Our leadership team is dedicated to advancing children's health in our community and is driven by a passion to put children first.
President
Email: Elias.Neujahr@vcuhealth.org
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Karen Hendricks-Muñoz, MD, MPH
Interim physician-in-chief, CHoR
Interim chair, Department of Pediatrics
Vice chair of diversity, equity and inclusion and faculty development
Professor and chief, Division of Neonatal Medicine
Inaugural William Tate Graham Professor of Neonatal Medicine
Email: Karen.Hendricks-Munoz@vcuhealth.org
Ellen Derry, DNP, NEA-BC, NPD-BC
Associate chief nursing officer
Email: Ellen.Derry@vcuhealth.org
C.D. Anthony Herndon, MD
Surgeon-in-chief
Professor and chief, Division of Urology
Email: claude.herndon@vcuhealth.org
Associate chief medical officer
Professor, Division of General Surgery
Email: david.lanning@vcuhealth.org
Jeniece S. Roane, PhD, RN, NE-BC
Vice president of operations
Email: jeniece.roane@vcuhealth.org
Vice chair of education
Associate professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Email: marieka.helou@vcuhealth.org
Medical director for ambulatory surgical care
Professor and section director, otolaryngology
Email: rajanya.petersson@vcuhealth.org
Medical director of pediatric emergency services and strategy
Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine
Email: Frank.Petruzella@vcuhealth.org
Associate chief quality and safety officer
Associate professor, Division of Hospital Medicine
Email: Matthew.Schefft@vcuhealth.org
Vice chair of faculty development
Interim division chief and clinical director,
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Email: India.Sisler@vcuhealth.org
Senior administrator
Department of Pediatrics
Email: gary.southard@vcuhealth.org
Senior administrator
Northside Campus
Email: Jessica.StewartCollins@vcuhealth.org
Vice chair of clinical operations
Chief, Division of General Neurology and Headache, VCU Health
Email: Lauren.Strauss@vcuhealth.org
Sharon Cone, PhD, RNC, NNP
Director of nursing for women and infants’ health
Jennifer Farmer, MSN, RN, CCRN, CPN, CPST, NRP
Director of nursing for pediatric long-term care
Transitional Care Unit
Director of nursing for acute care pediatrics, critical care and child life
Email: bridget.hutchinson@vcuhealth.org
Director of nursing, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Email: Jaime.Lovelace@vcuhealth.org
