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Nichell Tidwell

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)

I have more than 30 years experience as a Pediatrician and over the years have worked in both Suburban and Urban Hospital based setting. I also completed a 2 year Pediatric Emergency Room fellowship training. I am currently a clinical Instructor for several Clinical Education Courses for the medical students at Northwestern School of Medicine.  I have been involved with medical students over the past 10 years at Northwestern including co-advisor for the Pediatric interest group. I am the DEI co leader for the emergency room and help cooridinate topics and subjects of interest that pertain to o...

Defne A Magnetta

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Cardiology)

Dr. Defne Magnetta completed medical school at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. She then completed her Pediatrics Residency at The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh from 2013-2016. She completed her fellowship training in Pediatric Cardiology at The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh from 2016-2019 and served as Chief Pediatric Cardiology Fellow during her final year. Dr. Magnetta completed her Advanced Fellowship in Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplantation at Ann & Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago from 2019-2020, and remained as Faculty following he...

Nina L Alfieri

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care)

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...

Sandra M Sanguino

Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care), Medical Education

My primary interest is in the career advising of medical students.

Linda C Laux

Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Neurology and Epilepsy)

My clinical and research focus is epilepsy syndromes, genetics of epilepsy syndromes, and Dravet syndrome.

Bria Marielle Coates

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Critical Care)

I am a physician-scientist who specializes in pediatric critical care medicine. I received my MD from the University of Washington and completed my Residency in Pediatrics and Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at Northwestern University. I joined the faculty in the Pediatric Critical Care Division in 2011.

Diana Sieciechowicz

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Neurology and Epilepsy)

I am interested in all types of seizures/epilepsy particularly infantile spasms and medically refractory seizures.

Adam B Becker

Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Dr. Becker has extensive training and experience in the practice of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and has written a number of book chapters and articles on this approach to examining and addressing public health problems. He has applied this methodology to examine and address the impact of stressful community conditions on the health of women raising children, youth violence prevention, and the impact of the social and physical environment on physical activity. Dr. Becker serves as scientific lead for qualitative and evaluation research methods and community-engaged research in...

Courtney Anne Finlayson

Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology)

Dr. Finlayson is a pediatric endocrinologist with specific clinical and research interests in conditions affecting reproductive and sex development in pediatrics.  These include congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Klinefelter Syndrome, differences of sex development (DSD) and intersex conditions. She is the Medical Director of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Sex Development Program, the Medical Director of the Lurie Children’s Klinefelter Syndrome Program and a member of the Lurie Children’s Fertility Preservation & Hormone Restoration Program.  Dr. Finlayson studies diagn...

Susan S Woo

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Hospital-Based Medicine)

Dr. Woo is a pediatrician in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hospital Based Medicine. She works at Lurie Children's Hospital and Prentice Women's Hospital. She enjoys caring for a wide array of pediatrics patients, spanning from neonates to adolescents. 

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