Children's Board at Columbia

Inspired Care for Kids

Our board includes parents, former patients, donors, physicians and surgeons, faculty members, and representatives from an array of professions. We all share the common bond of a close personal commitment to ColumbiaDoctors Children’s Health and believe that, like many of us, families will find the medical answers they are seeking here.

The Children's Board at Columbia proudly supports pediatric programs that every day make a difference in the lives of children and provide them with care through any illness or injury.

Our Mission

Our mission is to serve as advocates, advisors, and ambassadors for a broad range of children’s programs at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and dedicate our support to initiatives that continue to advance the goals of ColumbiaDoctors Children’s Health to provide children and adolescents with the finest cutting-edge care – delivered with compassion and understanding – and providing access to new research, treatments, and therapies to improve pediatric care here and worldwide.

Member List

As of June 2, 2025.

Chair

Lawrence Neubauer

Members

  • Dana Baumgarten 
  • Joshua Baumgarten 
  • Deanna Berkeley 
  • James Berkeley 
  • Hillary Blumberg 
  • Pamela V. Bowman 
  • Scott Bowman
  • Tania Brief
  • Bhanu Choudhrie 
  • Dhairya Choudhrie 
  • Karina Choudhrie 
  • Andrew Ehrlich 
  • Dana Farrington 
  • Jeremy Gelber, MD 
  • Pauline Gelber
  • Alex Ginsburg
  • A. Drew Goldman 
  • Danielle Guarino 
  • John Guarino
  • Boaz Halaban 
  • Gail Albert Halaban 
  • Adam Hirsch
  • Dana Roberson Johnson 
  • Joseph J. Johnson III 
  • Janet Joseph
  • David Kaufthal
  • Lori Kaufthal 
  • Karen A. Kennedy, MD
  • Kevin W. Kennedy 
  • Pamela W. Kernie 
  • Jung Lee
  • Jillian Marcus 
  • Ariane Matschullat
  • Clare Matschullat
  •  Robert Matthews 
  • Sue Matthews 
  • Anne Fentress Neubauer
  • Ellen Oppenheim
  • Jeffrey A. Oppenheim
  • Daphne Oz
  • Gabriela Palmieri (for the Choudhrie Family)
  • Jennifer I. Ratner, MD 
  • Allan Reine
  • Amy Mulderry Reine 
  • Ben Seelaus
  • Sarah Seelaus
  • Alexander Silver 
  • Brian Silver
  • Jamie Silver
  • Colleen Tanjeloff
  • Eric Tanjeloff

Faculty Leader

Jordan S. Orange, MD, PhD

Faculty Advisors

  • Anne Armstrong-Coben, MD Emile Bacha, MD
  • Maria C. Garzon, MD
  • David P. Roye, Jr., MD (Emeritus)
  • Lawrence R. Stanberry, MD, PhD 
  • Michael Weiner, MD (Emeritus)

Contact Us

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