Meet the Team

Recent Trainees

Asiya Zaidi, MS

• 2025 - current CWRU Undergraduate and Master’s candidate in Bioethics: Faculty co-mentor
• Abstract Publication: RB Sopi, I Ceco, A Zaidi, A Jaffri, PM MacFarlane, RJ Martin, TM Raffay. Oxygen-Induced Airway Hyperreactivity is Mediated Through Expression of S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase in the Lung Epithelium of Neonatal Mice. Physiology May 2026;41(S1):2300864

Panvathu Rungsiyaphornratana, MD

• 2024-2025 RB&C Post-graduate Research Fellow: Faculty advisor
• Current position: Pediatric Resident St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
• Publications:
  • P Rungsiyaphornratana, C Mayer, SL McAllister, TM Raffay, RJ Martin, C Pabelick, YS Prakash, D Mukherjee, PM MacFarlane. Caffeine Prevents Airway Hyperreactivity in a Neonatal Mouse Model of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure. Pediatr Research, Published Online Ahead of Print April 2026
  • SL McAllister, CA Mayer, P Rungsiyaphornratana, P Gallagher, TM Raffay, KE Remy, C Pabelick, YS Prakash, RJ Martin, PM MacFarlane. Mechanosensitive Piezo Channels Modulate Airway Hyper-reactivity in a Mouse Model of Neonatal CPAP. Neonatology. Published Online Ahead of Print Aug 2026

Anusha Mopuri, MBBS, MD

• 2023 - 2025 RB&C Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship Scholastic Oversight Committee: Faculty advisor
• Current position: Attending Pediatric Pulmonologist Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Assistant Professor University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
• Abstract Publication: A Mopuri, TL Bonfield, TM Raffay, C Mayer, RJ Martin, MW Konstan, P MacFarlane. Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for the Prevention of Airway Hyperreactivity Following Neonatal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2025; 211:A7702.

Stephanie A. Adaikalam, MD

• 2022 - 2025 Riley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship Scholastic Oversight Committee: Co-mentor
• Current position: Attending Pediatric Pulmonologist Riley Children’s Hospital, Assistant Professor Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
• Abstract Publications:
  • SA Adaikalam, TM Raffay, Y Zhao, L Smith, JS Stamler, B Gaston. The Potentially Bronchoconstricting Enzyme AKR1A1 Is Expressed in Preterm Human Infants at Risk for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2024; 209:A7394.
  • S Adaikalam, TM Raffay, Y Zhao, B Gaston. Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis of S-Nitrosothiol Metabolic Genes in BPD and Tracheomalacia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2025; 211:A5420
  • SA Adaikalam, T Raffay, A Tilston-Lunel, P Esparza, L Coss, Y Zhao, B Gaston. Increased S-Nitrosothiol Flux and GSNOR Expression in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia with Tracheobronchomalacia. EJR Open Res 2026; 12(S18):OA401.
  • S Adaikalam, RB Sopi, LA Smith, PM MacFarlane, Y Zhao, RJ Martin, B Gaston, TM Raffay. Preventing Airway Disease in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Potential Role of Denitrosylase Enzymes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2026; 212(S_1):aamag162.1138
• Publication:
  • S Adaikalam, RB Sopi, LA Smith, A Jafri, PM MacFarlane, RJ Martin, B Gaston, TM Raffay. Pharmacologic Inhibition of S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase Prevents Hyperoxic Alveolar and Airway Disease in Newborn Mice. Biomedicines. 2026; 14(1):15.

Shannon L. McAllister, DO

• 2022 - 2025 RB&C Neonatology Fellowship Scholastic Oversight Committee: Faculty advisor
• Current position: Attending Neonatologist St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Assistant Professor Washington University, St. Louis, MO
• Chapter: SL McAllister, RJ Martin, PM MacFarlane, YS Prakash, TM Raffay. Regulation of Lower Airway Function. Fetal and Neonatal Physiology, 7th edition. Elsevier. Editors: Polin, Benitz, Rowitch, Abman. 2025. Chap 61.
• Publications:
  • P Rungsiyaphornratana, C Mayer, SL McAllister, TM Raffay, RJ Martin, C Pabelick, YS Prakash, D Mukherjee, PM MacFarlane. Caffeine Prevents Airway Hyperreactivity in a Neonatal Mouse Model of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure. Pediatr Research, Published Online Ahead of Print April 2026
  • SL McAllister, CA Mayer, P Rungsiyaphornratana, P Gallagher, TM Raffay, KE Remy, C Pabelick, YS Prakash, RJ Martin, PM MacFarlane. Mechanosensitive Piezo Channels Modulate Airway Hyper-reactivity in a Mouse Model of Neonatal CPAP. Neonatology. Published Online Ahead of Print Aug 2026

Mandy Brasher, MD

• 2021 - 2023 University of Kentucky Neonatology Fellowship Scholastic Oversight Committee: Faculty advisor
• Current position: Attending Neonatologist University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center of Dallas, Assistant Professor University of Texas, Dallas, TX
• Publications:
  • M Brasher, TM Raffay, MD Cunningham, EG Abu Jawdeh. Aerosolized Surfactant for Preterm Infants with Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Children (Basel). June 2021; 8(6): 493.
  • TM Raffay, M Brasher, BC Place, A Patwardhan, PJ Giannone, H Bada, PM Westgate, EG Abu Jawdeh. Response to First Dose of Inhaled Albuterol in Mechanically Ventilated Preterm Infants. J Perinatol. Jul 2021; 41(7): 1704-1710.
  • M Brasher, A Virodov, TM Raffay, HS Bada, MD Cunningham, C Bumgardner, EG Abu Jawdeh. Predicting Extubation Readiness in Preterm Infants Utilizing Machine Learning: A Diagnostic Utility Study. J of Pediatr. Mar 2024:114043.

Hilal Yildez-Atar, MD

• 2020 - 2023 RB&C Neonatology Fellowship Scholastic Oversight Committee: ad hoc member
• Current position: Attending Neonatologist Children’s Hospital at Oklahoma University Medicine, Assistant Professor Oklahoma University, Oklahoma City, OK
• Chapter: TM Raffay, H Yildiz-Atar, V HS Kumar, S Lakshminrusimha, RM Ryan. Developmental Origins of Postneonatal Respiratory Morbidity. Fanaroff and Martin’s Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine: Diseases of the Fetus and Infant, 12th edition. Elsevier. Editors: Fanaroff, Martin. 2024. Chap 71.

Zeyar Htun, DO

• 2018 - 2021 RB&C Neonatology Fellowship Scholastic Oversight Committee: Faculty advisor
• Current position: Attending Neonatologist Connecticut Children’s Poughkeepsie, NYNYU Langone Health, Assistant Clinical Associate University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT
• Publication: ZT Htun, TM Raffay, RJ Martin, PM MacFarlane, TL Bonfield. Effects of Caffeine on THP-1 Myelogenous Cell Inflammatory Gene Expression. Curr Issues Mol Biol. Apr 2025; 47(4):248.

Sean Curtis, MD

• 2018 - 2021 RB&C Neonatology Fellowship Scholastic Oversight Committee: Co-mentor
• Current position: Attending Neonatologist and Associate Program Director NPM Fellowship Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Assistant Professor University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
• Publication: SN Curtis, CA Mayer, TL Bonfield, TM Raffay, JM Di Fiore, RJ Martin, AC Hoffman, MA Folz, RW Bavis, M Dutschmann, PM MacFarlane. Unique Infrared Thermographic Profiles Associated and Altered Hypothalamic Neurochemistry Associated with Mortality in Endotoxic Shock. Exp Neurol, Mar 2025; 385: 115130.