Duke Pediatrics had the pleasure of celebrating the 2025 graduating residents and fellows at a graduation and awards ceremony held during Grand Rounds on Tuesday, June 17th. The Department of Pediatrics extends congratulations and thanks to this exceptional group of physicians and scientists. As you embark on your specialty, we hope you will look back on your Duke training as a crucial and influential part of your education. Congratulations to all of the graduates!
Graduating Pediatrics Residents
- Philip Carmon, MD - Chief Resident
- Samantha Curtis, MD - Chief Resident
- Jocelyn Baumel, MD
- Will Besley, MD
- Nica Carson, MD
- Jenny Chen, MD
- Alison Conca-Cheng, MD
- Marriam Elfakahany, MD
- Kenza El Marzouki, MD
- Sarah Fagan-Kellogg, DO
- Megan LeBlanc, DO, MS
- Jedidiah Mahan, DO
- Jasmin Martin, MD
- Haleigh McBride, DO
- Cameron Nolan, MD
- Mary Frances Weeks, MD
- Shannon Williams, DO
- Rachel Wolfe, MD
- Elizabeth Woodburn, MD
Graduating Medicine-Pediatrics Residents
- Samantha Collins, MD
- Amber Fleck, MD
- Julia Hiserodt, MD
- Karen Lin, MD
- Aashutos Patel, MD
- Courtney Richman, MD
Graduating Fellows and Subspecialty Residents
Pediatric Allergy-Immunology
- Geoffrey Hall, DO
Assistant Professor
Division of Allergy and Immunology
Department of Pediatrics
Duke University - Samantha Cresoe-Ortiz, MD
Private Practice - Benjamin Stewart-Bates, DO
Assistant Professor
Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health
Winston-Salem, NC
Clinical Biochemical Genetics
- Molly Crenshaw, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC - Monika Williams, MD
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
Genetics and Genomics
- Neelam Makhijani, MD, MBBS
Assistant Professor
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC
Pediatric Cardiology
- Christopher Atkins, MD, MMSc
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC - Sam Littlejohn, MD
Pediatric Cardiology Research
Duke University - Henry Foote, MD
Critical Care Fellowship
Duke University
Cardiology Imaging
- Meredith Sooy-Mossey, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Interventional Cardiology
- Najveen Alvi, MBBS
Faculty Position
Kansas City, MO
Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care
- Matthew Foglia, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Makenzie Hamilton, DO, MA
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Duke University - Jacqueline Jones, MD
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Miami, FL - Elizabeth Thompson, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Duke University
Pediatric Endocrinology
- Alice Basin, MD
Assistant Professor
Albany Medical Center
Albany, NY
Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Annette Roberts, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Atrium Health
Levine Children’s Hospital
Charlotte, NC
Advanced Pediatric Hematology Oncology Research
- Marissa Just, MD
Division of Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Riley Children's Hospital
Indianapolis, IN
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
- Erin Ramoutar, MD
Columbia University / New York Presbyterian
New York, NY - George Turco, MD
MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital
Charleston, SC - Hutton Chapman, MD
Assistant Professor
Duke University
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Hannah Hrobuchak, MD
Pediatric Palliative Care
Complex Care
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Tessa Barclay, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA - Adam Blatt, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital
Charlotte, NC
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Laura Calvo, MD
Assistant Professor
Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
Hollywood, FL - Dana Peralta, MD
Palliative Care Fellowship
Duke University - Audrey Zeis, MD
Infant Complex Care Fellowship
Duke University
Infant Complex Care
- Kathryn Cain, MD
Assistant Professor
Duke University
Pediatric Nephrology
- Anna Williams, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Nephrology
Duke University
Child Neurology
- Rubens Garcia, MD
Pediatric Epilepsy & Neurology Specialists
Tampa, FL - Joseph Painter, MD
Epilepsy Fellowship
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC - Shivani Shah, DO
Epilepsy and EEG Fellowship
Columbia University Hospital
New York, New York
Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine
- Marán Hernandez-Rodriguez, MD
Assistant Professor
Duke University
Durham, NC
Pediatric Rheumatology
- Yike Jiang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Duke University
Durham, NC
Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
- Shaikha AlQahtani, MD
Sidra Hospital
Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
Awards
- Appleseed Award from Medical Students
Interns: Natasha Ramaswamy
JAR: Wesley Gregory, Alexis Schuck
Seniors: Will Besley, Marriam Elfakahany
- Robert P. Drucker Excellence in Teaching Awards
Interns: Margaret Sulzbach
2nd Year: Wesley Gregory
3rd Year: Jed Mahan, Marriam Elfakahany
- Aditee P. Narayan Excellence in Educational Leadership Award
Sarah Fagan- Kellogg
- YT and Alice Chen Awards
Fellow Discovery in Science: Derek Zachman, Meredith Sooy-Mossey
Resident Research: Shane Clark
Resident Education: Sarah Fagan-Kellogg
Resident Patient Care: Karen Lin
- NICU Award
Interns: Imran Elmaarouf
JAR: Joe Goddu
Seniors: Jed Mahan
- PICU Award
Alexa Kleist
- Karen Frush PEM Resident Award
Jed Mahan
- Arena-Palumbo Division Teaching Award
Infectious Diseases
- Samuel L. Katz Faculty Award
Heather McLean, Hospital Medicine
- Michael M. Frank Fellow Teaching Award
Adam Blatt, Infectious Diseases
- Deborah Kredich Resident Teaching Award
Sarah Fagan-Kellogg
- Del Wigfall Community Champion Award
Emmi Lavassani
- William Bell Award
Karen Lin
- SAR Talk Award
Jed Mahan, Julia Hiserodt
- Senior Class Special Recognition
David Tallonm, APRN-NICU
- James A Stockman Award
Nicole Carson