Full-time Faculty in the Department of Pediatrics

Full-time ranked faculty based at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital 2020-2021

Chair

• Marlene Miller, MD

Vice Chairs

• Ethan Leonard, MD – Clinical Operations
• Charles Macias, MD – Quality
• Anna Maria Hibbs, MD – Research
• Michael Dell, MD – Education

Division of Allergy and Immunology

• Princess Ogbogu, MD - Chief
• Kathryn Ruda-Wessell, DO

Division of Pediatric Cardiology

• Timothy Feltes, MD – Interim Chief
• Janine Arruda, MD
• Martin Bocks, MD
• Gary Butchko, MD
• Pradeepkumar Charla, MD
• Diana Drogalis-Kim, DO
• Silvestre Duran, MD
• Walter Hoyt, MD
• John Lozier, MD
• Sarah Plummer, MD
• Nathaniel Robbins, MD
• Christopher Snyder, MD
• James Strainic, MD.
• Carolyn Wilhelm, MD

Division of Pediatic Cardiac Critical Care

• Ira Cheifetz, MD - Chief
• Meredith Broberg, MD

Division of Pediatric Critical Care/Pharmacology

• Steven Shein, MD – Chief
• Ingrid Anderson, MD
• Jason Clayton, MD, PhD
• Renee Devor, MD
• Nicole Johnson, MD
• Kathryn Miller, MD
• Katherine Slain, DO
• David Speicher, MD
• Richard Speicher, MD
• Anne Stormorken, MD
• Philip Toltzis, MD
• Joan Zoltanski, MD

Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics and Psychology

• Nancy Roizen, MD – Chief
• Erin Babbitt, PsyD
• Christine Barry, PhD
• Denise Bothe, MD
• Kimberly Burkhart, PhD
• Marie Clark, MD
• Elizabeth Diekroger, MD
• Howard Hall, PsyD, PhD
• Rebecca Hazen, PhD
• Jane Holan, MD
• Shanna Kralovic, DO
• Carolyn Ievers-Landis, PhD
• Charron Lewis, MD, MA
• Catherine Lipman, MD
• Catherine Scherer, MD
• Rachel Tangen, PhD

Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine

• Charles Macias, MD – Chief
• Elizabeth Allen, MD
• Ann Bacevice, MD
• Karen Camasso, MD
• Deanna Dahl-Grove, MD
• Leslie Dingeldein, MD
• Megan Evers, DO
• Haitham Haddad, MD
• Brendan Kilbane, MD
• Lauren L'Hommedieu, MD
• Erin McDowell, MD
• Jerri A. Rose, MD
• Brittany Tass, MD
• Regina Yaskey, MD

Division of Endocrinology/Metabolism

• Rose Gubitosi-Klug, MD, PhD – Chief
• Ryan Farrell, MD
• Sarah Hatab Chaaban, MD
• Beth Kaminski, MD
• Katherine Kutney, MD
• Sarah MacLeish, DO
• Tasa Seibert, MD
• Naveen Uli, MD
• Anuradha Viswanathan, MD
• Jamie Wood, MD
• Teresa Zimmerman, MD

Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

• Thomas Sferra, MD – Chief
• Virginia Baez-Socorro, MD
• Maricruz Crespo, MD
• Ali Khalili, MD
• Jonathan Moses, MD
• Ramy Sabe, MD
• Senthil Sankararaman, MD
• Judy Splawski, MD

Division of General Pediatrics

• Michael Dell, MD – Interim Chief
• Aparna Bole, MD
• Mireille Boutry, MD
• Lydia Furman, MD
• Amy Grube, MD
• Eva Johnson, MD
• Rina Lazebnik, MD
• Michael Macknin, MD
• Elaine Malek, MD
• Lolita McDavid, MD
• Angelique Redus-McCoy, MD
• Sarah Ronis, MD
• Natalie Wood, MD

Center for Comprehensive Care

• Richard Grossberg, MD – Director

Center for Palliative Care

• Noam Stern, MD – Director

Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

• John Letterio, MD – Chief
• Sanjay Ahuja, MD
• Jignesh Dalal, MD
• Marie Dallas, MD
• Rachel Egler, MD
• Lisa Hackney, MD
• Verania Huerta Urrutia, MD
• Alex Huang, MD, PhD
• Amma Owusu, MD
• Irina Pateva, MD
• Duncan Stearns, MD
• Kristen VanHeyst, DO

Division of Hospital Medicine

• Keith Ponitz, MD – Chief
• Jill Azok, MD
• Terry Baird, MD
• Matthew Barley, MD
• Michael Chaka, MD
• Michael Dell, MD
• Katherine Griswold, MD
• Grace Kim, MD
• Amanda Lansell, MD
• Julia Liebner, MD
• Bridget LoParo, MD
• Jennifer Marcy, MD
• Kassandra Najm, MD
• Dania Safi, MD
• Ganga Srinivas, MD
• Alyssa Stachowiak, MD
• Nathan Stehouwer, MD
• Melanie Stempowski, MD
• Allayne Stephans, MD
• Jason Tatka, DO
• Catherine Walker, MD

Division of Infectious Diseases

• Grace McComsey, MD – Chief
• Arlene Dent, MD, PhD
• Ankita Desai, MD
• Sahera Dirajlal-Fargo, DO
• Katherine Dobbs, MD
• Amy Edwards, MD
• Claudia Hoyen, MD
• Ethan Leonard, MD

Division of Neonatology

• Cynthia Bearer, MD – Chief
• Monika Bhola, MD
• Moira Crowley, MD
• Jonathan Fanaroff, MD
• Stephanie Ford, MD
• Tara Glenn, MD
• Anantha Harijith, MD
• Anna Maria Hibbs, MD
• Margaret Kuper-Sasse, MD
• Jessica Madden, MD
• Richard Martin, MD
• Mary Nock, MD
• Arielle Olicker, MD
• Mary Elaine Patrinos, MD
• Allison Payne, MD
• Thomas Raffay, MD
• Ana Ribeiro, MD
• Rita Ryan, MD
• Michele Walsh, MD
• Dee Anne Wilson-Costello, MD
• Gulgun Yalcinkaya, MD

Division of Pediatric Nephrology

• Christina Nguyen, MD – Chief
• Emily Joyce, MD

Division of Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy

• Edward Gilmore, MD, PhD
• Deborah Gold, MD
• Jessica Goldstein, MD
• Jun Park, MD (Epilepsy)
• Mark Scher, MD
• Jennifer Waldron, DO
• Max Wiznitzer, MD

Division of Pediatric Pulmonology

• Kristie Ross, MD – Chief
• Daniel Craven, MD
• Amy DiMarino, MD
• Oliva Giddings, MD
• Michael Konstan, MD
• Jeff Lobas, MD
• Kimberly McBennett, MD, PhD
• Ross Myers, MD
• Erica Roesch, MD

Division of Pediatric Sports Medicine

• Amanda Weiss Kelly, MD – Chief
• Susannah Briskin, MD
• Laura Goldberg, MD
• Mary Solomon, DO