Maryland Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

Monique Soileau-Burke, MD, FAAP, is a general pediatrician at The Pediatric Center in Columbia, MD. Dr. Burke serves as a Clinical Instructor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She served as the Vice-President of the Maryland AAP Foundation and previously served as the Central Maryland Representative. As MDAAP Vice-President, Dr. Burke served on the Maryland Department of Health’s Pediatric COVID Vaccine work group and serves as a Maryland GOVAX ambassador. She was recently appointed chair of the Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations. Dr. Burke completed her pediatric residency training at Johns Hopkins in 2002. She received her medical degree in 1999 from the Tulane University School of Medicine where she was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. She received her Bachelor of Science from Newcomb College of Tulane University with a major in child psychology and early childhood education in 1995. At the Pediatric Center, Dr. Burke serves as a managing partner. With over 25,000 patients and a staff of 50, the practice serves a culturally and economically diverse population of patients from Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carol and Howard Counties and Baltimore City. In 2012, she became certified as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and introduced lactation medicine to her practice with designated lactation areas and counseling. A native of Louisiana, she moved to Baltimore for three years of residency training. Twenty years later, she still resides in Baltimore City with her husband, Warren, and their daughter, Evangeline. She is an avid Ravens fan—unless they’re playing her beloved New Orleans Saints.

Dr. Rachel Dodge is a community pediatrician in Southeast Baltimore County at Dundalk Pediatrics Associates. Dr. Dodge and her husband are southeast Baltimore County natives.  They live in Edgemere and are very active in supporting the local community.  Dr. Dodge is the mother of 3 children.  She received her medical degree from the University of Maryland, School of Medicine in 2002 and completed the pediatric residency program at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital/University Hospitals of Cleveland in 2005.  Dr. Dodge completed the General Pediatric Academic Development Fellowship at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and earned a Master’s of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2008.

Dr. Dodge’s passion is advocating for the medical needs of low-income and high risk populations.  Before coming to Dundalk Pediatrics, she was the Medical Director for the MATCH (Making All The Children Healthy) Program that provides medical case management and health care coordination for all children in Baltimore City’s foster care system.  She also practiced pediatrics at the Harriet Lane Clinic at Johns Hopkins, teaching residents and medical students.  She holds a part-time appointment as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.  She is a community preceptor to medical students for the Longitudinal Ambulatory Program.

Dr. Dodge currently serves as the Treasurer-Secretary for the Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and was appointed to Maryland Medicaid Advisory Committee.

Dr. Katherine Hoops is an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Johns Hopkins Medicine.  She earned her medical degree at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. She completed a Master’s in Public Health concentrating on Health Policy and Management in injury and violence prevention at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her residency training in Pediatrics at the University of Alabama Birmingham before returning to Johns Hopkins to complete her fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. She is currently a Juris Doctor candidate at the Georgetown University Law Center (2025). Dr. Hoops’ research is focused on an equity-focused, public health approach to the prevention of firearm injury and violence. She is a core faculty member in the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. She conducts research on creating and evaluating effective policy measures, implementing a trauma-informed approach to care, effectively communicating with patients and families about firearm safety, and improving physicians’ education on and counseling related to firearm safety. She serves as an official spokesperson for the AAP and works with local and national media to provide education on issues related to child health. 

She and her husband, a cardiac anesthesiologist and intensivist, have two wonderful, book-loving children. In her free time, she enjoys running, cycling, gardening, cooking, and reading.

Jennifer Belbot Cox M.D. FAAP is a general pediatrician at Pediatric Partners LLC, a private practice with locations in Baltimore, Carroll, Harford and Howard Counties. She serves as a managing partner in the North Park/ Harford County office. She received her medical degree from the University of Maryland Medical School in 2002 and completed her residency training in pediatrics at the Pennsylvania State Milton S Hershey Medical Center in 2005. Dr. Cox lives with her husband and three children in Baltimore County. 

Christine Saba, MD, FAAP, completed medical school at Eastern Virginia Medical School, followed by a residency at Georgetown University Medical Center. Prior to entering medical school, she cared for pediatric patients as the first Senior Clinical Pharmacist in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital after completion of the first pediatric pharmacy program at MCV hospital in Richmond. After residency she initially worked for a group practice; since 2000, has been in solo practice, and has been very involved in what it takes to manage and run a practice through 20+years of the evolving changes in Medicine. She has lived in Montgomery County since 1969.

Christine has a passion to advocate for the well-being of children and those families who have no voice to say what their children need by working with her colleagues in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. She feels pediatricians have come together during this COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with the increased awareness of what needs to evolve to address the discrepancies of care and social biases that exist in human beings, pediatricians can have huge impact.

Kristi Machemer, MD, FAAP, received her medical degree from University of Illinois at Chicago and attended residency at University of Minnesota. She completed a pediatric fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology/BMT at Duke University. After several years in the hematology/oncology world, she returned to her first love, general pediatrics.

She is a pediatrician and owner of Waldorf Pediatrics. Her special interests include mental health including care for children with anxiety, depression, ADHD, ODD and ASD. She also serves in the AAP Mental Health and SODBP primary care committees. Her passion is to include mental health care in the medical home.

She lives with her husband and two children in Charles county. She is fortunate to be studying classical ballet and enjoys dancing with her kids. She loves taking classes in Sumi-E brush painting.

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