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