Faculty Contacts

These individuals have offered to be available to medical students/residents to discuss their particular subspecialty. Questions could include the choice of subspecialty, lifestyle, job opportunities and the fellowship application process. This is not meant to be a long-term mentorship relationship.

Pediatric Adolescent Medicine

Northeast

Elizabeth M. Alderman, MD
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
718-920- 6781

Sarah Pitts, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital
(617) 355-3732

Caroline J. Barangan, MD
Mt. Sinai Adolescent Health Center
Tel: (212) 423-3000

Karen Soren, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
New York Presbyterian Hospital
212-305-8195

Zach McClain MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
(215) 590-6864

Susan “Shellie” Yussman, MD, MPH
Golisano Children’s Hospital
University of Rochester
585-275-2964

Nadja Peter, MD
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
(215) 427-3650

Midwest

Cynthia Holland-Hall, MD, MPH
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
(614)722- 2493

Mary A. Ott, M.D., M.A.
Indiana University School of Medicine
317-274-8812

Corinne Lehmann, MD, Med
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
513-636-8591

Loreta Matheo, MD
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
412-692-7711

South

Loreta Matheo, MD
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
412-692-7711

Al Hergenroeder, MD
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital
832-822-3658

West

Claudia Borzutzky, MD
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
323.361.2112

Eric Sigel, MD
Children’s Hospital Colorado
720-777-6131

http://ucdenver.edu/adolescentmedicinefellows

Neville H. Golden MD
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
650-736-9557

Allergy and Immunology

Paul J Dowling, MD
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Interests: Food Allergy, Asthma, Drug Allergy

Vivian Hernandez-Trujillo, MD
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Interests: Primary Immunodeficiency, Anaphylaxis, and Food allergy

Kenneth Paris, MD MPH
LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Interests:  Primary Immunodeficiency, Food Allergy

Rebecca Scherzer, MD
Ohio State University College of Medicine/Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Interests: Food Allergy, Primary Immunodeficiency, and Medical Educartion

Pediatric Cardiology

Rob Ross
Wayne State

Lowell Frank
Children’s National Hospital

Child Abuse Pediatrics

Christine E. Barron, MD
Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University

Carol Berkowitz, MD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Stephen C. Boos, MD
Baystate Children’s Hospital
413 794-9816

Cindy Christian, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Rachel Clingenpeel MD FAAP
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Arkansas Children’s Hospital

Melissa L. Currie, MD, FAAP
University of Louisville School of Medicine

Martin A. Finkel, DO, FACOP, FAAP
Child Abuse Research Education Services (CARES) Institute
Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine

856-566-7039

Lori D. Frasier MD
Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital

Terra Frazier
Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Arne Graff, MD
Mayo Clinic (Rochester MN)

Jordan Greenbaum, MD
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

404-785-3829

Nancy S Harper, MD
University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital

Bruce E. Herman, MD
University of Utah School of Medicine

Natalie Kissoon, MD
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Lori Legano, M.D.
NYU/Bellevue Hospital

Dan Leonhardt, M.D.
Randall Children’s Hospital

James L. Lukefahr MD
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Maria D. McColgan, MD
Child Research Education Services (CARES) Institute Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine

John Melville, MD
Medical University of South Carolina

330-746-9150

Mary Moffatt, MD
Children's Mercy Kansas City

330-746-9150

Bethany Mohr, MD
University of Michigan Health System

Shalon Nienow, MD
Rady Children's Hospital of San Diego

Alicia Pekarsky, MD
SUNY Upstate Medical University

Hillary Petska, MD
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Angela Rabbitt, DO
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Norell Rosado, MD
Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Philip Scribano, DO, MSCE
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Kirsten Simonton, MD
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Andrew Sirotnak, MD
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Leslie Strickler, DO FAAP
University of New Mexico Children’s Hospital

Ingrid Walker-Descartes, MD, MPH, FAAP
Maimonides Infants and Children’s Hospital of Brooklyn

Celeste Wilson, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital

Joanne N. Wood, MD, MSHP
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Pediatric Critical Care

Geoffrey Fleming, MD
Monroe Carell Jr Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Vinod Havalad
Advocate Children’s Hospital
Park Ridge, IL

Jennifer Duncan, MD
St Louis Children’s Hospital

Amanda Emke, MD
St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Karen Marcdante, MD
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin

Megan McCabe, MD
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore

Tim Cornell, MD
University of Michigan
CS Mott Children’s Hospital

Emily Nazarian, MD
Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Margaret Winkler, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Courtney Rowan, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Riley Hospital for Children

David Turner, MD
Duke University Health and Hospital System

Richard Mink, MD, MACM
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Pediatric Dermatology

Dawn Davis
Mayo Clinic Rochester

Marilyn Liang
Boston Children’s Hospital

Anna Bruckner
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Richard Antaya
Yale University School of Medicine

Tony Mancini
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Brandi Kenner-Bell
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Kara Shah
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Kristen Hook, MD
University of Minnesota

Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Luisa Fernanda Cala MD
Division of DBP
Hasbro Children’s/RI Hospital
593 Eddy St., Providence, RI 02903

401-444-4648 or 857-234-6032
Currently >50% time in direct patient care in DBP
Clinical interests: Early Childhood, Early Literacy, Learning/School difficulties, Behavior/Parenting training
Research interests: Early Literacy/ Infant Crying

Damon Korb, MD
Director, Center for Developing Minds
15951 Los Gatos Blvd. Suite 6
Los Gatos, CA 95032
www.devminds.com
408-358-1853
Currently >80% time in direct patient care in DBP
Clinical interests: Learning difficulties, behavior, ADHD, anxiety, autism, OCD, and executive dysfunctions.
Research/Advocacy interests (If any): No research.  Advocacy interests include children that struggle at school.

Stephen T Nowicki, MD, PhD
Davis Developmental Pediatrics Group, Inc
760 Fifth Street, Davis, CA 95616
Tel: 530-758-DDPG (3374)
www.DDPGcares.com

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and Associate Clinic Director
MIND Institute
UC Davis Health System
916-703-0496

Currently >50% time in direct patient care in DBP

Sandra Friedman, MD, MPH
University of Colorado/Children’s Hospital Colorado

phone: 720-777-6636

Currently  <50% time in direct patient care in DBP
Clinical interests:  Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children with Special Health Care Needs, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Palliative Care

Desmond Kelly MD
Greenville Health System Children’s Hospital
Greenville, SC

864-454-2420
Currently <50% time in direct patient care in DBP
Clinical interests:  Learning, ADHD, ASD, Sensory Impairment;  Systems of care for early ID and intervention
Research interests: Developmental screening; ASD

Robert Voigt, MD
Meyer Center for Developmental Pediatrics
Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

832-822-3425
Current role in provision of DBP care:  >50% time in direct patient care in
Clinical interests: Developmental delay; High risk neonatal follow-up; Autism spectrum disorder; Intellectual and learning disabilities; ADHD; Cerebral palsy and disorders of motor coordination
Research interests: Nutrition and neurodevelopment; epidemiology of autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, learning disabilities, ADHD; Medical developmental assessment

Pediatric Endocrinology

Jack Faqua
Indiana University

Erica Eugster
Indiana University

Michael James Haller
University of Florida

Elka Jacobson-Dickman
Maimonides Medical Center

Craig Taplin
Seattle Children’s Hospital

Dennis Chia
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore/ Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Diane Stafford
Boston Children’s Hospital

Monzavi, Roshanak
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

Michale Gottschalk
UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital

David B. Allen, MD
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine

Takara Stanley
Massachusetts General Hospital

Claudia Boucher-Berry
Children’s Hospital of the University of Illinois

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Cathy Lee-Miller, MD
Assistant Professor, Phoenix Children’s Hospital and University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Associate Program Director
Clinical Interests: Leukemia/lymphoma
Research interests: Medical education and quality improvement

Richard L. Tower  MD, MS
Associate Professor, Medical College of WI
Pediatric Hem/Onc/BMT Fellowship Program Director
Interests: Leukemia/Lymphoma, Vascular Anomalies, Education

Rachel Egler, MD
Associate Professor, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital/Case Western Reserve University
Interests: Pediatric and Adolescent & Young Adult Sarcomas, Solid Tumors

Amit Soni, MD
Associate Professor, University of California-Irvine/CHOC Children’s
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program Director
Interests: Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Clinical Trials

Scott Borinstein, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital/Vanderbilt University
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program Director
Interests: Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, Sarcomas

Michael R. Jeng, MD
Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program Director
Stanford University School of Medicine
Interests: Histiocytosis, Vascular Anamolies

Pediatric Hospitalists

Maria Behanm-Terneus, MD
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital

Sangeeta Krishna, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Rebecca Tenney-Soeiro MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Laura Bower, MD MSc
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Mikelle Key-Solle, MD
Duke University School of Medicine

Lara Johnson, MD
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Aarti Patel, MD Med
University of California San Diego/Rady Children’s Hospital

Snehal Shah, MD
Washington University / St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Jacqueline Walker, MD, MHPE
Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Jeri Kessenich, MD
Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Kristina Bryant MD
University of Louisville School of Medicine

Research Interests: (Infection Prevention/Control)

Rana El Feghaly MD
Children's Mercy Kansas City, UNKC School of Medicine

Research Interests: (outpatient antimicrobial stewardship, diagnostic stewardship, quality improvement and error prevention.)

Nada Harik MD
Children’s National Health System/GWU School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Research Interests: (Infection prevention, Bone and joint infections, Quality improvement)

Angela Myers MD, MPH
Children’s Mercy Hospital

Research Interests: (HPV vaccine utilization, Outpatient antibiotic stewardship, Educational research)

Jessica N Snowden MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Research Interests: (Neonatal immunity, Infections in the brain, Biofilm infections)

Alison Tribble MD
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan

Research Interests: (Implementation of rapid diagnostic platforms, Antimicrobial stewardship strategies such as guideline implementation, Antibiotic use for common pediatric conditions in community hospitals.)

Pediatric Neonatology

Christiane Dammann, MD
Tufts Medical Center, Boston

Patricia Chess, MD
University of Rochester Medical Center, Golisano Children’s Hospital

For additional contact information, one can also reference:
http://www2.aap.org/sections/perinatal/ONTPDfiles/ONTPDindex.html

Pediatric Nephrology

Donald Batisky, MD, FAAP
Emory University School of Medicine & Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Vikas Dharnidhara, MD, MPH, FAAP
Washington University School of Medicine & St Louis Children’s hospital

Larry Greenbaum, MD, PhD, FAAP
Emory University School of Medicine & Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Frederick Kaskel, MD, PhD, FAAP
Montefiore Medical Center

Teri Mauch, MD, PhD, FAAP
Nebraska Medical Center

Kimberly Reidy, MD, FAAP
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore

Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine

Eric Austin
Vanderbilt

Vivek Balasubramaniam
University of Wisconsin

Suzanne Beck
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Anita Bhandari
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
860-545-9440

John Mark
(650) 723-8325

Rajeev Bhatia
Akron Children’s Hospital
330-543-8885

Steve Boas
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
847-998-3434

Debra Boyer
Boston Children’s Hospital
(617) 355-6105

Lee Brooks
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Rebekah Brown
Vanderbilt

Ted Carter
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Terrence
Carver Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
816-234-3033

Chris Cielo
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Michael Collaco
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
410-955-2035

Nadir Demirel
University of Minnesota
612-625-4475

William Gershan
University of Minnesota
612-626-2916

Roni Grad
University of Arizona College of Medicine
520-626-7780

Jane Gross
808-561-6331

Don Hayes
Nationwide Children’s

Robert Heinle
Jefferson Medical College/duPont Hospital for Children Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship
302-651-6400

Kensho Iwanga
University of California, San Francisco
415-502-2532

Maureen Josephson
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Binal Kancherla
Baylor College of Medicine/ Texas Children’s Hospital

Julie Katkin
Baylor College of Medicine/ Texas Children’s Hospital
832-822-3300

Mikhail Kazachkov
NYU School of Medicine
646-501-0536

Sophia Konstantinopoulou
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Benjamin Kopp
Nationwide Children’s
614-722-3656

Tassos Koumbouralis
Children’s National Medical Center

Terri A. Laguna
University of Minnesota
(612)-626-2916

Thomas Lahiri
University of Vermont College of Medicine

Dan Lesser
UCSD-RCHSD Pediatric Respiratory Medicine

Oscar Mayer
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Susie Millard
DeVos Children’s Hospital
616-808-7015

Paul Moore
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
615-343-7617

Ronald Morton
University of Louisville
502-852-3772

Neal Nakra
St Joseph’s Hospital Medical Center
973-754-2630

Diane Neddenriep
Pediatric Pulmonary Associates
520-327-1787

Mary Nevin
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
312-227-6262 (Laura Busse – Administrative Assistant)

Christopher Oermann
University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine
816-234-3033 (main)

Howard Panitch
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Joseph Piccione
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Clement Ren
University of Rochester
585-275-2464

Maria Riva
MUSC 843-876-5660

Michael Rock
University of Wisconsin

Kristie Ross
Case Western Reserve Rainbow Babies Hospital, Cleveland

Ronald Rubenstein
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Bruce Rubin
Virginia Commonwealth University

Iman Sami
Children’s National Medical Center

Michael Schechter
Virginia Commonwealth University
804-828-5916

Shahid Sheikh
Nationwide Children’s
614-722-3463

Andrew Sokolow
Vanderbilt

Ignacio Tapia
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

James Tutor
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
901-287-5222

Miles Weinberger
University of Iowa
319-356-3485

Lisa Young
Vanderbilt

Edith Zemanick
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
720-777-5426

Angela Delecaris
Indiana University School Medicine
347-948-0949

Pediatric Rheumatology

David Sherry
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Angie Robinson
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital

Megan Curran
University of Colorado

Jay Nocton
Medical College Wisconsin

David Kurahara
University of Hawaii