Team updates, October 2026
Welcome
The Department of Pediatrics is proud to add these clinicians and researchers to our team:
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- Hong Li, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Research Center
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- James Perucho, MD, Assistant Professor, Critical Care Medicine
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- Krystal Christopher, PhD, MA, Assistant Professor, Children’s Learning Institute
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- Paige A. Weir, PhD, Assistant Professor, Children’s Learning Institute
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- Hannah Eady, MS, CGC, Instructor, Medical Genetics
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- Sanjana Babu, MD, Staff Physician, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Promotions
Congratulations to these faculty from various divisions who have been promoted as of September 1, 2026 (listed alphabetically by first name).
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- Ankur Kamdar, MD, Professor, Rheumatology
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- Avichal Aggarwal, MD, Professor, Cardiology
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- Cheryl Varghese, MD, Associate Professor, Children’s Learning Institute
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- David Rodriguez-Buritica, MD, Professor, Medical Genetics
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- Haitham Al-Wahab, MD, Associate Professor, Critical Care Medicine
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- Jun Wang, PhD, Professor, Pediatric Research Center
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- Kim Cheung, MD, PhD, Professor, General Academic Pediatrics
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- Kiran Mallula, MD, Professor, Cardiology
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- Konstantinos Boukas, MD, Professor, Critical Care Medicine
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- Li Xiong, MD, DO, Associate Professor, Cardiology
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- Lindsay Holzapfel, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
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- Natalia Sanchez, MD, Associate Professor, General Academic
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- Rachel Miller, PhD, Professor, Pediatric Research Center
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- Roukaya Al Hammoud, MD, Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
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- Sandra McKay, MD, Professor, General Academic Pediatrics
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- Simi Abraham, MD, Associate Professor, Child Safety and Integrated Care
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- Sophia Tsakiri, MD, Professor, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
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- Stuart Fraser, MD, Associate Professor, Neurology
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- Vahid Serpooshan, PhD, Associate Professor with Tenure, Cardiology