Pediatric Advisory Committee Roster

Applying for Membership on FDA Advisory Committees

As part of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) ongoing efforts to recruit qualified experts with minimal conflicts of interest who are interested in serving on FDA advisory committees, FDA is requesting nominations for members to serve on its advisory committees.

Current Number of Vacancies 4
Note, one or more vacancies may be in the nomination process or a final appointment may have been made.

Chair
Marsha D. Rappley, M.D.
Expertise: Neurology/Psychiatry
Term: 09/19/05 – 6/30/09
College of Human Medicine Dean’s Office
Michigan State University
A118 East Fee Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824-1316

Executive Secretary
Carlos Peña, PhD, MS
Senior Science Policy Analyst
Office of Science and Health Coordination
Food and Drug Administration
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 14-B-08, HF-33
Rockville, MD 20857
carlos.pena@fda.hhs.gov
Tel 301-827-3340
Fax 301-827-3042

# Amy Celento
Expertise: Patient-Family Representative
Term: 11/08/07 - 06/30/10
20 Rhoda Avenue
Nutley, NJ 07110

Avital Cnaan, Ph.D., M.S.
Expertise: Statistics
Term: 11/09/06 - 6/30/10
Chief, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
34th Street and Civic Center Blvd.
CHOP North, Office 1453
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399

Carl D’Angio, M.D.
Term: 07/01/08 – 06/30/11
Expertise: Pediatrics, Neonatology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
University of Rochester
601 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester, NY 14642-8651

Leon Dure, M.D.
Expertise: Pediatric Neurology
Term: 11/09/06 – 6/30/10
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Alabama School of Medicine
The Children's Hospital 314-CHB
1600 7th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233

‡ Henry Farrar, M.D.
Term: 05/20/08 – 06/30/11
Expertise: Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Arkansas Children's Hospital
800 Marshall Street
Little Rock, AR 72202-3591

Melissa Maria Hudson, M.D.
Expertise: Hematology, Oncology
Term: 09/19/05 - 6/30/09
Department of Hematology-Oncology
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
332 North Lauderdale
Memphis, TN 38105

Keith Kocis, M.D., M.S.
Expertise: Pediatric Critical Care, Statistics
Term: 11/07/06 - 06/30/10
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Department of Pediatrics, CB 7220
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7220

Daniel Notterman, M.D.
Term: 07/01/08 – 06/30/11
Expertise: Clinical Microbiology
Senior Health Policy Analyst
Department of Molecular Biology
229 Lewis Thomas Laboratory
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey 08540

Geoffrey L. Rosenthal, M.D., Ph.D.
Expertise: Pediatric Cardiology
Term: 07/01/07 - 06/30/11
Director of Training, Research, and Inpatient Medicine
Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center
Children's Hospital
9500 Euclid Ave. M41
Cleveland, OH 44195

* Elaine Vining
Expertise: Consumer Representative
Term: 11/08/07 - 06/30/10
9510 Thornhill Road
Silver Spring, MD 20901

Robert M. Ward, M.D.
Expertise: Pediatric Pharmacology
Term: 10/6/06 - 6/30/10
Director, Pediatric Pharmacology Program
University of Utah Pediatric Pharmacology Program
417 Wakara Way, Suite 3510
Salt Lake City, UT 84108

# Patient-Family Representative
‡ Pediatric Health Organization Representative
* Consumer Representative
** Industry Representative

Updated July 15, 2008