Our Fellows
2021 – 2024
Maria Gabriela Segura, MD
Hometown: Venezuela
Medical School: Universidad de Carabobo Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Valencia
Pediatric Residency: McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
Publication: Hennessy M, Wahba A, Felix K, Cabrera M, Segura MG, Kundra V, Ravoori MK, Stewart J, Kleinerman ES, Jensen VB, Gopalakrishnan V, Pena R, Quach P, Kim G, Kivimäe S, Madakamutil L, Overwijk WW, Zalevsky J, Gordon N. Bempegaldesleukin (BEMPEG; NKTR-214) efficacy as a single agent and in combination with checkpoint-inhibitor therapy in mouse models of osteosarcoma. Int J Cancer. 2021 Apr 15;148(8):1928-1937. doi: 10.1002/ijc.33382. Epub 2020 Nov 25. PMID: 33152115; PMCID: PMC7984260.
2022 – 2025
Sebastian Shrager, MD, MPH
Hometown: Boca Raton, FL
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada
Pediatric Residency: Broward Health, Boca Raton, Florida
Publication: Merkin SS, Karlamangla A, Roux AD, Shrager S, Watson K, Seeman T. Race/ethnicity, neighborhood socioeconomic status and cardio-metabolic risk. SSM Popul Health. 2020 Jul 23;11:100634. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100634. PMID: 32775593; PMCID: PMC7397689.
Class of 2024
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh/ID Connect
Publication:
Moore MW, Chai S, Gillombardo CB, Carlo A, Donovan LM, Netzer N, Strohl KP. Two weeks of buspirone protects against posthypoxic ventilatory pauses in the C57BL/6J mouse strain. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2012 Jul 31;183(1):35-40. doi: 10.1016/j.resp.2012.05.001. Epub 2012 May 15. PMID: 22595368.
Zain Alamarat, MD
Class of 2021
Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Publications:
Alamarat Z, Pérez N, Wootton S, Kamdar A, Smith K, Heresi GP, Chang M. Murine Typhus Outbreak Presenting as Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Dec;39(12):e447-e449. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002947. PMID: 33060516.
Alamarat ZI, Babic J, Tran TT, Wootton SH, Dinh AQ, Miller WR, Hanson B, Wanger A, Gary JL, Arias CA, Pérez N. Long-Term Compassionate Use of Cefiderocol To Treat Chronic Osteomyelitis Caused by Extensively Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Pediatric Patient. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020 Mar 24;64(4):e01872-19. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01872-19. PMID: 31871075; PMCID: PMC7179260.
Class of 2019
Assistant Professor, UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School
Publication:
Alramadhan M, Heresi GP, Flores AR. Severe emm89 Group A Streptococcal Disease Characterized by Toxic Shock and Endocarditis. Case Rep Infect Dis. 2019 Jan 21;2019:6568732. doi: 10.1155/2019/6568732. PMID: 30805230; PMCID: PMC6360552.
