Department of Pediatrics

Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Alumni

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Dr. Bartiss and Dr. Lipsitz
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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. Aziz and Dr. Rodriguez-Hernandez
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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

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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

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

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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.

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

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