2nd year
![Tara Shepherd, MD, MS](https://pediatrics.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2022/12/ShepherdTara_1_5x7-280x386.jpg)
Tara Shepherd, MD, MS
Newborn Medicine
Medical school: St. George’s University
Residency: Tulane University School of Medicine
![Veronica Smith, MD](https://pediatrics.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2022/12/Veronica-Smith-280x386.jpg)
Veronica Smith, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medical school: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Residency: Phoenix Children’s Pediatric Residency Program Alliance (PCPRPA), Phoenix, AZ
![Eylem Topaktas, MD](https://pediatrics.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2022/12/Eylem_Topaktas-son-280x386-1-280x386.jpg)
Eylem Topaktas, MD
Endocrinology
Medical school: Hacettepe University Medical School (Ankara, Turkey)
Residency: University of Health Science, Umraniye Research and Training Hospital (Istanbul, Turkey)
![Daniel Verbaro, MD, PhD](https://pediatrics.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2022/12/Daniel-Verbaro-MD-PhD.jpg)
Daniel Verbaro, MD, PhD
Gastroenterology
Medical school:
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Residency:
St. Louis Children's Hospital
Washington University in St. Louis, MO
![Emily Wynia, MD](https://pediatrics.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2022/12/Wynia-280x386.jpg)
Emily Wynia, MD
Emergency Medicine
Medical school: University of Missouri, Columbia School of Medicine
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI (Emergency Medicine Residency)
![Erika Young, MD](https://pediatrics.wustl.edu/app/uploads/2022/12/Erika-Young-MD_upscale-280x386.jpg)
Erika Young, MD
Nephrology
Medical school: Meharry Medical College
Residency: Helen DeVos Children's Hospital - Michigan State University