Our People

Leadership Team

Leadership Team

Anthony Sandler

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

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
Catherine Bollard

Catherine Bollard, M.D., M.B.Ch.B.

  • Interim Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer
  • Interim Director, Children's National Research Institute
Kevin Cleary

Kevin Cleary, Ph.D.

  • Technical Director, Bioengineering Initiative
Julia Finkel

Julia Finkel, M.D.

  • Anesthesiologist
  • Acute Pain Specialist, Sheikh Zayed Research Faculty
Diego Preciado

Diego A. Preciado, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Chief, Pediatric Otolaryngology
  • Co-Director of the Cochlear Implant Program