Angelo Giardino is the medical director of Texas Children's Health Plan, a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, and an attending physician for the Texas Children's Hospital's forensic pediatrics service at the Children's Assessment Center in Houston, Texas. He graduated summa cum laude from Temple University and earned his MD and PhD at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Giardino completed his residency and fellowship training in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Immediately after his fellowship training, Dr. Giardino became the assistant, and then the associate, medical director at Health Partners of Philadelphia, where he had primary responsibility for utilization management, intensive case management, and health care data analysis. He also shared responsibility for the plan's quality improvement program. In that role, Dr. Giardino led "Little Partners," a lay home visiting program focused on fostering enhanced prenatal care and improved healthier birth outcomes. Additionally, Dr. Giardino began the Child Abuse and Neglect Team for Children with Special Health Care Needs, which was funded by a three-year grant from a local philanthropy. In 1998, he was appointed associate chair of clinical operations in the Department of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and in June of 1999 he was asked to chair the CHOP Quality Committee. As chair, Dr. Giardino supervised quality improvement, accreditation, and outcomes management for a wide variety of clinical programs within the hospital. He also served as an attending physician on CHOP's Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) team. These accomplishments are only a few of his career.

Dr. Giardino is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Texas Pediatric Society, and the Harris County Medical Society, where he serves on the Managed Medicaid Forum and the Medical Directors Committee. He is 10-year member of the American College of Physician Executives and a member of the American College of Medical Quality. Prior to relocating to Houston, Dr. Giardino served as chair of the Philadelphia Branch Board of the Southeastern Chapter of the American Red Cross, president of the Board for Bethany Christian Services in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, and a member of the Board for the Support Center for Child Advocates, where he was named a 2005 Champion for Children. His academic accomplishments include publishing eight textbooks on child abuse and neglect, presenting on a variety of pediatric topics at national and regional conferences, and, most recently, being appointed to a three-year term on the National Review Board for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Cynthia W. DeLago is an assistant professor of pediatrics specializing in child abuse at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of the New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine and co-chair of the Region 2 Ambulatory Pediatrics Association. Previously, She practiced adolescent and general pediatric medicine. She is the mother of 4 children aged 14 to 24 years.

Hans B. Kersten is an assistant professor at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children and Drexel University College of Medicine. He also serves as a children's environmental health faculty champion for the National Environmental Education and Teaching Foundation and on the mayor's Lead Poisoning Primary Prevention Task Force in Philadelphia, where he lives with his wife and daughters.

Paul S. Matz joined the faculty of St. Christopher's Hospical for Children and Drexel University College of Medicine in 2001. He is an active clinician and also supervises residents in the hospital's Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics. Dr. Matz and his wife, Miriam, live with their daughter Rebecca in Sicklerville, New Jersey.

Robert S. McGregor is a professor and the associate chair of Education and Clinical Affairs for the Department of Pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine. He also serves as the pediatric residency director at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. Nationally, Dr. McGregor is president of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors and active in the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Laura E. Smals is an assistant professor of pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine and works at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. She is a general pediatrician specializing in children with special health care needs.

Nancy D. Spector is an assistant professor of pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine, associate director of the Pediatric Residency Program at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, and works at the hospital's Ambulatory Care Clinic providing primary care and teaching medical students and residents. She is the mother of 3 children aged 10, 9, and 7 years, and she is actively involved in local school efforts to develop a bullying prevention program.