Meet the Faculty

Program Leadership

Marcus Degraw, M.D.
Chair, Pediatrics
Director, Child Protection Unit

Premchand Anne, M.D.
Program Director
Director, Pediatric Cardiology

Krista Mesi, M.D.
Associate Program Director
Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Karen Alton, M.D.
Director, Adolescent Medicine

Iqbal Allarkakhia, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Neurology

Marc Cullen, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Surgery

Bernard Degnan, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Endocrinology

Natalie Kontos, M.D.
Director, Palliative Care Medicine 
Staff Pediatrician

Hernando Lyons, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Gastroenterology

Angela Mata, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Critical Care

Rand Abdul Nawar-Farjo, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Athina Pappas, M.D.
Director, NICU & SCN

Christy Petroff, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Clinic 
Staff Pediatrician

Reina Salazar, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Allergy

Core Faculty

Ronald Hertz, M.D.
Pediatrics & Internal Medicine

Muthaypalayam Thimoorthi, M.D.
Pediatric Infectious Diseases

John Adams, M.D.
Staff, Neonatologist

Shada Al-anani, M.D.
Staff, Pediatric Cardiology

Ralph Ariss, M.D.
Staff, Neonatologist

Renee Barrett, M.D.
Staff, Neonatologist

Paul Bermudez, M.D.
Staff, OMFS

Jeff Clark, M.D.
Staff, Pediatric Critical Care

David DeCosta, M.D.
Staff, Neonatologist

Faesel Elbakoush, M.D.
Staff, Neonatologist

Shashikala Gowda, M.D.
Staff, Pediatric Endocrinology

Basel Hamzeh, M.D.
Staff, Pediatrician

Susan Kessler, M.D.
Staff, Pediatrician

Sanjay Kumar, M.D.
Staff, Pediatric Gastroenterology

Michael McMillan, M.D.
Staff, Pediatric Psychologist

Jennifer Nimtz, M.D.
Staff, Pediatrician

Erica Oliver-Linen, M.D.
Staff, Pediatric Critical Care

Deepak Patel, M.D.
Staff, Neonatologist

Monica Piatek, M.D.
Staff, Neonatologist

Saleem Raza, M.D.
Staff, Pediatrician

Beata Ruprecht, M.D.
Staff, Pediatric Neurology

Kayla Seedial, M.D.
Staff, Neonatologist

Meredith Sharp, M.D.
Staff, Pediatric Hospitalist

Robert Sills, M.D.
Staff, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Michelle Truong, M.D.
Staff, Pediatrician

Justin Zoma, M.D.
Staff, Pediatric Cardiology