Physician Information
Welcome
Welcome to the chILD Foundation! Your role as a physician and care giver is so important to our families. By registering with the foundation, you will receive access to a password protected physician area of our site which will contain the following:
Patient Education Information. We will have printable PDF files of our patient materials available for download to give to your patients at appointments. If you prefer to keep printed copies on hand, you can request that hard copies be sent directly to your office through this site.
chILD Research Network Information. We have an amazing group of physicians who work together to promote awareness, increase quality of care, and to do research into the chILD disorders. Many of our research network physicians are available to help consult on chILD cases and we would like to capture your patients in the new Pediatric Rare Diffuse Lung Disease registry. If you are currently treating a chILD patient and are interested in a consult, joining the research network, or interested in finding out more about becoming a network center, we can help you get in contact with the appropriate people.
Annual Conference. We host an annual conference where families and physicians gather to share the most current information on all forms of chILD. It is a unique experience for both the physicians and the families.
Research Announcements. We will post advertisements for all research grants that focus on a chILD disorder. If you are currently involved in chILD research, we can help you advertise to enroll patients too.
chILD Clinical Centers
Listed below are the centers throughout the United States that have specialists and programs for chILD disorders.
Baltimore MD (Johns Hopkins)
CLINICIAN:Pam Zeitlin, Larry Nogee
PATHOLOGIST: Fred Askin
IMAGER: Jane Benson
Boston, MA (Children's Hospital Boston)
CLINICIAN:Alicia Casey and Martha Fishman (pulmonology), Gary Visner (transplant), Lawrence Rhein (neonatology), Robert Sundel (rheumatology), Adrienne Randolph (critical care)
PATHOLOGIST: Sara Vargas
IMAGER: Edward Lee
Birmingham, AL (Children's Health System)
CLINICIAN: Wyn Hoover
PATHOLOGIST: David Kelly
IMAGER: Daniel W. Young
Chicago, IL (Children's Memorial)
CLINICIAN:Susanna McColley, Adrienne Prestridge
PATHOLOGIST: Pauline Chou
IMAGER: Frank Prendergast
Cincinnati, OH (Children's)
PATHOLOGIST:Susan Wert, Todd Boyd, DO
IMAGER:Alan Brody, Eric Crotty, and Mantosh Rattan
Columbus, OH (Children's)
CLINICIAN: Bob Castile
PATHOLOGIST: Peter Baker
IMAGER: Fred Long
Denver, CO (Children's)
CLINICIAN:Robin Deterding, Leland Fan
PATHOLOGIST: Megan Dishop, Carlyne Cool
IMAGER:David Lynch, Tom Hay
Detroit, Michigan (Children's Hospital of Michigan)
CLINICIAN: Manuel Arteta
PATHOLOGIST: Amir Lagstein
IMAGER: Maryam Ghadimi Mahani
Houston, TX (Texas Children's)
CLINICIAN: Tim Vece, George Mallory
PATHOLOGIST: Claire Langston
IMAGER: Paul Guillerman
Louisville,KY (Kosair Children's)
CLINICIAN: Ron Morton, 502-629-8830
PATHOLOGIST: Sue Coventry
Nashville, Tennessee (Vanderbilt; Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt)
CLINICIAN: Lisa R. Young, MD and Eric D. Austin, MD, MSCI
PATHOLOGIST: Joyce Johnson, MD
IMAGER: Melissa Hilmes, MD
Philadelphia,PA (Children's Hospital of Philadephia(CHOP))
CLINICIAN: Samuel Goldfarb
PATHOLOGIST: Kudakwashe R. Chikwava
IMAGER: Monica Epelman and Andrew Mong
Pittsburgh, PA (Children's)
CLINICIAN: Geoff Kurland, 412-692-8112
PATHOLOGIST: Casaba Galambos
IMAGER: Sameh Tadros
San Diego, CA (Rady's Children's Hospital)
CLINICIAN: James Hagood, 858-966-5846
PATHOLOGIST: Denise Malicki, Robert Newbury
IMAGER: John Hauschildt
Seattle, WA (Children's)
CLINICIAN: Greg Redding
PATHOLOGIST: Kathy Patterson, Gail Deutsch
IMAGER: Eric Effmann
St Louis, MO - (Washington University)
CLINICIAN:Stuart Sweet, Aaron Hamvas
PATHOLOGIST:Fran White
IMAGER:Tom Herman
Toronto Canada - (Sick Children's)
CLINICIAN: Sharon Dell
PATHOLOGIST: Ernest Cutz
IMAGER: David Manson