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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics

Meet the Fellows

Current Fellows

Nikou Chokshi, MD (2025-2028) Nikou Chokshi's NameDrop

  • Program: Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
  • Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health
  • Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

Laura Henkle, MD (2025-2028)

  • Program: Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
  • Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
  • Residency: University of California (Irvine)

Rishi Jaswaney, MD (2025-2028)

  • Program: Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
  • Medical School: Rush Medical College of Rush University
  • Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital

Lan Jiang, MD (2025-2028) Lan Jiang's NameDrop

  • Program: Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
  • Medical School: University of Kentucky College of Medicine
  • Residency: Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Danielle Brewer, MD

Danielle Brewer, MD (2023-2026) Danielle Brewer's NameDrop

  • Program: Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
  • Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
  • Residency: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
  • Research: The association of preterm birth across three generations of non-Hispanic Whites and African-Americans in Chicago
Kristina Thompsen, MD

Kristina Thompsen, MD (2023-2026) Kristina Thompsen's NameDrop

  • Program: Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
  • Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine , Philadelphia, PA
  • Residency: Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL
  • Research: Nutritional management of infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia during periods of acute infection
Lydia Vielmetti, MD

Lydia Vielmetti, MD (2024-2026)

  • Program: Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
  • Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine, MD
  • Residency: Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL
  • Research: Social Development in High-Risk NICU Graduates with Moderate to Severe Neuroimaging Abnormalities
Melanie Wielicka, MD, PhD

Melanie Wielicka, MD, PhD (2023-2026) Melanie Wielicka's NameDrop

  • Program: Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
  • Medical School: Medical University of Gdask Faculty of Medicine, Poland
  • Residency: University of Chicago, Comer Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL
  • Research: Nailfold Capillaroscopy: Can it help detect infants at risk for BPD and BPD-PH? - AAP Marshall Klaus Award 2025
Shannon Adams-Hartung, MD

Shannon Adams-Hartung, MD (2024-2027) Shannon Adams-Hartung's NameDrop

  • Program: Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
  • Medical School: Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
  • Residency: Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL
  • Research: Institutional Culture at the Limit of Viability: A Multi-Center Mixed Methods Study – AAP Marshall Klaus Award 2025
Kat Ludwig, MD

Kat Ludwig, MD (2024-2027)

  • Program: Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
  • Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  • Residency: UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA
  • Research: Nasal Microbiome Diversity in Infants at 6-12 Months: Influence of NICU Stay and Respiratory
Lorena Ostilla, MD

Lorena Ostilla, MD (2023-2027) Lorena Ostilla's NameDrop

  • Program: Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
  • Medical School: Universidad Central de Venezuela Escuela de Medicina Jose Maria Vargas, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
  • Residency: Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL
  • Research: Understanding mucosal microcirculatory and inflammatory mechanisms contributing to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
Katie Phillips, MD

Katie Phillips, MD (2024-2027) Katie Phillips's NameDrop

  • Program: Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
  • Medical School: Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Rochester, MN
  • Residency: New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
  • Research: Impact of neonatal murine PVM infection on innate immune system training and subsequent influenza A viral infection

Past Fellows

First Position After Graduation

Cameron Boyd, MD (2022-2025): Attending Physician – Pediatrix, Fort Worth, TX

Imran Ilahi, DO (2022-2025): Assistant Professor in Neonatology, Yale University

John Mascari, MD (2022-2025): Assistant Professor in Neonatology, Cornell University

Spencer Millen, MD (2022-2025): Assistant Professor, U.S. Naval Hospital, Okinawa, Japan

Lucy Rubin, MD (2022-2025): Faculty, NorthShore University Health System, Illinois

Christina Kim, MD (2021-2024): Assistant Professor in Neonatology, Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital

Blair Simon, MD (2021-2024): Assistant Professor in Neonatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center 

Michael Reisfeld, MD (2021-2024): Assistant Professor in Neonatology, Yale University

Rachel Weinstein, MD (2021-2024): Assistant Professor in Neonatology, Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital

Katherine Bean, MD (2020-2023): Assistant Professor at Rush University, Chicago, IL

Tonia Branche, MD, MPH (2020-2023):  Assistant Professor of Neonatology, Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL

Ashley Kimble, MD (2020-2023): Faculty at University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Anne Smazal, MD (2020-2023): Attending Physician, Newborn Care Partners, Milwaukee, WI

Ivana Brajkovic, MD (2019-2022): Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

Jacqueline Meadow, MD (2019-2022): Faculty, University of Michigan Health System

Rianna Riffle, MD (2019-2022): Faculty, NorthShore University Health System, Illinois

Dan York, MD (2019-2022): Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT

Ryan Carpenter, MD (2018-2021): Advanced Training, Cardiology Fellowship, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital/McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Maxwell Mathias, MD (2018-2021): Neonatology Faculty, Oklahoma University, Oklahoma City, OK

Monti Sharma, MD (2018-2021): Pulmonology Fellow and Neonatology Faculty, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE 

Davlyn Tillman, MD (2018-2021): Neonatology Faculty, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Aaron Weiss, MD (2017-2020): Instructor in Neonatology , Nemours Children’s Hospital, Orlando, FL

Kendall Ulbrich, MD (2017-2020): Instructor, Northshore Health Systems, Evanston, IL

Katie Hanson, MD (2017-2020): Instructor, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Andrew Franklin, MD (2016-2019): Clinical Assistant Professor, Northshore Health Systems, Evanston, IL

Stephanie Marshall, MD (2016-2019): Instructor in Neonatology, Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL

Kshama Shah, MD, MPH, MA (2016-2019): Instructor, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Bimal Chaudhari, MD, MPH (2015-2018): Faculty, Genetics & Neonatology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH

Gaston Ofman, MD (2015-2018): Neonatology Faculty, Oklahoma University School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK

Susan Slattery Chioffe, MD (2015-2018): Instructor in Neonatology and Autonomic Medicine, Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL

Jill Chang, MD (2014-2017): Instructor in Neonatology, Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL

Justyna Grothaus, MD (2014-2017): Assistant Professor in Neonatology, Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL

Suzanne Suprenant, MD (2014-2017): Adjunct Assistant Professor UNC-Chapel Hill and Attending Neonatologist Mission Health, Asheville, NC

Rakhee Bowker, MD (2013-2016): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Shayna Hibbs, MD (2013-2016): Assistant Professor in Neonatology, Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL

Grace Lin, MD (2013-2016): Attending Neonatologist, Pediatrix Medical Group of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Rachel Purdy-Heilman, MD (2013-2016): Attending Physician, Newborn Care Partners, Miwaukee, Wisconsin

Sushmita Yallapragada, MD (2012-2015): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

Arika Gupta, MD (2012-2015): Assistant Professor in Neonatology, Northwestern University/Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL

Silena Chapman, MD (2012-2015): Attending Physician, U.S. Naval Hospital, Okinawa, Japan

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