Officers
Involvement in MO Chapter leadership provides an avenue for fulfillment and an opportunity to really make a difference in your community. If you are interested in a leadership position,or just want to become more involved and educated about what your Chapter is doing, plesase contact the Chapter President, Claudia K. Preuschoff, listed below.
Executive Committee
- President
Claudia K. Preuschoff, MD, FAAP
Poplar Bluff Pediatrics
2210 Barron Rd., Suite 120
Poplar Bluff, MOÂ 63901
Phone: 573-785-2005
Fax: 573-785-9444
- President-Elect
Stuart C. Sweet, MD, PhD, FAAP
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
One Children’s Place
St. Louis, MOÂ 63110
Phone: 314-454-4159
Fax: 314-454-4280
- Secretary/Treasurer
Robert W. Steele, MD, FAAP
St. John’s Whiteside Pediatrics
2115 S. Fremont, Suite 2900
Springfield, MOÂ 65809
Phone: 417-820-3535
Fax: 417-820-3540
- Past President
Thomas W. Tryon, MD, FAAP
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Northland Urgent Care Center
501 N.W. Barry Road
Kansas City, MO 64155
Phone: 816-413-2500
Fax: 816-413-2555
- Board Members
Mark Eddy, MD, FAAP
SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center
1465 S. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MOÂ 63104
Phone: 314-577-5648
Fax: 314-268-6448Alan Grimes, MD, FAAP
Priority Care Pediatrics
9411 N. Oak Trfwy
N. Kansas City, MOÂ 64155
Phone: 816-412-2900
Fax: 816-412-2915Robert J. Harris, MD, FAAP
Boone Clinic Pediatrics
401 Keene St.
Columbia, MOÂ 65201
Phone: 573-876-1620
Fax: 573-876-1626Geetha Raghuveer, MD, MPH, FAAP
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
2401 Gillham Rd.
Kansas City, MOÂ 64108
Phone: 816-234-3255Thomas W. Selva, MD, FAAP
University Hospital
One Hospital Dr., M741 B
Columbia, MOÂ 65212
Phone: 573-882-6882
Fax: 573-884-5179
- CATCH Co-Coordinators
Kristi Canty, MD, FAAP
Sarah Garwood, MD, FAAP
- AAP FOUNDATION Board of Directors
Corinne Walentik, MD, FAAP
Daryl A. Lynch, MD, FAAP
Thomas W. Tryon, MD, FAAP
- MO AAP Executive Director
Johanna B. Derda
1537 B Cedar Ridge Place
Jefferson City, MO 65109-1909
Phone: 573-301-3468
Fax: 573-893-5393
jbderda@aap.net
- MO AAPÂ Chapter Coordinator
Misty Patterson
211 Sarazen Drive
Columbia, MO 65202
Phone: 573-446-6331
Fax: 573-446-4318
mpatterson@moaap.org
- PROS Coordinator
Alan Grimes MD, FAAP
EHDI Chapter Champion
Pediatric Council Co-Chair
9411 N. Oak Trfwy, Suite 210
Kansas City, MO 64155-2262
Phone: 816-412-2900
Fax: 816-412-2915
Committees of MO-AAP
- Legislative Committee
Katie Plax, M.D., FAAP
Robert J. Harris, M.D., FAAP - Breastfeeding Committee
Tom Tryon, M.D., FAAP, Co-Coordinator
Ramzi A. Kilani, M.D., FAAP, Co-Coordinator

