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Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Alumni

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Dr. Bartiss and Dr. Lipsitz

Maeve Bartiss, M.D. 2024 – 2025
Board Certified – Palliative Care
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow (Pediatrics)
Medical School: The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, United States of America
August 2016 – May 2020
Residency: Chief Resident, Pediatrics, Spectrum Health/ Michigan State University/Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, Mich., July 2020 – June 2024 (47 months)
Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, Houston, Texas
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospital, Mich.

Joshua Lipsitz, M.D. 2024 – 2025
Board Certified – Palliative Care
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow (Pediatrics)
Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, United States of America
August 2017 – May 2021
Residency: Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern/Children's Health Dallas, Texas, June 2021 – June 2024 (36 months)
Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, Houston, Texas
Current Position: Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship, Houston, Texas

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Dr. Rodriguez-Hernandez and Dr. Aziz

Sandra Aziz, M.D. 2023-2024
Board Certified – Palliative Care
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Palliative Care, Lucille Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, Calif.
Fellowship: UCSD Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program, Calif.
Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, Houston, Texas
Residency: University of New Mexico Pediatric Residency, N.M.
Medical Education: Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Texas

Alexandra E. Rodriguez-Hernandez, M.D., MPH 2023-2024
Board Certified – Palliative Care
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Palliative Care, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Ind.
Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Texas
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, N.Y.
Residency: University Pediatric Hospital San Juan
Medical Education: Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine, Puerto Rico

Dr. Brittany Cowfer and Dr. Matthew McEvoy, Alumni
Dr. Cowfer and Dr. McEvoy

Brittany Ann Cowfer, M.D. 2022 – 2023
Board Certified – Palliative Care
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow (Pediatrics)
Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo.
Residency: Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (Pediatrics), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Pediatric Palliative Care Faculty at St Jude’s/La Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis, Tenn.

Matthew Tenison McEvoy, M.D. 2022 – 2023
Board Certified – Palliative Care
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow (Pediatrics)
Medical School: Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Bryan, Texas
Residency: University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colo.
Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology (Pediatrics), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Pediatric Palliative Care Faculty at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas

Hospice and Palliative Fellows 2021 - 2022
Dr. Major-Kincade and Dr. Mauser

Terri Major-Kincade, M.D. 2021 – 2022
Board Eligible – Palliative Care
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow (Pediatrics)
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
Residency: Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Fellowship: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, UT Houston Medical School/Health Science
Current Position: Medical Director Pediatric Palliative Care, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital-TMC, Houston, Texas

David Mauser, M.D. 2021 – 2022
Board Certified – Palliative Care
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow (Pediatrics)
Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
Residency: Pediatrics, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Division of Quality of Life and Pediatric Palliative Care, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine and Stanford Medicine Children's Health, Palo Alto, Calif.

Elizabeth Seashore, M.D. 2020 – 2021
Board Certified – Palliative Care
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: Pediatrics, New York Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, N.Y.
Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Pediatric Palliative Care, University of California, San Francisco, Calif.

PACT Fellows Nurah Lawal and Selby Chu cheering on the Houston Astros
PACT Fellows Nurah Lawal and Selby Chu cheering on the Houston Astros

Selby Chu, M.D. 2019 – 2020
Board Certified – Palliative Care
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y.
Residency: Pediatrics, Northwestern, Chicago, Ill.
Current Position: Pediatric Critical Care Fellow, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.

Nurah Lawal, M.D. 2019 – 2020
Board Certified – Palliative Care
Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine,
Residency: Pediatrics, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, Calif.
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Palliative Care, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.

PACT Fellows Marina Ma and Alana Carpenter expanding their Palliative Care knowledge at the annual AAHPM Meeting in Orlando, FL
PACT Fellows Marina Ma and Alana Carpenter expanding their Palliative Care knowledge at the annual AAHPM Meeting in Orlando, FL

Marina Ma, M.D. 2018 – 2019
Board Certified – Palliative Care
Medical School: Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya Fakultas Kedokteran
Residency: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Fellowship: Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ala.
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Divisions of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation & Palliative Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Alana Carpenter (Thomas), M.D. 2018 – 2019
Board Certified – Palliative Care
Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Ariz.
Residency: Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Fellowship Neonatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Current Position: Faculty Neonatologist, The Women’s Hospital, Houston, Texas

Inaugural PACT Fellowship year with Fellow Kim Sawyer and Directors Jared Rubenstein and Jill Ann Jarrell
Inaugural PACT Fellowship year with Fellow Kim Sawyer and Directors Jared Rubenstein and Jill Ann Jarrell

Kimberly Sawyer (Lehecka), M.D. 2017 – 2018
Board Certified – Palliative Care
Medical School Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Residency Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Fellowship Clinical Bioethics, Seattle Children’s, Wash.
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Palliative Care, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

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