Program Leadership
Robert S. McGregor, M.D.
Residency Program Director
Vice Chair of Pediatrics
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Professor of Pediatrics
Drexel University College of Medicine
Dr. McGregor is a magna cum laude graduate of Juniata College and a graduate of Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He completed his pediatric residency and chief residency at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He was a member of the first cohort of the National Pediatric Faculty Development Scholars Health Research Services Administration (HRSA) program. He also received additional training at Harvard School of Public Health Leadership in the Academic Medical Center Program.
In 1995, Dr. McGregor joined the pediatric faculty at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, after having served on the faculty of Thomas Jefferson Medical College and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He became the Pediatric Residency Program Director in 1997, and he is also the Vice Chair of Pediatrics. Currently, Dr. McGregor is a Pediatric Hospitalist in the Section of Hospital Medicine. He also has expertise in the evaluation of patients with sports injuries.
Dr. McGregor is a nationally recognized leader in pediatric education, having served as Board Member and President of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD). He was a member of the American Board of Pediatrics Task Force that developed the “Teaching and Evaluating Professionalism Program Director’s Guide”. He has served as Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Planning Committee for the CME course PREP: The Course; is a member of the Oversight Committee for the Initiative for Innovation in Pediatric Education (IIPE); and is also a National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) Step II Committee Member, as well as a member of the NBME Committee for Pediatric Sub-Intern Evaluation.
With an additional interest in Global Health, Dr. McGregor serves on the Board of Directors for Pediatric Partnership for Progress (P3)—a not-for-profit international pediatric clinical and medical education organization, with which he has participated in medical education curriculum/evaluation development missions in Mozambique and Peru.
Dr. McGregor has won numerous teaching and education awards including the Walter W. Tunnessen Jr, M.D. Award of the APPD for Advancing Pediatric Education in 2008. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha.
Personally—he loves to exercise, cook along side his wife of 31 years and cheer on his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers!
Sharon Calaman, M.D.
Associate Residency Program Director
Director, Simulation Program
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Drexel University College of Medicine
Dr. Calaman is a magna cum laude graduate of Binghamton University and a graduate of the New York University School of Medicine. She completed her residency, chief residency, and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. She worked as a pediatric intensivist at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn and joined the Section of Critical Care medicine at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in 2005.
During her time here at St. Christopher’s, Dr. Calaman stewarded the development of the Rapid Response Team and served as the physician director. This successful safety initiative significantly reduced the number of cardiac arrests on the inpatient services. She has also developed the Simulation Program, and has been appointed the first Director of Simulation. In addition, she leads the Mock Code Program and the Resident Procedure Rotation. Dr. Calaman also initiated the ethics curriculum for residents and fellows and is Chair of the Hospital Ethics Committee. She became an Associate Residency Program Director in 2009.
Her scholarly work focuses on the use of simulation in medical education, particularly in its usage across disciplines and levels of learners. She is a recognized national expert in Simulation Education.
Dr. Calaman received the Victor C. Vaughn Teaching Award at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in 2009. She had received the Best Teacher, Full Time Faculty Award in 2005 at Maimonides Medical Center and the Outstanding House Officer Award in 2003 from the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha.
Matthew B. McDonald III, M.D.
Associate Program Director
Director of Education Technology
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Drexel University College of Medicine
Dr. McDonald is a graduate of St. Joseph’s University and Temple University School of Medicine. He completed his pediatric residency at St. Christopher’s in 2009 and chief residency in 2010. Dr. McDonald became an Associate Program Director in 2011, and he is also the Director of Education Technology. Dr. McDonald is a Pediatric Hospitalist in the Section of Hospital Medicine, and cares for patients with special needs in St Christopher’s Center for Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs. He is particularly focused on children with Down syndrome and complex medical problems.
Dr. McDonald was an invited speaker for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) PREP: The Course in 2010 and for the Association of Pediatric Program Directors’ (APPD) Chief Resident Forum in 2011.
Dr. McDonald was honored in 2010 with the Victor C. Vaughn Teaching Award, which is presented to an outstanding faculty educator, and in 2009 he received the David S. Smith Teaching Award for outstanding contributions to resident education.
In his spare time, Dr. McDonald loves spending time with his family, trying new Philadelphia restaurants with his wife and playing soccer as much as possible.
Nancy D. Spector, M.D.
Associate Residency Program Director
Associate Chair of Education and Faculty Development
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Professor of Pediatrics
Drexel University College of Medicine
Dr. Spector is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She completed her residency, chief residency, and General Academic Pediatrics Fellowship at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. She also completed additional training in curriculum development, faculty development and leadership through the Michigan State Primary Care Faculty Development Program, the Harvard Macy Institute and the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Fellowship Program.
Dr. Spector became the Associate Residency Program Director in 2002. She is also the Associate Chair of Education and Faculty Development. Dr. Spector is a member of the Section of General Pediatrics.
Her scholarly work focuses on the development and implementation of competency-based educational programs, faculty development, professional development, and leadership and mentorship skills. Dr. Spector has a particular interest in teaching residents to be effective teachers. She has presented nationally and published extensively in these fields.
On the national level, Dr. Spector has several leadership roles. She is co-chair of the Federation of Pediatric Organizations’ Task Force on Women in Pediatrics. She is also the is Vice-Chair of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors’ (APPD) Faculty and Professional Development Task Force, Co-Chair of the APPD Mentorship Program, and a Member of the Academic Pediatric Association’s Mentoring Program.
Dr. Spector was the 2010 recipient of the Robert S. Holm Award, given by APPD to a Program Director for extraordinary contribution in pediatric program director leadership or in support of other pediatric program directors as a mentor, advisor or role model. In 2011, she was awarded the Elias Abrutyn Mentoring Award by the Drexel University College of Medicine for excellence in mentoring colleagues, residents, and/or students. She is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha.
