Pediatric Department Faculty Directory

Ligia M. Alfaro Cruz, MD

Assistant ProfessorPediatric Gastroenterology

Rajani Anand, MD

ProfessorPediatric Cardiology

Willie T. Anderson, MD

Assistant ProfessorPediatric Neurology

Evelyn M. Artz, MD

Associate ProfessorPediatric Endocrinology

Aimee Barton, MD

Assistant ProfessorPediatric Hospital Medicine

Des Bharti, MD

ProfessorNeonatology

Ashley Blaske, MD

Assistant ProfessorPediatric Rheumatology

Patricia Chambers, MD

Associate ProfessorPediatric Hospital Medicine

Priyamvada Chaudhary, MD

Assistant ProfessorPediatric Critical Care

Will Dodd, MD

Associate ProfessorGeneral Pediatrics

Myesa Emberesh, MD

Assistant ProfessorPediatric Hematology/Oncology

George A. Ford, MD, MS

Associate ProfessorPediatric Endocrinology

Jodi Gage, MD

Assistant Professor | Pediatric Residency Program Associate DirectorGeneral Pediatrics

Jennifer Gibson, MD

Professor | Pediatric Clerkship DirectorGeneral Pediatrics

Joshua Godwin, MD

Assistant ProfessorPediatric Hospital Medicine

Rachel  Grove, MD

Assistant ProfessorNeonatology

Josh Henry, MD

Assistant ProfessorPediatric Critical Care

Priya N. Jain, MD

Associate ProfessorPediatric Hospital Medicine

Gayatri Bala Jaishankar, MD

ProfessorGeneral Pediatrics

Kiana Johnson, PhD, MSEd, MPH

Associate ProfessorAcademic Pediatrics

Varun Kumar, MD

Assistant ProfessorPediatric Hospital Medicine

Riwaaj Lamsal, MD

Assistant ProfessorPediatric Critical Care

Stephanie Layne, DO

Assistant ProfessorGeneral Pediatrics

Rachel Lindsey, MD

Assistant Professor | Pediatric Residency Program Associate DirectorPediatric Hospital Medicine

Evan Los, MD

Associate ProfessorPediatric Endocrinology

Demetrio Macariola, MD

ProfessorPediatric Infectious Disease

Anjali Malkani, MD

ProfessorPediatric Gastroenterology

Megan McGowan, MD, MS

Assistant ProfessorNeonatology

Debra Mills, MD

ProfessorGeneral Pediatrics

Gopinathan Nambiar

Assistant ProfessorPediatric Gastroenterology

Chester Ogborn, MD

Associate ProfessorPulmonology

Jack Owens, MD, MPH

Professor | NICU Medical DirectorNeonatology

Marcela Popescu, MD

ProfessorPediatric Hematology/Oncology

Dianna Puhr, MD

Baby Steps Medical Director | Physician Liaison for ReadNPlayGeneral Pediatrics

Nadia Sabri, MD, FAAP, DipABLM

Assistant Professor | Director, Lifestyle MedicineGeneral Pediatrics

Karen Schetzina, MD, MPH, FAAP

Professor General Pediatrics | Academic Pediatrics

John W. Schweitzer, MD

Associate ProfessorPediatric Hospital Medicine

Lauren Selzer, DO

Assistant ProfessorPediatric Hospital Medicine

Alvaro H. Serrano

ProfessorGenetics

Darshan Shah, MD, FAAP

ProfessorNeonatology

Sukhvir Singh, DO

Assistant ProfessorGeneral Pediatrics

Lauren Swift, MD

Assistant Professor | Pediatric Residency Program DirectorPediatric Hospital Medicine

Matthew Tolliver, PhD

Associate ProfessorBehavioral Health

Morgan Treaster, PhD

Assistant ProfessorBehavioral Health

Dawn Tuell, MD

Professor & ChairGeneral Pediatrics

Andrew S. Wilt, MD

Associate ProfessorPediatric Hospital Medicine

David L. Wood, MD, MPH

ProfessorGeneral Pediatrics

Clinical/Adjunct Instructors and Professors 2022-2023

Professors:

Michael Allshouse, DO | Adjunct Professor | Pediatric Surgery

Beth Bailey, PhD | Adjunct Professor 

Martha Bird, MD | Adjunct Professor | Psychiatry

Elizabeth Brown | Clinical Professor | Education/Psychology & Counseling

Paul Brown, MD | Clinical Professor | Internal Medicine

Mary Bukovitz, MD | Clinical Professor | General Pediatrics

Stephen Combs, MD | Clinical Professor | General Pediatrics

Brad Feltis, MD, PhD | Adjunct Professor | Pediatric Surgery  

Martin Olsen, MD | Clinical Professor | Ob Gyn

Andreas Papas, PhD | Adjunct Professor | Nutritional Biochemistry

Lesli Taylor, MD | Adjunct Professor | Pediatric Surgery

Assistant Professors:

Ashley Blaske, MD | Clinical Assistant Professor | Rheumatology

Paul Bischoff, MD | Clinical Assistant Professor | Pediatrics

Bernard Grunstra, MD | Clinical Assistant Professor | General Pediatrics

Susan Jeansonne, MD | Clinical Assistant Professor | General Pediatrics

Allen Musil, MD | Adjunct Assistant Professor | Psychiatry

Cynthia Thomas, DO, MPH | Clinical Assistant Professor | Preventative Medicine

Jim Thigpen, PharmD | Adjunct Assistant Professor | Pharmacy

Associate Professors:

Seth Brown, MD | Clinical Associate Professor | Pediatrics Emergency Medicine

Patricia Chambers, MD | Clinical Associate Professor | Pediatrics/NSW and Ballad Health

Robert Clemons, MD | Clinical Associate Professor | Dermatology

Landon Combs, MD | Clinical Associate Professor | General Pediatrics

Samuel Delaune, MD | Clinical Associate Professor | Pediatrics Emergency Medicine

Kimberly Hale, PhD | Adjunct Associate Professor | Early Childhood Education

Margaret Farmer, MD | Clinical Associate Professor | General Pediatrics

Thomas Gill, MD | Clinical Associate Professor | General Pediatrics

Mirle Girish, MD | Clinical Associate Professor | Pediatrics

Christopher Ledes, MD | Clinical Associate Professor | Pediatric Medicine

Donald Lewis, MD | Clinical Associate Professor | General Pediatrics

Ashish Madhok, MD | Clinical Associate Professor | Pediatric Cardiology

Thomas Makres, MD | Clinical Associate Professor | General Pediatrics

Marianne Neal, MD | Clinical Associate Professor | Pediatrics Radiology

Orville Swarner, MD | Clinical Associate Professor | General Pediatrics

Jill Wireman, MD  | Clinical Associate Professor | General Pediatrics

Instructors:

Teresa Becker, NNP | Clinical Instructor

Kristy Borum, NNP | Clinical Instructor

Jennifer Carver, FNP-C | Clinical Instructor 

Alexis Duty, MSN, FNP-BC | Clinical Instructor

Katherine Strickland, MPH, Ed.D | Clinical Instructor

Kimberly Walters, NNP-BC | Clinical Instructor

Aimee Whittlesey, RN, MSN, NNP-BC | Clinical Instructor

Carrie Williams, NNP-BC | Clinical Instructor

Angela Willocks, MSN, FNP, BC | Clinical Instructor

Lauren Wyatt, MSN, CPNP | Clinical Instructor

Stefanie Yoon, FNP-C | Clinical Instructor

Professor Emerita & Emeritus:

David O. Chastain, MD | Professor Emeritus | Adolescent Medicine

Kathryn Klopfenstein, MD | Professor Emerita | Hematology / Oncology  

Melinda Lucas, MD | Professor Emerita| PICU

James Pearson, MD | Professor Emeritus | General Pediatrics

William Stone, PhD | Professor Emeritus | Research

Ahmad Wattad, MD | Professor Emeritus | Pediatric Nephrology