Current Fellows | Emory School of Medicine

First Year Fellows

Erin Bolen, MD

Medical School: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science

Residency: Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Research Interests: palliative care and symptom management, improving end-of-life care

Jasmeka McCord, MD

Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine

Residency: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital at Children’s Healthcare System

Research Interests: Breastfeeding, Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes

Kristin Limpose, MD

Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine

Residency: Emory University School of Medicine

Research Interests: neurodevelopmental outcomes, disability, advocacy, antenatal-perinatal counseling

Desiree Leverette, MD

Medical School: Meharry Medical College

Residency: Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital

Research Interests: Decreasing health disparities in neonatal outcomes, maternal mental health and other social determinants impacting neonatal health, medical education

Second Year Fellows

Kaitlin Hannan, MD

Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University

Residency: Emory University

Research Interests: nutritional optimization for VLBW infants, increasing AKI recognition

Shenell Reynolds, MD

Medical School: VCOM-Auburn

Residency: University of North Carolina/North Carolina Children’s Hospital

Research Interests: advocacy, medical education, POCUS, simulation

Zach Whitt, MD

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia

Residency: University of Michigan/ C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital

Research Interests: Genetics and genomics in the critical care setting, perinatal genetic testing, and utilization of rapid genetic testing in the NICU

Third Year Fellows

Alyssa Blumenfeld, MD

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Hospital
Research Interest: Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, autism, ethics around edge of viability and quality if life, complex decision making and supporting families in crisis

Rekha Gupta, MD

Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
Research Interest: Neonatal pain and sedation, Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome and global health

Anand Salem, DO

Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
Research Interest: Dr. Salem is currently investigating transfusion related necrotizing enterocolitis and is interested in outcomes in premature infants.

Chrissie Sugimoto, MD

Medical School: University of California San Diego
Residency: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Research Interest: Dr. Sugimoto’s research interests include NICU follow up and infant outcomes after discharge from the NICU.

Research by Past Fellows

2020 Graduate

Maria Barbian: Antenatal Butyrate Supplementation Reduces Gastrointestinal Injury in Offspring

Alison Rose: Necrotizing Enterocolitis Totalis Differs From Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Presentation, Management and Outcomes

2021 Graduate

Sean Woods: Mucous Fistula Refeeding Promotes Earlier Enteral Autonomy in Infants with Small Bowel Resection

Anna Moen: Biomarkers of Acute Kidney and Hepatic Injury and Association with Adverse Outcomes in Infants Undergoing Therapeutic Hypothermia for Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy

2022 Graduate

Nitya Nair: Neonatal and Obstetric Provider Perceptions and Management at 22 Weeks’ Gestation

Sarah Tweddell: Red Blood Cell Storage Enhances Clearance Following Transfusion

Mattie Wolf: Trends and Racial and Geographic Differences in Infant Mortality in the United States Due to Necrotizing Enterocolitis, 1999 to 2020

2023 Graduate

Hope Arnold: Association Between Pre-Transfusion Hematologic Values and Death or Serious Bleeding in Infants with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy

Anisa Lakhani: Feeding Outcomes of Preterm Infants Discharged with Feeding Tubes

2024 Graduate

Matt Gillen: Post-operative acute kidney injury among neonates undergoing small bowel resection

Erica McArthur: Neonatal Risk Factors for Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Preterm Infants with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia from a National Database

Megan Stangeby: Incidence and Degree of Growth Failure Among Infants With Gastroschisis: A Multicenter Study