Department of Pediatrics

Pediatric Critical Care Fellows

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Chief Fellows

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Amy

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Amy Dutko, M.D.

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  • Medical School: University of Cincinnati  College of Medicine
  • Residency: Medicine-Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine 
  • Fellowship:  Pediatric Point-of-Care-Ultrasound at Baylor College of Medicine
  • Academic Interests: Point-of-care ultrasound
  • Personal Interests: Climbing, hiking, cooking
Maryam

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Maryam Gilpatrick, M.D.

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  • Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine
  • Residency: Phoenix Children’s Hospital/ Maricopa Medical Center
  • Academic Interests: Predictive strategies in pediatric sepsis, bioethics
  • Personal Interests: Hiking/outdoors, TV sitcoms, making a Spotify playlist for any mood, audiobooks
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Third Year Fellows

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Jordan

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Jordan Ashcraft, M.D.

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  • Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine 
  • Residency: University of Alabama - Birmingham
  • Academic Interests: Palliative care and ethics in the ICU, simulation use in medical education 
  • Personal Interests: Running, sports of all kinds, exploring new foods, and hanging at the beach
Anjali

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Anjali Chadayammuri, M.D.

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  • Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
  • Residency: Medicine-Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  • Academic Interests: Social influencers of health, implicit bias research, systemic biases affecting health outcomes
  • Personal interests: My dog, hiking, swimming, yoga, traveling, eating any and all types of food, cooking/baking/cake decorating, painting, crocheting, and reading for fun 
Maki

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Maki Ishizuka, M.D.

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  • Medical School: Kanazawa University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Icahn school of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Elmhurst Hospital Center
  • Fellowship:  Pediatric Pulmonology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Academic Interests: Ventilation Strategy in Pediatric ARDS subtypes
  • Personal Interests: Hiking, snowboarding, cooking, piano
Marwa

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Marwa Mansour, MBBCh

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  • Medical School: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville
  • Academic Interests: Medical nutrition therapy in critically ill children
  • Personal Interests: Biking, hiking, listening to classical music, arabic poetry and reading
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Second Year Fellows

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Ezinne

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Ezinne Emeruwa, M.D.

Item Definition
  • Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons  
  • Residency:  Stanford University
  • Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University
  • Academic Interests: Global Health Access in Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Critical Care
  • Personal Interests: Travel, reading, premier league football, my dog
Sabrie

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Sabrie Howell, M.D.

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  • Medical School: Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
  • Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
  • Academic Interests: Neuro Critical Care - traumatic brain injury/abusive head trauma
  • Personal interests: Baking and decorating cakes, running, and eating at all the delicious restaurants in Houston
     
Nikki

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Nikki Lawson, M.D.

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  • Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  • Residency: Baylor College of Medicine 
  • Academic Interests: Social Determinants of Health in the ICU
  • Personal Interests: Baking chocolate chip cookies, running, biking, audio books, playing with my dog Sadie
     
Sal

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Sal Maffei, M.D.

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  • Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
  • Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
  • Academic Interests: Fluid overload and acute kidney injury in patients requiring mechanical ventilation
  • Personal Interests: Hiking, bouldering, exploring the outdoors with my wife and dog
     
Alisha

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Alisha Prystowsky, M.D.

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  • Medical School: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
  • Residency: Tulane-Ochsner Pediatric Residency Program
  • Academic Interests: Determinants of outcomes in sepsis
  • Personal Interests: Hiking with my dog, cooking, softball, podcasts, spending time with my niece and nephews
     
Stephanie

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Stephanie Vazquez, M.D.

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  • Medical School: American University of Antigua College of Medicine
  • Residency: Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital - Memorial Healthcare System
  • Academic Interests: Improving nutrition in ICU setting, breastfeeding medicine
  • Personal Interests: Spending time with family, traveling, beach time, dog lover and foodie
     
Luna

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Luna Vorster, M.D.

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Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas   
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Academic Interests: Global health, health equity, disaster medicine
Personal Interests: Travel, hiking, running, scuba diving, exploring Houston’s restaurants
 

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First Year Fellows

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Katie

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Katie Brandewie, M.D.

Item Definition
  • Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  • Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Charli

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Charli Cohen, M.D.

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  • Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine - Savannah
  • Residency: University of Alabama - Birmingham 
Julia

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Julia Garcia Mancebo, M.D.

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  • Medical School: Universidad de Navarra Facultad de Medicina
  • Residency: Hospital Gregorio Marañon - Madrid, Spain
  • Fellowship:  Post-doctoral Research at Boston Children’s Hospital 
Nour

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Nour Gebara, M.D.

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  • Medical School: American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine
  • Residency: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh 
Helen

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Helen Jiang, M.D.

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  • Medical School: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch 
Kristen

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Kristen Jones, DO

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  • Medical School: Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University
  • Residency: Medicine-Pediatrics at University of Missouri – Kansas City
  • Fellowship:  Adult Critical Care Medicine at University of Missouri – Kansas City
Vida

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Vida Laudarji, M.D.

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  • Medical School: Meharry Medical College
  • Residency: University of Alabama - Birmingham 
Jordan

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Jordan Marquess, M.D.

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  • Medical School: University of Kansas School of Medicine
  • Residency: Children's Mercy Hospital