Fellowship Alumni

Upon graduation, our general pediatrics fellows have gone on to work at the top pediatric institutions in the country and around the world.

2024

  • Michelle Gorecki, MD
    • Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children's
  • Kelsey Wiggs, PhD
    • Research Interests: Etiology and treatment of ADHD and related diagnoses
    • Institution after graduation: Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
  • Landon Krantz
    • Research Interests: Adolescent mental health; public health; school-based health and primary care partnership
    • Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  • Michelle March, MD, MPH, MEd
    • Research Interests: Interventions to improve social determinants of health (SDH) and injury prevention
    • Institution after graduation:ESD Pediatric Group

2023

  • Margaret Jones
    • Research Interests: Antiracism, health equity
    • Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  • Kim Hartley, PhD
    • Research Interests: Associations between greenness, environmental exposure, and perceived stress
    • Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

2022

  • Clare Crosh, DO
    • Research Interests: Parental beliefs and motivations towards early shared reading in the first 6-months of life
    • Institution after graduation: Advocate Health Care
  • Marie Pfarr, MD
    • Research Interests: Telehealth use and hospital-to-home transitions for children with medical complexity
    • Institution after graduation: University of Alabama at Birmingham

2021

  • Kara Duraccio, PhD
    • Research Interests: Understanding how mental health, obesity, race, and income impacts insomnia in youth
    • Institution after graduation: Brigham Young University
  • Keith Martin, DO
    • Research Interests: Barriers and facilitators to prevention and healthcare in Latina families
    • Institution after graduation: Johns Hopkins University
  • Brandon Terrizzi, PhD
    • Research Interests: Longitudinal analysis methods with application for child health and development
    • Institution after graduation: Government Research Institution

2020

  • Jessica M. Aguilar, PhD, CCC-SLP
    • Research Interests: Speech-language pathologists’ interventions for executive functioning following TBI
    • Institution after graduation: Private practice, Tucson, AZ
  • Ashley Jenkins, MD
    • Research Interests: Inpatient healthcare transition for adolescents and adults with pediatric chronic conditions
    • Institution after graduation: University of Rochester Medical Center

2019

  • Jean Chia, MD
    • Research Interests: Goal-directed care planning for children with medical complexity
    • Institution after graduation: Stanford University
  • Whitney J. Raglin Bignall, PhD
    • Research Interests: Promoting emotional and behavior health in primary pediatrics
    • Institution after graduation: Nationwide Children’s Hospital

2018

  • Erik R. Hoefgen, MD
    • Research Interests: The economic impact expenses incurred by families of hospitalized children
    • Institution after graduation: Washington University in St. Louis
  • Amrik Singh Khalsa, MD
    • Research Interests: Caregiver intuitive eating behaviors, infant feeding styles, and infant growth trajectories
    • Institution after graduation: Nationwide Children’s Hospital
  • Allison Parsons, PhD
    • Research Interests: Equity gaps in assets and barriers that influence child wellbeing
    • Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

2017

  • Catherine S. Forster, MD, MSc
    • Research Interests: Recurrent UTI; UTI from colonization and antibiotic resistance
    • Institution after graduation: University of Pittsburg
  • Megan E. Narad, PhD
    • Research Interests: Interventions for children and families following pediatric TBI
    • Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

2016

  • John S. Hutton, MD, MS
    • Research Interests: Home reading environment and brain activation in preschool children
    • Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  • Stephanie Donauer, PhD, MS
    • Research Interests: Prenatal Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Infant Neurobehavior
    • Institution after graduation: University of Cincinnati

2015

  • Stephen P. Becker, PhD
    • Research Interests: Phenotypic correlates distinguishing sluggish cognitive tempo from ADHD
    • Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  • Annie A. Garner, PhD
    • Research Interests: Decision making regarding driving and licensure in teens with ADHD
    • Institution after graduation: St. Louis University
  • Roohi Y. Kharofa, MD, MPH
    • Research Interests: School BMI policies and other modifiable factors of clinic attendance for children
    • Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  • Joanna E. Thomson, MD, MPH
    • Research Interests: Children with medical complexity; Pneumonia in children with neurologic impairment
    • Institution after graduation: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center