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Nahiris M. Bahamón, MD

Nahiris M. Bahamón, MD

Pediatrics

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Dr. Nahiris M. Bahamón is a community pediatrician at Lowell Community Health Center in Lowell, MA. She is an experienced advocate for increased access to high quality health care, especially for immigrant and other marginalized communities. Dr. Bahamón has also worked with the American Academy of Pediatrics to increase awareness about the needs of immigrant families, and to increase access to culturally sensitive, high quality care. Originally from Colombia, she moved to the U.S. as a refugee with her family.

Dr. Bahamón has been active in the movement for Medicare for All since medical school. She was a co-founder of Residents for a National Health Program and served on the PNHP Board of Directors. Dr. Bahamón earned her medical degree from Boston University and completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of Chicago. She is available to speak in English and Spanish.

Sanjeev K. Sriram, MD, MPH

Sanjeev K. Sriram, MD, MPH

Pediatric Medicine

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Dr. Sanjeev Sriram practices general pediatrics in Maryland at a federally qualified health center. He is a nationally known advocate for health care justice and racial equity, serving on the board of Physicians for National Health Program, as a Senior Advisor for Social Security Works, and as the leader of the “All Means All” campaign to make racial equity a cornerstone of a future national health program. Dr. Sriram has been a contributor to The Huffington Post, The Hill, Common Dreams, Rewire, We Act Radio, and ACT-TV. 

Dr. Sriram completed his medical degree and residency at UCLA, where he served as chief resident at the Department of Pediatrics. He earned his masters in public health after completing the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Eve Shapiro, MD, MPH

Eve Shapiro, MD, MPH

Pediatric Medicine

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Dr. Eve Shapiro is a pediatrician in Tucson, AZ, where she ran a private practice specializing in adolescent medicine for over 30 years. She also served as clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Since selling her practice, Dr. Shapiro has been practicing part time and serving in leadership positions with Physicians for a National Health Program and Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Dr. Shapiro earned her medical degree at SUNY Upstate Medical University; she completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital and at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, NY, followed by a fellowship in adolescent medicine at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and an MPH at the University of Arizona College of Public Health.

Brenda J. Butka, MD, MA

Brenda J. Butka, MD, MA

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Dr. Brenda Butka is a retired pulmonologist in Nashville. Prior to retirement, she was director of the pulmonary program at Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital, and assistant professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University in the division of allergy, pulmonary, and critical care medicine.

Dr. Butka has worked as an intensivist at Nashville General Hospital and as medical director of the progressive respiratory care unit at St. Thomas Hospital. She was medical director of the respiratory therapy department at both hospitals. Her special interests include long-term ventilation, both invasive and non-invasive, and the pulmonary problems of patients with neuromuscular diseases.

Dr. Butka received her undergraduate degree from Andrews University, Michigan, and a masters degree from the University of Michigan. She earned her medical degree from Emory University and completed internal medicine residency and pulmonary fellowship at Vanderbilt.

Philip A. Verhoef, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACP

Philip A. Verhoef, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACP

Critical Care Medicine

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Dr. Phil Verhoef is an adult and pediatric intensivist and clinical associate professor of medicine at the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. As president of PNHP, Dr. Verhoef’s commentary has appeared in numerous national news outlets. 

Dr. Verhoef completed medical and graduate training at Case Western Reserve University, followed by residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at UCLA and subspecialty ICU fellowship training at the University of Chicago. He has led an NIH-funded research lab studying the immunology of sepsis in the ICU; his scientific work has been published in Nature, PNAS, AJRCCM, AJRCMB, JCI-Insight, and the Journal of Immunology. Dr. Verhoef is interested in improving the care of septic patients through a precise understanding of their immune systems in response to infection, using a range of translational and “big data” methodologies.

Ana Malinow, MD, MSHCPM, FAAP

Ana Malinow, MD, MSHCPM, FAAP

Pediatrics

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Before retiring as clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of California-San Francisco, Dr. Ana Malinow spent three decades working as a pediatrician with immigrant, refugee, and underserved children and adolescents in Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, and California. Prior to working at UCSF, she was associate residency program director at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, and before that, associate professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and attending physician in the pediatric emergency and ambulatory center at Ben Taub General Hospital. Dr. Malinow is the recipient of the 2007 Award for Excellence at Baylor Pediatric Grand Rounds on Health Care, the 2007 AAMC Nominee for Humanism in Medicine Award, and the recipient of the Seeds of Hope Results Award in 2009 given to individuals fighting to bring an end to poverty.

Born in Argentina, Dr. Malinow completed her medical degree at Case Western Reserve University, residency in pediatrics at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, and master’s degree in health care policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Malinow is a past president of Physicians for a National Health Program and co-founder of Health Care for All Texas, Doctors for Change, and the Movement to End Privatization of Medicare, and a lead organizer for National Single Payer.

Robert L. Zarr, MD, MPH

Robert L. Zarr, MD, MPH

Pediatrics

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Dr. Robert Zarr is a physician researcher and public health pediatrician based at Unity Health Care, Inc. and Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Canada. He has provided medical care to minority and immigrant populations for more than 20 years.

A longtime advocate for Medicare for All, Dr. Zarr served as PNHP president from 2015 through 2016. He founded and was the first medical director of Park Rx America, a community health initiative to prescribe nature to patients and families to prevent and treat chronic disease and promote wellness. A certified nature and forest therapy guide, Dr. Zarr previously served as the Park Rx Advisor to the National Park Service in his national advocacy to connect patients to parks.

Dr. Zarr earned his medical degree at Baylor University and his MPH at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, and completed residency in pediatrics at Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor.