Current Fellows

Class of 2024

Kylie Bushroe, MD

Kylie Bushroe, MD

Mentor: Mary Politi, PhD
Medical Education: Ohio State University
Residency: St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Research Project: Evaluating Caregiver-Clinician Communication for Tracheostomy Placement in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Elisabeth Cole, MD

Elisabeth Cole, MD

Mentor: David Hunstad, MD
Medical Education: Tulane University
Residency/Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship: UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Research Project: Sex differences in UTI

Tyler King, DO

Tyler King, DO

Mentor: Toni Frolova, MD, PhD
Medical Education: Marian University
Residency: Indiana University

Research Project: Effects of Maternal Obesity on Perinatal Cerebral Glucose Uptake and Metabolism

Erin O’Brien, MD

Erin O’Brien, MD

Mentor: Cindy Ortinau, MD
Medical Education: University of Arkansas
Residency: St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Research Project: The influence of placenta vascular malperfusion on brain growth in fetuses with congenital heart disease

Joel Smith, MD

Joel Smith, MD

Mentor: Ana Maria Arbelaez, MD
Medical Education: University of Santo Tomas
Residency: Driscoll Children’s Hospital

Research Project: Risks, Characteristics and Treatment of Hyperinsulinism in Small for Gestational Age Infants

Devon Swofford, DO

Devon Swofford, DO

Mentor: Zachary Vesoulis, MD, MSCI
Medical Education: A.T. Still University
Residency: University of Oklahoma

Research Project: Implementing and expanding NIRS use in HIE and throughout the NICU

Class of 2025

Andrew Carroll, MD

Andrew Carroll, MD

Mentor: Jason Newland, MD, MEd
Medical education: Creighton University
Residency: Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Research Project: Birthweight trends associated with the onset of COVID-19 pandemic

Mariah Cheaves, MD

Mariah Cheaves, MD

Mentor: Eve Colson, MD
Medical education: Meharry Medical College
Residency: St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Research Project: In their own words: Black Mothers’ experience with Racism, Bias and Discrimination related to Breastfeeding

Jessica Kris, MD

Jessica Kris, MD

Mentor: Emily Fishman, MD, MSCI
Medical education: University of Central Florida
Residency: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Research Project: TEXT A MOM: Texting Encouragement to maXimize The Allocation of Mother’s Own Milk

Natasha Lalos, MD

Natasha Lalos, MD

Mentor: Zach Vesoulis, MD, MSCI
Medical education: University of Queensland
Residency: St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Research Project: Predicting pulmonary hemorrhage in ELBW infants

Kelly Meyer, MD

Kelly Meyer, MD

Mentor: Cindy Ortinau, MD, MSCI
Medical education: University of Missouri – Columbia
Residency: Children’s Mercy

Research Project: Placental Vascular Abnormalities & the Association with Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease

Tara Shepherd, MD, MS

Tara Shepherd, MD, MS

Mentor: Chris Smyser, MD, MSCI
Medical education:St. George’s University
Residency:Tulane University School of Medicine

Research Project: Effects of Early Intervention on Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Severe Grade IVH

Class of 2026

Kelley Denton, MD

Kelley Denton, MD

Mentor: Carly Schuetz, MD
Medical school: Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
Residency: St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Washington University in St. Louis, MO

Rafael Gutierrez, MD

Rafael Gutierrez, MD

Mentor: Rodney Newberry, MD
Medical school: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Amy Hammen, DO

Amy Hammen, DO

Mentor: Kristine Wylie, PhD
Medical school: Midwestern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Chicago, IL
Residency: Dayton Children’s Hospital
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

Callie Marshall, MD

Callie Marshall, MD

Mentor: Zach Vesoulis, MD, MSCI
Medical school: University of Texas Health Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, San Antonio, TX
Residency: St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Washington University in St. Louis, MO

Marina Metzler, DO

Marina Metzler, DO

Mentor: Jennifer Wambach, MD, MS
Medical school: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV
Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Allyson Schreiber, MD, PhD

Allyson Schreiber, MD, PhD

Mentor: Joseph Dougherty, PhD
Medical school: Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Residency: Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC