Dr. Oscar “Skip” Brown, associate professor of Pediatrics and vice chair for Clinical Affairs, was recently elected to the District VII National Nominating Committee (comprising Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas) for the American Academy of Pediatrics. Brown is also the chairman of the Texas chapter of the AAP. The AAP is comprised of more than 62,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists.