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#Peds Faculty

#ABPNS-certified
Faculty
Cases
/Year
Fellow Cases
/Year
Residents On Service #In-patient
APPs
Accreditation
Status
As Of
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Northwestern University
Sandi Lam
None
29
5
5
926
438
4
6
Accredited
10/01/26
Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital
Phoenix, AZ
Barrow Neurological Institute
Ruth Bristol
Jennifer Ronecker
None
12
6
6
763
253
2
5
Accredited
10/01/26
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Harvard University
Scellig Stone
None
33
11
9
1187
416
4
11
Accredited
10/01/26
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston and Scottish Rite
Atlanta, GA
Emory University, Atlanta GA
Barunashish Brahma
None
15
8
6
1558
343
2
7
Accredited
10/01/26
Children's Hospital of Alabama /UAB
Birmingham, AL
University of Alabama
Brandon Rocque
None
24
4
4
815
374
2
1
Accredited
10/01/26
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
University of Southern California
Susan Durham
Virendra Desai (Assistant PD)
None
19
4
4
595
431
1
2
Accredited
10/01/26
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
University of Pennsylvania
Greg Heuer
Adam Kundishora (Assistant PD)
None
36
7
6
1643
547
3

Accredited
10/01/26
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center / Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
University of Pittsburgh
Taylor Abel
Ian Pollack (Associate PD)
None
27
4
2
666
413
3
3
Accredited
10/01/26
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO
University of Colorado
Mohammed Alshareef
Todd Hankinson
None
17
7
7
1123
427
1
8
Accredited
10/01/26
Children's Medical Center Dallas
Dallas, TX
University of Texas Southwestern
Dale M. Swift
Brett Whittemore (Assistant PD)
None
25
6
4
710

1
6
Accredited
10/01/26
Children's National Medical Center
Washington, DC
George Washington University
Hasan Syed
None
5
6
5
604
333
3
4
Accredited
10/01/26
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
University of Cincinnati
Francesco T. Mangano
Smruti Patel (Associate PD)
None
17
6
3
1079
315
2
15
Accredited
10/01/26
Doernbecher Children's Hospital / Randall Children's Hospital
Portland, OR
Oregon Health & Science University
Jesse Winer
None
6
6
5
616
257
2
5
Accredited
10/01/26
Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center
Durham, NC
Duke University School of Medicine
Stephanie Greene
None
5
5
4
500
346
2
1
Accredited
10/01/26
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario
University of Toronto
Peter Dirks
None
23
6
6
637
410
1-2
4
Accredited
10/01/26
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
St. Petersburg, FL
Johns Hopkins University
Matthew Smyth
Hassan Akbari (Assistant PD)
None
6
6
5
635
358
1
7
Accredited
10/01/26
Fellowship Program Location Affiliated Institution Program Director Program Deficiency Prior Fellows

#Peds Faculty

#ABPNS-certified
Faculty
Cases
/Year
Fellow Cases
/Year
Residents On Service #In-patient
APPs
Accreditation
Status
As Of
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Al Cohen
None
11
4
3
482
342
1
3
Accredited
10/01/26
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital / St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
Semmes Murphy
Paul Klimo Jr.
None
24
4
3
736
376
1
2
Accredited
10/01/26
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
Stanford, CA
Stanford University
Kelly Mahaney
Cormac O. Maher
None
11
4
3
564
342
1
2.5
Accredited
10/01/26
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Robert Naftel
None
2
4
4
653
429
1
1
Accredited
10/01/26
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH
The Ohio State University
Jonathan Pindrik
Albert Isaacs (Assistant PD)
None
9
5
5
773
347
2
7
Accredited
10/01/26
Children's Hospital of New York
New York, NY
Weill Cornell Medicine, Columbia University
Caitlin Hoffman
Neil A. Feldstein
None
2
5
4
610
305
1
3
Accredited
10/01/26
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Miami, FL
University of Miami
Toba Niazi
None
13
5
5
460
201
1
2
Accredited
10/01/26
NYU Langone Medical Center
New York, NY
New York University
David Harter
None
17
7
4
713
383
1
1
Accredited
10/01/26
Oklahoma Children's Hospital
Oklahoma City, OK
University of Oklahoma
Karl Balsara
clinical
1
4
1
649

1-2
2
Probation, not participating in 2026 match
10/01/26
Primary Children's Hospital
Salt Lake City, UT
University of Utah
Rajiv Iyer
None
29
4
5
871
483
2
2
Accredited
10/01/26
Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, IN
University of Indiana
Rabia Qaiser
None
15
6
5
795
335
2
6
Accredited
10/01/26
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA
University of Washington
Amy Lee
None
28
7
5
925

2
11
Accredited
10/01/26
St. Louis Children's Hospital
St. Louis, MO
Washington University
Jennifer Strahle
None
25
4
4
622
250
2
0
Accredited
10/01/26
UCSF - Benioff Children's Hospital
San Francisco & Oakland, CA
University of California San Francisco
Winson Ho
None
2
4
3
555

2
4
Accredited
10/01/26
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX
Baylor College of Medicine
William Whitehead
None
19
8
6
1250
400
3
8
Accredited
10/01/26
University of Texas – Houston
Houston, TX
UT-Houston
Manish Shah
Peter Yang
None
1
4
2
491
327
1
4
Accredited
10/01/26