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

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

Mariah Cheaves, MD
Medical education: Meharry Medical College
Residency: St. Louis Children’s Hospital

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
Medical school: Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
Residency: St. Louis Children's Hospital
Washington University in St. Louis, MO

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
Medical school: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Amy Hammen, DO
Medical school: Midwestern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Chicago, IL
Residency: Dayton Children's Hospital
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

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

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
Medical education: University of Central Florida
Residency: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

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
Medical education: University of Queensland
Residency: St. Louis Children’s Hospital

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

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
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

Rebecca Martinez, MD
Class of 2020
Current position: Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

Marina Metzler, DO
Medical school: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV
Residency: Nationwide Children's Hospital
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Kelly Meyer, MD
Medical education: University of Missouri – Columbia
Residency: Children’s Mercy

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

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
Medical school: Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Residency: Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC

Carly Schuetz, MD
Class of 2020
Current position:
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital/Washington University St. Louis, MO

Tara Shepherd, MD, MS
Medical education:St. George’s University
Residency:Tulane University School of Medicine

Patrick Sloan, MD
Class of 2019
Current position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital/Washington University St. Louis

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

Frank Soltys, MD
Class of 2021
Current position:
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI

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