Database Committee

The Database Committee is responsible for:

  • Facilitating data collection and analysis
  • Ensuring the quality of the data
  • Modifying the forms and the database as data evolves

Chair

Kathleen Simpson, MD
Member at Large
Children’s Hospital Colorado (UCM)
Denver, CO

Non Physician Representative

Darlene Fountain RN, MSN, CPN, CCRC
(November 2025 – 2027)
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt (VCH)
Nashville, Tennessee

Rachel White RN, CPNP
(November 2025-2027)
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CPH)
Philadelphia, PA

DCC Representative

James Kirklin, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Members at Large

Jessica Laks, MD
(November 2025-2027)
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital (USF)
St. Petersburg, FL

Michael Carboni, MD
(November 2025 – 2027)
Duke Children’s Hospital (DMC)
Durham, North Carolina

Aryaz Sheybani, MD
(November 2025-2027)
Nemours Cardiac Center (NCC)
Wilmington, Delaware

Alicia Kamsheh, MD
(November 2025-2027)
St. Louis Children’s Hospital (SLC)
St. Louis, Missouri

Othman Aljohani, MD
(November 2025-2027)
University of California, San Francisco-Benioff Children’s Hospital (BSF)
San Francisco, California

Database/Research Committee Liaison

Ben Mantell, MD
(November 2025-2027)
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCH)
Cincinnati, Ohio

Database/QI Committee Liaison

Neha Bansal, MD
(November 2025-2027)
Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone (NYU)
New York, New York

Database/Standardizing Care Committee Liaison

Matthew Bock, MD
(November 2025-2027)
UC San Diego, Rady Children’s Hospital
San Diego, California