The NEC Society’s 12-seat Scientific Advisory Council prioritize patient-family centered care and innovative solutions for improved outcomes to help our most vulnerable infants thrive. Many of the Council members are internationally acclaimed and have dedicated their careers to neonates at risk of necrotizing enterocolitis. The Scientific Advisory Council works directly with the organization’s leadership and oversees all of the NEC Society’s projects, content, and materials.

We are grateful to the NEC Society’s Scientific Advisory Council:

Gail E. Besner, MD, FACS, FAAP
William Clatworthy Jr.
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Department of Pediatric Surgery
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, OH

Samir K. Gadepalli, MD, MBA
Pediatric Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Sheila M. Gephart, RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Nurse Faculty Scholar
University of Arizona College of Nursing
Tucson, Arizona

Misty Good, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Co-Director of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Newborn Medicine
St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Amy Hair, MD
Assistant Professor
Program Director of Neonatal Nutrition
Program Director of NICU Intestinal Rehab Team
Section of Neonatology
Department of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children’s Hospital

Jae Kim, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Division of Neonatology, Perinatal Institute
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Troy A. Markel, MD, FACS, FAAP
Assistant Professor-Pediatric Surgery
Department of Surgery
Riley Hospital for Children
Indiana University School of Medicine

Camilia R. Martin, MD MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Associate Director, NICU, Department of Neonatology
Director of Cross-Disciplinary Research Partnerships,
Division of Translational Research
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Steven J. McElroy, MD
Associate Professor
Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
Department of Microbiology
University of Iowa

Ravi Mangal Patel, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Neonatology
Emory University School of Medicine

Jochen Profit, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine
Director, Neonatal Health Systems Research
Perinatal Epidemiology and Health Outcomes Research Unit
Stanford University, School of Medicine

Mark Underwood, MD
Chief, Division of Neonatology
Department of Pediatrics
University of California at Davis

Senior Scientific Mentors:

Michael Caplan, MD
Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
Chief Scientific Officer
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine

Akhil Maheshwari, MD
Josephine S. Sutland Professor of Newborn Medicine
Director, Eudowood Division of Neonatology
Vice-Chair (Integration), Department of Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Email: akhil_maheshwari@necsociety.org 

Please note:
All statements, actions, and materials are the sole opinion of the NEC Society and not necessarily reflective of any member’s individual institution or place of employment.