Montana AAP encourages its members to participate in areas of special interest or skills. Currently, we have pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists serving as follows:
Chapter Champions:
Access to medications at or near poverty line: Summer Monforte MD
Adoption/Foster Care: Kathy Rogers MD
Asthma: Lori Byron MD, Marian Kummer, Deb Liptzin MD
Integration of Behavioral Health into Primary Care: Pepper Henyon MD
Breastfeeding: Tanya Jagodzinski MD, Dayna Leavens-Thergesen CPNP
Cardiology:
CATCH representative: Pati Notario MD
Child Abuse: Laurie Carter MD
Children with Special Healthcare Needs: Laura Nicholson MD, Nancy Maynard MD, Marian Kummer MD
Clean Air/Water: Summer Monforte MD
Climate Change: Lori Byron MD, Marian Kummer MD
Dental Health: Cathy White MD
Early ID Hearing Loss: Maryann Carlson MD
Equine Facilitated Learning: Dayna Leavens-Thergesen CPNP
Food Insecurity: Lionel Tapia MD, John Cole MD and Kenneth Graham MD
Health Communication: Shaina Rogers MD
Immunizations: Kathryn Lysinger MD, Marian Kummer MD, Lauren Wilson MD & Kenneth Graham MD
Keeping Kids Active: Greg Schulte MD
Legislative: Lauren Wilson (See full committee listed below)
Medical Home: Marian Kummer MD, Michael Blake MD
Mental Health/Behavioral Health: Alison Young MD, Laura Nicholson MD, Erin Allen MD, Dayna Leavens-Thergesen CPNP, and Courtney Paterson MD
Native American Health: Pepper Henyon MD
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS):
Pediatric Nutrition: Lourdes Herrera MD, Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS): Sue Daniels MD
Perinatal: Bonnie Stevens MD
Poverty: Lauren Wilson MD
Public Relations: Kathy Rogers MD
School Health: David Higgins MD, Laurie Carter MD, Erin Allen MD
Subspecialist: Jeri Lysinger MD and Courtney Paterson MD
Young Physicians’ Representative: Teresa Blaskovich MD
State Committees or Coalitions
Children’s Special Health Services: Laura Nicholson, MD
MT Kids vs. Big Tobacco: Kathy Rogers, MD and Lauren Wilson, MD
Vaccination: Katie Lysinger, MD
Montana Council for Maternal and Child Health (MCMCH): Cathy White, MD
Chapter Committees
Climate Committee: Lori Byron, John Cole, Marian Kummer, Lynne Foss, Cynthia Edstrom, Alison Young, and Lionel Tapia
Child Health and COVID-19: Laurie Carter, John Cole, Jennifer Hall, David Higgins, Tanya Jagodzinski, Kathryn Lysinger, and Lauren Wilson
Legislative: Chair – Elizabeth Beil, Teresa Blaskovich, Lori Bryon, John Cole, Lynne Foss, Mary Anne Guggenheim, Holly Hale, Jennifer Hall, Pepper Henyon, Erin Green, Lane McGill, Sheila Idzerda, Tanya Jagodzinski, Marian Kummer, Kathryn Lowe, Kathryn Lysinger, Kathy Rogers Lauren Wilson, Crystal Zomer;
Montana Medical Association Liaison: Lauren Wilson, MD
Pediatric Council: Cathy White, MD, Michelle Pierson, MD