Matt Magyar, MD, MPH, FAAP is an attending physician in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Children’s National Hospital. He completed medical school at the University of Toledo. Residency was completed at the University of Illinois – Chicago where he participated in a community health and advocacy track.
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He then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Children’s National and was subsequently hired on as faculty at Children’s. During fellowship he completed a Master of Public Health with a health policy concentration at GWU as well as a health policy scholar program through the Academic Pediatric Association. As an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University, he is a co-director for the medical school’s Patients, Populations, and Systems course as well as a co-director for the Health Policy scholarly concentration.
He has been a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics since medical school with previous leadership roles including residency program representative, Trainee Liaison to the Section on Hospital Medicine (SOHM), and Delegate to the American Medical Association. Currently, he serves as the Advocacy Committee Chair for the DCAAP where he has helped develop and lead the Chapter’s Annual Advocacy Day while also co-leading the Chapter’s advocacy strategic planning and maintaining the Advocacy Committee listserv. In addition, he also serves on an advocacy development task force for the SOHM and as an Assistant District Representative to the Section on Early Career Physicians.
Jessica Lazerov, MD, MBA is an experienced primary care pediatrician at Children’s National Hospital’s Goldberg Center for Community and Pediatric Health in Anacostia, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Affiliate Faculty member at the Child Health Advocacy Institute, and Medical Lead for Children’s National Primary Care RSV Prophylaxis Program.
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Dr. Lazerov graduated from The University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed residency in pediatrics at The University of Maryland Medical Center. She also earned a Master of Business Administration from The George Washington University School of Business and has practiced in Washington, DC for 20 years.
Dr. Lazerov’s advocacy and research interests focus on vaccine confidence and education, immunization promotion strategies, reducing maternal and infant health disparities, patient
engagement, provider wellness, telehealth/healthcare technology, and care delivery optimization to promote quality, safety, and health equity.
Celina Brunson MD MSCE is an attending physician in the Division of Pediatric Nephrology at Children’s National Hospital, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health sciences, Affiliate Faculty member at the Child Health Advocacy Institute and Medical Director of the Dialysis Unit at Childrens National.
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Dr Brunson completed medical school at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn NY. She completed residency at New York University where she developed an interest in social determinants of health and its effects on chronic disease for pediatric patients. She then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Nephrology at Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia along with a Master of Clinical Epidemiology at University of Pennsylvania. Following fellowship, she accepted an attending physician position here at Childrens National and has the honor of caring for children in DC, Maryland and Virginia with chronic kidney disease and end stage kidney disease.
Her primary focus includes advocacy for children with chronic disease with an emphasis on identifying the social determinants of health that affect their long-term outcomes. Since her fellowship, she has been an active member of the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology public policy committee and has completed many Hill Day activities focused on improving outcomes of children with kidney disease. She has also had the opportunity to be actively involved with the AAP and part of the Section on Pediatric nephrology. Since moving to the DMV area and joining the DC AAP chapter, she has pivoted and expanded her advocacy efforts to focus on global pediatric areas which need our continued attention. She has been able to mentor a CATCH grant project through the help of the AAP chapter focused on food insecurity and obesity/hypertension and is looking to expand that focus to other patient populations.
Tamara Gayle, MD, MEd, MPH is a board-certified pediatric physician. Prior to medical school her passion for education led her to complete the Teach for America program, serving as a high school biology teacher in the Bronx. She completed her Master’s in Education at Pace University in New York City, NY. Following her time in the Bronx, she completed her MD at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, FL.
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Dr. Gayle stayed in Miami for her residency training completing her training at Jackson Memorial Hospital. After her residency Dr. Gayle went on to pursue a Hospital Medicine Fellowship at Children’s National in Washington, DC. During her fellowship training she was awarded a grant as a RAPID Scholar to research food insecurity and asthma particularly in Black children with low resources. Dr. Gayle is currently pursuing a Master’s in Public Health at George Washington University. She is on faculty at Children’s National Hospital as an attending in the Hospital Medicine Division and an Assistant Professor through George Washington University. Her current research is focused around developing a protocol and instituting screening for social determinants of health in the inpatient setting.
Keith Montgomery
Executive Director
DC Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Current Voting Board Members
Amanda Stewart MD, MPH, FAAP
Children’s National Hospital
Gita Reddy, MD
Kaiser Permanente
Jessica Nash, MD
Children’s National Hospital
Stacey Stokes, MD, MPH
Children’s National Hospital
Past Presidents
Nia Imani Bodrick, MD, MPH, FAAP
Lenore Jarvis, MD, MEd, FAAP
Ankoor Shah, MD, MBA, MPH, FAAP
Marcee White, MD, FAAAP
Lee Savio Beers, MD, FAAP
Lanre Omojokun Falusi, MD, FAAP
Robert Zarr, MD, MPH
Nathaniel Beers, MD, MPA, FAAP
Benjamin A Gitterman, MD, FAAP
Dorothy A. Richmond, MD, FAAP
Renee R. Jenkins, MD, FAAP
Charles J. Schulte, MD, FAAP
Muriel D. Wolf, MD, FAAP
Michal Young, MD, FAAP