First Year Fellows:
Amy Cortis, MD
Medical School:
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit
Residency:
Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit
Other:
Enrolled in the MPH program, Wayne State University
Current Research Project:
Assessment of Thromboembolic Phenomena in Children
Publications:
Colletti LM, Cortis A, Lukacs N, Green M, Strieter RM. 1998. Tumor necrosis factor up-regulates intracellular adhesion molecule-1, which is important in the neutrophil-dependent lung and liver injury associated with hepatic ischemia and reperfusion in the rat. Shock. 10(3): 182-191, September 1998.
Ameer Hassoun, MD
Medical School:
University of Sana’a, Sana’a, Yemen, MB, BS
Residency:
Chief Resident, Department of Pediatrics
Columbia University Medical Center/Harlem Hospital Center, New York, NY
Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center/Harlem Hospital Center, New York, NY
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles/Abstracts:
Sulaiman DD, Hassoun AA.. Optimal Treatment of Hydatid Cyst, prospective trial using combined approach for pre and/or postoperative oral Bezimidazoles and conventional surgery. Yemeni journal for Medical Sciences. 2003 Dec; 3(1,2): 31-36.
Sulaiman DD, Hassoun AA. Giant Lipoma of the Breast, case report. Yemeni journal for Medical Sciences. 2003 Dec; 3(1,2): 77-79.
Poster Presentations:
Hassoun A, Cooper A (06/2009). Congenital spigelian hernia with bowel malrotation. A case report with literature review. 8th Annual Urban health conference. New York, NY
Basnet E, Hassoun A, Gandhi R. (03/2009). Retained Foreign Body and failure to thrive in a child with annular pancreas. Columbia University and Harlem Hospital research day. New York, NY
Hassoun A, Cooper A (03/2009). Congenital spigelian hernia with bowel malrotation. A case report with literature review. Columbia University and Harlem Hospital research day. New York, NY
Hassoun A, Sulieman D, Hassoun A. (11/2006). Use of systemic scolicidals [Bezimedazole] in hydatid cyst surgery. Poster presented at: 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; Atlanta, GA.
Kelly Levasseur, MD
Medical School:
Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine; Lansing, Michigan
Residency:
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Research Projects:
Evaluation of newborns with a fever
Silvija Pavlovic, MD
Medical School:
St. Christopher's College of Medicine in Senegal, Africa
Residency:
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Research: Pending
Second Year Fellows:
Bhawana Arora, MD, MPH
Medical School:
Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
Residency:
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Other: Certification in global health program, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI
Publications:
Case report on “Herpes Simplex Retinal Necrosis in an 18 year old girl” published in Pediatrics-in-Review, September 2008
Case report on “Arteriovenous Malformation of mandible in a 3 year old girl” accepted for publication in Pediatrics-in-Review, August 2010.
Case report on “The Serotonin syndrome- Need for Physicians’ Awareness” accepted for publication in the International Journal of Emergency Medicine
Current Research Project(S):
Dermination of Airway Pressures Using Heated High Flow Nasal Cannula Therapy in Moderate to Severe Bronchiolitis- A pilot study
Pediatric Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries: Is there a Role for methylprednisolone?
Board Certification:
American Board of Pediatrics, 2008
Katrina Iverson, MD
Medical school:
Oregon Health and Science University
Residency: University of New Mexico Hospital
Current Research Project: The Effect of Bedside Ultrasound on Management and Treatment of Soft Tissue Abscess in the Pediatric Emergency Department
Board Certification: Pediatrics, 2008
Rahul Kaila, MD, MPH
Medical School:
Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
Residency:
Marshfield Clinic / St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, Marshfield, WI
Other: MPH, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL, 2005.
Publications:
Abstract accepted at the AAP National Conference Exhibition (NCE) 2009 – Title - Natural History of Idiopathic Neonatal Hypertension, and the Long Term End Organ Effects in Children with Neonatal Hypertension
Current Research Project:
Post Discharge adverse events related to procedural sedation for diagnostic imaging in Children
Board Certification:
General Pediatrics, 2008
Third Year Fellows:
Vipul Garg, MD
Medical School:
Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica, West Indies
Residency:
Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth, Cleveland, Ohio
Research Project:
“Comparing education and training of Apparent Life Threatening Events among Adult EM programs and Pediatric EM programs”
Jyothi Lagisetty, MD
Medical School:
University of Alabama School of Medicine; Birmingham, AL
Residency:
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center; Newark, NJ (Residency in Emergency Medicine)
Research Projects:
Validity of automatic pelvic X-rays during standard trauma workup
Board Certifications: American Board of Emergency Medicine Board, 2008
Russ Radtke, MD
Medical School:
University of Illinois – Chicago
Residency:
Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
Research:
The Effects of Rapid Triage on Burn Care
Board Certification:
Pediatrics, 2007