Montana AAP is excited to support members who would like to champion child health initiatives or participate in areas of special interest or skills. Currently, we have pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists championing the following pediatric causes:
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, MD; 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, chair (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
Montana Act Early Team: MTAAP executive director
American Cancer Society: MTAAP executive director
Chapter Committees
Climate: 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, and Crystal Zomer
Subspecialist: Jeri Lysinger, MD
National AAP Champions
Breastfeeding: Open
e-cigarette: Cathy White and Deb Liptzin
CATCH: Pati Notario
Child Immunization Representative: Kathryn Lysinger
Disaster Preparedness and Response: Timothy Stidham
Early Childhood: Open
Oral Health: Open
Additional Community Involvement:
Montana Medical Association Liaison: Lauren Wilson, MD
Pediatric Council: Cathy White, MD, Michelle Pierson, MD