Pediatric Fellowships
Office of Fellowship Programs
Meet the Office of Fellow Programs team and contact us with your questions.
Fellows College
All fellows attend this lecture series, held every four months.
Fellowship Programs
The Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine offers a broad range of subspecialty fellowship programs designed to train academically-minded physicians with a strong foundation in research. Explore the pages and programs listed below for more information.
- Adolescent Medicine
- Allergy & Immunology
- Anesthesiology
- Cardiac Electrophysiology/Cath
- Cardiac Intensive Care
- Cardiology
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Child Abuse
- Child Neurology
- Clinical Neurophysiology
- Congenital Cardiac Surgery
- Critical Care Medicine
- Dermatology
- Emergency Medicine
- Endocrinology
- Epilepsy
- Gastroenterology
- Health Services & Population Health Research
- Heart Failure/Heart Transplant
- Hematology-Oncology
- Hospice & Palliative Medicine
- Hospital Medicine
- Infectious Diseases
- Kidney
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Neurocritical Care
- Neuromuscular
- Neuro-Oncology
- Neurosurgery
- Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging
- Ophthalmology & Strabismus
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Otolaryngology
- Pathology
- Pulmonology
- Radiology
- Rheumatology
- Sports Medicine
- Stem Cell Transplant
- Surgery
- Surgery Critical Care
- Transplant Hepatology
- Transplant Surgery
- Urology
Fellow Scholarly Activity
See research activity from some of our pediatric fellows.
Jessica Feurstein, DO
Adolescent Medicine
Research
Research and clinical interests include reproductive health and counseling adolescent and young adults with chronic illness and their families about fertility preservation.
Keira Nasetta, MD
Cardiology
Research
I'm interested in pulmonary hypertension, currently working on a project with Dr. Amanda Hauck.
Elyssa Cohen, MD
Cardiology
Research
I am currently researching measurements of cardiac index with the Fick estimation principle and thermodilution in the cath lab on heart transplant patients, with Dr. Tannous and Dr. O’Halloran. I am also very interested in pursuing pediatric cardiology advocacy research during my fellowship
Colin Crilly, MD
Cardiology
Research
My research interests are in the fields of health disparities, quality improvement, and global health. As a resident, I developed a study examining the impact of social determinants of health on health-related quality of life among pediatric cardiac patients, and I also helped lead an institution-wide initiative to improve family-centered rounding on resident teams
Alisha Bouzaher, MD, MS
Critical Care
Research
Early Screening for Parental Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Chris Mattson, MD, MHPE
Critical Care
Research
The Impact of Assessment Characteristics and Components on the Reliability of Assessment of Medical Students on Clinical Clerkships
Cara Pritchett, MD
Critical Care
Research
Evaluation of the Microcirculation & Its Relationship with Fluid Balance in Critically Ill Children
Leah Setar, MD
Critical Care
Research
Age Related Differences in Low-avidity SARS-CoV-2-cross-reactive Memory T Cells
Caitlin Thirnbeck, DO, MPH
Critical Care
Research
I've previously done research on interfacility transfer communication prior to PICU admission. I'm looking forward to determining my next project.
Tara Funk, MD
Emergency Medicine
Research
My research interests are in improving care delivery in the ED. I’m working on several QI projects and also using HCUP data to test the association of pediatric patient volume and low value testing in the setting of the 2022 PEM Choosing Wisely recommendations.
Elena Chen, MD
Emergency Medicine
Research
My research interests focus on understanding and optimizing the care of critically ill children in the ED. I am particularly interested in applications of noninvasive diagnostics (e.g. POCUS) and monitoring (e.g. NIRS) in recognition and initial management of cardiogenic, hemorrhagic and septic shock. I also have a burgeoning interest in evidence based practices for initiation of advanced respiratory support and early management/prevention of trauma/TBI associated coagulopathy. My primary fellows project focuses on exploring and validating a quantitative screening test via POCUS for pediatric cardiac dysfunction.
Jamie Lim, MD
Emergency Medicine
Research
Epidemiology of drug overdoses among adolescents and young adults; implementation of community-based opioid overdose prevention strategies; implementation of Health Equity Rounds, a case-based conference series to address implicit bias and racism in clinical settings. During fellowship, I will also be pursuing an MPH through Northwestern University.
Arino Neto, MD
Emergency Medicine
Research
My primary research interest lies in understanding common infectious disease processes in the pediatric population and how to improve prevention, diagnosis, and management. My current research project has involved understanding the impact of the novel monoclonal antibody treatment against RSV (nirsevimab) in the hospitalization of infants with lower respiratory tract infections.
Michael Harries, MD, MPP
Emergency Medicine
Research
As a prior high school teacher, my academic interests currently lie in thinking about how we can bring the K-12 school system and health care systems together to not only prevent ED visits, but also increase access to high quality education and care.
Jana Jaffe, MD
Emergency Medicine
Research
My broad research interests include medical education and simulation. My current project is the utilization of heart rate variability to evaluate the effect of stress on clinical performance in resident physicians.
Cameron Boyd, MD
Neonatology
Research
Impact of Paternal Skin to Skin Care on Infant Outcomes
Imran Ilahi, DO
Neonatology
Research
Development of Noninvasive Infrared Brain Monitor to detect Ischemia following Birth Asphyxia
John Mascari, MD
Neonatology
Research
Novel Methods of Detecting and Categorizing Ventilator Asynchrony using Physiologic Sensors in Chronic Lung Disease Patients
Lucy Rubin, MD
Neonatology
Research
The First-Year Mortality Rates Due to Unintentional Injuries Among Term Infants of U.S.-Born and Foreign-Born Women: The Effect of Paternal Involvement
Spencer Millen, MD
Neonatology
Research
Establishing normative laboratory values in Infant-Mother Dyads
Lorena Ostilla, MD
Neonatology
Research
Understanding mucosal microcirculatory and inflammatory mechanisms contributing to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
Danielle Brewer, MD
Neonatology
Research
The association of preterm birth across three generations of non-Hispanic Whites and African-Americans in Chicago
Melanie Wielicka, MD, PhD
Neonatology
Research
Nailfold Capillaroscopy: Can it help detect infants at risk for BPD and BPD-PH?