Department of Pediatrics

Dr. L. Nelson Sanchez-Pinto is a pediatric critical care physician, biomedical informatics specialist, and clinical data scientist. He graduated from medical school at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2006, and then completed a Pediatrics residency program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in 2011, and a fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) in 2014. He obtained advanced fellowship training in informatics and data science research also at CHLA and completed a Masters of Biomedical Informatics program at Oregon Health & ...

Andy Drackley, an alumnus of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, is a licensed and certified laboratory-based genetic counselor in the Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. There, his predominant clinical role is the analysis, interpretation, and reporting of genetic testing results, with a focus on Marfan syndrome and other connective tissue disorders, RASopathies, cancer predisposition syndromes, and ophthalmological disease, among others. He also is a frequent collaborator with clinical researchers on genetic testing-b...

I received my medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 2009, prior to completing my Pediatrics residency at the University of Texas Southwestern/Children's Medical Center Dallas. I completed a fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology in 2015 and a fellowship in Developmental Therapeutics in 2016 at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. I subsequently became a member of the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology division with a specialization in Solid Tumors at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Ch...

Career goal: to continue to grow as a caring and empathic pediatrician for the community while furthering the education of medical trainees. I enjoy caring for children of all ages; from newborn medicine through adolescence, both well and sick.

The Paller lab is interested in understanding how skin cells communicate with sensory nerves, the immune system, and the vasculature in inflammatory skin disorders (such as psoriasis, eczema, and genetic skin disorders) and diabetic wounds; determining the mechanism by which obesity exacerbates inflammatory disease; and using topically-delivered nanotechnology towards developing new targeted therapies for skin disorders. Our ultimate goal is discovery about human disease in the lab and translation of these findings towards new therapies. Dr. Paller is also the principal investigator of Northwe...

My primary clinical interests include general pediatric gastroenterology and integrative medicine.  I am the director of the ThriveGI Integrative Health Program (www.luriechildrens.org/ThriveGI).  This program provides care for pediatric patients with underlying gastrointestinal disorders.  By bringing together evidence-based conventional and complementary approaches for care in a coordinated way, we place emphasis on the person as a whole, considering mind, body, and spirit, and their interplay in health and disease.

My primary clinical intersest is in pediatric neurodegenerative disorders and pediatric movement disorders.

Dr. Alfieri is a board-certified General Pediatrician with a background in health services research and medical education, and a passion for improving infant and child health through direct clinical care, research, education and advocacy.Her main clinical interests center around infant care (development, feeding, safety), vaccination, providing care for children with medical complexity and mental health concerns, medical education and health care equity and access.Dr. Alfieri serves as Associate Program Director for the Lurie Children's Pediatric Residency Program, Continuity Clinic Director a...

Dr. Paisley is a hospital-based pediatrician. She received her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and completed her residency training at the former Children's Memorial Hospital (now Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital) where she served as Chief Pediatric Resident. Her interests include teaching and advising in undergraduate and graduate medical education, and the development of evidence-based clinical care guidelines.