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Fellowship Program

The physicians who treat patients at Children's Medical Center Dallas are not employees or agents of Children's. They are either (i) independent physicians engaged in the private practice of medicine who have staff privileges at Children's; (ii) independent physicians who are independent contractors and have staff privileges at Children's; (iii) physicians employed by The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas or another institution who have staff privileges at Children's; or (iv) physicians participating in the care of patients as part of a post-graduate medical education program.

The fellowship program at Children's Medical Center is designed to train those passionate about critical care medicine who will become academic leaders in the field. Steven G. Kernie, MD is the Director and Brigham Willis, MD is the Associate Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program.

The program provides the opportunity to acquire clinical expertise through the care of critically ill infants and children, as well as an in-depth knowledge of the pathogenesis of severe illnesses.

An array of research training opportunities help fellows learn to ask and answer scientific questions relating to the genetic, molecular, cellular, physiologic or clinical aspects of pediatric critical care medicine. The faculty has particular expertise in molecular biology, molecular pathophysiology and translational clinical research.

Since 1977, the department of pediatrics has maintained a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine. The fellowship was developed using guidelines of the Society for Critical Care Medicine, the American Board of Pediatrics Subspecialty Board of Critical Care Medicine and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The program is approved by the ACGME for subspecialty training.

For more information, contact the Fellowship Coordinator, Tammy Stanglin by email tammy.stanglin@childrens.com, telephone 214-456-7593 or fax 214-456-7594.

Current Pediatric Fellows

Robert Alisharan, MD
Christine Allen, MD
Tracy Ekhardt, MD
Emilie Henry, MD
Adam Holmes, MD
Isabelle King, MD
Ashley Loomis, MD
Darryl Miles, MD
Jason Peck, MD
Randall Schwartz, MD
Muthukumar Vellaichamy MD
Eunice Yoon, MD

Former Pediatric Fellows and Current Affiliations

Geoffrey L. Allen, MD
Director, Pediatric Transport Medicine, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Mercy Children's Hospital
2401 Gilham Rd.
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-234-3000

Helen Christine Allen, MD
Norman, OK 73069

Yoshio Sakurai, MD
Nagano, Japan
yoshi-s@mvg.biglobe.ne.jp

David N. Schell, MBBS
Pediatric Intensivist
Children's Hospital
Pyrmont Bridge Rd.
Camperdown, NSW 2050
Australia
Davids1@.mail.kids.wsyd.edu.au

Paul Sheeran, MD
Children's Medical Center Dallas
Pediatric ICU
1935 Medical District Dr
Dallas, Texas 75235
Phone: 214-456-6393
Paul.sheeran@childrens.com

Tina M. Slusher, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke Hospital
1753 W. Congress Pkwy.
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: 312-942-6194
Fax: 312-556-3785
tslusher@rush.edu

Dusit Staworn, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Dept. of Pediatrics/Physiology
Pramongkutklao College of Medicine
315 Rajvithi Rd.
Bangkok 10400 THAILAND
Fax: 011-662-248-4191

Jeanne Takano, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
UTSWMC
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Phone: 214-456-2360
Fax: 214-456-6156
jtakan@childmed.dallas.tx.us

James A. Thomas, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75235-9063
Phone: 214-648-3538
Fax: 214-648-8617
jathom@mednet.swmed.edu

Stephen Thompson, M.D
Department of Critical Care Medicine
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
620 John Paul Jones Circle
Portsmouth, VA 23708
Phone: 757-953-3521 Unit
Fax: 757-953-7774
jathompson@mar.med.navy.mil

Luis O. Toro-Figueroa, MD
Medical Director, Global Marketing
Hoechst Marion Roussel
P.O. Box 6800
Bridgewater, NJ 08807-0800
Phone: 908-231-3708

Gary R. Turner, MD
Director of Pediatric Anesthesia
Children's Medical Center Dallas
2730 Stemmons, Ste. 104
Dallas, TX 75207
Phone: 214-631-6257

Debra A. Valis, MD
3400 Lauren Way
Flower Mound, TX 75028-2971

Daved van Stralen, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care
Loma Linda University Medical Center
11262 Campus St.
Loma Linda, CA 92354
Phone: 909-824-4452
Fax: 909-824-4357
picu@ccmail.llu.edu

Amir Vardi, MD
PICU, SAFRA Children's Hospital
SHEBA Medical Center
Tel-Hashomer, Israel 52621
Phone: 011-972-3-530-2492
Fax: 011-972-3-530-2885
amir.vardi@sheba.health.gov.il

Gary D. Williams, MBBS
Level 4, Emergency Wing
Sydney Children's Hospital
High St.
Randwick 2031 NSW
AUSTRALIA
Phone: 011-612-93821580
Fax: 011-612-93821677
g.williams@unsw.edu.au

Sheryl J. Wright, MD
Medical City
12200 Park Central Dr., Suite 130
Dallas, Tx 75251
Phone: 972-385-0445

Gina Whitney,
1615 Hermann Dr. Apt 1403
Houston TX 77004
gina_whitney@hotmail.com

Tina M Schade Willis
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director, ECLS Program
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Suite 20195, 2nd Floor, CB #7221
NC Women's Hospital
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7221
Phone: 919-966-7495
Fax: 919-966-6164
twillis@unch.unc.edu

Jennifer Thompson
Department of Critical Care Medicine
PICU, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
620 John Paul Jones Circle
Portsmouth, VA 23708
Phone: 757-953-3521 - Unit
Fax: 757-953-7774
jathompson@mar.med.navy.mil

Mark J. Heulitt, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Arkansas Children's Hospital
800 Marshall
Little Rock, AR 72202-3591
Phone: 501-320-1845
Fax: 501-320-4264

Omar Hijazi, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Mt. Sinai Hospital and Medical Center
Pediatrics Dept.
California Ave. at 15th St.
Chicago, IL 60608
Phone: 312-257-6183
Fax: 312-257-6193

Amy J. Hogge, MD

Major Erica A. Kirsch, MD
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
59th MDW/MNP
2200 Bergquist Drive, Ste.1
Lackland AFB, Tx 78236
Phone: 210-670-7347
Fax: 210-813-1726
ericakirsch@msn.com

Gerald J. Lavandosky, MD
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
3501 Johnson St.
Hollywood, FL 33021
Phone: 954-985-5970/954-986-6301
1-800-KIDS-135
Fax: 954-965-6423
lavandosky@aol.com

Daniel J. Lebovitz, MD
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
Division of Pediatric Pharmacology & Critical Care
11100 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-6010
Phone: 216-844-3310
Fax: 216-844-5122
dlebovitz@forumhealth.org

Laura Lewison
844 Dolores Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: 415-222-0428
lewisonl@wellsfargo.com

Laurance Lequier, MD
Pediatric Intensivist
Stollery Children's Health Centre
3A3.02 Walter C. Mackenzie Centre
University of Alberta
8440 – 112 Street
Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2B7
Phone: 780-407-1673
Fax: 708-407-3214
llequier@cha.ab.ca

Lea K. Lua, MD
Miami Childrens' Hospital
Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
3200 SW 60 Court, Ste 104
Miami, FL 33155-3009
Phone: 305-662-8301
Fax: 305-662-8304

William Ma, MD
2317 Ridgemond Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99507
Phone: 907-344-8583

Pamela McMicheal, MD
Quincy Pediatric Associates
191 Independence Ave.
Quincy, MA 02169
Phone: 617-773-5070

Mohan Mysore, MD
Children's Hospital
Pediatric Intensivist
8200 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68114
Phone: 402-955-4226
Fax: 402-955-3262
mmysore@chsomaha.org

Aruna Natarajan, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Critical Care & Pulmonry Med.
Georgetown University Children's Medical Ctr.
CCC Building Room 5414
3800 Reservoir Rd. NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-444-2468
anatarajan@pol.net

Kathy Murphy, MD
Children's Hospital Central California
PAAMG
6235 North Resident Street #103
Fresno, CA 93710
Phone: 559-449-4350
Fax: 559-449-4358
kmurphy@childrenscentralcal.org

Viswanathan Niranjan, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
New Jersey Medical School
Dept. of Pediatrics
MSB-F.514
185 S. Orange Ave.
Newark, NJ 07103
Fax: 201-982-7597
niranjvi@umdnj.edu

Ronald M. Perkin, MD
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
11175 Campus St., Coleman Pav. A Room 1117
Loma Linda, CA 92354-3204
Phone: 909-824-4250
Fax: 909-824-4818

Andrew Gormley
Childrens Hospital OUMC
940 N.E. 13th Street
Room 6G6115
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Phone: 405-271-5211
Fax: 405-271-2945

Steven T. Baldwin, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Alabama
Emergency Medicine
1600 7th Ave. South, Ste. 011.CHB
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone: 205-939-9587

Edwin L. Anderson, MD
St. Louis University Health Sciences Ctr
3660 Vista Avenue, Suite 205
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: 314-577-5644

Dave L. Anglin, MD
Director of PICU
Children's Hospital of Austin
1 Children's Place/SFC – Pedi CC
1410 N. IH 35, Suite 200
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: 512-324-8987
Fax: 512-324-7459

Ed Anderson, MD
Professor
Div. of Infectious Disease
St. Louis University School of Medicine
1402 S. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63104
Phone: 314-577-8648

Al Aquino, MD
Anesthesiology
Baptist Hospital
10201 W. Markham, Ste. 327
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: 501-227-9114

Grace Arteaga, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatric Critical Care
University of Illinois at Chicago
Dept. of Pediatrics
840 S. Wood St., MC 856, Rm 1314
Chicago, IL 60612-0856
Phone: 312-413-1317

R. Phillip Barton, MD
Tulsa, OK 74133
Phone: 918-488-9125
Fax: 918-494-4589
philb7777@cox.net

Abhik Biswas, MD
Commander, Medical Corps, US Navy
Medical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
620 John Paul Jones Circle
Portsmouth, VA 23708
Phone: 757-953-4528
Fax: 757-953-7774
akbiswas@mar.med.navy.mil

Lela W. Brink, MD
Geisinger Pediatrics
2520 Green Tech Drive
State College, PA 16803
Phone: 814-234-5021
Fax: 814-235-3302
Lbrink@geisinger.edu

Richard Chemelli, MD
Mercy Children's Medical Center
1111 6th Avenue
Des Moines, IO 50314
Phone: 515-643-8545
Fax: 515-643-2219

Enrique Cifuentes, MD
Advocate Hope Children's Hospital
Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics
4440 West 95th Street
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Phone: 708-684-5685
Fax: 708-684-4712
ecifue@pol.net or ecifue@msn.com

David Cooper, MD
Florida Pediatric Associates
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of South Florida
880 Sixth Street South, Suite 110
St. Petersburg, FL 33701-4823
Phone: 727-892-4375
Fax: 727-897-4951

Dan Cohen, MD
Professor & Chief
Congenital Cariothoracic Surg.
University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics
600 Children's Dr.
Columbus, OH 43205-2696
Phone: 608-263-9094
Fax: 608-263-0547

Mark Coulthard, MBBS
Paediatric Intensive Care
Evidence-based Paediatrics
Eph-receptor Biology
Royal Children's Hospital
Herston Road
HERSTON QLD 4029
BRISBANE
AUSTRALIA
Phone: 011-617-3636-5403
Fax: 011-617-3636-1990
coulthardm@health.qld.gov.au

Stanley L. Davis, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Children's Medical Center Dallas
Anesthesia Dept.
1935 Medical District Dr
Dallas, TX 75235
Phone: 214-640-6393

Darley Emenim, MD
Memorial Hospital – PICU
615 North Michigan St.
South Bend, IN 46601
Phone: 219-284-6850

Gideon Eshel, MD
15 Tarshish Sta.
Newe Monosson 60986
ISRAEL
Phone: 03-251519

Hulusi Ezgi, MD
5640 N. Meridian
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
Phone: 405-943-4676

Mary M. Farrell, MD
Critical Care Pediatrics
85 W. Miller St., Ste. 204
Orlando, FL 32806
Phone: 407-237-6326
Fax: 407-649-6986
mfarrell@nemours.org

Barry S. Frank, MD
Washoe Medical Center
PO Box 7036
Reno, NV 89510
Phone: 702-331-1877
BarryFrank@gbis.com

Morriss R. Gessouroun, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Children's of Oklahoma
940 NE 13th St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Phone: 405-271-5211

Brett P. Giroir, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
DARPA/DSP
3701 North Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: 571-218-4224
Fax: 703-465-8097
brett.giroir@darpa.mil

Ester Ana Lia Graciano, MD
6260 N. Palm Avenue, Apt 103
Fresno, CA 93704

Juan A. Gutiérrez, MD
Medical Director Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
University Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, 3303A
PO Box 245073
1501 N. Campbell Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85724-5073

Yaron Harel, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatric ER
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
201 Lyons Ave.
Newark, NJ 07112-2027
Phone: 973-926-7240
yaronharel@aol.com

T.M. Ravindranath, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Asst. Director PICU
Loyola University Hospital
2160 S. First Ave.
Maywood, IL 60612
Phone: 708-327-9152

Kyoo H. Rhee, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
University of Arizona
Dept. of Pulmonology/Critical Care
1511 N. Campbell
Tucson, AZ 85724
Phone: 520-626-5485
Fax: 602-626-3636

James A. Royall, MD
Children's Hospital of Oklahoma
Professor & Chief
Director of CF Center
940 NE 13th St., 3316 – B
Oklahoma, IA 73104-5066
Phone: 405-271-6390
Fax: 405-271-5055
james-royall@uiowa.edu

Liliana Simon, MD
4921 Coronet App 9
Montreal, QC
H3C 1C9 Canada

John Sommerauer, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
The Children's Mercy Hospital
2401 Gillham Road
Kansas City, Missouri 64108
Phone: 816-234-3041
jsommerauer@cmh.edu

Richard R. Sterett, MD (Rick)
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
University Medical Center of S. Nevada
Pediatric Critical Care
1800 W. Charleston Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89102
Phone: 702-383-2420
Fax: 702-383-8402

Mike L. Ponaman, MD
Naval Medical Center
Pediatrics Dept.
San Diego, CA 92134
Phone: 619-532-9228
Fax: 619-532-6588

Bala Ramachandran, MBBS
25 Nageswara Road
Nungambakkam,
Madres, TN – 600 034
India

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