Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

Around the Hospital Appointments and Honors Roberta Alessi, MHSA, FACHE, executive vice president, was appointed to the faculty of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as an associate in the Department of Health Policy and Management. e department, one of the largest in the country, is dedicated to advancing local, national and global health policy to make a difference, and Alessi will share her expertise in children's health care. She joined Johns Hopkins All Children's in 2013 as vice president and chief operating officer after more than two decades in leadership roles at Children's National Medical Center. Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital celebrates recent professional advancements and accolades recognizing the distinctive pediatric expertise of these professionals. Neil Goldenberg, M.D., Ph.D., was promoted from associate professor to professor of pediatrics and medicine in the division of hematology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the first Johns Hopkins University full-time faculty member based at Johns Hopkins All Children's to earn promotion to the rank of full professor since the hospital joined Johns Hopkins Medicine in 2011. Goldenberg serves as director of research and chief research officer at Johns Hopkins All Children's. In 2016, he received a $2.8 million NIH grant as overall principal investigator for a multinational randomized clinical trial on the treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients younger than 21 years old. Goldenberg is internationally recognized for his contributions to evidence-based guidelines and clinical, translational and basic science in thrombosis and stroke in children and young adults. Paul Colombani, M.D., FACS, FAAP, was named to the Education Board of the American Health Council to share his expertise in the areas of pediatric surgery, pediatrics and oncology. With affiliates in all 50 states, the Council is dedicated to improving the well-being of the U.S. population and alleviating the global burden of disease through shared knowledge, information networking, real-time collaboration, communication networks and outreach platforms. Colombani is chair of pediatric surgery at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, professor of surgery, pediatrics and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and the Robert Garrett Professor (Emeritus) of Pediatric Surgery. He has held key positions during more than 30 years in academic medicine and served as children's surgeon-in-charge at Johns Hopkins Children's Center for two decades. Colombani is president of All Children's Specialty Physicians. Ellen Arky contributed to this report. Spring 2018 15

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