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Pediatric Residency Program

Pediatric Residency Program

 

  • Program Leadership

    Members of the leadership team for the Pediatric Residency program include:

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    Directors

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    Javier A. Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd
    Director, Pediatric Residency Programs

    513-636-4906

    javier.gonzalez@cchmc.org

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    Javier A. Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd

    Director, Pediatric Residency Programs

    Associate Director, Division of Emergency Medicine

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4906

    Fax: 513-636-7905

    Email: javier.gonzalez@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Clinical Interests

    Procedural sedation; analgesia

    Research Interests

    Medical education; quality improvement

    Biography

    Javier A. Gonzalez del Rey, MD, MEd, is currently Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Director / Division of Emergency Medicine, and Director of Pediatric Residency Training Programs at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center / University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

    Dr. Gonzalez del Rey’s major areas of interests include resident and subspecialty medical education and international pediatric training. He has won numerous teaching awards including the Cincinnati Children's Faculty Teaching Award, the University of Cincinnati Department of Emergency Medicine Golden Apple Award, and most recently the “Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award” by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

    He received his university and medical school education at the National University Pedro Henriquez Urena in the Dominican Republic, completed his pediatric residency at the University of Connecticut Pediatric Primary Care Program, and his Fellowship training in General Academic Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s. He is currently certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He has completed a Master’s of Medical Education. He has completed a Master's of Medical Education.

    He is currently a member of the National PEM Fellows Conference Planning Committee, the Chair of the AAP PREP-EM course, member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Optimizing GME Trainee Hours and Work Schedules to Improve Patient Safety, and the organizer of many international educational exchange programs. 

    He is currently a Board Member at the Association of Pediatric Program Directors in the USA, and Executive Committee Member at the American Academy of Pediatrics Section in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.  He was recently nominated and elected to the US Medical Schools Alpha Omega Alpha Chapter and Golden Humanism Society for outstanding contributions to residents and medical students’ education. Dr. Gonzalez del Rey’s major areas of interests include resident and subspecialty medical education, and improvement science methodology applied to medical education and training

    Education and Training

    MD: National University Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1984.

    Residency: Pediatric Primary Care Track, University of Connecticut, Waterbury, CT, 1985 - 1988.

    Fellowships: Ambulatory and Community Pediatrics - Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1988-1991.  

    Master Medical Education: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2002. 

    Certifications (Active): Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

    Publications

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    Sue E. Poynter, MD
    Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program

    513-636-4259

    sue.poynter@cchmc.org

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    Sue E. Poynter, MD

    Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Assistant Professor, Procter Scholar

    Phone: 513-636-4259

    Fax: 513-636-4267

    Email: sue.poynter@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Surfactant biology, lung immunity and acute lung injury

    Education and Training

    MD: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 1997.

    Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1997-2000.

    Chief Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2000-2001.

    Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, Feb 2001-July 2004.

    Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 2000, 2007; Pediatric Critical Care, 2004.

    Publications

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    Track Directors & Senior Leadership

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    John J. Bissler, MD
    Associate Program Director for Research and Academic Careers

    513-636-1201

    john.bissler@cchmc.org

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    John J. Bissler, MD

    Associate Program Director for Research and Academic Careers

    Clark D. West Chair of Nephrology

    Director, Nephrology Fellowship Training Program

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-1201

    Fax: 513-636-7407

    Email: john.bissler@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Clinical Interests

    Proliferative renal diseases; renal cystic disease; solid lesions

    Research Interests

    Proliferative renal diseases; polycystic kidney disease; tuberous sclerosis complex; Von Hippel-Lindau disease; Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome and renal cancers; understanding the mechanisms of mutation leading to these diseases as well as the consequences of mutations in hope of finding effected treatments

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    Education and Training

    MD: Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH, 1985

    Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Akron, OH

    Fellowship: Nephrology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

    Certification: Pediatrics, 1989; Pediatric Nephrology, 1992

    Publications

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    Grants

    Placebo-Controlled Randomized Multicenter mTOR Inhibitor Trial for Angiomyolipomata. Principal Investigator. Jun 2006 – Jun 2014.
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    Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP
    Director, Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Weihl Professor of Pediatrics

    513-636-5932

    tom.dewitt@cchmc.org

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    Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP

    Director, Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Weihl Professor of Pediatrics

    Medical Director, Every Child Succeeds

    Associate Chair for Education

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-5932

    Fax: 513-636-7247

    Email: tom.dewitt@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Generalist pediatrics; community-based education and research; faculty development; medical education research

    Biography

    Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP, is the Carl Weihl Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics, and Associate Chair for Education in the Department of Pediatrics at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He has served as President of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, Chair of the Steering Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS) network and Committee on Pediatric Education, as well as on the National Academies of Science Board on Children, Youth, and Families. He currently sits on the United States Preventative Services Task Force and the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Pediatrics. He is nationally and internationally known for his publications and presentations in the areas of faculty development and community-based education and research.

    Education and Training

    MD: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1976.

    Residency: Yale, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CN.

    Chief Resident: Yale, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CN.

    Fellowship: General Academic Pediatrics, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CN.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 1982.

    Publications

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    Melissa D. Klein, MD
    Associate Program Director, Primary Care Track and Community Pediatrics

    513-636-4506

    melissa.klein@cchmc.org

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    Melissa D. Klein, MD

    Associate Program Director, Primary Care Track and Community Pediatrics

    Director, Education Section of General and Community Pediatrics

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4506

    Fax: 513-636-7247

    Email: melissa.klein@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Medical education; health disparities; primary care pediatrics

    Biography

    Melissa Klein, MD, is an assistant professor of General and Community Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s. She completed her medical training at Albany Medical College and her pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Her main interests are medical education, specifically related to teaching residents how to address social determinants of child health in clinical settings. She is involved in education within the institution as one of the Associate Program Directors of the Pediatric Residency Program and the Education Section Director in Division of General and Community Pediatrics.

    Dr. Klein is also interested in investigating and addressing health disparities. As part of this role, she serves as one of the physician champions for the Child HeLP, the Medical-Legal Partnership serving patients in the pediatric primary care centers. She is also involved a program, collaborating with the FreeStore FoodBank, to reduce food insecurity in infants seeking care in the outpatient primary care center.

    Education and Training

    MD: Albany Medical Center, Albany NY, 1995.

    Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati OH, 1995-1998.

    Chief Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati OH, 1998-1999.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 1999; recertification, 2006.

    Publications

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    Grants

    Affordable Care Act Primary Care Residency Expansion (PCRE) Program. Principal Investigator. Health Resources and Services Administration. Oct 2010 - Oct 2015. #T89HP20766.

    Public Health Service Act, Title VII. Health Resources and Services Administration. Principal Investigator. Oct 2011 - Oct 2016. #D55HP23195.
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    Charles J. Schubert, MD
    Associate Program Director, Global Health Track

    513-636-7966

    chuck.schubert@cchmc.org

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    Charles J. Schubert, MD

    Associate Program Director, Global Health Track

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-7966

    Fax: 513-636-7967

    Email: chuck.schubert@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Global Child Health; service of underserved; vaccination program; vulnerable populations

    Biography

    Dr. Schubert is a professor of clinical pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine.  He has always had an interest in delivering quality medical care to patients living in poverty both in this country and in Africa.  He was one of the founders of Crossroad Health Center, a faith-based community health center located in one of Cincinnati’s poorest communities.  His time in Africa included a year long stint at a mission hospital in rural Zambia where he not only provided clinical care but worked with staff in the area of leadership development. As Associate Program Director for the Pediatric Residency Program, he is developing the Global Health Track for pediatric residents.

    Education and Training

    MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1979.

    Residency:     Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1983-1987.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 1987; Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 1996; Clinical Tropical Medicine, 2010.

    Publications


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    Diane M. Skeen
    Manager, Pediatric Residency Training Program

    513-636-4315

    diane.skeen@cchmc.org

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    Arnold W. Strauss, MD
    BK Rachford Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

    513-636-2942

    arnold.strauss@cchmc.org

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    Arnold W. Strauss, MD

    BK Rachford Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

    Director, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation

    Chief Medical Officer, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-2942

    Email: arnold.strauss@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

     Pediatric cardiology; genetic basis of pediatric heart disease

    Biography

    Arnold Strauss, MD, joined Cincinnati Children's in April, 2007, as chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the UC College of Medicine, chief medical officer of Cincinnati Children's and director of the Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation. He is the seventh B.K. Rachford Memorial Chair in Pediatrics.

    Dr. Strauss is a distinguished pediatric cardiologist, scientist, educator and leader. Prior to his arrival at Cincinnati Children's, he was the chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and medical director of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, a position he held from 2000 to 2007. Under his leadership, the university built and opened a new hospital for children, expanded its pediatric faculty and increased grant funding for pediatric research. From 1981 to 2000, Strauss was director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at Washington University/St. Louis Children's Hospital.

    A respected scientist, Dr. Strauss' research focuses on understanding the molecular basis of disorders of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation and the genetic causes of congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathies. He is the recipient of two of the most prestigious awards in research. In November 2006 he was awarded the American Heart Association's Basic Science Research Award for groundbreaking work that led to finding genetic defects that can cause heart failure and sudden death in infants and children. In 1991 he received the E. Mead Johnson Award for Excellence in Pediatric Research.

    Education and Training

    MD Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1970.

    Residency Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, 1970-72.

    Fellowship Cardiology, Children's Hospital and Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1972-75.

    Postdoctoral Fellowship Merck, Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, 1975-77.

    Publications

    Liebig M, Schymik I, Mueller M, Wendel U, Mayatepek E, Ruiter J, Strauss AW, Wanders RJ, Spiekerkoetter U. (2006) Neonatal screening for very long-chain acyl-coA dehydrogenase deficiency: enzymatic and molecular evaluation of neonates with elevated C14:1-carnitine levels. Pediatrics 118:1065-9.

    Khuchua Z, Yue Z, Batts L, Strauss AW. (2006) A zebrafish model of human Barth syndrome reveals the essential role of tafazzin in cardiac development and function. Circ Res 99:201-8.

    Exil VJ, Gardner CD, Rottman JN, Sims H, Bartelds B, Khuchua Z, Sindhal R, Ni G, Strauss AW. (2006) Abnormal mitochondrial bioenergetics and heart rate dysfunction in mice lacking very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290:H1289-97.

    Bennett MJ, Russell LK, Tokunaga C, Narayan SB, Tan L, Seegmiller A, Boriack RL, Strauss AW. (2006) Reye-like syndrome resulting from novel missense mutations in mitochondrial medium- and short-chain l-3-hydroxy-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase. Mol Genet Metab 89:74-9.

    Strauss AW. (2005) Surprising? Perhaps not. Long-chain fatty acid oxidation during human fetal development. Pediatr Res 57:753-4.

    Spiekerkoetter U, Tokunaga C, Wendel U, Mayatepek E, Ijlst L, Vaz FM, van Vlies N, Overmars H, Duran M, Wijburg FA, Wanders RJ, Strauss AW. (2005) Tissue carnitine homeostasis in very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase-deficient mice. Pediatr Res 57:760-4.

    Shekhawat PS, Matern D, Strauss AW. (2005) Fetal fatty acid oxidation disorders, their effect on maternal health and neonatal outcome: impact of expanded newborn screening on their diagnosis and management. Pediatr Res 57:78R-86R.

    Djouadi F, Aubey F, Schlemmer D, Ruiter JP, Wanders RJ, Strauss AW, Bastin J. (2005) Bezafibrate increases very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase protein and mRNA expression in deficient fibroblasts and is a potential therapy for fatty acid oxidation disorders. Hum Mol Genet 14:2695-703.

    Browning MF, Larson C, Strauss A, Marsden DL. (2005) Normal acylcarnitine levels during confirmation of abnormal newborn screening in long-chain fatty acid oxidation defects. J Inherit Metab Dis 28:545-50.

    Strauss AW. (2004) Tandem mass spectrometry in discovery of disorders of the metabolome. J Clin Invest 113:354-6.

    Spierkerkoetter U, Khuchua Z, Yue Z, Strauss AW. (2004) The early-onset phenotype of mitochondrial trifunctional protein deficiency: a lethal disorder with multiple tissue involvement. J Inherit Metab Dis 27:294-6.

    Spiekerkoetter U, Tokunaga C, Wendel U, Mayatepek E, Exil V, Duran M, Wijburg FA, Wanders RJ, Strauss AW. (2004) Changes in blood carnitine and acylcarnitine profiles of very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase-deficient mice subjected to stress. Eur J Clin Invest 34:191-6.

    Spiekerkoetter U, Khuchua Z, Yue Z, Bennett MJ, Strauss AW. (2004) General mitochondrial trifunctional protein (TFP) deficiency as a result of either alpha- or beta-subunit mutations exhibits similar phenotypes because mutations in either subunit alter TFP complex expression and subunit turnover. Pediatr Res 55:190-6.

    Spiekerkoetter U, Bennett MJ, Ben-Zeev B, Strauss AW, Tein I. (2004) Peripheral neuropathy, episodic myoglobinuria, and respiratory failure in deficiency of the mitochondrial trifunctional protein. Muscle Nerve 29:66-72.

    McKinney JT, Longo N, Hahn SH, Matern D, Rinaldo P, Strauss AW, Dobrowolski SF. (2004) Rapid, comprehensive screening of the human medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase gene. Mol Genet Metab 82:112-20.

    Strauss A, Lock JE. (2003) Pediatric cardiomyopathy--a long way to go. N Engl J Med 348:1703-5.

    Spiekerkoetter U, Sun B, Zytkovicz T, Wanders R, Strauss AW, Wendel U. (2003) MS/MS-based newborn and family screening detects asymptomatic patients with very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency. J Pediatr 143:335-42.

    Spiekerkoetter U, Sun B, Khuchua Z, Bennett MJ, Strauss AW. (2003) Molecular and phenotypic heterogeneity in mitochondrial trifunctional protein deficiency due to beta-subunit mutations. Hum Mutat 21:598-607.

    Shekhawat P, Bennett MJ, Sadovsky Y, Nelson DM, Rakheja D, Strauss AW. (2003) Human placenta metabolizes fatty acids: implications for fetal fatty acid oxidation disorders and maternal liver diseases. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 284:E1098-105.

    Khuchua Z, Wozniak DF, Bardgett ME, Yue Z, McDonald M, Boero J, Hartman RE, Sims H, Strauss AW. (2003) Deletion of the N-terminus of murine map2 by gene targeting disrupts hippocampal ca1 neuron architecture and alters contextual memory. Neuroscience 119:101-11.

    Exil VJ, Roberts RL, Sims H, McLaughlin JE, Malkin RA, Gardner CD, Ni G, Rottman JN, Strauss AW. (2003) Very-long-chain acyl-coenzyme a dehydrogenase deficiency in mice. Circ Res 93:448-55.

    Zytkovicz TH, Fitzgerald EF, Marsden D, Larson CA, Shih VE, Johnson DM, Strauss AW, Comeau AM, Eaton RB, Grady GF. (2001) Tandem mass spectrometric analysis for amino, organic, and fatty acid disorders in newborn dried blood spots: a two-year summary from the New England Newborn Screening Program. Clin Chem 47:1945-55.

    Ibdah JA, Paul H, Zhao Y, Binford S, Salleng K, Cline M, Matern D, Bennett MJ, Rinaldo P, Strauss AW. (2001) Lack of mitochondrial trifunctional protein in mice causes neonatal hypoglycemia and sudden death. J Clin Invest 107:1403-9.

    Barycki JJ, O'Brien LK, Strauss AW, Banaszak LJ. (2000) Sequestration of the active site by interdomain shifting. Crystallographic and spectroscopic evidence for distinct conformations of L-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase. J Biol Chem 275:27186-96.

    Ibdah JA, Bennett MJ, Rinaldo P, Zhao Y, Gibson B, Sims HF, Strauss AW. (1999) A fetal fatty-acid oxidation disorder as a cause of liver disease in pregnant women. N Engl J Med 340:1723-31.

    Grants

    Adaptation to Long Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Deficiency
    1R01HL075421, Active | 04/01/04-03/31/08 | NHLBI | Principal Investigator
    The goals of this project are to examine genotype-phenotype correlations and the pathogenetics of very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency in humans, to characterize a mouse model of VLCAD deficiency, to create and analyze tissue-specific VLCAD knockouts, and to define the role of heart endothelin related substance in adaptation in the VLCAD knockout mouse. These studies utilize many of the techniques of the current application, including proteomics and DNA microarray experiments. Drs. Khuchua and Strauss developed tissue-specific knockout approaches and detailed physiologic studies in HL-75421.
     
    Training Program in Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Research
    5T32 HL007256 | 07/01/77-06/30/07 | NIH/NIHLBI | Principal Investigator
    This institutional training grant is for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.
     
    NICHD Institutional Training for Pediatricians
    1T32HD044328 | 06/01/03-04/30/08 | NIH/NICHD | Principal Investigator
    This institutional training grant is for physician post-doctoral fellows to develop expertise in patient-based research.

    Stipend and benefit Support is available to qualified candidates through NHLBI Training Grant: T-32 HL07382-30: "Training In Cardiovascular Biology", Dr. Arnold Schwartz, Principal Investigator.


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    Ndidi I. Unaka, MD
    Associate Program Director, Advocacy and Community Outreach, Pediatric Residency Training Program

    513-636-4506

    ndidi.unaka@cchmc.org

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    Ndidi I. Unaka, MD

    Associate Program Director, Advocacy and Community Outreach, Pediatric Residency Training Program

    Instructor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4506

    Email: ndidi.unaka@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Resident education; advocacy; community outreach; diversity

    Education and Training

    MD: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2007.

    Residency: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 2007-2010.

    Chief Residency: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 2010- 2011.

    Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 2010.

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