Meet the Team
Leadership
Joelle Nicha Simpson, MD, MPH
- Division Chief, Emergency Medicine
- Medical Director, Emergency Preparedness
Joelle Nicha Simpson, MD, MPH
Locations
Departments
Mark L. Batshaw, MD
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Departments
Dennis Mingke Ren, MD
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Departments
Christopher Page
- Program Manager, Emergency Medical Services for Children Program
- Clinical Research Project Manager, Emergency Medicine and Trauma Services
- Program Manager, Pediatric Pandemic Network
Christopher Page
Locations
Languages
- English
Departments
Analytics
Gia Badolato
- Senior Clinical Research Data Manager
Gia Badolato
Languages
- English
Biography
- Gia Badolato, MPH, has a master of public health degree in epidemiology from The George Washington University. She has an interest in disparities, firearm injury prevention, sexual health, adolescent health and computer-based tools. Gia currently serves as the senior clinical research data manager for the emergency department and data analyst for the ADAPT lab. Her goal is to use data from multiple sources to support or demonstrate a need for public health interventions. Gia’s work involves data management and analysis. With Dr. Goyal, Gia has worked on 40 published publications. She is knowledgeable in survey development, survey administration, research methodology, statistics and complex survey data analysis. Gia loves spending time with her one-year-old son and hopes to get him started in research early! In her spare time, Gia loves to watch Bravo, cook, ride her Peloton and go to the Jersey Shore.
Community Engagement
Darcel Jackson
- Parent Advisor
Darcel Jackson
Languages
- English
Darcel Jackson and her husband Marc are the parents of two children. Their wonderfully-made 11-year-old daughter Anniyah has received care for her complex health needs at Children’s National since birth.
Anniyah was transferred to Children’s National’s NICU three hours after birth and three days later they learned that she was born with two rare chromosome anomalies (Mosaic Trisomy 8 and Mosaic Trisomy 18). As the additional chromosomes affect Anniyah’s full body system, she has required numerous surgeries, procedures and specialty care. They have been seen in many departments within Children’s including: primary care, complex care, neurology, ENT, cardiology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, GI, physical medicine, sleep medicine, dermatology, developmental pediatrics, urology, pulmonary, genetics, audiology, dentistry and the Emergency Department. Their visits have been both inpatient and outpatient, at the main campus as well as specialty care locations.
Darcel has worked as a parent navigator in the Goldberg Center for Pediatric Primary Care at Children’s National Hospital for 5 years and currently serves as patient and family coordinator. In this capacity, she works to advance patient-and family-centered care throughout the organization by coordinating ways in which patients and family members can contribute to the mission and values of the organization. She has served as a parent advisor to PFAC since 2013 and sits on numerous hospital committees.
Sephora Naomi Morrison, MD
- Associate Division Chief, Operations
- Director, Experience and Clinical Integration
- Emergency Medicine Physician
Sephora Naomi Morrison, MD
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Departments
Disaster Management
Tress Louise Goodwin, MD
- Medical Director, Emergency Preparedness
- Emergency Medicine Physician
Tress Louise Goodwin, MD
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Departments
Education
Pavan Zaveri, MD
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Departments
Infectious Diseases
Innovation
Francesca D. Joseph, MD
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Departments
Mental Health
Christopher Gable, DO
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Departments
Pre-hospital/EMS
Emily Dorosz, MSN, RN, CPEN, CPEN
- Program Manager, DC EMSC
Caleb Edwin Ward, MD
- Program Director, Emergency Medical Services for Children - DC Program
- Emergency Medicine Physician
Caleb Edwin Ward, MD
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Departments
Telemedicine
Shireen Atabaki, MD, MPH
- Associate Medical Director, Telemedicine
- Emergency Medicine Physician
