Pediatric Residency
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