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Meet the Fellows

Current Fellows

Laura Swanson, MD, PhD

Laura Swanson, MD, PhD (2026-2027) Laura Swanson's NameDrop

  • Program: Epilepsy
  • Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
  • Residency: McGaw Medical Center Northwestern University, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
  • Research: Epilepsy genetics
Heather Voss-Hoynes, MD, PhD

Heather Voss-Hoynes, MD, PhD (2026-2027) Heather Voss-Hoynes's NameDrop

  • Program: Epilepsy
  • Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences 
  • Residency: McGaw Medical Center Northwestern University, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
  • Fellowship: Pediatric Neurocritical Care, McGaw Medical Center Northwestern University, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
  • Research: Mangement of refractory status epilepticus 

Past Fellows

Daniel Kashima, MD PhD (2024-2025)

Priya Sharma, DO (2024-2025)

Heba Akbari, MD (2023-2024)

Rachel Pauley, MD (2023-2024)

Laura Bliss, MD (2022-2023)

Dina Soloveychik, MD (2022-2023)

Miriam Baltuano Songhurst, MD (2021-2022)

Joanna Garcia Pierce, MD (2021-2022)

Reega Purohit, MD (2019-2020)

Theresa Czech, MD (2018-2019)

Janice Rodriguez-Herenandez, MD (2018-2019)

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