About Us
Our Leadership
Our Leadership and Administration

Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D.
- Interim Chief Academic Officer, Children’s National Hospital
- Interim Director, Children’s National Research Institute

Catherine Bollard, M.D., M.B.Ch.B.
- Director, Center for Cancer & Immunology Research
- Bosworth Chair for Cancer Biology

Lisa M. Guay-Woodford, M.D.
- McGehee Joyce Professor of Pediatrics
- Director, Center for Translational Research

Anthony Sandler, M.D.
- Senior Vice President and Surgeon-in-Chief, Joseph E. Robert, Jr., Center for Surgical Care
- Director, Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation

Kolaleh Eskandanian, Ph.D., M.B.A., P.M.P.
- Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Children’s National Hospital
- Executive Director, Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation

Robert Freishtat, M.D., M.P.H.
- Chief Biotechnology Officer
- Interim Director, Center for Genetic Medicine Research

Mihailo Kaplarevic, Ph.D.
- Chief Research Information Officer, Children’s National
- Bioinformatics Division Chief, Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children’s National Research Institute
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