Our Fellows

2022 – 2025

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, 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

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

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

Ryan Killebrew, MD

Pediatric Residency: Baylor College of Medicine Program – San Antonio, TX

Aymen Mirza, MD

Pediatric Residency: Louisiana State University/LSU Health Sciences Center – Shreveport, LA

Chelsea Vaughn, MD

Pediatric Residency: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans, LA

2024 – 2027

Maria Belen Cubria, MD

Pediatric Residency: University of Miami/Jackson Health System Program – Miami, FL

Katerina Lou Kellar, MD

Pediatric Residency: UTHealth San Antonio, Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine – San Antonio, TX

Areeba Zainab Makhdoom, MD

Pediatric Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals – Galveston, TX

Abigail Fuentes Melicor, MD

Pediatric Residency: Harlem Hospital Center – New York, NY