Our Alumni

Current Fellows

Elizabeth A. Beaty, MD
Liz Beaty is a third-year fellow. She received an undergraduate degree in Biology and Psychology from the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. She received her medical degree from the University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa, Florida. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at the University of South Carolina/Prisma Health Midlands Children’s Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina.

Andrew J. Farias, MD
Andrew Farias is a third-year fellow. He received an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. He received his medical degree from the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami, Florida where he stayed an extra year as a Chief Resident.

Grace Rovner, DO
Grace Rovner is a third-year fellow. She received an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She received her medical degree from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth, Texas. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois.

Andrew D. Walls, MD
Andrew Walls is a third-year fellow. He received an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He received his medical degree from the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Sreya Devabhaktuni, MD
Sreya is a second-year fellow. She received a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor or Surgery degree from Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute in Chennai, India. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at the University of Florida in Pensacola, Florida.

Priyanka Kharayat, MD
Priyanka is a second-year fellow. She received a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree from Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College in Uttar Pradesh, India. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Rachel K. Marlow, MD
Rachel is a second-year fellow. She received an undergraduate degree in Biology from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. She received her medical degree from the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City, Iowa. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska/Creighton/Children’s Joint Residency Program.

Oriana K. Wright, MD
Oriana is a second-year fellow. She received an undergraduate degree in Biology from Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, North Carolina. She received her medical degree from the McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in Houston, Texas. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health and Science Center at San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas.

Riley McCarthy, DO
Riley is a first-year fellow. She received an undergraduate degree in French Language, Culture, and Community from the Instuit Catholique de Toulouse in France. She received her medical degree from the Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at Phoenix Children’s.

Viktorya Tannenbaum, MD
Viktorya is a first-year fellow. She received an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry and Asian Studies from Northwestern University. She received her medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at Phoenix Children’s.

Caitlin Toohey, MD
Caitlin is a first-year fellow. She received an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Sciences from Marquette University. She received her medical degree from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

Rachelle Wood, DO
Rachelle is a first-year fellow. She received an undergraduate degree in Pre-Medicine from the University of Missouri Kansas City. She received her medical degree from the Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.

Alumni

Class of 2023

• Megan Fields, MD, Faculty Member, PICU, Phoenix Children’s, Phoenix, Arizona
• Kelsey Gladen, MD, Intensivist, PICU, Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center, Duluth, Minnesota
• Lauren Schopman, DO, Faculty Member, PICU, WVU Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia
• Gul Sher, MBBS, Faculty Member, CVICU, WVU Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia

Class of 2022

• Coby Bidwell, MD, Intensivist, PICU, Tucson Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona
• Frances Curran, MD, Fellow, CVICU Fellowship, Lurie Children’s, Chicago, Illinois
• Timothy Waer, MD, Intensivist, Pediatrix Critical Care of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
• Marc Zafferani, DO, Intensivist, PICU, St. Luke’s Children Hospital, Boise, Idaho

Class of 2021

• Zachary Goldstein, MD, Faculty Member, PICU, Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, Ohio
• Michael Lintner Rivera, MD, Faculty Member, PICU, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Nina Salfity, MD, Faculty Member, PICU, Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Rudolph Wong, MD, Intensivist, Pediatric Cardiac Intensivists of North Texas, Dallas, Texas

Class of 2020

• Lindsay Blick, MD, Faculty Member, PICU, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
• Matthew Carter, DO, Faculty Member, PICU, Phoenix Children’s, Phoenix, Arizona
• Emina Cufurovic, DO, Fellow, CVICU Fellowship, Phoenix Children’s, Phoenix, Arizona

Class of 2019

• Aline Branca, MD, Fellow, CVICU Fellowship, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
• Javod Sheikhizadeh, MD, Fellow, CVICU Fellowship, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, England
• Elizabeth Diaz, MD, Faculty Member, PICU, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

Class of 2018

• Renee Devor, MD, Fellow, CVICU Fellowship, Phoenix Children’s, Phoenix, Arizona
• Ashley Scheffer, MD, Fellow, CVICU Fellowship, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
• Kendra Wheeler, MD, Faculty Member, PICU, Baylor Scott & White McClane Children’s Medical Center, Temple, Texas

Class of 2017

• Nellie Farrington, MD, Faculty Member, PICU, Valleywise Health, Phoenix, Arizona
• Eleanor Gradidge, MD, Faculty Member, PICU, Ochsner Hospital for Children, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Dustin Monroe, MD, Director and Faculty Member, PICU, MountainStar Children’s Services, Orem, Utah

Class of 2016

• Erin Kreml, MD, Faculty Member, PICU, Phoenix Children’s, Phoenix, Arizona

Class of 2015

• Harjot Bassi, MD, Fellow, CVICU Fellowship, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, Stanford, California
• Amit Misra, MD, Faculty Member, PICU, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania