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Boston Children's Hospital welcomes 

36 talented new physicians...

Allergy/Immunology
 

Lisa Bartnikas, MD
Specialties: allergic rhinitis, allergy food challenges, allergy/immunology, anaphylaxis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, drug allergy, drug testing, eczema, food allergy, immunodeficiency, immunotherapy, multiple food allergies, pediatric immunology, severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome
Services/Programs: Allergy Program, Immunology Program
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Internship: Children’s Hospital Boston (Pediatrics)
Residency: Children’s Hospital Boston (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Boston (Allergy/Immunology)
Boston: 617-355-6117
 

Andrew MacGinnitie, MD, PhD
Specialties: allergic rhinitis, allergy/immunology, anaphylaxis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, drug allergy, food allergy, immunodeficiency, immunotherapy, pediatric immunology, severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome
Services/Programs: Allergy Program, Immunology Program
Medical School: University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine (Pediatric Medicine)
Residency: Boston Combined Residency Program (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Boston (Pediatric Allergy and Immunology)
Boston and Weymouth: 617- 355- 6117
 

Douglas McDonald, MD, PhD
Specialties: allergic rhinitis, allergy/immunology, anaphylaxis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, drug allergy, eczema, food allergy, immunodeficiency, immunotherapy, recurrent infections
Programs: Allergy Program, Immunology Program
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital (Pediatric Allergy and Immunology)
Boston: 617-355-6117
 

Cardiology

Joshua J. Blinder, MD
Specialty: cardiac intensive care
Services/Programs: Cardiovascular Program, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
MedicalSchool: University of Pennsylvania
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Pediatrics)
Fellowships: Hospital for Sick Children (Pediatric Critical Care), Texas Children’s Hospital (Pediatric Cardiology)
Boston: 617-355-7866

Kevin P. Daly, MD
Specialties: cardiac transplantation, heart failure, heart transplant
Services/Programs: Cardiac Inpatient Unit, Cardiology Outpatient Services, Heart Transplant Program
MedicalSchool: Columbia University
Residency: Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Boston (Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Failure and Transplantation)
Boston: 617-355-6329

Douglas Y. Mah, MD
Specialty: cardiac electrophysiology
Service/Program: Electrophysiology Service
MedicalSchool: McMaster University
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital (Pediatrics)
Fellowships: Children’s Hospital Boston (Pediatric Cardiology, (Pediatric Electrophysiology)
Boston: 617-355-6329

Alexander R. Opotowsky, MD, MPH
Specialty: adult congenital heart disease
Service/Program: Boston Adult Congenital Heart Service
Medical School: Columbia University
Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Internal Medicine)
Fellowships: Children’s Hospital Boston/Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston Adult Congenital Heart and Pulmonary Hypertension Service); Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Cardiovascular Medicine, Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension)
Boston: 617-355-6508

Diego Porras, MD
Specialty: interventional catheterization
Services/Programs: Cardiac Catheterization Labs, Cardiology Outpatient Services
MedicalSchool: Francisco Marroquin University
Residency: Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Boston (Interventional Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiology)
Boston: 617-355-6529

Developmental Medicine

Elizabeth Borges Harstad, MD, MPH
Specialties: ADHD, autism and other pervasive developmental disorders, developmental and behavioral pediatrics, learning disorders
MedicalSchool: Loyola Stritch School of Medicine
Residency: Ronald McDonald Children’s Hospital of Loyola University
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Boston (Pediatric Developmental Medicine)
Boston: 617-355-4125

Endocrinology

Melissa Crocker, MD, MBA
Program: Optimal Weight for Life (OWL) Program
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: Children's National Medical Center (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: National Institutes of Health (Pediatric Endocrinology)
Boston, Peabody and Waltham: 617-355-7476

Andrew Dauber, MD, MMSc
Specialty: growth disorders
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Boston Children's Hospital (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital (Pediatric Endocrinology)
Boston and Waltham: 617-919-2413

Katharine Garvey, MD, MPH
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Boston Combined Residency in Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital (Pediatric Endocrinology)
Boston: 617-355-7476

Rebecca Riba – Wolman, MD
Specialties: endocrinology, obesity
Program: Endocrinology Program
Medical School: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Residency: Boston Combined Residency Program, Children’s Hospital Boston/Boston Medical Center (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital (Pediatric Endocrinology)
 

 Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Nirav K. Desai, MD
Specialties: dyslipidemia, fatty liver disease, general gastroenterology, lipid disorders, obesity
Program: Preventive Cardiology Clinic
MedicalSchool: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children’s Hospital Boston
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Boston
Boston, Lexington, Manchester (CHaD), Peabody and Waltham: 617-355-6058

Michael J. Docktor, MD
Specialties: gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel disease
Program: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center
Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Residency: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Boston
Boston and Waltham: 617-355-6058

Maireade McSweeney, MD, MPH
Specialties: enteral feeding tubes, physician communication, quality improvement
MedicalSchool: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: Boston Combined Residency Program at Boston Medical Center and Children’s Hospital Boston (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Boston (Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition)
Boston, Manchester (CHaD) and Weymouth: 617-355-6058

Bram P. Raphael, MD
Specialties: home parental nutrition, intestinal failure, nutrition, nutritional deficiencies
Services/Programs: Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation (CAIR), Clinical Nutrition Service, Gastroenterology Clinic
Medical School: New York University
Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Boston (Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition)
Boston: 617-355-6058

Camilla Richmond, MD, MA
Specialty: complex care services
MedicalSchool: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Residency: Seattle Children’s Hospital
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Boston (Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition)
Boston and Waltham: 617-355-6058

Sabina Sabharwal, MD, MPH
Specialties: general pediatric gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel disease
MedicalSchool: University of Florida College of Medicine
Residency: Tufts Medical Center (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Havard Medical School (Pediatric Gastroenterology); Massachusetts General Hospital (Nutrition)
Boston, Lexington, Manchester (CHaD) and Waltham: 617-355-6058

Genetics

Audrey C Woerner, MD, MPH
Specialty: genetics
Program: Genetics Program
Medical School: Health Science Center Houston School of Public Health
Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center Houston (Pediatrics/Medical Genetics)
Boston and Weymouth: 617-355-4697
 

Hematology/Oncology

Allison F. O’Neill, MD
Specialties: hematologic malignancies, pediatric oncology
Program: Solid Tumor Program
MedicalSchool: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Boston Combined Residency Program, Children’s Hospital Boston/Boston Medical Center (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology)
Boston: 617-632-4202

Leo D. Wang, MD, PhD
Specialties: hematologic malignancy, hematology/oncology, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Programs: Hematology, Oncology, Stem Cell Transplantation
Medical School: Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology)
Boston: 617-632-4203
 

Nephrology

Deborah R. Stein, MD
Specialties: hypertension, nephrology
Programs: General Renal Program, Hypertension Program
MedicalSchool: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: Floating Hospital for Children, Tufts Medical Center (Pediatrics)
Fellowship: Harvard Medical School/Children’s Hospital Boston (Pediatric Nephrology)
Bostonand Waltham: 617-355-6129

Neurosurgery

Alan Cohen, MD, FACS, FAAP
Neurosurgeon-in-Chief
 

Specialties:brain tumors, craniofacial surgery, minimally invasive surgery, pediatric hematology, pediatric oncology, spinal cord tumors
MedicalSchool: Cornell University Medical School Residencies: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (Internal Medicine); New York University Medical Center (General Surgery, Neurological Surgery)
Boston: 617-355-6009

Shenandoah Robinson, MD, FAAP
Specialties: epilepsy surgery, spasticity
Medical School: Children’s Memorial Hospital
Residency: Case Western Reserve University, Department of Neurological Surgery (Neurosurgery)
Fellowships: St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University (Pediatric Neurosurgery); Case Western Reserve University (Neurosurgery Research)
Boston: 617-355-6009

Ophthalmology

Ankoor Shah, MF, PhD
Specialties: pediatric cataracts, pediatric glaucoma, retinoblastoma, strabismus
Programs/Services: Adults with Strabismus, Hemangiomas, Pediatric and Adult Strabismus Service, Pediatric Cornea, Pediatric Strabismus Service
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Neuroscience)
Residencies: Harvard Medical School Residency Program (Ophthalmology), Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School
Fellowships: Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School (Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus)
Boston, Peabody and Waltham: 617-355-6401

Orthopedics

Benton E. Heyworth, MD
Specialties: adolescent and young adult hips, general pediatric orthopedics, orthopedic surgery, sports medicine, trauma
Programs: Adolescent and Young Adult Hip Program, Orthopedic Program, Orthopedic Trauma Program, Sports Medicine
Medical School: Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: Hospital for Special Surgery (Orthopedic Surgery)
Fellowships: Children’s Hospital Boston (Pediatric Orthopedics); Massachusetts General Hospital (Orthopedic Sports Medicine)
Boston, Peabody and Waltham: 617-355-6021

Apruva S. Shah, MD, MBA
Specialties: brachial plexus, elbow injury, general pediatric orthopedics, hand and upper extremities, hand surgery, microvascular surgery, orthopedic surgery, shoulder injury, sports medicine, trauma
Programs: Brachial Plexus Program, Hand and Orthopedic Upper Extremity Program
Medical School: Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: University of Michigan (Orthopedic Surgery)
Fellowships: Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Children’s Hospital Boston; Massachusetts General Hospital (Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery)
Boston, Peabody, Waltham and Weymouth: 617-355-6021

Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement

Karen Watters, MB BCh BAO, MPH
Specialties: aerodigestive disorders, airway abnormalities and reconstruction, head and neck tumors, pediatric otolaryngology
Services/Programs: Center for Aero-Digestive Disorders (CADD), Center for Head, Neck and Skullbase Tumors,
Medical School: Harvard School of Public Health
Residency: Royal College of Surgeons
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Boston (Pediatric Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement)
Boston and Lexington: 617-355-4533
 

Psychiatry/Psychology

Michael Trieu, MD
Program:Inpatient Psychiatry
MedicalSchool: University of Arkansas (Medical Sciences)
Residency: University of Arkansas (Medical Sciences)
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Boston (Pediatric Psychiatry)
Boston: 617-355-6243

Rheumatology

Erin Janssen, MD, PhD
Specialty: pediatric rheumatology/immunology
Service/Program: Rheumatology Program
MedicalSchool: Duke University School of Medicine
Internship: Boston Combined Residency Program
Residency: Boston Combined Residency Program
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Boston (Rheumatology)
Boston: 617-355-6117