General and Community Pediatrics
Meet the Team

Meet the Pediatrics Team

Director

A photo of William B. Brinkman.

William B. Brinkman, MD, MEd, MSc

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Faculty

A photo Chidiogo Anyigbo.

Chidiogo U. Anyigbo, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Infant and early childhood mental health; early relational health; cross-sector collaborations in achieving health equity; mitigating adverse...
Faculty Awards 2021; Sarah J. Beal, PhD, Developmental Psychologist, Research, Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology

Sarah J. Beal, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Developmental psychology; general pediatrics research fellowship
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Andrew F. Beck, MD, MPH

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Social determinants of health; disparities; population health; quality improvement; geography
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Mary Carol Burkhardt, MD, MHA

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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Breann Butts, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Medical education; social determinants of health
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Kristen A. Copeland, MD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Health of children in child care; child care illness exclusions; physical activity and obesity prevention in child care settings
A photo of Thomas DeWitt.

Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP

Emeritus, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Early literacy and reading; medical education
A photo of Sheela Rath Geraghty.

Sheela Rath Geraghty, MD, MS, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Breastfeeding; breast milk pumping; human milk banking; multiple births
Michelle Gorecki

Michelle C. Gorecki, MD, MPH, FAAP

Clinical Fellow, Division of General and Community Pediatrics
Research Interests
Early childhood nutrition equity
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Mary V. Greiner, MD, MS

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Foster care health
Margaret Jones

Margaret N. Jones, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Antiracism; health equity; community-engaged research
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Robert S. Kahn, MD, MPH

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Parental health as a mediator of poverty's effects on children; social and economic disparities in children's health; interaction of genes and...
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Melissa D. Klein, MD, MEd

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Medical education; screening for unmet social needs
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Salvador Leavitt-Alcántara, PhD

Staff Chaplain I, Pastoral Care
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Nicholas Newman, DO, MS, FAAP

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Environmental health; asthma; ADHD; environmental justice; community engagement
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Christopher B. Peltier, MD, FAAP

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Medical education; advocacy
A photo of Zeina Samaan.

Zeina Samaan, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
A photo of Gregory Szumlas.

Gregory A. Szumlas, MD, FAAP

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Primary care clinical research; curriculum development; primary care of asthma
A photo of Julie Ware.

Julie Ware, MD, MPH, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Kim Yolton

Kimberly Yolton, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Development, behavior, and mental health from infancy to adulthood
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