Our Fellows
2021 – 2024
Jefferson Bedell, MD
Pediatric Residency: UT Health- McGovern Medical School – Houston, TX
Research Project: Examination of Resource Utilization on Moderate to Severe Cerebral Injuries in the Pediatric Population
Research Mentor: Chinyere O’Connor, MD
Dillon Burks, MD
Pediatric Residency: UT Health- McGovern Medical School – Houston, TX
Research Project: Viability of Transcutaneous CO2 Monitoring
Research Mentor: Alvaro Coronado Munoz, MD
![Andrea Heifner, MD](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2023/07/Andrea-website-2.jpg)
Andrea Heifner, MD
Pediatric Residency: Louisiana State University – New Orleans, LA
Research Project: Protocolized initiation of clonidine to prevent dexmedetomidine withdrawal: A prospective cohort study
Research Mentor: Thao Nguyen, DO
2022 – 2025
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Ankit Agarwal, MD
Pediatric Residency: Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital, University of Florida – Pensacola, FL
Research Project: Morphological changes of astrocytes in a model of neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage
Research Mentor: Brandon A. Miller, MD
![Ahmed Mafraj](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2023/07/Ahmed-website.png)
Ahmed Mafraj, MD
Pediatric Residency: Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center – Toledo, OH
Research Project: Biomarkers of sepsis-induced acute kidney injury
Research Mentor: Bibek Bista, MBBS
![Nikita Tripathi,MD](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2023/07/TripathiN_website.jpg)
Nikita Tripathi, MD
Pediatric Residency: Monmouth Medical Center – Long Branch, NJ
Research Project: Aerosolized endotracheal lidocaine to avoid intracranial pressure spikes in patients with severe traumatic brain injury
Research Mentor: Thao Nguyen, DO
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Mary Vetter, MD
Pediatric Residency: Tulane-Ochsner – New Orleans, LA
Research Project: Comparing TCOM readings in bronchiolitis patients on HFNC vs NIPPV
Research Mentor: Alvaro Coronado Munoz, MD
2023 – 2026
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Sapna Dharma, MD
Pediatric Residency: Maimonides Medical Center/Infants and Children’s Hospital of Brooklyn Program – Brooklyn, NY
Research Project: TBD
Research Mentor: TBD
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Aymen Mirza, MD
Pediatric Residency: Louisiana State University/ LSU Health Sciences Center- Shreveport, LA
Research Project: TBD
Research Mentor: TBD
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Carlos Vargas, MD
Pediatric Residency: Phoenix Children’s Hospital – Phoenix, AZ
Research Project: TBD
Research Mentor: TBD
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Chelsea Vaughn, MD
Pediatric Residency: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center- New Orleans, LA
Research Project:TBD
Research Mentor:TBD
Alumni
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Amanda McCarthy, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship – Houston, TX
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Janie Pierce, DO
Assistant Professor at UT Health-McGovern Medical School Pediatrics Critical Care Medicine- Houston, TX
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Vamshi Revuri, MD
Pediatric Intensivist at USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital – Mobile, AL
![](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2023/07/Jonathan-website.png)
Jonathan Runyon, MD
Pediatric Intensivist at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital- Hollywood, FL
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Ernesto Fernandez, MD
Pediatric Intensivist at Driscoll Children’s Hospital – Corpus Christi, TX
![](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2023/07/Juan.png)
Juan Jose Palacios Bucheli, MD
Pediatric Intensivist at Edinburg Children’s Hospital – Edinburg, TX
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Viswamitra Ragoonanan, MD
Pediatric Intensivist at Denver Health Center and Hospital – Denver, CO
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Satish Shah, MD
Pediatric Intensivist at Stormont Vail Health – Topeka, KS
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Bassam Albassam, MD
Pediatric Intensivist at King Fahd Hospital- Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
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John Leotaud, MD
Pediatric Intensivist at Driscoll Children’s Hospital – Corpus Christi, TX
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Morgan Doughty, MD
Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital- Tampa, FL
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Rachel Maurice, MD
Pediatric Intensivist at Valleywise Hospital – Phoenix, AZ
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Thao Nguyen, DO
Assistant Professor at UT Health-McGovern Medical School Pediatrics Critical Care Medicine- Houston, TX
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Haitham Al Wahab, MD
Assistant Professor at UT Health-McGovern Medical School Pediatrics Critical Care Medicine- Houston, TX
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Peter Scully, MD
Assistant Professor at UT Health-McGovern Medical School Pediatrics Critical Care Medicine- Houston, TX
![Bibek Bista, MD](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2021/07/DSC_5818-3-1.png)
Bibek Bista, MBBS
Assistant Professor at UT Health-McGovern Medical School Pediatrics Critical Care Medicine- Houston, TX
![David McMann, MD, MEd](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2018/07/McMann-picture-1.jpg)
David McMann, MD
Assistant Professor at UT Health-McGovern Medical School Heart Center ICU- Houston, TX
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Tin Toan Nguyen, MD
Assistant Professor at UCLA Health Science Center in the Pediatrics Critical Care- Los Angeles, CA