - 1990

Michael M. Frank, 1990 - 2004

Dennis A. Clements, Interim, 2004 - 2005

Joseph W. St. Geme, III, 2005 - current

Divisions of the Department of Pediatrics

Allergy, Established: 1948
Renamed the Division of Allergy-Immunology in 1974.

Chiefs:

Susan C. Dees, 1948 - 1974

Allergy-Immunology, Established: 1974
Established as the Division of Allergy in 1948.

Chiefs:

Rebecca H. Buckley, 1974 - 2003

A. Wesley Burks, 2003 - current

Biochemical Genetics, Established: 1994
Established as the Division of Genetics & Metabolism in 1982

Chiefs:

Charles R. Roe, 1994 - 1995

Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Established, 2004

Chiefs:

Joanne Kurtzberg, 2004 - current

Cardiology, Established: 1960

Chiefs:

Madison S. Spach, 1960 - 1983

Page A.W. Anderson, 1983 - 1984

Madison S. Spach, 1986 - 1991

Arthur "Tim" Garson, 1992 - 1995

Norman Talner, Interim, 1995 - 1996

Stephen P. Sanders, 1996 - 2003

John F. Rhodes, Interim, 2003-2006

John F. Rhodes, Clinical Co-Chief, 2006 - present

Jennifer S. Li, Research Co-Chief, 2006 - present

Child Development and Behavioral Health, Established, 2005

Chiefs:

Richard E. D'Alli, 2005 - current

Critical Care Medicine, Established: 1987

Chiefs:

William Greeley, 1987 - 1995

Jon Meliones, 1995 - 2001

Ira Cheifetz, 2001 - current

Endocrinology, Established: 1967

Chiefs:

Robert S. Stempfel, Jr., 1967 - 1968

Stuart Handwerger, 1971 - 1990

Michael S. Freemark, 1991 - current

Gastroenterology & Nutrition, Established: 1995
Renamed the Division of Gastroenterology, Nutrition, & Hepatology in 2006.

Chiefs:

Wiliam R. Treem, 1995 - 2003

Martin H. Uishen, 2003 - current

Gastroenterology, Nutrition, & Hepatology, Established: 2006
Established as the Division of Gastroenterology & Nutrition in 1995.

Chiefs:

Martin H. Ulshen, 2003 - current

General Pediatrics, Established: 1973
Renamed the Division of Primary Care Pediatrics in 2007.

Chiefs:

Thomas E. Frothingham, 1973 - 1988

Peter C. English, 1988 - 1993

Deborah L. Squire, 1994 - 1994

Dennis A. Clements, 1995 - current

Genetics & Metabolism, Established: 1982
Renamed the Division of Biochemical Genetics in 1994.

Chiefs:

Charles R. Roe, 1982 - 1994

Hematology-Oncology, Established: 1964

Chiefs:

F. Stanley Porter, 1964 - 1975

George Lyon, 1975 - 1976

John M. Falletta, 1976 - 1994

Michael M. Frank, 1994 - 1995

Philip Rosoff, 1995 - 2005

Thomas R. Kinney, Interim, 2005 - 2006

Daniel S. Wechsler 2006 - current

Hospital and Emergency Medicine, Established: 2006

Chiefs:

W. Clay Bordley, Interim, 2006 - current

Infectious Diseases, Established: 1968

Chiefs:

David Lang, 1968 - 1976

Catherine M. Wilfert, 1976 - 1994

Ross E. McKinney, Interim, 1994 - 1998

Ross E. McKinney, 1998 - 2003

Coleen Cunningham, 2003 - current

Medical Genetics, Established: 1994

Chiefs:

Y.T. Chen, 1994 - 2005

Priya S. Kishnani, Interim 2005 - 2006

Priya S. Kishnani 2007 - current

Metabolism, Established: 1965

Chiefs:

James B. Sidbury, 1965 - 1975

Neonatology, Established: 1972

Chiefs:

George W. Brumley, 1972 - 1978

Lillian Blackmon, 1978 - 1980

Jane E. Brazy, 1988 - 1991

David Tanaka, Interim, 1991 - 1996

Ronald N. Goldberg, 1996 - current

Nephrology, Established: 1977

Chiefs:

Stephen G. Osofsky, 1977 - 1982

Jonathan I. Scheinman, 1983 - 1993

John W. Foreman, 1993 - current

Neurology, Established: 1969

Chiefs:

John F. Griffith, 1969 - 1976

Stanley J. Rothman, 1977 - 1982

Darrell V. Lewis, Interim, 1982 - 1984

Bernard D'Souza, 1984 - 1988

G. Robert DeLong, 1988 - 1994

Darrell V. Lewis, Interim, 1994 - 1999

Warren Strittmatter, Interim, 1999 - current

Primary Care Pediatrics, Established: 2007
Established as the Division of General Pediatrics in 1973.

Chiefs:

Dennis A. Clements,1995 - current

Pulmonary, Established: 1984
Renamed the Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine in 2007.

Chiefs:

Alexander Spock, 1984 - 1989

Andre Muelenaer, Interim, 1989 - 1990

Iley "Trip" Browning, Interim, 1990 - 1991

J. Marc Majure, Interim, 1991 - 1993

Thomas M. Murphy, 1993 - current

Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Established: 2007
Established as the Division of Pulmonary in 1984.

Chiefs:

Thomas M. Murphy, 1993 - current

Quantitative Sciences, Established: 2007

Chiefs:

Daniel K. Benjamin, 2007 - current

Rheumatology, Established: 1992

Chiefs:

Deborah W. Kredich, 1992 - 2004

Egla Rabinovich, Clinical Co-Chief, 2004 - current

Laura Schanberg, Research Co-Chief, 2004 - current

Student Health, Established 2007
Division transferred from Community and Family Medicine.

Chiefs:

Wiliam K. Purdy, 2007 - current

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