Department of Pediatrics
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Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation)
I am a clinical pediatric neuro-oncologist. I received my medical degree from Lake Erie College of Medicine in 2014 and completed Pediatric residency at Nicklaus Children's Hospital (Miami Children's Hospital) in 2017 followed by Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Stem Cell Transplant fellowship at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospita, with an advanced fellowship in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology in 2022. My clinical focus is the treatment of children and young adults with central nervous tumors and I have an academic interest in medical education.
Professor, Pediatrics (Dermatology), Dermatology
Anthony J. Mancini, MD is Professor of Pediatrics and Dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Head of the Division of Pediatric Dermatology at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, where he also serves as Associate Program Director for the pediatric dermatology fellowship training program. He is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Academy of pediatrics.
Dr. Mancini’s clinical and research interests include infantile hemangiomas, atopic dermatitis, acne vulgaris and pediatric education. He has published over 260 pe...
Assistant Professor, Neurology (Epilepsy/Clinical Neurophysiology), Pharmacology, Pediatrics
Dr. Carvill's lab uses genomic technologies, machine learning and high-throughput functional assays to define the molecular basis of epilepsy, including coding and non-coding variants. Her group also uses patient-derived stem cell models to study how rare variants in genes involved in epigenetic mechanisms cause epilepsy. She also co-directs the Adult Epilepsy Genetics Program with the goal of expanding neurogenetics research and facilitating genetic diagnoses for patients.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
My primary clinical and academic interests align in the development, implementation, adoption and evaluation of information systems and digital health tools to optimize care delivery for patients, eliminate workflow inefficiencies, and enhance the quality and safety of care.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Neurology and Epilepsy), Pediatrics (Palliative Care)
Dr. Talia Shear is a child neurologist and palliative care physician who works with children and their families to support values-based shared decision making and quality of life in the face of serious medical illness.
Professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases), Microbiology-Immunology
A major pediatric research priority and the long-term goal of my laboratory is the identification of the etiology and pathogenesis of Kawasaki Disease (KD), the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed nations. KD can result in coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) formation with resultant myocardial infarction and/or sudden death. Clinical and epidemiologic data are consistent with an infectious cause of KD, but the etiologic agent remains unknown.We hypothesize that a "new" virus enters through the respiratory tract and infects bronchial epithelium, traveling in macrophages ...
Professor, Pediatrics (Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine)
Robert Garofalo MD, MPH is a Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He is the founding Chief of the Division Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine at Lurie Children's Hospital and previously served as the hospital's director of adolescent HIV services. Dr. Garofalo founded and co-directs the Lurie Children’s Gender and Sexual Development Program. He received a B.S. from Duke University (1988), his M.D. from New York University School of Medicine (1992) and a M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Garofalo has >25 years o...
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Dr. Popovsky is a pediatric emergency medicine physician and serves as the Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness at Lurie Children’s Hospital. Her academic interests include pediatric emergency preparedness, critical care delivery in the emergency department and simulation. She is passionate about simulation development for mass casualty preparedness and response and how interdisciplinary teams can best prepare for low-frequency, high-stakes events. She is involved in local, regional, and national preparedness work through the Region V for Kids Disaster Center of Excellence, the Pediatri...
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Hospital-Based Medicine)
Dr. Mann is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the Division of Hospital-Based Medicine. Dr. Mann's clinical work focuses on the care of hospitalized children at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, as well as the outpatient management of non-emergency illnesses and injuries at Immediate Care. Dr. Mann is passionate about health equity. She is involved in efforts throughout the hospital to improve health disparities including serving as a co-investigator for the research project FEATS (Fostering Equity and Allyship Through Si...
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Hospital-Based Medicine)
Primary interests lie in Pediatrics, specifically newborn care and neonatology
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