Education & Training

Pediatric Residency Program: Graduates

Recent pediatric residency graduates made a variety of career choices, including subspecialty training programs, private practice, academic positions, and hospitalist practices.

Recent Graduates' Career Choices

Class of 2009
Margaret Adair M.D. University of Tennessee College of Medicine M.B.A. University of Mississippi B.S. Christian Brothers University	Allergy/Immunology, Colorado
Staci Arnold M.D. Duke University School of Medicine M.B.A. Fuqua School of Business B.S. Spelman College	Hospitalist, Duke BMT, Full Academic Position
Alexandra Bentley M.D. University of Maryland School of Medicine B.S. Duke University Hometown: Towson, Maryland	Duke Faculty - DRH Hospitalist
Julie Cernanec M.D. Duke University School of Medicine B.S. Duke University	Cleveland Clinic Hospitalist
Diana Dolinsky M.D. Washington University B.S. Duke University	Duke Faculty, Combined Primary Care Faculty / ICGME Obesity Fellowship
Lisa Drinker M.D. Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Pennsylvania State University B.S. Ursinus College	Duke Neonatology Fellow
Brian Eichner M.D. State University of New York School at Buffalo School of Medicine B.S. Duke University	Duke Faculty, Primary Care Faculty
Khalil El-Chammas M.D. American University of Beirut B.S. American University of Beirut	GI Fellow at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Jill Fahrner M.D. University of North Carolina School of Medicine Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine B.A. Washington University, 1998	Genetics Fellowship at Johns Hopkins
Prem Fort M.D. University of North Carolina School of Medicine B.S. University of North Carolina	DRH Hospitalist Specialist
Melissa Hendricks M.D. State University of New York Stony Brook School of Medicine B.S. University of Rochester	Chief Resident, Full-Time Academic Position
Edward Johnson M.D. Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University B.S Johnson C. Smith University, 2002	Full Academic Position, Group Practice - Greenville, SC
Jason Johnson M.D. Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans B.S. Louisiana State University	Duke Pediatrics Cardiology Fellow
Laurie (McGregor) McWilliams M.D. Georgetown University School of Medicine B.S. Rochester Institute of Technology	Duke Allergy/Immunology Fellow
Patrice Richardson M.D. - Meharry Medical College School of Medicine B.S. - Howard University	Private Practice with Neil Cathcart in Henderson, NC
Kevin Watt M.D. University of North Carolina School of Medicine B.S. The University of the South	Duke PICU Fellow

Class of 2008
Sarah Bartz M.D. University of Michigan	Chief Resident, Duke Pediatric Residency Program 08-09
Alison Chapman M.D. Vanderbilt University	Neonatology Fellowship, Johns Hopkins
LaShawnda Doster M.D. Morehouse School of Medicine	General Pediatrics Practice, Georgia
Christoph Hornik M.D. Albert Ludwigs Universitat Freiburg	Combined Pediatric Cardiology and Critical Care Fellowship, Duke
Edwin Kim M.D. R.W. Johnson Medical School	Allergy and Immunology Fellowship, Duke
Suzanna Martin M.D. University of Texas at Houston Ph.D. University of Texas Biomedical	Moses Cone Pediatrics Emergency Department, Greensboro, NC
Suzanne McGoldrick M.D. Albert Ludwigs Universitat Freiburg	Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship, Seattle, Washington
Katherine McGoogan M.D. University of Miami School of Medicine	Pediatric Gastroenterology/Hepatology/Nutrition Fellowship, University of Florida
Dorothee Newbern M.D. Wake Forest University	Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship, Duke
Asha Payne M.D. Duke University M.P.H. University of North Carolina	Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship, DC Children's
Luise Rogg M.D. University of Texas Southwestern Dallas Ph.D. Rice University	Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Duke
Erin Wanner M.D. University of California-San Diego	Private Practice in Raleigh, North Carolina
Danielle Wyant M.D. University of Massachusetts	Moses Cone Pediatric Emergency Department, Greensboro, NC 08-09 Child Neurology Fellowship, Duke 09-12

Class of 2007
Kemba Baker M.D. University of Texas, Galveston	Pediatric Group, Houston, Texas
John Bates M.D. University of Alabama	General Pediatrics Practice, Union City, Tennessee
Jennifer Durand-Smith M.D. Baylor College of Medicine	Cary Pediatric Center, Fuquay-Varina, NC
Sarah Germana M.D. Harvard University	Chief Resident, Duke Pediatric Residency Program 07-08
Rabi Hanna M.D. University of Aleppo	Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Joseph Jackson M.D. University of Virginia	Hospitalist , Duke 07-08 Pediatrics Nephrology Fellowship, Johns Hopkins 08
Damilola Joseph M.D. Cornell University	Emergency Pediatric Medicine, Greensboro
Jimmy Lu M.D. University of Chicago Pritzer	Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Jessalyn Meeks M.D. Medical College of Georgia	Children's Medical Group, Atlanta, Georgia
Jameelah Melton M.D. Eastern Carolina University	General Pediatrics, Raleigh
Simone Porter M.D. Cornell University M.P.H. Columbia University	Preventative Medicine Residency, State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
May Slowik M.D. University of California, San Francisco	Duke Pediatrics Faculty, Southpoint Clinic
Brian Tinch M.D. Mercer University	Hospitalist, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Duke
Shawynte Vertilus M.P.H. New York Medical College	Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship, Duke
Christine Wu M.D. University of Maryland	Private Practice, Raleigh, NC

Class of 2006
Syed Ali M.D. Aga Khan University	Infectious Disease Fellowship, Vanderbilt, TN
Carissa Baker-Smith M.D. University of Pennsylvania	Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship, Duke
Malek El Yaman M.D. American University of Beirut	Pediatric Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota
Christopher Fortner M.D. University of Cincinnati	Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship, Duke
Jimmy Lu M.D. University of Chicago	Pritzer Chief Resident, Duke 06-07 Pediatric Cardiology Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Nancie McIver M.D. Mayo Medical and Graduate School	Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship, Duke
Afsaneh Pirzadeh M.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	PICU Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Shilpa Rajagopal M.D. University of Hong Kong	NRSA Primary Care Research Fellowship at UNC
Mark Roberts M.D. Medical University of South Carolina	General Pediatrics with Marion County Medical Center, South Carolina
William Sheehan M.D. Northwestern University	The Feinberg Allergy-Immunology Fellowship, Boston Children's Hospital
May Slowik M.D. University of California at San Francisco	Pediatric Chief Resident, '06 - '07, Duke
Jessica Sun M.D. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersy	Hospitalist, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Duke Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellow, Duke
Edwin Williamson M.D. Columbia University	Psychiatry Resident, University of California at San Francisco
Sara Winchester M.D. University of Virginia	Hospitalist, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Duke Pediatric Neurology Fellow, Duke

Class of 2005
Annette Ansong M.D. Howard University School of Medicine	Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship, Duke
Jeremy Baker M.D. University of Florida	Duke Faculty
Scott Bailey M.D. West Virginia University School of Medicine	Burlington Pediatrics, Private Practice
Terry Dixon M.D. Duke University School of Medicine	Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Duke
Rima Jarrah M.D. University of North Carolina Medical School	PICU Fellowship, CHOP
Rob Lenfestey M.D. University of North Carolina Medical School	NICU Fellowship, Duke
Emili Mack M.D. University of North Carolina Medical School	Time off
Nathalie Maitre M.D. Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine	NICU Fellowship, UNC-CH
Zainab Malik M.D. Aga Khan University	Pediatric ID Fellowship, Albert Einstein-Montefiore
George Manousos M.D. Duke University School of Medicine	DRH Hospitalist
Karin Minter M.D. Duke University School of Medicine	Burlington Pediatrics, Private Practice
Celeste Morley M.D. Harvard University	ID Fellowship, Washington University St. Louis Children's
Mahesh Netravali M.D. University of New York at Syracuse College of Medicine	Allergy-Immunology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Shefali Parmar M.D.	Year off followed by Anesthesia Residency at Duke University
Erica Peterson M.D. Duke University School of Medicine	Community Med-Peds Practice, Half Moon Bay

Class of 2004
Jane Ballet M.D. University of Cincinnati	Dermatology Residency, Duke
Erica Berger M.D. University of Wisconsin	Private Practice, Wisconsin
Debra (Gemza) Best M.D. Northwestern University	Private Practice, Raleigh
Millicent Booker M.D. University of North Carolina	Private Practice
Kathleen Greaney M.D. University of Maryland-New Jersey	Private Practice
Jill Helphinstine M.D. Indiana University School of Medicine	Academic Peds Faculty, Indiana University
Michelle Kuperminc M.D. New York Medical College	Hospitalist, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Duke
Syndey (Partin) Primis M.D. University of North Carolina	Critical Care Fellowship, Duke
Hermant Sharma M.D. Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons	Allergy-Immunology Fellowship, Johns Hopkins
P. Brian Smith M.D. Mercer University	Neonatology Fellowship, Duke
Bhavya Trivedi M.D. University of Miami	Cardiology Fellowship, Duke
Stephanie Wallace M.D. Yale University	Adolescent Fellowship, University of Alabama-Birmingham
Robin (Ackerman) Zenick M.D. University of Rochester	Private Practice, Wake Teen