Sheikh Zayed Institute
Leadership Team
Leadership Team

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

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

Julia Finkel, M.D.
- Anesthesiologist
- Acute Pain Specialist, Sheikh Zayed Research Faculty

Diego A. Preciado, M.D., Ph.D.
- Chief, Pediatric Otolaryngology
- Co-Director of the Cochlear Implant Program