New Employees September 2023

Welcome new hires!

Staff Name Division Title Jen Clark Newborn Medicine Psychometrist Anna Fangmeier Genetics & Genomic Medicine Genetic Clinical Counselor I Aesha Foster Ambulatory Medical Assistant II Dashia Lachelle James Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition Agency Temp Renesha Latimore Ambulatory Medical Assistant II Ethan T. Lee Genetics & Genomic Medicine Undergraduate Student Samantha Messmer Central Admin Coordinator Department […]

Funded Awards August 2023

Funded Grants! Eve Colson Orsola di Martino Carmen Halabi Fuhai Li Mark Manary William Orr Edon Rabinowitz Lisa Roelle David Rosen Brigida Rusconi

PI Agency Title Eve Colson NIH/R01/University of Virginia Get Social Media and Risk-Reduction Training (GET SMART) Orsola di Martino Siteman Cancer Center The role of DDIT4 in Acute. Myeloid Leukemia and chemotherapy resistance mechanisms Carmen Halabi IMRF Fibulin-5 and lysyl oxidase like 1 in elastic fiber assembly Fuhai Li NIH/R21/R33 AI models of multi-omic data […]

Faculty Feature Philip Abraham

Phil Abraham

Philip Abraham, MD, MHA, is an assistant professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine. Born and raised in the Garden State, he found himself living a hard life having to constantly defend the state of New Jersey and all its greatness once he left to pursue higher education. Fortunately, he found support amongst friends and […]

Rubenstein installed as the Robert C. Strunk Endowed Chair for Lung and Respiratory Research

Rob Rubenstein's installation

Ronald C. Rubenstein, MD, PhD, a professor of pediatrics, has been installed as the Robert C. Strunk Endowed Chair for Lung and Respiratory Research. A celebration to mark the event took place Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 in the Eric P. Newman Education Center. Rubenstein is a native of upstate New York. He received his undergraduate […]

Wolfe appointed Pediatric Residency Program director

Katie Wolfe

Katie Wolfe, MD, has been appointed the new Pediatric Residency Program director, effective Sept. 1, 2023. She takes on this role from interim co-directors Christine Hrach, MD, and Patrick Reich, MD. Wolfe completed her undergraduate education at Vanderbilt University and medical school at St. Louis University School of Medicine. From there, she completed a pediatric […]

Cooper steps in as new Division Chief for Rheumatology & Immunology as French takes on new vice chair role

Megan Cooper and Tony French

Megan Cooper, MD, PhD, has been appointed the new chief of the Division of Rheumatology & Immunology as Anthony French, MD, PhD, takes on the new role of vice chair of Physician-Scientist Training. Both changes were effective Friday, Sept. 15. Cooper is a board-certified pediatric rheumatologist and is an internationally recognized physician-scientist in the pediatric […]

61 Pediatrics faculty recognized on 2023 Castle Connolly Top Doctors® List

Composite of 61 pediatric providers

The Department of Pediatrics is proud to announce 61 of our faculty members have been selected for the 2023 Castle Connolly Top Doctors® and Rising Stars lists. Our physicians work hard each and every day to provide their patients with unmatched care. Each year, Castle Connolly uses a merit-based system to select board-certified physicians for […]

New Employees August 2023

Welcome new hires!

Faculty Name Division Title Lauren Anne Grant Academic Pediatrics  Assistant Prof of Pediatrics (PEFA) Alicia McDonnell Kamsheh Cardiology Assistant Prof of Pediatrics (PEFA) Fellows Name Division Title Maram Muneer Sayel Alkhdour Endocrinology & Diabetes Clinical Fellow Abbey Rocco Hematology & Oncology Clinical Fellow Staff Name Division Title Angelica Margaret Barnes Emergency Medicine Undergraduate Student Max […]