Meet the Fellows
Current Fellows
Julia Behrend, MD (2024-2027)
- Program: Cardiology
- Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine, IN
- Residency: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Matthew Cummins, MD (2024-2027) Matthew Cummins's NameDrop
- Program: Cardiology
- Medical School: Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
- Residency: University of Connecticut
Keats Ewing, MD (2024-2027) Keats Ewing's NameDrop
- Program: Cardiology
- Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Michigan
Taylor Blackburn, MD (2025-2028) Taylor Blackburn's NameDrop
- Program: Cardiology
- Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Residency: National Capital Consortium
Mark Gormley, MD (2025-2028) Mark Gormley's NameDrop
- Program: Cardiology
- Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
- Residency: University of Minnesota
Shari Gurusinghe, MD (2025-2028) Shari Gurusinghe's NameDrop
- Program: Cardiology
- Medical School: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- Residency: New York Presbyterian/Columbia
Yeka Nmadu, MBBS (2025-2028) Yeka Nmadu's NameDrop
- Program: Cardiology
- Medical School: University of Ibadan College of Medicine
- Residency: University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville
Boyd Riley, MD (2026-2029) Boyd Riley's NameDrop
- Program: Cardiology
- Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Clara Garcia, MD (2026-2029)
- Program: Cardiology
- Medical School: University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
- Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Jane Henriques, MD (2026-2029)
- Program: Cardiology
- Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Residency: Children's National Medical Center
Kathryn Lucas, MD (2026-2029) Kathryn Lucas's NameDrop
- Program: Cardiology
- Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Daniel Rochford, MD (2026-2029)
- Program: Cardiology
- Medical School: F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- Residency: National Capital Consortium
Past Fellows
First Position After Graduation
Brian Cleary, MD (2023-2026): Attending, Bronson Children's Hospital - University of Michigan
Elyssa Cohen, MD (2023-2026): Advanced Training in Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging at Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Colin Crilly, MD (2023-2026): Fellow, Critical Care Fellowship, Boston Children's Hospital
Elli Lockhart, MD (2023-2026): Asst Professor, Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Jordan Mudery, MD (2024-2026): Assistant Professor, Children's Hospital of Colorado
Karen Carvalho, MD (2022-2025): Advanced Training in Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging at Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Lorraine James, MD (2022-2025): Physician, Medical City Children's
Robyn Lottes, MD, PhD (2022-2025): Fellow, Heart Failure Heart Transplantation at Lurie Children's/Northwestern University
Keira Nasetta, MD (2022-2025): Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology, Lurie Children's/Northwestern University
Alazar Haregu (2021–2024): Attending at Inova Children’s Hospital
Andrew Lawson (2021–2024): Advanced Training in Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging at Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Saneeha Shahid (2023-2024): Advanced Training, Electrophysiology Fellowship at Children’s Hospital Colorado
Alan Wang (2021–2024): Attending, General Cardiology at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Ryan Carpenter, MD (2021-2024): Faculty at the University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital
Rima Dababneh, MD (2022-2023): Attending at University of Texas
Daniel McAree, MD (2020-2023): General Pediatric Cardiologist at University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
Elizabeth Kalb, MD (2020-2023): Advanced Training, Heart Failure / Heart Transplant Fellowship at Texas Children's Hospital
Alona Birjiniuk, MD (2019-2023): Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital
Kali Hopkins, MD (2019-2022): Advanced Training in ACHD at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Meera Keshary, MD (2019-2022): Attending, Cardiac Intensive Care at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Conor O'Halloran, MD (2019-2022): Advanced Training in Interventional Cardiology at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Nicholas Brown, MD (2018 - 2021): Advanced Training in Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging at Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Thomas Carberry, MD (2018 - 2021): Advanced Training in Interventional Cardiology at Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Brian Wolfe, MD (2018 - 2021): Asst Professor, Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Sean Connolly, DO (2017-2020): Attending at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
Asad Qadir, MD (2017-2020): Advanced Training in Interventional Cardiology at Northwestern Univeristy/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Benjamin Rosenfeld, MD (2017-2020): Anesthesia Residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Carmel Bogle, MD (2016-2019): Attending, Heart Failure/Heart Transplantation at University of Maryland Children’s Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Matthew Cornicelli, MD (2016-2019): Attending, Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging at Northwestern Univeristy/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Rabia Khan, MD (2016-2019): Attending, Heart Failure/Heart Transplantation at University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Iowa City, IA
Rana Khaznadar, MD (2016-2019): Clinical Practice at University Medical Center Phoenix – Banner Health, Phoenix, AZ