Staff & Board
Arkansas Chapter American Acadmey of Pediatrics
Dedicated to the health of all children
Staff

Executive Director
Anna Strong, MPS, MPH

Project Coordinator
Katie Clark, MPS, MPH
ARAAP Board, July 2021 – June 2023
Board of Directors
Susan Averitt, MD, President
- General Pediatrics, Best Start Pediatric Clinic
Michele Moss, MD, Vice-President
- Pediatric Cardiology and Critical Care, UAMS/Arkansas Children’s
Gwen White, MD, Treasurer
- General Pediatrics/Nursery, UAMS
Sarah Bone, MD, Secretary
- General Pediatrics, Arkansas Pediatric Clinic
Gary Wheeler, MD, MPS, Past-President
- Retired, Chief Medical Officer, Arkansas Department of Health
- Pediatric Infectious Disease
Whitney Alexander, MD
- General Pediatrics, Ozark Pediatrics
Frederick Barr, MD
- Executive Vice President, Chief Clinical
and Academic Officer, Arkansas Children’s - Pediatric Critical Care
Natalie Burr, MD
- General Pediatrics, Little Rock Pediatric Clinic
Akilah Jefferson, MD, MS
- Allergy/Immunology, Arkansas Children’s/UAMS
Keri Read, MD
- Resident physician, UAMS/Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Douglas Seglem, DO
- Neonatology, UAMS/Arkansas Children’s/St. Bernard’s