
Welcome to the newest faculty members of the Department of Pediatrics! We are fortunate to welcome 18 new primary faculty members and 3 clinical associates this academic year, whose diverse areas of expertise will build upon the remarkable dedication to excellence in clinical care, education, research and advocacy that characterizes our Pediatrics community.
Cardiology

Reid C. Chamberlain, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Cardiology
Previous institution: Duke University Medical Center
[Start date: 07/01/2021]
Critical Care Medicine

Omar Alibrahim, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Critical Care Medicine
Previous institution: University of Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
[Start date 08/01/21]

Katherine Cashen, DO
Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics
Division of Critical Care Medicine
Previous institution: Children’s Hospital of Michigan, DMC
[Start date: 07/01/2021]

Tobias Straube, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Critical Care Medicine
Previous institution: Duke University Medical Center
[Start date: 07/09/2021]
Emergency Medicine

Kyle Cecil, MD
Medical Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics
Division of Emergency Medicine
Previous institution: WakeMed Health & Hospitals
[Start date 08/01/2021]

Emily Greenwald, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Emergency Medicine
Previous institution: Colorado Children’s Hospital
[Start date: 07/12/2021]

Larissa Truschel, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Emergency Medicine
Previous institution: Boston Children’s Hospital
[Start date: 09/07/2021]
Infectious Diseases

Melissa Campbell, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Infectious Diseases
Previous institution: Yale New Haven Hospital
[Start date 08/01/2021]
Medical Genetics

Aditi Korlimarla, MBBS
Medical Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics
Division of Medical Genetics
Previous institution: Duke University Medical Center
[Start date: 09/01/2021]
Neonatology

Agnes Chao, MD
Clinical Associate in the Department of Pediatrics
Division of Neonatology
Previous institution: Duke University Medical Center
[Start date: 07/09/2021]
Neurology

Daniel Kenney-Jung, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Neurology
Previous institution: University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital
[Start date: 10/1/2021]

Shital Patel, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Neurology
Previous institution: Baylor College of Medicine
[Start Date: 09/01/2021]

Jeffrey Russ, MD, PhD
Medical Instructor and Neurology Research Fellow in the Department of Pediatrics
Division of Neurology
Previous institution: UCSF Medical Center
[Start date 09/01/2021]
Primary Care Pediatrics

Adam Blatt, MD, PhD
Medical Instructor and Co-Chief Resident in the Department of Pediatrics
Division of Primary Care Pediatrics
Previous institution: Duke University Medical Center
[Start date: 07/01/2021]

Anna E. Williams, MD
Medical Instructor and Co-Chief Resident in the Department of Pediatrics
Division of Primary Care Pediatrics
Previous institution: Duke University Medical Center
[Start date: 07/01/2021]
Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine

Tariq Sharif Muzamil Ali-Dinar, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
Previous institution: Nemours Children’s Health System
[Start date 08/01/2021]

Shatha Wajih Jamil Yousef, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
Previous institution: Nemours Children’s Health System
[Start date: 08/15/2021]
Rheumatology

Mary Buckley, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Rheumatology
Previous institution: Duke University Medical Center
[Start date: 09/15/2021]
Transplant and Cellular Therapy

Cameron Baldes, MD
Clinical Associate in the Department of Pediatrics
Division of Transplant and Cellular Therapy
Previous institution: Duke University Fuqua School of Business (Pediatric Residency from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta)
[Start date: 07/19/2021]

Andrea Bauchat, DO
Medical Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics
Division of Transplant and Cellular Therapy
Previous institution: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
[Start date 08/01/2021]

Kelsey Quinn, DO
Clinical Associate in the Department of Pediatrics
Division of Transplant and Cellular Therapy
Previous institution: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
[Start date: 07/01/2021]