Class of 2026, First Year Fellows
Aleksandra Adamczak, MD
Undergraduate |
Post-Graduate | Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Residency | Phoenix Children's Hospital
Email | aadamczak@health.ucsd.edu
Clinical and Research Interests | Patient oriented research involing delivery room and umbilical cord management with her mentor, Dr. Anup Katheria.
Laura Rose, MD
Undergraduate | Stanford University
Post-Graduate | University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
Residency | Stanford University
Email | l2rose@health.ucsd.edu
Clinical and Research Interests | To explore family-centered care in the NICU with her mentor, Dr. Henry Lee.
Jennifer Sanchez, MD
Undergraduate | California State University, Long Beach
Post-Graduate | St. George's University School of Medicine
Residency | University of California, Irvine/Children's Hospital Orange County
Email | jas234@health.ucsd.edu
Clinical and Research Interests | Medical education project embedded in Fellow as a Clinical Educator 2-year track with her mentors, Dr. Helen Wang and Dr. Jennifer Yu.
Errica Capossela, DO
Undergraduate | University of Delaware
Post-graduate | Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency | Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Cohen Children's
Email | ecapossela@health.ucsd.edu
Clinical and Research Interests | To
explore breast milk donation at the UC Health Milk Bank by bereaved mothers
with her mentors, Dr. Lisa Stellwagen and Dr. Krishelle Marc-Aurele.
Kevin Heringman, MD
Undergraduate |
Post-graduate | Universidad de San Martin de Porres Facultad de Medicina Humana, Peru
Residency | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Elmhurst Hospital
Email | kheringman@health.ucsd.edu
Clinical and Research Interests | To
evaluate clinical characteristics of babies with hypoxia ischemic
encephalopathy with his mentors, Dr. Jose Honold and Dr. Jeff Gold.
Ryan Sanchez, MD
Undergraduate | Spring Hill College
Post-graduate | Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Residency | Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital/Case Western Reserve University
Email | rysanchez@health.ucsd.edu
Clinical and Research Interests | Clinical
and research ethics. Planning to apply to the nine-month Mercy Children’s
Hospital Pediatrics Bioethics Certificate Program for his mentored scholarly
project.
Class of 2024, Third Year Fellows
Betty Pham, MD
Undergraduate | Stanford University
Post-Graduate | Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Residency | University of California, Irvine/Children's Hospital Orange County
Email | b6pham@health.ucsd.edu
Clinical and Research Interests | To determine the genetic and molecular mechanisms responsible for lung defects in congenital diaphragmatic hernia with her mentor, Dr. David McCulley. Dr. McCulley has generated new mouse models of Congenital Diaphragmic Hernia to identify the mechanisms of abnormal lung and pulmonary vascular development.
Carolyn Fall, MD
Undergraduate | University of California, Berkeley
Post-Graduate | University of California, Irvine
Residency | Loma Linda University
Email | cfall@health.ucsd.edu
Clinical and Research Interests | To explore the epidemiology of perinatal outcomes with her mentor, Dr. Tina Chambers. Dr. Chambers is a professor of pediatrics at UCSD and Vice Chair of Clinical Research for the Department of Pediatrics. She is a perinatal epidemiologist, whose research is focused on environmental exposures and pregnancy and child health outcomes including birth defects.
Ishani Jhamb, MD
Undergraduate | Government Medical College Chandigarh
Post-Graduate | Government Medical College Chandigarh
Residency | University of Nebraska Medical Center
Email | ijhamb@health.ucsd.edu
Clinical and Research Interests | To study pediatric brain disease conditions and understand causes to develop new treatments with her mentor, Dr. Joe Gleeson. Dr. Gleeson has directed research that has led to the identification of over 100 genetic causes of pediatric brain disease. His lab has spearheaded the Middle East Pediatric Brain Disease Cohort with more than 5000 families with recessive disease.