Board of Directors

President                                         
Joseph Fakhoury, MD, FAAP                             Pediatric Hospitalist - Bronson Children’s Hospital

Treasurer                                         
Neal Weinberg, MD, FAAP                              Pediatric Specialist - Trinity Health

Past President                                                     
Abeba Berhane, MD, FAAP Academic General Pediatrician - Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital

Secretary                                              
Gurbaksh Esch, MD, FAAP                            Pediatric Hospitalist - Michigan State University/Hurley Medical Center

Appointed Member                                           
Matthew Denenberg, MD, FACEP, FAAP   Chief of Pediatrics - Corewell Health Children's in Royal Oak Chair of pediatrics - Oakland University, William Beaumont Medical School

President-Elect
Lauren Azevedo, MS, DO, FAAP Pediatrician - MSU PediatricsSecretary

Member-At-Large
Emily Disbrow, MD, FAAP Pediatrician + Residency Program Director - Michigan State University

Member-At-Large Lynn Smitherman, MD, FAAP Pediatrician - Wayne Pediatrics

Member-At-Large Melissa Ayoub Heinen, DO, MPH, FAAP Division Head of Pediatrics Trinity Health IHA Medical Group

Resident Representative
Michal Ruprecht, MD Candidate Wayne State University

Resident Representative
Haley Marber, MD University of Michigan

MIAAP Staff


CEO | Colin Ford

Programming and Communications Director | Emily Phelps (formerly Rambo)