Our Fellows
2023 – 2026
Yara Neaimah, MD
Hometown: Metn, Lebanon
Medical School: LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
Pediatric Residency: American University of Beirut
Publication: Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of the Neonatal Sepsis Risk Calculator in a Tertiary Referral Center in Lebanon
2021 – 2024
Maria Gabriela Segura, MD
Home: 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: Bempegaldesleukin (BEMPEG; NKTR-214) efficacy as a single agent and in combination with checkpoint-inhibitor therapy in mouse models of osteosarcoma
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: Race/ethnicity, neighborhood socioeconomic status and cardio-metabolic risk
Class of 2024
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh/ID Connect
Publication: Two weeks of buspirone protects against posthypoxic ventilatory pauses in the C57BL/6J mouse strain
Zain Alamarat, MD
Class of 2021
Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Publications:
Murine Typhus Outbreak Presenting as Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
Class of 2019
Assistant Professor, UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School
Publication: Severe emm89 Group A Streptococcal Disease Characterized by Toxic Shock and Endocarditis