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:
Adoption/Foster Care: Kathy Rogers, MD
Asthma:
Breastfeeding: Tanya Jagodzinski, MD
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
Climate Change: Lori Byron, MD (See full committee listed below)
Dental Health: Cathy White, MD
Early ID Hearing Loss: Maryann Carlson, MD
Immunizations: Kathryn Lysinger, 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
Obesity: Pepper Henyon, MD
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS):
Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS): Sue Daniels, MD
Perinatal: Bonnie Stevens, MD
Public Relations: Kathy Rogers, MD
School Health: David Higgins, MD, Laurie Carter, MD
Subspecialist: Jeri Lysinger, 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