Current and Past Fellows

Current Fellow

Kara Hoffman

Kara Hoffman, MD
Fellowship Dates: 2023-2024
MD: Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine
Residency: Duke University 
Current Role: Infant Complex Care Fellow, Duke University Medical Center

Infant Complex Care

Mike Evers, MD
Fellowship Dates: 2022-2023
MD: Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Residency: LSU – New Orleans Pediatric Residency Program
Current Role: 
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellow, University of New Orleans

Cecile Yama, MD
Fellowship Dates: 2021-2022
MD: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva
Residency: Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Current Role: Fellow, UCLA National Scholars Program

Elizabeth Heyward, MD
Fellowship Dates: 2020-2021
MD: Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
Residency: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Current Role: Neonatology Fellow, Duke University Medical Center

Elizabeth Montgomery Collins, MD, MPH, DTM
Fellowship Dates: 2019-2020
MD: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Louisville
Current Role: Associate Editor, Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Erin McGloin Shanahan, MD
Fellowship Dates: 2018-2019
MD: Texas A&M University College of Medicine
Residency: Duke University
Current Role: Attending Physician, WakeMed Special Infant Care Clinic

Mollie Warren, MD
Fellowship Dates: 2017-2018
MD: University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Residency: Tufts University School of Medicine, Baystate
Current Roles: Assistant Professor, Brigham and Women's Hospital
NICU Follow-up Program

Deesha Mago-Shah, MD
Fellowship Dates: 2014-2015
MD: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: Duke University
Current Roles: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Duke Department of Pediatrics
Program Director, Infant Complex Care Fellowship

Christine Ott, MD
Fellowship Dates: 2013-2015
MD: National University of Ireland
Residency: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Current Role: Medical Director, Children's Specialized Hospital

Alexandra Bentley, MD
Fellowship Dates: 2011-2012
MD: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: Duke University
Current Role: Attending Physician, WakeMed Special Infant Care Clinic

Kelly Carney, MD
Fellowship Dates: 2009-2010
MD: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Residency: Carolinas Medical Center
Current Role: Pediatrician, Raleigh Pediatric Associates

Taj Hadee, MD
Fellowship Dates: 2008-2009
MD: State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine
Residency: Children's Memorial Hospital
Current Role: Pediatrician, Adventist HealthCare

Neurodevelopment Track

Laura Edwards, MD
Fellowship Dates: 2016-2017
MD: Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
Residency: Duke University
Current Role: Neonatologist, WakeMed Hospital

Jennifer Benjamin, MD
Fellowship Dates: 2009-2010
MD: Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Residency: Alfred Dupont Hospital for Children
Current Roles: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Director, NICU Follow-up Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital