Meet Our Faculty

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Pediatric Neurology

Lalitha Sivaswamy, MD

Lalitha Sivaswamy, MD

Department Chair & Children’s Hospital Service Line Leader
Medical School: M.B.B.S. Madras Medical College
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Michigan (Pediatric Neurology)

Anna Bunker, MD, ABPN

Anna Bunker, MD, ABPN

Medical School: Augusta University
Residency: Duke University (Pediatric Neurology)

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology

Abigail Cruz, MD

Abigail Cruz, MD

Pediatric Residency Program Director
Medical School: Loma Linda University
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Orange County (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Pediatric Hematology-Oncology)

Patrick DeMoss, MD

Patrick DeMoss, MD

Medical School: Indiana University
Residency: University of Mississippi (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University (Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine); Stanford University (Pediatric Hematology-Oncology)

Sushmita Nair, MD

Sushmita Nair, MD

Medical School: Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)
Residency: Nicklaus Children’s Hospital (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: University of Florida (Pediatric Hematology-Oncology)

Child Abuse

Yameika Head, MD

Yameika Head, MD, FAAP

Medical School: Meharry Medical College
Residency: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Louisiana State University (Pediatric Forensic Medicine)

Complex Care Center

Edward K. Clark, FAAP

Edward K. Clark, MD, FAAP

Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
Residency: Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital (Pediatrics)

Jean Dozier, MD, FAAP

Jean Dozier, MD, FAAP

Medical School: Wake Forest University
Residency: Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine); Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center (Hospice and Palliative Medicine)

Pediatric Critical Care

Jean Dozier, MD, FAAP

Jean Dozier, MD, FAAP

Medical School:: Wake Forest University
Residency: Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine); Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center (Hospice and Palliative Medicine)

Umesh Narsinghani, MD, FAAP

Umesh Narsinghani, MD, FAAP

Medical School: Dr. Panjabrao Alias Bhausaheb Deshmukh Memorial Medical College
Residencies: Nanavati Max Super Specialty Hospital (Pediatrics); The Brooklyn Hospital Center (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Arkansas Children’s Hospital (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

Meral Patel, MD

Meral Patel, MD

Medical School: Augusta University
Residency: Emory University (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Emory University (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

Mukul Sehgal, MD, FAAP, MBA

Mukul Sehgal, MD, FAAP, MBA

Medical School: Seth GS Medical College
Residency: Saint Peter’s University Hospital (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Nicklaus Children’s Hospital (Pediatric Critical Care)

Lauren Villo, MD

Lauren Villo, MD

Medical School: University of Toledo
Residency: Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

Stephen Tomek, MD

Stephen Tomek, MD

Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University
Residency: University of Rochester (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: University of Rochester (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

Children’s Hospital Outpatient Procedural Services (CHOPS)

Umesh Narsinghani, MD, FAAP

Umesh Narsinghani, MD, FAAP

Medical School: Dr. Panjabrao Alias Bhausaheb Deshmukh Memorial Medical College
Residencies: Nanavati Max Super Specialty Hospital (Pediatrics); The Brooklyn Hospital Center (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Arkansas Children’s Hospital (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

Meral Patel, MD

Meral Patel, MD

Medical School: Augusta University
Residency: Emory University (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Emory University (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

Lauren Villo, MD

Lauren Villo, MD

Medical School: University of Toledo
Residency: Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

Stephen Tomek, MD

Stephen Tomek, MD

Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University
Residency: University of Rochester (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: University of Rochester (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

Developmental & Behavioral Health

Rachel Goodson, DO

Rachel Goodson, DO

Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Children’s Mercy Kansas City (Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics)

Endocrinology

Jessica Hutchins, MD

Jessica Hutchins, MD

Medical School: Mercer University
Residency: Mercer University (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: The University of Texas (Pediatric Endocrinology)

Eric Velazquez, MD

Eric Velazquez, MD

Medical School: University of Illinois
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital (Pediatric Endocrinology)

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Noel Israel, MD

Noel Israel, MD

Medical School: University of the Philippines
Residency: Wake Forest University (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Emory University (Pediatric Gastroenterology)

Sesi Ogunbi, MD

Sesi Ogunbi, MD

Medical School: University of Lagos
Residency: University of South Alabama (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Emory University (Pediatric Gastroenterology/Nutrition)

Hospital Medicine

Sandra Moore, MD, FAAP

Sandra Moore, MD, FAAP

ACGME Designated Institutional Official (DIO), Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center
Vice President of Academics and Research, Atrium Health Navicent
Medical School: University of Maryland
Residency: University of Maryland (Pediatrics)

Anu Pavuluri, MD, FAAP

Anu Pavuluri, MD, FAAP

Medical School: Osmania Medical College
Residency: Brookdale University Hospital (Pediatrics)

Lauren Wagner, DO, FAAP

Lauren Wagner, DO, FAAP

Medical School: Philadephia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: University of Alabama at Birmingham (Pediatric Hospital Medicine)

Joanne Kennedy, MD, FAAP

Joanne Kennedy, MD, FAAP

Medical School: New York University
Residency: Long Island Jewish Medical Center (Pediatrics)

Natasha Stone, MD

Natasha Stone, MD

Medical School: Saba University School of Medicine
Residency: Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center (Pediatrics)

Aminah Hussain, MD

Aminah Hussain, MD

Medical School: American University of Integrative Sciences School of Medicine
Residency: Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center (Pediatrics)

Radiology

Kevin Cormier, MD


Orthopedics

Matthew Martell, DO

Medical School: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: North Shore University Hospital (Orthopedic Surgery)
Fellowship: Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center (Orthopedic Trauma)

Daniel Chan, MD

Medical School: The University of Texas San Antonio
Residency: The University of Texas Southwestern (Orthopedics)
Fellowship: Tampa General Hospital (Orthopedic Surgery)

Palliative & Supportive Care

Jean Dozier, MD, FAAP

Jean Dozier, MD, FAAP

Medical School: Wake Forest University
Residency: Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine); Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center (Hospice and Palliative Medicine)

Umesh Narsinghani, MD, FAAP

Umesh Narsinghani, MD, FAAP

Medical School: Dr. Panjabrao Alias Bhausaheb Deshmukh Memorial Medical College
Residencies: Nanavati Max Super Specialty Hospital (Pediatrics); The Brooklyn Hospital Center (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Arkansas Children’s Hospital (Pediatric Critical Care Medicine)

Pediatric Primary Care

Mansi Batra, MD, FAAP

Mansi Batra, MD, FAAP

Medical School: Himalayan Institute of Medical Services
Residency: University of South Alabama (Pediatrics)

Edward K. Clark, MD

Edward Clark, MD, FAAP

Professor of Pediatrics, Mercer University School of Medicine
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
Residency: Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital (Pediatrics)

Ryan Davies, MD, FAAPD

Ryan Davies, MD, FAAP

Associate Program Director
Medical School: St. George’s University
Residency: Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center (Pediatrics)

Yameika Head, MD

Yameika Head, MD, FAAP

Medical School: Meharry Medical College
Residency: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Louisiana State University (Pediatric Forensic Medicine)

Christy Peterson, MD

Christy Peterson, MD

Medical School: Texas A&M University
Residency: Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center (Pediatrics)

Eric Weber, MD, FAAP

Eric Weber, MD, FAAP

Medical School: Tufts University
Residency: Tufts Medical Center (Pediatrics)

Pediatric Psychology

Micheal Johns, PsyD

Graduate School: Georgia School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University
Internship: University of Arkansas
Fellowship: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Surgery

Joshua Glenn, MD, FACS, FAAP

Joshua Glenn, MD, FACS, FAAP

Medical School: Mercer University
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina (Surgery)
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University (Pediatric Surgery)

Paul Parker, MD

Medical School: University of North Carolina
Residency: Strong Memorial Hospital (General Surgery)
Fellowship: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children (Pediatric Surgery)

Issam Shaker, MD

Issam Shaker, MD

Medical School: Johns Hopkins University
Residency: Johns Hopkins University (Surgery); Vanderbilt University (Cardiac Surgery)
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital (Pediatric Surgery)

Cardiology

Brian Cardis, MD

Wesley Blackwood, MD

Community Pediatricians

Robert Ford, MD

Medical School: Mercer University
Residency: Atrium Health Navicent

Jason Smith, MD

Medical School: Mercer University
Residency: Atrium Health Navicent

Jessica Ford, MD

Medical School: Mercer University
Residency: Atrium Health Navicent

Lindsey Kinnebrew, MD

Medical School: Mercer University
Residency: Atrium Health Navicent

Infectious Disease

Harold Katner, MD

Pediatric Pulmonology/Sleep Medicine

James Logan, MD

Pediatric Rheumatology

Bridget Wright, MD

Pediatric ER

Jacob Kirkpatrick, MD

Medical School: Mercer University
Residency: Atrium Health Navicent

Stephanie Gilman, MD

Stephanie Gilman, MD

Associate Program Director
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Residency: Atrium Health Navicent

Kimberly Myers, MD

John Wood, MD

James Logan, MD

  
Hannah Squires, MD

Hannah Squires, MD

Medical School: Trinity School of Medicine
Residency: Atrium Health Navicent

Albright Gayagoy, MD

Neonatology

Edward Conner, MD

Schuyler Mims, MD

Joleen Dako, MD

Mitch Rodriguez, MD

Melissa Oh, MD

Akosua Agyepong, MD

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