Our leadership team is dedicated to advancing children's health in our community and is driven by a passion to put children first.
Elias Neujahr, MHA, MBA
President
Read more about our president.
Email: Elias.Neujahr@vcuhealth.org
Shari Barkin, MD, MSHS
Physician-in-chief, CHoR
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Email: Shari.Barkin@vcuhealth.org
David A. Lanning, MD, PhD
Associate chief medical officer
Professor, Division of General Surgery
Email: david.lanning@vcuhealth.org
C.D. Anthony Herndon, MD
Surgeon-in-chief
Professor and chief, Division of Urology
Email: claude.herndon@vcuhealth.org
Jeniece S. Roane, MS, RN, NE-BC
Vice president of operations
Email: jeniece.roane@vcuhealth.org
Donna Johnson, PhD, MBA, MS, RN, NE-BC, CPHQ
Associate chief nursing officer
Meet Donna Johnson, associate chief nursing officer
Email: donna.d.johnson@vcuhealth.org
Sharon W. Darby, DNP, RN, NHA, FACHE
Associate vice president of operations
Associate chief nursing officer
Nursing home administrator
Children's Services Brook Road
Email: sharon.darby@vcuhealth.org
Wei Zhao, MD, PhD, FAAAAI, FACAAI
Vice chair of clinical operations
Pediatric ambulatory medical director
Professor and chief, Division of Allergy and Immunology
Email: wei.zhao@vcuhealth.org
Henry Rozycki, MD
Vice chair of research
Professor, Division of Neonatal Medicine
Email: henry.rozycki@vcuhealth.org
Marieka Helou, MD, MPH
Interim vice chair of education
Associate professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology
Email: marieka.helou@vcuhealth.org
Karen Hendricks-Muñoz, MD, MPH
Vice chair of diversity, equity and inclusion and faculty development
Professor and chief, Division of Neonatal Medicine
Inaugural William Tate Graham Professor of Neonatal Medicine
Email: karen.hendricks-munoz@vcuhealth.org
Jose Munoz, MD
Medical director, safety and quality
Professor, Division of Infectious Disease
Email: jose.munoz@vcuhealth.org
Gary Southard Jr., MBA
Senior administrator
Department of Pediatrics
Email: gary.southard@vcuhealth.org
Dory Walczak MS, RN, NE-BC, CPHQ, LSSGB
Director of nursing for acute care pediatrics, critical care and child life
Email: dory.walczak@vcuhealth.org
Jaime Lovelace, MSN, BS, RN, PMH-BC
Director of nursing for the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Email: Jaime.Lovelace@vcuhealth.org