She worked in private practice and at a federally qualified health center before returning to work at Children’s National.

In her current role, she provides patient care as well as supervises medical students and residents. Dr. Weisz is helping to develop a multi-modal curriculum to teach students and residents how to incorporate screening and addressing social needs during clinical visits. She is also participating in an initiative to address school absenteeism. She completed the Quality Improvement Leadership Training course through Children’s National in the spring of 2020. She lives with her family in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

He then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Children’s National and was subsequently hired on as faculty at Children’s. During fellowship he completed a Master of Public Health with a health policy concentration at GWU as well as a health policy scholar program through the Academic Pediatric Association. As an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University, he is a co-director for the medical school’s Patients, Populations, and Systems course as well as a co-director for the Health Policy scholarly concentration.

He has been a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics since medical school with previous leadership roles including residency program representative, Trainee Liaison to the Section on Hospital Medicine (SOHM), and Delegate to the American Medical Association. Currently, he serves as the Advocacy Committee Chair for the DCAAP where he has helped develop and lead the Chapter’s Annual Advocacy Day while also co-leading the Chapter’s advocacy strategic planning and maintaining the Advocacy Committee listserv. In addition, he also serves on an advocacy development task force for the SOHM and as an Assistant District Representative to the Section on Early Career Physicians.

Dr Brunson completed medical school at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn NY. She completed residency at New York University where she developed an interest in social determinants of health and its effects on chronic disease for pediatric patients. She then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Nephrology at Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia along with a Master of Clinical Epidemiology at University of Pennsylvania. Following fellowship, she accepted an attending physician position here at Childrens National and has the honor of caring for children in DC, Maryland and Virginia with chronic kidney disease and end stage kidney disease.

Her primary focus includes advocacy for children with chronic disease with an emphasis on identifying the social determinants of health that affect their long-term outcomes. Since her fellowship, she has been an active member of the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology public policy committee and has completed many Hill Day activities focused on improving outcomes of children with kidney disease. She has also had the opportunity to be actively involved with the AAP and part of the Section on Pediatric nephrology. Since moving to the DMV area and joining the DC AAP chapter, she has pivoted and expanded her advocacy efforts to focus on global pediatric areas which need our continued attention. She has been able to mentor a CATCH grant project through the help of the AAP chapter focused on food insecurity and obesity/hypertension and is looking to expand that focus to other patient populations.

Dr. Lazerov graduated from The University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed residency in pediatrics at The University of Maryland Medical Center. She also earned a Master of Business Administration from The George Washington University School of Business and has practiced in Washington, DC for 20 years.

Dr. Lazerov’s advocacy and research interests focus on vaccine confidence and education, immunization promotion strategies, reducing maternal and infant health disparities, patient
engagement, provider wellness, telehealth/healthcare technology, and care delivery optimization to promote quality, safety, and health equity.