The VPS Team

Special Advisors

Aram Ananian, CPA

Financial Services

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Binod Balakrishnan, MD

Clinical Consultant

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Critical Care

Medical College of Wisconsin

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Steven Chin, MD, MMSc

Director, VPS NICU

Clinical Consultant

Medical Director, Quality & Performance Improvement
Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

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Mary K. Dahmer, PhD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Division of Pediatric Critical Care

University of Michigan

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Nick Ettinger, MD, PhD, CMQ, CPPS, FAAP

Clinical Consultant

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Critical Care

Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital

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Jonas Grant, Attorney At Law, MBA

Legal Council

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Sheila Hanson, MD

Clinical Consultant

Associate Professor of Pediatrics Critical Care

Medical College of Wisconsin

Howard Jeffries, MD, MBA, MPH

Clinical Consultant

Medical Director, Continuous Performance Improvement,

Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Seattle Children’s Hospital

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Michael Luu, MPH

VPS NICU Data Analyst

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Theresa Mikhailov, MD, Ph.D.

Clinical Consultant

Professor of Pediatrics Critical Care

Medical College of Wisconsin

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Akira Nishisaki, MD, MSCE

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Associate Medical Director for Clinical Implementation Programs, Critical Care Medicine

Associate Medical Director for PICU,

Center for Simulation, Advanced Education and Innovation

Attending Physician, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

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Matthew Scanlon, MD

Clinical Consultant

Professor of Pediatrics Critical Care

Medical College of Wisconsin

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