First Year Fellows
Heidi Harmon, MD
Hometown: Martin, OH
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Residency: Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
Research Interests: neurodevelopmental outcomes, neuroimaging, and nutrition
Brent Reyburn, DO
Hometown: Bakersfield, CA
Medical School: College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ
Residency: University of Texas Southwestern, Austin, TX
Research Interests: airway effects of hyperoxia and CPAP
Wayne Stillick, MD
Hometown: Renton, WA
Medical School: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
Residency: Children's Hospital of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
Research Interests: mechanisms of respiratory control and apnea of prematurity.
Second Year Fellows
Elie Abu Jawdeh, MD
Hometown: Jouret el Ballout, Lebanon
Medical School: The American University of Beirut
Residency: UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, UH Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Research Interests: oxygen delivery, apnea of prematurity, global child health
Rebecca Ballard, MD
Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi
Research Interests: ethics and palliative care
Thomas Raffay, MD
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Medical School: The Ohio State University
Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital of Columbus
Research Interests: beta-adrenergic receptor tachyphylaxis in BPD
Ana Ribeiro, MD
Hometown: Salvador, Brazil
Medical School: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
Residency: University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Hospital
Research Interests: chronic lung disease, apnea, respiratory breathing patterns
Third Year Fellows
M. Triven Bashambu, MD
Hometown: Hixson, Tennessee
Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Research Interests: delivery room resuscitation, necrotizing enterocolitis
Katherine Wang, MD
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Medical School: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Residency: UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, UH Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Research Interests: control of breathing in premies, necrotizing enterocolitis, airway remodeling in premies
Oscar Winners-Mendizabal, MD
Hometown: La Paz, Bolivia
Medical School: Universidad Mayor de San Andres
Residency: University of Kansas
Research Interests: lung development, retinopathy of prematurity, chronic intermittent hypoxia
Fourth Year Fellows
Allison Payne, MD
Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine
Residency: University of Rochester Medical Center
Research Interests: short and long term neurodevelopmental outcomes of prematurity and neonatal morbidities
Kee Thai Yeo, MD
Hometown: Kuantan, Malaysia
Medical School: McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Residency: UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, UH Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Research Interests: infections in the neonate, B cell characteristics in the newborn