Fellows
Rachel Witt, MD
Class of 2022
Current position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Joshua Baiel, MD
Class of 2023
Current position: Attending Neonatologist at CoxHealth Medical Center South, Springfield, MO
Sharell Bindom, MD, PhD
Class of 2017
Current position:
Neonatologist at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Hollywood, Florida
Brittany Blue, MD
Class of 2017
Current position: Neonatologist at St. Joseph’s Hospital – Tampa, Florida
Samer Bou Karroum, MD
Mentor: Zachary Vesoulis, MD, MSCI
Medical school: American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine Lebanon
Residency: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center/ Amarillo Pediatrics
Colleen Brennan, MD
Class of 2017
Current position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital/Washington University St. Louis
Kelleigh Briden, MD
Class of 2018
Current position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital/Washington University St. Louis
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
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
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
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
Alexander Crider, MD
Class of 2023
Current position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Loyola University of Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Aaron Delgado, MD
Class of 2023
Current position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at University of Illinois College of Medicine, OSF Medical Center, Peoria, IL
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
Research project: Association of Neighborhood Deprivation Index with Discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with Nasogastric or Gastrostomy Tube Feedings
Stephanie Diggs, MD
Class of 2023
Current position: Instructor in Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital/Washington University St. Louis, MO
Natalie El Ters, MD
Class of 2017
Current position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital/Washington University St. Louis
Holly Engelstad, MD
Class of 2018
Current position:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Neonatology at Vanderbilt University
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, Nashville, TN
Rafael Gutierrez, MD
Mentor: Rodney Newberry, MD
Medical school: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Research project: Perinatal antibiotic exposure increases the risk of late-onset sepsis via altered gastrointestinal homeostasis
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
Research project: Effect the vaginal microbiome has on host response, inflammation & neonatal outcomes
Taylor Hendrixson, MD
Class of 2021
Current position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at University of Washington
Maja Herco, MD
Class of 2021
Current position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
June Hu, MD
Class of 2019
Current position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Ameena Husain, DO
Class of 2022
Current position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah
Rachael Hyland, MD
Class of 2022
Current position: Neonatal Hemodynamics Fellow at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital
Hugo Kato, MD
Class of 2020
Current position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso
Trisha Khambadkone, MD
Mentors: Mary Politi, PhD, Ashley Housten, OTD, MSCI
Medical school: The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis / St. Louis Children’s Hospital
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
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
Alexandra Lahart, MD
Class of 2019
Current position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital/Washington University St. Louis
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
Stephanie Lee, MD
Class of 2020
Current position:
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Angela Lewis, MD
Class of 2021
Current position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Saint Louis University
Nicole Majachani, MD
Mentor: Rafael Galindo, MD, PhD
Medical school: St. George’s University School of Medicine Grenada
Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Dan Mammel, MD
Class of 2022
Current position:
Instructor in Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital/Washington University St. Louis, MO
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
Research project: Racial Variation in Accuracy of Near Infrared Spectroscopy in Infants in a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Rebecca Martinez, MD
Class of 2020
Current position: Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
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
Research project: Genetic Diagnoses and Outcomes Among Infants with Neonatal Encephalopathy
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
Hallie Morris, MD
Class of 2020
Current position: Attending Neonatologist at Children’s National/George Washington University Hospital
Julie Nogee, MD
Class of 2018
Current position: Instructor in Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University
Lila S. Nolan, MD
Class of 2022
Current position:
Instructor of Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital/Washington University St. Louis, MO
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
Christine Pazandak, MD, MPH
Class of 2021
Current position:
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Karen Schaeffer, MD
Mentor: Jay Malone, MD, MS, PhD
Medical school: Tulane University School of Medicine
Residency: NYC Health + Hospitals Jacobi of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Ellen Schill, MD, PhD
Class of 2023
Current position: Instructor in Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital/Washington University St. Louis, MO
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
Research project: Investigating Mechanisms of Hypotonia in MYT1L Syndrome
Carly Schuetz, MD
Class of 2020
Current position:
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital/Washington University St. Louis, MO