Our Graduates

Class of 2023

Pediatrics:

Mounika Akkera
Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Advocate Children's
Kathleen "Katie" Condon
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Tulane University
Harrison Grieb
Allergy / Immunology Fellowship at Tulane University
Brandon Katz
Tulane Pediatric Chief Resident
Ketaki Mukhopadhyay
Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Mount Sinai
Oyinlola Oshinowo
Pediatric Hematology / Oncology Fellowship at Medical College of Wisconsin
Connor Smith
Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Chiefs:

Arunava "Runa" Sarma
Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at University of California Irvine
Neha "Shiksha" Sharma
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship at Inova Fairfax

Class of 2022

Pediatrics:

Jeff Coote
PICU Hospitalist at Children's Hospital New Orleans, then Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at University of Alabama Birmingham
Jasmine Holmes
Community Pediatrician and advocate - continuing work with her non-profit organization, 'We Grow Everything We Touch'
Fulfilled Ighalo
Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship at Baylor University
Reshmi Parameswaranunni
Primary Care Pediatrician at HCSET, Livingston, Texas
Alvaro Proano
Neonatology Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Neha "Shiksha" Sharma
Pediatric Chief Resident, then pursue a Hospital Medicine Fellowship
Tara Shepherd
Neonatology Fellowship at Washington University
Mary Vetter
Pediatric Intensive Care Fellowship at University of Texas, Houston

Med-Peds:

Kshama Bhyravabhotla
Adult Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at University of Texas, Houston
Rebecca Kemnitz
MedPeds Primary Care and Pediatric Hospitalist at Marshfiled Clinics Minocqua
University of Texas, Houston
Vinay Krupadev
Medpeds Clinic & Adult Hospitalist in Los Angeles, CA
Thao Le
Combined Allergy-Immunology at Children's Mercy Kansas City
Justin Rabon
Tulane Hospitalist prior to a Palliative Care Fellowship
Arunava "Runa" Sarma
Chief Resident, then pursue a Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship

Chiefs:

Alisha Prystowsky
Pediatric Intensive Care Fellowship at Baylor University
Katherine "Katie" Gandert
Pediatric Primary Care with ProMedica in Monroe, MI

Class of 2021

Pediatrics:

Keren Aime-Marcelin
Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at UCSF
Kalah Arnett
Private Practice with plans for future Neonatology Fellowship
Saba Farooq
Outpatient General Pediatrics / Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine
Katherine "Katie" Gandert
Pediatric Chief Resident, then Primary Care Pediatrics in Ohio
Mariam Opel
Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship, University of Miami
Alisha Prystowsky
Pediatric Chief Resident, then PICU Fellowship
Varsha Thomas
Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship at Cincinnati Children's

Med-Peds:

Nathaniel Glasser
Health Services Research Fellowship at University of Chicago
Sarah "Talia" Himmelfarb
Infectious Disease / Research Track at University of Washington
Natasha Lee
MedPeds Palliative Fellowship at Ohio State University
Abraham Mathai
MedPeds Generalist in Blue Ridge, Georgia

Chiefs:

Gina Dixon
MedPeds Nephrology Fellowship at University of Colorado / Colorado Children's
Ymaliz Ramirez
Outpatient General Pediatrics with FQHC in Phoenix, AZ

Class of 2020

Pediatrics:

Virginia Byron
Part-time in rural primary care with Arc Health & part-time as a post-doctoral research fellow in Pediatric Tuberculosis Epidemiology through Socios en Salud (Lima, Peru) and the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Karen Garay
Outpatient pediatrics at South Texas Center for Pediatric Care; San Antonio, Texas
Vaniza Naveed
General pediatrics with focus on LGBTQ+ healthcare and wellness; Salem, Oregon
Saachi Patel
Private practice; Los Angeles, CA
Ymaliz Ramirez
Pediatric Chief Resident, then general pediatrician at a federally-qualified healthcare center
Rachel Singer
Primary Care Pediatrician in an underserved area in Florida
Sweta Singh
General pediatrics outpatient + newborn nursery at Mercy Clinic Hospital; Springfield, Missouri
Kristen Slaymaker
Development-Behavior Pediatrics Fellowship at Colorado Children's
Jacob Todd
Global Health Fellow through University of North Carolina Malawi Project

Med-Peds:

Nicole Cervantes
Med-Peds Primary Care at a federally-qualified healthcare center; Los Angeles, CA
Desireé Conrad
Pediatric Cardiology, Stanford University then continuing with Adult Congential Cardiology
Gina Dixon
Chief Resident, then Med-Peds Nephrology Fellowship
Marlén Ortega-Cruz
Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Combined Internal Medicine & Pediatrics at Harvard SOM / MGH
Stephanie Rubin
Primary Care (Women's Health) at New Orleans VA; adjunct Tulane Faculty position
Chioma Udemgba
Allergy and Immunology, Combined Internal Medicine & Pediatrics at National Institute of Health

Chiefs:

Heather Alva
Pediatric Hematology / Oncology at Stanford University
Whitney Bembry
Rheumatology (Pediatrics & Medicine) at St. Louis University

Class of 2019

Pediatrics:

Heather Alva
Chief Resident, then Heme/Onc Fellowship
Viney Hardit
Pediatric Hematology / Oncology at Holtz Children’s Hospital at the University of Miami
Morgan Jessee
Pediatric Hospitalist in one of CHOP's community hospital pediatric units; Philadelphia, PA
Paige Kretschmar
Pediatric Hospitalist at Ochsner; New Orleans, LA
May Moayad
Joining Ochsner Outpatient General Pediatrics Outpatient; New Orleans, LA
Stella Ogwu
Newborn Hospitalist; Fort Worth, Texas
Nicole Sheldon
Joining Tulane Faculty as General Pediatrician at Lakeside Clinic; Metairie, LA
Poonam Thakore
Neonatology Fellowship at the University of Connecticut
Indu Varier
Neonatology Fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Med-Peds:

Whitney Bembry
Chief Resident, then Med-Peds Rheumatology Fellowship
John Chiosi
Infectious Disease fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital / Brigham & Women's Hospital
Dorothy Knutsen
Internal Medicine Chief Resident, then ID Fellowship
Theodore Lee
Combined Med-Peds Allergy/Immunology, Boston University
Laura Rachel
Adult and Pediatric Infectious Disease at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Eileen Rife
Adult Rheumatology Fellowship at LSU, then applying for Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship

Chiefs:

Vy Anh Mai
Tulane Med-Peds Outpatient
Katie Laycock
Peds ID Fellowship at CHOP

Class of 2018

Pediatrics:

Ahmed Deniwar
Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at University of Texas at Houston
Richard Frye
Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Yale
Sherry Gu
Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Stanford
Micah Karasov
Allergy / Immunology Fellowship at Tulane
Katie Laycock
Pediatric Chief Resident, then ID Fellowship
Aviel Lemus
Urgent Care and Telemedicine; Miami, FL
Danielle Stewart
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at St. Louis University
Sairah Thommi
Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Rush

Med-Peds:

Leah Bruno
Outpatient Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Primary Care at UCSD, then Pediatric Hematology / Oncology Fellowship
Rachel Clark
Adult Hematology / Oncology Fellowship at Tulane
Veronica Johnson
Clinical Obesity Medicine and Metabolism Fellowship at University of Texas at Houston
Vy Anh Mai
Pediatric Chief Resident, then primary care
Ocheowelle Okeke
Pediatric and Adult Rheumatology Fellowship at St. Louis University
Melissa Watts
Allergy / Immunology Fellowship at Northwestern

Chiefs:

Heather Baskind
Kaiser Family Practice; Oakland, CA
Jennifer Lee
Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Johns Hopkins