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Fellows outside Silla Del Toro tapas restaurant

Fellows attending the 2024-25 PICU Bootcamp

Fellows attending the 2026-27 PICU Bootcamp

Third Year Fellows

Alexandra Himes, DO

Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - Georgia Campus

Pediatrics Residency: Emory University School of Medicine

Academic Interests: Clinical deterioration, sepsis, hemato-oncologic patients, medical education

Personal Interests: Anything involving the Beltline, traveling and spending time with my friends and family (including my nieces & nephew), and football season (go packers!)

Lujain Al-Omari, MD

Medical School: University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine

Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch
Academic Interests: ECMO, healthcare management
Personal Interests: Reading, hiking, and archery

Kaydeen Morris-Whyte, MBBS

Medical School: University of the West Indies Faculty of Medical Sciences, Jamaica

Residency: Memorial Healthcare System/Joe Dimaggio Children’s Hospital
Academic interests: QI and Patient Safety, Sepsis
Personal interests: Trying to keep up with my son and I love cross country road trips with my family and dogs.

Maansi Malhotra, DO

Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
Academic interests: pocus, complex medical care ethics, quality improvement.
Personal interest: Absolutely anything to do with eating and cooking food, spending all my money at the farmer’s market.

Max Tarica, MD

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Residency: Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital
Academic Interests: point-of-care ultrasound, medical innovation, clinical education

Personal interests: getting active (hiking, basketball, softball, biking), trying to learn keyboard as slowly as possible, hanging out with family and friends

Second Year Fellows

Mary Helen Camp, MD

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
Academic Interests: ECMO, POCUS, Simulation Medical Education
Personal Interests: Spending time with my husband and two kids, reading, trying new restaurants, sweet treats always!!!

James Hunter Jackson, MD, MSc

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
Academic Interests: Respiratory Disorders, Medical Education, Translational Research
Personal Interests: Running, Restaurants, Traveling, Non-Fiction, Adventuring with my Dog

Mary Muffly, MD

Medical School: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
Academic Interests: MedEd, Quality Improvement, and Clinical Informatics
Personal Interests: Spending time outdoors, reading, and trying new recipes

Eliza Uster, MD

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Residency: Cohen Children’s Medical Center
Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship: University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
Academic interests: cardiac critical care
Personal interests: studying restaurant menus, watching The West Wing over and over, Bath & Body Works seasonal candles, reading, cooking, and finding new very strongly air-conditioned places to hang out in with my co-fellows!

Rachel Vaizer, MD

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Academic Interests: transfusion medicine, post-ICU syndrome (PICS-p), teaching medical students and residents
Personal Interests: exploring Atlanta with my pup, trying new restaurants (bonus if they have a nice rooftop bar), and traveling

First Year Fellows

Ahmed Rafay Afzal, MBBS

Medical School: King Edward Medical University, Pakistan
Residency: University at Buffalo
Academic Interests: Hepatology, nutrition, transplant medicine, and global health education.
Personal Interests: Outside of medicine, I enjoy all things anime, music, and video games, and I’m a big Buffalo Bills fan.

Julie Evans, MD

Medical School: Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
Residency: University of Virginia
Academic Interests: infectious disease, global health
Personal Interests: Running (currently on the hunt for the best Atlanta run club), reading, hiking, Pilates, Solidcore, watching reality TV with friends, sewing, traveling when I can, my perfect cat Eloise

Lydia Lissanu, MD

Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
Residency: Children’s National Medical Center
Academic Interests: I've done community health education, health disparities research, and global health work in med school and residency. I don't know my research project yet, but I'm excited to explore the many opportunities at CHOA and Emory.
Personal Interests: I love weight-lifting, long walks/naps, brunches with friends, and FaceTime-ing my big Ethiopian family (but especially my niece).

Stephanie Woods, MD

Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Academic Interests: ICU liberation, POCUS, Medical Education, Global Health
Personal Interests: Anything outdoors (hiking, backpacking, biking), painting, game nights with friends, hanging out with family and my puppy, Hazel!

Heather Xiao, MD

Medical School: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
Academic Interests: BMT and onco-critical care; ECMO; Advocacy and firearm safe storage
Personal Interests: Watercolor painting, dance, and lifting heavy circles at the gym