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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics

Meet the Fellows

Current Fellows

Brittany Hunter, MD

Brittany Hunter, MD (2022-2024)

  • Program: Pediatric Hospital Medicine
  • Undergraduate: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Medical School: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL
  • Residency: Chief Residency, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  • Fellowship: Advanced Training During Fellowship: Kellogg School of Business MBA Program
  • Research: Hospital Administration, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Allison Lai, MD

Allison Lai, MD (2022-2024)

  • Program: Pediatric Hospital Medicine
  • Undergraduate: Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
  • Graduate: Master of Public Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston MA
  • Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE
  • Residency: University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA
  • Research: Advocacy and Global Health
Zoe Listernick, MD

Zoe Listernick, MD (2023-2025) Zoe Listernick's NameDrop

  • Program: Pediatric Hospital Medicine
  • Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine
  • Residency: McGaw Medical Center Northwestern University, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
  • Research: Medical Education
Yuri Takabatake, MD

Yuri Takabatake, MD (2023-2025) Yuri Takabatake's NameDrop

  • Program: Pediatric Hospital Medicine
  • Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
  • Residency: McGaw Medical Center Northwestern University, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
  • Research: Health Disparities and Advocacy

Past Fellows

First Position After Graduation

Melissa Baranay, MD (2021-2023): Assistant Professor/Attending Physician, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Advanced Training During Fellowship: McGaw Medical Education Clinical Scholars Program

James Andrew Watson, MD (2021-2023): Assistant Professor/Attending Physician, Alabama at Birmingham/Children's of Alabama

Katherine Salada, MD (2020-2022): Advanced Training During Fellowship: McGaw Medical Education Clinical Scholars Program. Post Graduation: Attending Physician, University of Michigan; C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI. 

Fellowship Scholarly Work: Salada KO, Arzu J, Unti SM, Tanz RR, Badke CM. Practicing What We Preach: An Effort to Improve Safe Sleep of Hospitalized Infants. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2022 Jun 14;7(3):e561. doi: 10.1097/pq9.0000000000000561. PMID: 35720873; PMCID: PMC9197363.

Caryn VandenBerg (2020-2022): Advanced Training During Fellowship: McGaw Medical Education Clinical Scholars Program. Post Graduation: Attending Physician, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Health, Dallas, TX

Fellowship Scholarly Work: VandenBerg CJ, Adams A, Bockrath R, Kim S, Rodriguez G, Fawcett A, Jhaveri R. Hard to Swallow: A Review of Interventions to Improve Swallowing Solid Medication. Hosp Pediatr. 2023 May 1;13(5):e123-e132. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2021-006497. PMID: 37021484.

RosaMarie Mairoella, MD (2019-2021): Advanced Training During Fellowship: High Value Practice Future Leaders Program. Post Graduation: Attending Physician, University of Cincinnati Department of Peditrics, Cincinnati, OH

Fellowship Scholarly Work: Maiorella R, Rodriguez VA. Hepatitis B Vaccine Refusal in the Newborn Period. Pediatr Ann. 2021 Aug;50(8):e343-e347. doi: 10.3928/19382359-20210712-01. Epub 2021 Aug 1. PMID: 34398715.

Matthew Shapiro, MD (2019-2021): Advanced Training During Fellowship: Northwestern University, MS in Healthcare Quality Patient Safety. Post Graduation: Attending Physician, Children's Hospital of Orange County, University of California, Irvine, CA.

Fellowship Scholarly Work: Matthew H. Shapiro, Denise M. Goodman, Victoria A. Rodriguez; In Search of the Perfect Discharge: A Framework for High-Quality Hospital Discharges. Hosp Pediatr January 2022; 12 (1): 108–117. https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2021-006100

Elizabeth Boggs, MD (2018-2020): Advanced Training During Fellowship: Northwestern University, MS in Healthcare Quality Patient Safety. Post Graduation: Attending Physician, University of Denver Department of Medicine, Denver, CO

Fellowship Scholarly Work: Boggs EF, Foster C, Shah P, Goodman DM, Hall M, Garfield CF. Trends in Technology Assistance Among Patients With Childhood Onset Chronic Conditions. Hosp Pediatr. 2021 Jul;11(7):711-719. PubMed PMID: 34078644

Kate Lucey, MD (2016-2018): Advanced Training During Fellowship: Northwestern University, MS in Healthcare Quality Patient Safety. Post Graduation: Attending Physician, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Fellowship Scholarly Work: Lucey K, Garfield CF. Fathers' Engagement in Their Sons' Sexual and Reproductive Health. Pediatrics. 2019 Jan;143(1):e20182595. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-2595. PMID: 30559119

Victoria Rodriguez, MD (2015-2017): Advanced Training During Fellowship: Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in Health Professions. Post Graduation: Attending Physician, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. 

Fellowship Scholarly Work: Rodriguez VA, Goodman DM, Bayldon B, Budin L, Michelson KN, Garfield CF, Rychlik K, Smythe K, Schroeder SK. Pediatric Readmissions Within 3 Days of Discharge: Preventability, Contributing Factors, and Necessity. Hosp Pediatr. 2019 Apr; 9(4): 241-248. https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2018-0159. PMID: 30842205

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