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Fellows

Class of 2026, First Year Fellows

  • Aleksandra Hibner, MD

    Aleksandra Hibner, MD

    Undergraduate | 
    Post-Graduate | Poznan University of Medical Sciences
    Residency | Phoenix Children's Hospital

    Clinical and Research Interests | TBD
  • Laura Rose, MD

    Laura Rose, MD

    Undergraduate | Stanford University
    Post-Graduate | University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
    Residency | Stanford University

    Clinical and Research Interests | TBD
  • Jennifer Sanchez, MD

    Jennifer Sanchez, MD

    Undergraduate | California State University, Long Beach
    Post-Graduate | St. George's University School of Medicine
    Residency | University of California, Irvine/Children's Hospital Orange County

    Clinical and Research Interests | TBD

Class of 2025, Second Year Fellows

  • Errica Capossela, DO

    Errica Capossela, DO

    Undergraduate | University of Delaware
    Post-graduate | Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
    Residency | Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Cohen Children's

    Clinical and Research Interests | To explore breast milk donation at the UC Health Milk Bank by bereaved mothers with her mentors, Dr. Lisa Stellwagen and Dr. Krishelle Marc-Aurele.
  • Kevin Heringman, MD

    Kevin Heringman, MD

    Undergraduate | 
    Post-graduate | Universidad de San Martin de Porres Facultad de Medicina Humana, Peru
    Residency | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Elmhurst Hospital

    Clinical and Research Interests | To evaluate clinical characteristics of babies with hypoxia ischemic encephalopathy with his mentors, Dr. Jose Honold and Dr. Jeff Gold.
  • Ryan Sanchez, MD

    Ryan Sanchez, MD

    Undergraduate | Spring Hill College
    Post-graduate | Saint Louis University School of Medicine 
    Residency | Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital/Case Western Reserve University

    Clinical and Research Interests | Clinical and research ethics. Planning to apply to the nine-month Mercy Children’s Hospital Pediatrics Bioethics Certificate Program for his mentored scholarly project.

Class of 2024, Third Year Fellows

  • Betty Pham, MD

    Betty Pham, MD

    Undergraduate | Stanford University
    Post-Graduate | Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
    Residency | University of California, Irvine/Children's Hospital Orange County

    Clinical and Research Interests | To determine the genetic and molecular mechanisms responsible for lung defects in congenital diaphragmatic hernia with her mentor, Dr. David McCulley. Dr. McCulley has generated new mouse models of Congenital Diaphragmic Hernia to identify the mechanisms of abnormal lung and pulmonary vascular development. 
  • Carolyn Fall, MD

    Carolyn Fall, MD

    Undergraduate | University of California, Berkeley
    Post-Graduate | University of California, Irvine
    Residency | Loma Linda University

    Clinical and Research Interests | To explore the epidemiology of perinatal outcomes with her mentor, Dr. Tina Chambers. Dr. Chambers is a professor of pediatrics at UCSD and Vice Chair of Clinical Research for the Department of Pediatrics. She is a perinatal epidemiologist, whose research is focused on environmental exposures and pregnancy and child health outcomes including birth defects.
  • Ishani Jhamb, MD

    Ishani Jhamb, MD

    Undergraduate | Government Medical College Chandigarh
    Post-Graduate | Government Medical College Chandigarh
    Residency | University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Clinical and Research Interests | To study pediatric brain disease conditions and understand causes to develop new treatments with her mentor, Dr. Joe Gleeson. Dr. Gleeson has directed research that has led to the identification of over 100 genetic causes of pediatric brain disease. His lab has spearheaded the Middle East Pediatric Brain Disease Cohort with more than 5000 families with recessive disease.