Meet the Fellows

Allison Lai, MD (2022-2024): Attending Physician, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Langone Health

Advanced training during fellowship: Middlebury College Spanish Language Immersion Program

Fellowship Scholarly Work:

• Lai A, Young ES, Kohrman H, Chateau G, Cohan D, Pollock L, Hahn M, Namusaazi B, Toini OT, Levison J, Ruel T. Tilting the Scale: Current Provider Perspectives and Practices on Breastfeeding with HIV in the United States. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2023 Feb;37(2):84-94. doi: 10.1089/apc.2022.0178. PMID: 36787411; PMCID: PMC9963479.

Brittany Hunter, MD (2022-2024): Attending Physician, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

 Advanced Training During Fellowship:

• Improvement Scholars, Lurie Center for Quality and Safety 
• Masters in Business Administration, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern Univ

Fellowship Scholarly Work:

• Hunter B, Ewulonu U. Chapter 46 on “Abnormal Uterine Bleeding”. In Comprehensive Pediatric HospitalMedicine, 3rd Ed. McGraw Hill, New York, NY. 2024
• Broussard C, Kim J, Hunter B, Mobley L, Trent M, Seltzer R. Identifying Children in Foster Care and Improving Foster Care Documentation in Primary Care. Pediatric Quality and Safety 8(5):p e699, September/October 2023. doi: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000699
• Khalid SI, Hunter B, Shah P, Patel A, Thomson KB, LoPresti MA, Roblin DW, Lam S, Mehta AI. The Impact of Social Determinants of Health in Pediatric Shunted Hydrocephalus. Neurosurgery. 2023;92(5):1066-1072. doi:10.1227/neu.0000000000002333
• Khalid SI, Thomson K, Hunter B, Garcia RM, Bowman R, Lam S. The impact of voluntary folate fortification of corn masa flour on US pregnancies complicated by neural tube defects [published online ahead of print, 2023 Apr 26]. Childs Nerv Syst. 2023;1-7. doi: 10.1007/s00381-023-05945-w

Melissa Baranay, MD (2021-2023): Attending Physician, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Advanced Training During Fellowship: McGaw Medical Education Clinical Scholars Program

James Andrew Watson, MD (2021-2023): Attending Physician, Alabama at Birmingham/Children's of Alabama

Fellowship Scholarly Work:

• Lucey K, Jones RC, Watson JA, Malakooti M, Stephen RJ. Risk Factors for Deterioration Events in the Pediatric Acute Care Setting. Hosp Pediatr. 2024 Jun 1;14(6):e260-e266. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2023-007426. PMID: 38784994.

Katherine Salada, MD (2020-2022): Attending Physician, University of Michigan; C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI. 

Advanced Training During Fellowship: McGaw Medical Education Clinical Scholars Program.

Fellowship Scholarly Work: 

• Salada KO, Arzu J, Unti SM, Tanz RR, Badke CM. Practicing What We Preach: An Effort to Improve Safe Sleep of Hospitalized Infants. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2022 Jun 14;7(3):e561. doi: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000561. PMID: 35720873; PMCID: PMC9197363.

Caryn VandenBerg (2020-2022):Attending Physician, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Health, Dallas, TX

Advanced Training During Fellowship: McGaw Medical Education Clinical Scholars Program.

Fellowship Scholarly Work:

• VandenBerg CJ, Adams A, Bockrath R, Kim S, Rodriguez G, Fawcett A, Jhaveri R. Hard to Swallow: A Review of Interventions to Improve Swallowing Solid Medication. Hosp Pediatr. 2023 May 1;13(5):e123-e132. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2021-006497. PMID: 37021484.

RosaMarie Mairoella, MD (2019-2021): Attending Physician, University of Cincinnati Department of Peditrics, Cincinnati, OH

Advanced Training During Fellowship: High Value Practice Future Leaders Program.

Fellowship Scholarly Work: 

• Maiorella R, Rodriguez VA. Hepatitis B Vaccine Refusal in the Newborn Period. Pediatr Ann. 2021 Aug;50(8):e343-e347. doi: 10.3928/19382359-20210712-01. Epub 2021 Aug 1. PMID: 34398715.

Matthew Shapiro, MD (2019-2021): Attending Physician, Children's Hospital of Orange County, University of California, Irvine, CA.

Advanced Training During Fellowship: Northwestern University, MS in Healthcare Quality Patient Safety. 

Fellowship Scholarly Work: 

• Matthew H. Shapiro, Denise M. Goodman, Victoria A. Rodriguez; In Search of the Perfect Discharge: A Framework for High-Quality Hospital Discharges. Hosp Pediatr January 2022; 12 (1): 108–117. https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2021-006100

Elizabeth Boggs, MD (2018-2020): Attending Physician, University of Denver Department of Medicine, Denver, CO

Advanced Training During Fellowship: Northwestern University, MS in Healthcare Quality Patient Safety.

Fellowship Scholarly Work: 

• Boggs EF, Foster C, Shah P, Goodman DM, Hall M, Garfield CF. Trends in Technology Assistance Among Patients With Childhood Onset Chronic Conditions. Hosp Pediatr. 2021 Jul;11(7):711-719. PubMed PMID: 34078644

Kate Lucey, MD (2016-2018): Attending Physician, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Advanced Training During Fellowship: Northwestern University, MS in Healthcare Quality Patient Safety. 

Fellowship Scholarly Work: 

• Lucey K, Garfield CF. Fathers' Engagement in Their Sons' Sexual and Reproductive Health. Pediatrics. 2019 Jan;143(1):e20182595. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-2595. PMID: 30559119

Victoria Rodriguez, MD (2015-2017): Attending Physician, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. 

Advanced Training During Fellowship: Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in Health Professions.

Fellowship Scholarly Work: 

• Rodriguez VA, Goodman DM, Bayldon B, Budin L, Michelson KN, Garfield CF, Rychlik K, Smythe K, Schroeder SK. Pediatric Readmissions Within 3 Days of Discharge: Preventability, Contributing Factors, and Necessity. Hosp Pediatr. 2019 Apr; 9(4): 241-248. https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2018-0159. PMID: 30842205