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)
