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: Dennis Ruggerie, MD
CATCH representative:
Child Abuse: Laurie Carter, MD
Children with Special Healthcare Needs: Laura Nicholson, MD, Nancy Maynard, MD, Marian Kummer, MD
Climate Change: Lori Byron, MD
Dental Health: Cathy White, MD
Early ID Hearing Loss: Maryann Carlson, MD
Immunizations: Kathryn Lysinger, MD
Legislative: Angie Ostrowski, MD, Lauren Young, MD, Pepper Henyon, MD,
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
Child Health and COVID-19: Laurie Carter, MD, John Cole, MD, David Higgins, MD, Tanya Jagodzinski, MD, Kathryn Lysinger, MD, Lauren Wilson, MD
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
Awards: John Cole, MD
Legislative: Lauren Young, MD
Montana Medical Association Liason: Pepper Henyon, MD
Pediatric Council: Cathy White, MD, Michelle Pierson, MD