Leadership

Executive leadership team

Our leadership team is dedicated to advancing children's health in our community and is driven by a passion to put children first.

Katie Golob

Interim vice president of operations

Karen Hendricks-Muñoz, MD, MPH

Interim physician-in-chief, CHoR
Interim chair, Department of Pediatrics
Professor and chief, Division of Neonatal Medicine
Inaugural William Tate Graham Professor of Neonatal Medicine

Karen Hendricks-Munoz, MD, MPH

C.D. Anthony Herndon, MD

Surgeon-in-chief
Professor and chief, Division of Urology

C.D. Anthony Herndon, MD

David A. Lanning, MD, PhD

Chief medical officer
Professor, Division of General Surgery

David A. Lanning, MD, PhD

Matthew Schefft, DO, MSHA

Associate chief quality and safety officer
Interim chief and associate professor, Division of Hospital Medicine

Karen Webb, DNP, RN, NEA-BC

Associate chief nursing officer

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Gisela Chelimsky, MD

Vice Chair of health care engagement
Professor and chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Gisela Chelimsky, MD

Stacy Coleman, DNP, RN, NHA, NEA-BC, CEN, CPEN

Interim senior administrator, Northside Campus

Stacy Coleman

Marieka Helou, MD, MPH

Vice chair of education
Associate professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology

Marieka Helou, MD, MPH

Rajanya Shah Petersson, MD, MS, FACS

Medical director for ambulatory surgical care
Professor and section director, otolaryngology

Rajanya Shah Petersson, MD, MS, FACS

Frank Petruzella, MD, MS

Medical director of pediatric emergency services and strategy
Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine

Frank Petruzella, MD, MS

India Sisler, MD

Vice chair of faculty development
Interim division chief and clinical director,
Division of Hematology and Oncology

Gary Southard Jr., MBA

Senior administrator
Department of Pediatrics

Gary Southard Jr., MBA

Lauren Doyle Strauss, DO

Associate chief medical officer for ambulatory care
Chief, Division of General Neurology and Headache, VCU Health

Nursing leadership

Sharon Cone, PhD, RNC, NNP

Director of nursing for women and infants' health

Jennifer Farmer, MSN, RN, CCRN, CPN, CPST, NRP

Director of nursing for pediatric long-term care
Transitional Care Unit

Jennifer Farmer

Bridget Hutchinson, MSN, RN, CPEN

Director of nursing for acute care pediatrics, critical care and child life

Bridget Hutchinson, MSN, RN, CPEN

Jaime Lovelace, MSN, BS, RN, PMH-BC

Director of nursing, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Jaime Lovelace, MSN, BS, RN, PMH-BC