Fellows
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
Sydney Sherman, DO
Mentor: Eve Colson, MD
Medical school: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University
Residency: University of Connecticut
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
Eunice Torres, MD
Class of 2021
Current position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Southern Illinois University
Maggie Urschler, MD
Mentors: Steve Brennan, MD, MBBS, Bhushan Katira, MBBS
Medical school: University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis / St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Luke Viehl, MD
Class of 2023
Current position: Instructor in Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital/Washington University St. Louis, MO
Halana Whitehead, MD
Class of 2019
Current position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital/Washington University St. Louis
