Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BS, University of Notre Dame, 1997
• MD, Washington University School of Medicine, 2001

Training

• Pediatric Residency, Washington Unversity at St. Louis Children's Hospital, 2001 - 2004
• Leadership Development Program, Washington University School of Medicine, 2012 - 2013
• Macy Train-the-Trainer Inter-Professional Faculty Development Training Program, University of Missouri, 2016 - 2016
• EHPIC (Educating Healthcare Professionals in Interprofessional Care), University of Toronto, 2017 - 2017

Licensure and Board Certification

• 2001 - PresNewborn Resuscitation Program Certification
• 2001 - PresPediatric Advanced Life Support Certification
• 2004 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics General Pediatrics Certification
• 2004 - PresMO, Missouri Medical License
• 2011 - PresCertified Instructor of Newborn Resuscitation Program

Honors and Awards

• Patrick Niland, M.D. Award for the student who “most exemplifies the important attributes of empathy, compassion, patience and a love of medicine,” University of Notre Dame, 1997
• Phi Beta Kappa, University of Notre Dame, 1997
• Outstanding Teacher of the Year, General Pediatrics, 2016
• Distinguished Service Teaching Award – Clinical Teacher of the Year Award, 2018
• Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society Honoree, 2019

Recent Publications view all (1)

1. Zafar N, Wallace CM, Kieffer P, Schroeder P, Schootman M, Hamvas A. Improving survival of vulnerable infants increases neonatal intensive care unit nosocomial infection rate. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155(10):1098-104. PMID:11576003