Department of Pediatrics

Pediatric Critical Care Fellows

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Chief Fellows

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Divya

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Divya Sabapathy, M.D., M.P.H.

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  • Medical School: Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine 
  • Residency: University of Colorado Aurora
  • Academic Interests: Value-Based Care in Liver Transplantation
  • Personal interests: National park adventurer, sports enthusiast, narrative medicine, houseplants
Sarah

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Sarah Walter, M.D.

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  • Medical School: Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Oklahoma
  • Academic Interests: Health equity and prehospital medicine
  • Personal Interests: Eating good food, being outside in places both near and far from home, spending quality time with people I love
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Buria

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Buria Naeem, M.D.

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  • Medical School: Aga Khan University Medical College
  • Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch
  • Academic Interests: Outcomes after pediatric liver transplant and pulmonary hypertension
  • Personal Interests: Sketching, Painting, Interior decorating, Reading Novels, and Hiking
Kelsey

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Kelsey Stayer, M.D.

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  • Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
  • Residency: The Harriet Lane Residency Program at John Hopkins University 
  • Academic Interests: Microcirculatory failure in sepsis
  • Personal Interests: CrossFit, meditation and mindfulness, audiobooking
Daniel

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Daniel Hassumani, M.D.

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  • Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health
  • Academic Interests: Developing an educational module to accelerate competency in managing critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation
  • Personal Interests: Spending time with my family, snowboarding, running, cycling, triathlons, mountain biking, tennis, camping, audiobooks and good beer.
Kirby

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Kirby Deshotels, M.D.

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  • Medical School: School of Medicine at Louisiana State University Shreveport
  • Residency: Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital
  • Academic Interests: Coagulopathy in pediatric liver failure
  • Personal Interests: Running, skiing, and spending time with family
     
Louisa

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Louisa Sethi, D.O.

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  • Medical School: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine 
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus
  • Academic Interests: Resident education in the PICU
  • Personal Interests: I love music and going to concerts, art museums, knitting and rugby.
     
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Jordan

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Jordan Ashcraft, M.D.

Item Definition
  • Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine 
  • Residency: University of Alabama - Birmingham
  • Academic Interests: Palliative care and ethics in the ICU, simulation use in medical education 
  • Personal Interests: Running, sports of all kinds, exploring new foods, and hanging at the beach
Anjali

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Anjali Chadayammuri, M.D.

Item Definition
  • Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
  • Residency: Medicine-Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  • Academic Interests: Social influencers of health, implicit bias research, systemic biases affecting health outcomes
  • Personal interests: My dog, hiking, swimming, yoga, traveling, eating any and all types of food, cooking/baking/cake decorating, painting, crocheting, and reading for fun 
Amy

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Amy Dutko, M.D.

Item Definition
  • Medical School: University of Cincinnati  College of Medicine
  • Residency: Medicine-Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine 
  • Fellowship:  Pediatric Point-of-Care-Ultrasound at Baylor College of Medicine
  • Academic Interests: Point-of-care ultrasound
  • Personal Interests: Climbing, hiking, cooking
Maryam

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Maryam Gilpatrick, M.D.

Item Definition
  • Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine
  • Residency: Phoenix Children’s Hospital/ Maricopa Medical Center
  • Academic Interests: Predictive strategies in pediatric sepsis, bioethics
  • Personal Interests: Hiking/outdoors, TV sitcoms, making a Spotify playlist for any mood, audiobooks
Maki

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Maki Ishizuka, M.D.

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  • Medical School: Kanazawa University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Icahn school of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Elmhurst Hospital Center
  • Fellowship:  Pediatric Pulmonology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Academic Interests: Ventilation Strategy in Pediatric ARDS subtypes
  • Personal Interests: Hiking, snowboarding, cooking, piano
Marwa

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Marwa Mansour, MBBCh

Item Definition
  • Medical School: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville
  • Academic Interests: Medical nutrition therapy in critically ill children
  • Personal Interests: Biking, hiking, listening to classical music, arabic poetry and reading
Ellie

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Ellie Souganidis, M.D.

Item Definition
  • Medical School: John Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Fellowship:  Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine
  • Academic Interests: Sepsis, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and Quality Improvement
  • Personal Interests: Plants, traveling, puzzles
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Ezinne

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Ezinne Emeruwa, M.D.

Item Definition
  • Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons  
  • Residency:  Stanford University
  • Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University
  • Academic Interests: Global Health Access in Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Critical Care
  • Personal Interests: Travel, reading, premier league football, my dog
Sabrie

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Sabrie Howell, M.D.

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  • Medical School: Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
  • Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
  • Academic Interests: Neuro Critical Care - traumatic brain injury/abusive head trauma
  • Personal interests: Baking and decorating cakes, running, and eating at all the delicious restaurants in Houston
     
Nikki

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Nikki Lawson, M.D.

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  • Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
  • Residency: Baylor College of Medicine 
  • Academic Interests: Social Determinants of Health in the ICU
  • Personal Interests: Baking chocolate chip cookies, running, biking, audio books, playing with my dog Sadie
     
Sal

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Sal Maffei, M.D.

Item Definition
  • Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
  • Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
  • Academic Interests: Fluid overload and acute kidney injury in patients requiring mechanical ventilation
  • Personal Interests: Hiking, bouldering, exploring the outdoors with my wife and dog
     
Alisha

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Alisha Prystowsky, M.D.

Item Definition
  • Medical School: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
  • Residency: Tulane-Ochsner Pediatric Residency Program
  • Academic Interests: Determinants of outcomes in sepsis
  • Personal Interests: Hiking with my dog, cooking, softball, podcasts, spending time with my niece and nephews
     
Stephanie

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Stephanie Vazquez, M.D.

Item Definition
  • Medical School: American University of Antigua College of Medicine
  • Residency: Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital - Memorial Healthcare System
  • Academic Interests: Improving nutrition in ICU setting, breastfeeding medicine
  • Personal Interests: Spending time with family, traveling, beach time, dog lover and foodie
     
Luna

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Luna Vorster, M.D.

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Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas   
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Academic Interests: Global health, health equity, disaster medicine
Personal Interests: Travel, hiking, running, scuba diving, exploring Houston’s restaurants