Brian Alverson, MD is the Pediatric Program Director and Vice-Chair of Education at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Wilmington, DE. Previously, he was Professor of Pediatrics at Brown University and the Director of the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Hasbro Children’s Hospital.  Dr. Alverson trained at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and then attended his pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he stayed on for a year as Chief Resident. Dr. Alverson’s research and writing focus is inpatient management of pediatric respiratory conditions and medical education. Dr. Alverson is chair of the new UTI guideline committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. He was on the guidelines committee for the IDSA’s 2011 guidelines on Pediatric Pneumonia and also served on the guidelines committee for the AAP’s 2014 guidelines on bronchiolitis. He is a co-editor of the textbook “Step Up to Pediatrics”, and is the author of over one hundred peer and non-peer reviewed publications. Dr. Alverson is past Chair of the Executive Committee for the Section on Hospital Medicine for the American Academy of Pediatrics and prior to that served on the Editorial Board for the journal Hospital Pediatrics. Dr. Alverson was responsible for reform of Rhode Island HIV testing laws, has served on a state congressional commission, and is an active advocate for the health of children. He is the inventor of the Smöltap device for obtaining spinal taps in febrile infants. In his free time Dr. Alverson is an avid outdoors enthusiast, an active classical violinist and an occasional bluegrass fiddler.