Teaching Faculty
   

With over 200 full-time faculty, we are well represented by distinguished faculty in many fields. Our faculty are active in patient care, teaching, professional organizations and the community. Faculty hold key positions in the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society for Pediatric Research, and are active advocates at the state, federal, and international levels. Our faculty are involved in cutting edge research, education, and author many of the top pediatric textbooks. Despite many accomplishments, our faculty are approachable and serve as advisors and mentors to many during residency and beyond.

Although there are too many faculty to list all of their accomplishments, a few key examples of our many terrific faculty are listed below. Information about specific faculty and Divisions within the Department of Pediatrics and other departments can be found at: Department of Pediatrics, Riley Hospital Directory, IUMG, Methodist, Wishard.

    D. Wade Clapp, MD, PhD D. Wade Clapp, M.D., Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Section of Neonatology. He is the Director of the M.D./ Ph.D. program at I.U. Dr. Clapp is a graduate of Indiana University. He was a Resident and Chief Resident of Pediatrics at I.U. and subsequently he completed a Fellowship in Neonatology and postdoctoral research in Hematology-Oncology at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Clapp's laboratory focuses on understanding the biochemical and cellular consequences of inherited genetic diseases with a particular interest in the study of genetic diseases that affect the hematopoietic system. One common genetic disease that his laboratory is actively investigating is neurofibromatosis, type 1(NF1).
    Henry Jones, MD Henry Jones, M.D. is a professor of clinical pediatrics and a general pediatrician. He is director of the Pediatric and Adolescent Care Center at Methodist Hospital and a member of the pediatric hospitalist group at Methodist. He is a graduate of the University of Louisville School of Medicine and completed a pediatric residency at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Dr. Jones has been a full time teaching faculty since 1993 after a 15 year general pediatric practice. He has received several teaching awards including the "Methodist Hospital distinguished teacher" award, "emergency medicine special teaching" award and IU Trustee Teaching award. In 2001 he was awarded the "Morris Green Teaching Award in Pediatrics".
    James A. Lemons, MD James A. Lemons, M.D. is the Hugh McK. Landon Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Section of Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine. He received his M.D. from Northwestern University Medical School, residency at the University of Michigan and fellowship at the University of Colorado. He has served as Chair of the Committee on the Fetus and Newborn for the American Academy of Pediatrics, Chair of the Perinatal Section of the AAP, and Chair of the Technical Action Group of the AAP. He is a member of the Editorial Board for Guidelines for Perinatal Care, and a member of the national Joint Committee on Infant Hearing. Author of over 200 articles, book chapters and audiovisual tapes, Dr. Lemons is an excellent teacher and advocate for the care of the neonate. He serves as the Principal Investigator of the National Institutes of Health Maternal Child Health Neonatal Research Network for Indiana University. His primary section focus is to facilitate the career development of the faculty and fellows of the section of Neonatology.
    Donald P. Orr, MD Donald P. Orr, M.D. is Professor of Pediatrics, Nursing Research and Nutrition/Dietetics and Director of the Section of Adolescent Medicine. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He completed a pediatrics residency at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio and fellowship in adolescent medicine at the University of Colorado Medical Center and the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He serves as medical editor for the Adolescent Medicine subboard of the American Board of Pediatrics. He is currently director of the Mid-America Adolescent STD Research Center at Indiana University, director of the fellowship program in adolescent medicine and associate director of the Pediatric Scientist Training Program for the Department of Pediatrics and associate editor of the Journal of Adolescent Health. Dr. Orr has over 100 scientific publications. His research interests include adolescent sexual behaviors, STD, and chronic illness.
    Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, MD Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, M.D. is the CEO of Riley Hospital for Children, Edwin Letzter Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Cellular and Integrative Physiology and Executive Associate Dean for Research Affairs at the Indiana University School of Medicine. As Director of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, she has grown the Section into one of the premier programs of its kind in the nation. The section includes twelve faculty who are renowned for their research, clinical and educational contributions to the residency and the School of Medicine. Dr. Pescovitz is a past president of the Society for Pediatric Research, current president of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society and has served as Chair of the Endocrine Society Annual Meeting Steering Committee. She is currently Chair of one of the March of Dimes grants review committees. She has clinical research interests in disorders of growth and puberty. Her laboratory is studying the pathogenesis of granulosa cell tumors and understanding the intracellular signaling processes involved in hormonal action.
    Sarah M. Stelzner, MD Sarah M. Stelzner, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics. Born to parents who have strong interests in public service, she was raised in Latin America, California and New Mexico. She formalized her training in child advocacy in the Primary Care Program in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. As a faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine, she is one of the principal investigators on the Partnerships for Change Dyson Initiative, co-directs a yearly multidisciplinary International Service Learning Project in Calnali, Mexico, serves a rapidly growing Latino community at Wishard Memorial Hospital and actively promotes cultural competency in the medical school and residency program.
    Patricia Treadwell, MD Patricia Treadwell, M.D. is a Professor of Pediatrics and Dermatology. She received her medical degree from Cornell University and Pediatric and Dermatology residency training at the IUSOM. In 2001, she was appointed Assistant Dean of Cultural Diversity. She is the immediate past chairperson of the Dermatology Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She has been a member of the AAP CME Planning Group for "Practical Pediatrics" meetings since 1999.

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