Second Annual Summit on Breastfeeding Participants

Abstract

Ruth A. Lawrence, MD ^†

Second Annual Summit Chair

Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology

Department of Pediatrics

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Cynthia R. Howard, MD, MPH ^†

Second Annual Summit Co-Chair

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Community and Preventive Medicine

Department of Pediatrics

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Regina M. Benjamin, MD, MBA

Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service

James Douglas

Governor, State of Vermont

Chair, National Governors Association

The Honorable Carolyn B. Maloney

Congresswoman, State of New York

United States House of Representatives

The Honorable Jeffrey Merkley

Senator, Oregon

United States Senate

Joshua Sharfstein, MD

Principal Deputy Commissioner

Food and Drug Administration

Mary S. Applegate, MD, MPH ^†

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

University at Albany School of Public Health

George L. Askew, MD

Deputy CEO, Development

Voices for America's Children

Edward N. Bailey, MD

Chair of Pediatrics

MassGeneral for Children at North Shore Medical Center

Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

Harvard Medical School

Mitchell Balk

President

The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation

Melissa Bartick, MD, MSc

Hospitalist and Instructor in Medicine

Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School

Laurie Beck, MSN

President

United States Lactation Consultant Association

Debra L. Bogen, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Lorraine C. Boyd, MD, MPH

Medical Director

Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Michelle G. Brenner, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Eastern Virginia Medical School

Maya Bunik, MD, MSPH

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

University of Colorado Denver

Medical Director

The Children's Hospital Child Health Clinic, Denver

Sherry Caldwell

Medical Assistant and Senior Breastfeeding Peer Counselor

Sonoma County Indian Health Clinic

Gerald Calnen, MD^†

President

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine

Practicing Pediatrician

ProHealth Physicians

Cathy Carothers, BLA

Co-Director

Every Mother, Inc.

Catherine Cerulli, JD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Jean Charles-Azure, MPH

Principal Nutrition Consultant

Indian Health Service

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Nancy P. Chin, PhD, MPH^†

Associate Professor

Department of Community and Preventive Medicine

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Gail C. Christopher, DN

Vice President for Program Strategy

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Martha Coven, JD

Special Assistant to the President for Mobility and Opportunity

White House Domestic Policy Council

Lead Staff, White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity

Adrienne Cox, MD

Pediatrician

Department of Pediatrics

Colorado Permanente Medical Group

Kaiser Permanente

Glenna M. Crooks, PhD

President

Strategic Health Policy International, Inc.

Stacey D. Cunningham, MSW, MPH

Executive Director

National Healthy Start Association

Ann M. Dozier, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Community and Preventive Medicine

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Arthur I. Eidelman, MD

Professor

Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem

Hebrew University School of Medicine

Sara B. Fein, PhD

Consumer Science Specialist

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

Food and Drug Administration

Nicole Ferring

Research Associate

Food and Nutrition Board

Institute of Medicine

Henry W. Foster, MD

Professor Emeritus

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Meharry Medical College

Rebecca Freyvogel

Director

Corporate Relations

United States Chamber of Commerce

Aimee Gallagher, MPH

Health Policy and Communications Consultant

National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health

José J. Gorrín-Peralta, MD, MPH

Professor

Department of Human Development

Maternal and Child Health Program

University of Puerto Rico School of Public Health

Robert J. Gould, PhD

President and CEO

Partnership for Prevention

Kiddada Green ^*

Founder and President

Black Mothers' Breastfeeding Association

Reverend Douglas A. Greenaway

President and CEO

National WIC Association

Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn, PhD, MPA

Chief

Nutrition Branch

Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Isadora Hare, MSW

Perinatal Health Specialist

Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services

Maternal and Child Health Bureau

Health Resources and Services Administration

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Kathryn Harrington

Senior Vice President, Health

Edelman

Suzanne G. Haynes, PhD

Senior Science Advisor

Office on Women's Health

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Karen M. Hendricks, JD

Director of Policy Development

Trust for America's Health

Jessica Hulse

Coordinator

Saving Newborn Lives

Save the Children

Carol Jenkins

President

Carol Jenkins Media

Women's eNews, Black Maternal Health Project

African Medical and Research Foundation

Rita Henley Jensen

President

Women's eNews

Deborah Kaplan, MPH

Assistant Commissioner

Bureau of Maternal, Infant, and Reproductive Health

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

C. Everett Koop, MD, ScD

Senior Scholar

C. Everett Koop Institute

Elizabeth DeCamp McInerny Professor of Surgery

Dartmouth College–Dartmouth Medical School

U.S. Surgeon General (1981–1989)

Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH

Professor of the Practice of Public Health

Department of Maternal and Child Health

Director

Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute

University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

Susan Landers, MD

Neonatologist

Medical Director

NICU Lactation Services, Seton Family of Hospitals

Pediatrix Medical Group

Marie-Michèle Lèger, MPH, PAC

Director

Clinical and International Affairs

Science and Public Health

American Academy of Physician Assistants

Kaia Lenhart

Senior Vice President

Greer Margolis Mitchell Burns

“Alive and Thrive” Gates Initiative

Trish MacEnroe

Executive Director

Baby-Friendly USA, Inc.

Kathleen A. Marinelli, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Medical Director

Mothers' Milk Bank of New England

Edward Martin, MD

Chair of the Chiefs of Pediatrics

The Permanente Medical Group

Kaiser Permanente

Joan Y. Meek, MD

Academic Chair, Pediatrics

Orlando Health/Arnold Palmer Medical Center

Clinical Associate Professor

Florida State University College of Medicine

David Meyers, MD

Director

Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Celeste G. Milton, MPH

Associate Project Director

Center for Performance Measurement

The Joint Commission

Suzan “Sue” Murphy, MPH

Breastfeeding Support Coordinator

Phoenix Indian Medical Center

Indian Health Service

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Audrey J. Naylor, MD, DrPH

President and CEO

Wellstart International

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

University of Vermont College of Medicine

Edward R. Newton, MD

Chair and Professor

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine

Victoria Nichols-Johnson, MD

Professor Emerita

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Lawrence Noble, MD^†

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Attending Neonatologist

Elmhurst Hospital Center

Ana M. Parrilla-Rodríguez, MD, MPH

Associate Professor

Maternal and Child Health Program

University of Puerto Rico School of Public Health

Charles E. Phelps, PhD ^†

University Professor and Provost Emeritus

Departments of Economics and Community and Preventive Medicine

University of Rochester

Linda Randolph, MD, MPH ^†

President and CEO

Developing Families Center

Washington, DC

Jamila R. Rashid, PhD, MPH

Associate Director for Research and Policy

Office of Minority Health

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Elena Rios, MD, MSPH

President and CEO

National Hispanic Medical Association

Kiran Saluja, MPH

Deputy Director

Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. WIC Program

Richard J. Schanler, MD

Chief

Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Associate Chairman

Department of Pediatrics

Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York at North Shore

Benson M. Silverman, MD

Staff Director

Infant Formula and Medical Foods

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

Office of Nutrition, Labeling and Dietary Supplements

Food and Drug Administration

Ursuline Singleton, MPH

Public Health Analyst

Office on Women's Health

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Diane L. Spatz, PhD

Helen M. Shearer Associate Professor of Nutrition

Associate Professor of Women and Childbearing Families

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Lauren Spieler, DO

Family Physician

Sonoma County Indian Health Project

Indian Health Service

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Kinga A. Szucs, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Indiana University School of Medicine

Cynthia R. Tuttle, PhD, MPH

Vice President

Center for Prevention and Health Services

National Business Group on Health

Patricia W. Underwood, PhD

Executive Associate Dean for Academic Programs

Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

Case Western Reserve University

Christopher L. Wade, MD, MPH^†

Kaiser Permanente

Southern California Permanente

Medical Group Regional Administration

Systems Solutions & Deployment–HealthConnect Systems Integration

Vanessa A. White, MPH

Associate Director

Women's and Infant Health

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

Michal A. Young, MD

Associate Professor and Interim Chair

Director, NICU and Newborn Services

Department of Pediatrics and Child Health

Howard University College of Medicine

Footnotes

†

Moderator.

*

Authored Summit article but was unable to attend.