Year 1 Residents - Children's Medical Center of Dallas
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UT Southwestern / Children’s <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>Dallas</strong><br />
Pediatric PL-1 House Staff, 2012-13
Hebah Aboul-Fotouh, MD<br />
• UT Southwestern<br />
• Anthropology p gy major j<br />
• Health fair organizer for underprivileged<br />
women and children<br />
• Mosque based health programs<br />
outreach in <strong>Dallas</strong><br />
• Languages: Arabic<br />
• Research: Obesity and gastroesophageal<br />
reflux symptoms in<br />
children.<br />
Interests: General pediatrics international healthcare<br />
Interests: General pediatrics, international healthcare,<br />
geopolitics, physicians’ roles in social justice.
Lauren Astrug, MD<br />
• Technion Israel Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology<br />
• Biology, gy, Neuroscience and Bioethics<br />
majors<br />
• Volunteer at Haifa, Israel pediatric<br />
hospital p NICU, , ED and cardiac<br />
transplant units<br />
• Languages: Developing fluency in<br />
Hebrew, , Arabic, , Spanish p<br />
• Research: Induction <strong>of</strong> heparance in<br />
the pathogenesis <strong>of</strong> tumor metastasis.<br />
IInterests: t t hematology-oncology, h t l l neonatology, t l academic d i medicine<br />
di i
Erin Bridgewater, MD<br />
• UT Southwestern<br />
• International Business and Marketing<br />
majors j<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> School peer mentor<br />
• Free health clinic volunteer<br />
• Camp Reynal counselor<br />
• Mother <strong>of</strong> one, preschool age<br />
• International Rescue Committee –<br />
fi field ld ttrips i ffor refugee f children hild<br />
• Hope Youth Corps – New York and<br />
New Delhi<br />
• Research: Peripheral blood cell<br />
signatures in acute glomerulonephritis<br />
I t t P i ti t d d d<br />
Interests: Primary care, patient advocacy, underserved<br />
communities, healthcare practice management
Erin Butler, MD<br />
• UT Southwestern<br />
• MMusic i major j<br />
• Voice, music theory and piano<br />
teacher<br />
• Music ensemble cantor<br />
• Languages: French<br />
• RResearch: h IInflammatory fl t markers k<br />
in acellular scaffolds for vocal<br />
cord reconstruction<br />
Interests: Hematology-oncology, wilderness medicine
Conrad Capili, MD<br />
• Mayo <strong>Medical</strong> School<br />
• Child Learning and Development major<br />
• USMLE Step 1 Review Instructor<br />
• Inner-city youth high school tutor and<br />
mentor<br />
• Teacher at DFW <strong>Center</strong> for Autism<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> outreach: Central America and<br />
Memphis<br />
• CCoordinator di t – RRochester h t Ed Education ti and d<br />
Advocacy for Community Health Clinic<br />
• Research: Asthma and pertussis<br />
epidemiology id i l<br />
Interests: Underserved and minority populations patient and<br />
Interests: Underserved and minority populations, patient and<br />
community advocacy, international medicine, childhood development
Vanessa Casanova, MD<br />
• UT Southwestern<br />
• Biological Sciences majors<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> student mentor<br />
• High School students outreach &<br />
exposure to health pr<strong>of</strong>essionals<br />
• President President, pediatric interest group<br />
• Health fairs volunteer and translator<br />
• Agape Clinic volunteer<br />
• Hospital phlebotomist<br />
• Languages: Spanish<br />
• Research: Obesity y & insulin resistance<br />
in pediatric lupus<br />
I t t M di l S i h di l f d d d<br />
Interests: <strong>Medical</strong> Spanish, medical care <strong>of</strong> underserved and<br />
minority populations
Swati Chokshi, MD<br />
• University <strong>of</strong> Alabama School <strong>of</strong><br />
Medicine<br />
• Neuroscience major<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> outreach, via: North Alabama<br />
<strong>Medical</strong> Reserve Corps Corps, Himalayan<br />
Health Exchange, and Equal Access<br />
Birmingham<br />
• Languages: Spanish Spanish, Hindi<br />
• Research: Free <strong>Medical</strong> Clinic<br />
development; Klebsiella infection<br />
complications; neurophysiology<br />
Interests: <strong>Medical</strong> Spanish the impact <strong>of</strong> culture on health care<br />
Interests: <strong>Medical</strong> Spanish, the impact <strong>of</strong> culture on health care,<br />
academic medicine and medical teaching
Melinda Cory, MD<br />
• UT Southwestern<br />
• Business Administration major<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> Student Peer Mentor<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> School curriculum committee<br />
student representative<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> School yearbook co co-editor editor<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> outreach to Belize<br />
• Organic chemistry lecturer; tutor for<br />
chemistry, h i t calculus, l l physics, h i bi biology l and d<br />
accounting<br />
• Research: Comparison <strong>of</strong> lupus criteria<br />
bbased d on gender d and d ethnic th i diff differences<br />
Interests: Intensive care medicine, acutely ill patients
Rahul Datta, MD, PhD<br />
• Louisiana State University in New<br />
Orleans, MD and PhD (Pharmacology)<br />
• Biology and Chemistry majors<br />
• Graduate School pharmacology<br />
lecturer<br />
• Soccer coach<br />
• Emergency Room aide<br />
• Languages: Bengali<br />
• Research: Roles <strong>of</strong> Poly (ADP (ADP-<br />
RIBOSE) Polymerase – 1 in allergic<br />
and inflammatory processes.<br />
Interests: Immunology hematology-oncology biomedical research<br />
Interests: Immunology, hematology-oncology, biomedical research,<br />
federal policy
Kristin Disori, MD, MPH<br />
• Chicago <strong>Medical</strong> School at Rosalind<br />
Franklin University, MD<br />
• University <strong>of</strong> Michigan, MPH<br />
(Epidemiology)<br />
• Microbiology major<br />
• Evanston, Illinois Health Department<br />
City Epidemiologist<br />
• Co-manager, Evanston <strong>Medical</strong><br />
Reserve Corps<br />
• Co Co-founder, founder international medical aid<br />
group<br />
• Moscow orphanage outreach<br />
• Research: Intracranial pressure and<br />
trauma, medical entomology<br />
IInterests: t t Infectious I f ti disease, di public bli health, h lth hhealth lth policy<br />
li
Rachana Dixit, MD<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> College <strong>of</strong> Georgia<br />
• Chemistry major<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> student class <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
• Refugee Family Services children’s tutor<br />
and Kaplan MCAT instructor<br />
• Ph Physician i i lleadership d hi and d advocacy d<br />
curriculum initiator<br />
• Diabetes and Obesity Discovery Institute<br />
SScholar h l<br />
• Research: Effects <strong>of</strong> exercise on<br />
cognition and arterial stiffness in<br />
childhood hildh d obesity b it<br />
Interests: Clinical research, academic medicine, public health,<br />
Interests: Clinical research, academic medicine, public health,<br />
teaching
Kymberly Gonzalez, MD<br />
• UT Southwestern<br />
• Business Administration major, Biology and<br />
Chemistry minors<br />
• M<strong>Medical</strong> di l SSchool h l colleges ll peer mentor t<br />
• AMSA regional grassroots community and<br />
environmental health chair<br />
• UTSW community health research<br />
fellowship<br />
• Families in Training (FIT) for Health<br />
co-founder co founder<br />
• Clinic manager and volunteer at free clinic<br />
• Languages: Spanish<br />
• Research: <strong>Medical</strong> student-led, student led, efficacy <strong>of</strong><br />
childhood obesity interventions<br />
I t t C it h lth hildh d b it d i l<br />
Interests: Community health, childhood obesity, endocrinology,<br />
advocacy, international medicine, diversity education and academic<br />
medicine
Kimberly Goodspeed, MD<br />
• UT Houston<br />
• Biology major<br />
• AMA – TMA medical school chapter p<br />
president, delegate<br />
• Women’s Shelter volunteer and<br />
educator<br />
• Federation <strong>of</strong> State <strong>Medical</strong> Boards<br />
government relations intern<br />
• MCAT instructor<br />
• Languages: basic Spanish<br />
• Research: Juvenile Parkinson’s<br />
disease; spinocerebellar ataxia;<br />
outcomes <strong>of</strong> day treatment in child<br />
psychiatry<br />
Interests: Child neurodevelopment, autism, advocacy, leadership
Richard Graham, MD<br />
• CCase WWestern t Reserve R UUniversity i it<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Medicine<br />
• English major<br />
• IInstructor/developer t t /d l <strong>of</strong> f foundations f d ti in i<br />
clinical medicine seminars<br />
• Outreach to at-risk Latino young men’s<br />
group<br />
• Latin <strong>Medical</strong> Student Association, service<br />
chair<br />
• Father <strong>of</strong> three, three ages 6 months to 5 years<br />
• Languages: Spanish<br />
• Research: Differences in FMR/signal in<br />
the brains <strong>of</strong> patients with movement<br />
disorders when compared with normal<br />
controls<br />
Interests: <strong>Medical</strong> Spanish, advocacy, underserved Hispanic<br />
communities, long-term doctor patient relationships
Jeannette Jung, MD, MA<br />
• Wayne State University, MD<br />
• Loyola University, MA (<strong>Medical</strong> Science)<br />
• Spanish major<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> outreach to Costa Rica, Peru,<br />
Dominican Republic, Cuba<br />
• Detroit Hispanic outreach clinics<br />
volunteer<br />
• Language: g g Spanish, p , Korean<br />
• Research: Neuropathic pain and<br />
chemokine receptors<br />
I t t C di l d d d d Hi i<br />
Interests: Cardiology, advocacy and underserved Hispanic<br />
populations, academic medicine
Meena Kadapakkam, MD<br />
• Baylor College <strong>of</strong> Medicine<br />
• Biomedical Engineering g g major j<br />
• Oncology interest group founder<br />
• Research opportunities databases<br />
organizer<br />
• Homeless shelter clinic volunteer<br />
• Language: moderate Spanish fluency<br />
• RResearch: h DDevelopment l t <strong>of</strong> f<br />
nanoparticles for oncology diagnostics<br />
and drug delivery; cancer genetics in<br />
ganglioglioma; DNA damage repair<br />
I t t O l ti it f di l f ilit ti h<br />
Interests: Oncology, continuity <strong>of</strong> medical care, facilitating research<br />
opportunities for trainees
Katherine Keith, MD<br />
• University <strong>of</strong> Virginia<br />
• Art History and Biochemical & Cell<br />
Biology gy Majors j<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> school pediatrics club leader<br />
• Girls’ camp counselor<br />
• Chemistry Chemistry, history and MCAT teacher<br />
• Community Clinic bilingual ‘Reach out<br />
and Read’ volunteer<br />
• M<strong>Medical</strong> di l outreach t h tto GGuatemala t l<br />
• Languages: intermediate Spanish<br />
• Research: Early 20th century lay<br />
midwifery; The visual culture <strong>of</strong><br />
midwife education<br />
Interests: Thoughtful communication with patients, medical<br />
history and humanities, neonatology, hematology-oncology
Charles Knox, MD<br />
• University <strong>of</strong> New Mexico<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Medicine<br />
• Exercise Science major<br />
• Co-president <strong>of</strong> University <strong>of</strong> New<br />
Mexico, Sex Education Project<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> outreach to Indonesia<br />
(stateside) through medical equipment<br />
donation and transport<br />
• Clinical cardiology gy technician<br />
• Stateside volunteer with Health In<br />
Harmony, Indonesia<br />
• Research: Assessment <strong>of</strong> medical error<br />
and performance enhancement in sports<br />
I t t P ti di i h lth d ti t<br />
Interests: Preventive medicine, health education, sports<br />
medicine, cardiology
Bruce Koehler, MD, MPH<br />
• UT Southwestern, MD<br />
• Boston University, MPH (Epidemiology)<br />
• CARE International I t ti l researcher h in i South S th<br />
Africa<br />
• World Service Corps worker in China and<br />
MMalawi l i<br />
• Health services researcher<br />
• Father <strong>of</strong> one, newborn<br />
• Research: Targeted care bundle effects<br />
on hospital readmission and emergency<br />
department visit rates; impacts <strong>of</strong> AIDS<br />
pandemic on NGO sector in South Africa<br />
Interests: Health care quality improvement, public health policy and<br />
advocacy, general pediatrics, local refugee care
Bianca Manuelli, MD<br />
• University <strong>of</strong> Wisconsin School <strong>of</strong><br />
Medicine and Public Health<br />
• Biology gy major j<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> student peer teaching in<br />
cardiovascular physiology, cell biology<br />
and immunology gy<br />
• Boys and Girls Clubs teen mentor<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> outreach in urban schools and<br />
clinics in Argentina<br />
• Language: Spanish<br />
• Research: The effect <strong>of</strong> shear stress on<br />
endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity;<br />
small bowel obstruction secondary to<br />
cancer recurrence<br />
Interests: Hematology-oncology, clinical research, cardiology
Abigail Nitschke, MD<br />
• UUniversity i it <strong>of</strong> f Wi Wisconsin i SSchool h l <strong>of</strong> f<br />
Medicine and Public Health<br />
• Biology major<br />
• Free medical clinic volunteer<br />
• Child developmental insights from<br />
longitudinal work as a swimming<br />
teacher, nanny and hospital family life<br />
center worker<br />
• Languages: Limited conversational<br />
French<br />
• Research: Malaria biology, including<br />
plasmodium antioxidant systems,<br />
mosquito midgut lysozymes, and<br />
mouse models <strong>of</strong> disease.<br />
Interests: Community health, global heath, busy clinics, effective<br />
patient care in different settings
Catherine O’Neill, MD<br />
• University <strong>of</strong> Connecticut School <strong>of</strong><br />
Medicine<br />
• Molecular and Cell Biology gy and Spanish p<br />
majors<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> school admissions interviewer<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> Spanish interest group leader<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> outreach to Ecuador<br />
• Middle school tutoring program founder<br />
and director<br />
• Languages: Spanish<br />
• Research: Creating a diabetes registry<br />
ffor health h lth center t quality lit iimprovement; t<br />
urate transport in renal brush border<br />
membrane vesicles<br />
Interests: Continuity <strong>of</strong> medical care, clinical research, community<br />
health, medical Spanish
Gaston Ofman, MD<br />
• UUniversidad i id d FFavaloro l M<strong>Medical</strong> di l SSchool, h l<br />
Argentina<br />
• Night shift inpatient pediatrics ward<br />
assistant i t t<br />
• NICU intern and maternal and infant<br />
health research assistant, Argentina<br />
• Leader <strong>of</strong> health and social issues<br />
needs assessment survey team,<br />
Buenos Aires<br />
• Research: Preterm lung inflammation<br />
and maturation after combined<br />
chorioamnioitis and antenatal<br />
corticosteroids<br />
ti t id<br />
Interests: Neonatology, pulmonary biology, mechanistic and clinical<br />
research, medical education systems development
Alan Poole, MD, PhD<br />
• UT Southwestern, S th t MD<br />
& PhD (Molecular biophysics)<br />
• Physics major; math and biology minors<br />
• Longitudinal mentor and educator for<br />
children <strong>of</strong> divorced families<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> outreach to Mexico<br />
• Judicial co-chair <strong>of</strong> university honor and<br />
ethics council<br />
• Physics y teaching g assistant<br />
• Research: The co-evaluation <strong>of</strong> amino<br />
acids in proteins; propagated effects <strong>of</strong><br />
mutations on proteins’ p responses p to<br />
perturbation; sickle cell and hemoglobin<br />
biophysics<br />
Interests: Intensive care, cardiology, academic medicine,<br />
molecular biophysics
Karen Queliza, MD<br />
• Albany <strong>Medical</strong> College<br />
• Biomedical science major<br />
• Children’s advocacy organization<br />
president<br />
• Psychiatric day treatment center<br />
parental satisfaction investigator<br />
• Child development center teacher<br />
assistant; high school math and<br />
chemistry tutor<br />
• Research: Button battery<br />
ingestions and complications<br />
Interests: Comprehensive care and procedural skills<br />
Interests: Comprehensive care and procedural skills,<br />
gastroenterology, advocacy and community needs assessments,<br />
nurse-physician teamwork, music therapy
Nora Renthal, MD, PhD<br />
• UT Southwestern Southwestern, MD<br />
& PhD (Genes and Development)<br />
• Plan II Liberal Arts major from UT Austin<br />
• UT Southwestern Clinical Research Society<br />
founder and president<br />
• Teaching assistant in immunology and in<br />
ob/gyn clinic<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> outreach in India<br />
• Neena Schwartz young investigator award in<br />
basic science; Ida Green Award for research<br />
and d community it service i<br />
• Callier Preschool Board <strong>of</strong> Directors<br />
• Mother <strong>of</strong> two, ages 2 to 5<br />
• RResearch: h MMechanisms h i underlying d l i uterine t i<br />
contractility in the initiation <strong>of</strong> labor;<br />
microRNAs regulation <strong>of</strong> inflammatory<br />
genes; g ; neuroendocrinology gy<br />
Interests: Endocrinology, development, teaching, clinical<br />
research, metabolism, advocacy
Rashmi Shringer, MD<br />
• UT Southwestern<br />
• Pre-medicine and Plan II majors<br />
• Volunteer in free medical clinics in<br />
Abilene and <strong>Dallas</strong><br />
• University student health organization<br />
<strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
• Co-developer <strong>of</strong> nurse advice line for<br />
students<br />
• Languages: Kannada<br />
• Research: Transfusions and long-term<br />
functional outcomes in traumatic brain<br />
injury; cardiovascular outcomes in<br />
patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus<br />
I t t H t l l di i HIV<br />
Interests: Hematology-oncology, emergency medicine, HIV<br />
outreach, therapeutic relationships with and support <strong>of</strong> critically ill<br />
patients
Andrew Tran, MD, MS<br />
• Case Western Reserve University<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Medicine, MD<br />
& MS (Anatomy)<br />
• Biology and Psychology major<br />
• Co-chair <strong>of</strong> medical school Christian<br />
medical di l and d dental d t l association i ti<br />
• Ethics in medicine preceptorship<br />
• Languages: Vietnamese<br />
• Research: Experimental models for<br />
hypothermia and intravascular<br />
warming in patients<br />
Interests: Academic medicine, structure-function relationships<br />
and medical problem solving, medical ethics, cardiology
Hadassah Troen, MD<br />
• Hadassah <strong>Medical</strong> School, Israel<br />
• Psychology and Biology majors<br />
• Israeli medical internship, p Hadassah<br />
Hospital<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> outreach to Ghana<br />
• Hospice p caregiver g<br />
• Team leader for Israel Defense Forces<br />
Intelligence Corps<br />
• Mother <strong>of</strong> four, ages 2 to 9 years<br />
• Languages: Hebrew, rudimentary Arabic<br />
• Research: Development <strong>of</strong> the<br />
vertebrate nervous system; temporal<br />
variation in honeybee group<br />
aggressiveness<br />
Interests: Academic medicine, fellowship training, hematologyoncology
Grace Tung, MD<br />
• UT Southwestern<br />
S th t<br />
• Biology major<br />
• Coordinator for health pr<strong>of</strong>essions<br />
exposure program for high school<br />
students<br />
• Med student orientation counselor<br />
• Community health fair and free clinic<br />
volunteer<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> outreach to Panama<br />
• Biology, chemistry and calculus tutor<br />
• Languages: Mandarin<br />
• Research: Anatomical changes in<br />
the amygdala related to learning and<br />
memory<br />
Interests: Teaching, academic medicine, community health and<br />
outreach
Natalia Vasco, MD<br />
• UT Houston H t<br />
• Bioengineering major<br />
• Organized medical outreach to<br />
Honduras; outreach to Ghana<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> school student senator<br />
• Pre-med basic sciences tutor<br />
• Volunteer hospital Spanish<br />
translator<br />
• Languages: Spanish<br />
• Research: Effects <strong>of</strong> hyaluron<br />
synthases on collagen biomaterial;<br />
low-voltage low voltage optical device design for<br />
low-resource clinic settings<br />
Interests: <strong>Medical</strong> Spanish, international medicine, advocacy,<br />
gastroenterology, neonatal intensive care unit, emergency medicine
Wiata Weeks, MD<br />
• Howard University College <strong>of</strong> Medicine<br />
• Education major<br />
• School teacher, <strong>of</strong>: 3rd grade math, 6th g<br />
and 7th grade science, high school<br />
algebra<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> school dean selection<br />
committee member<br />
• Organizer for Haitian earthquake relief<br />
• Physicians y for Human Rights g coordinator<br />
• Mentor and tutor, National <strong>Center</strong> for<br />
Children and Families<br />
• Research: Iron deficiency y anemia, , motor<br />
skills development among infants in<br />
Ghana<br />
Interests: Hospitalist medicine, community and international<br />
health systems, child protective services
Kortney West, MD<br />
• Louisiana State University in<br />
Shreveport<br />
• Biological Sciences major<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> school student affairs class<br />
representative<br />
• Neurology interest group president<br />
• Undergraduate student government<br />
senator<br />
• Research: Value <strong>of</strong> MTR: FLAIR<br />
plaque volume ratio in the<br />
measurement <strong>of</strong> multiple sclerosis<br />
progression<br />
I t t M ltidi i li f hild ith d l t l<br />
Interests: Multidisciplinary care <strong>of</strong> children with developmental<br />
disabilities, autism, spectrum disorders, general pediatrics
Ming Yang, MD<br />
• UT San Antonio<br />
• Biochemistry major<br />
• <strong>Medical</strong> student mentor and tutor in<br />
clinical exam skills and<br />
pharmacology<br />
• Homeless shelter volunteer<br />
• Languages: Mandarin<br />
• Research: Genetic regulation <strong>of</strong><br />
growth and development in<br />
Drosophila; Glial regulation <strong>of</strong><br />
neuronal arborization in response<br />
to systemic insulin levels in<br />
Drosophila<br />
Interests: Endocrinology; research; academic medicine