Pediatric Residency faculty
Caring for patients alongside residents at Advocate Children's Hospital - Oak Lawn are academic clinicians who are among the most highly regarded and accomplished physicians in Chicago, representing the full spectrum of pediatric subspecialties. They have been recruited from major teaching institutions throughout the country to a medical center with a vision of growth, quality health care, the opportunity for teaching and scholarly activity, and altruism.
Program leadership:
Mark Butterly, MD, FAAP (he/him/his)
Program Director, Vice-Chair
General Pediatrics and Academic Medicine Division Head
MD.: Loyola University
Residency in Pediatrics: Advocate Christ Medical Center
Academic Interests: Developmental Screening, Healthy Steps and Primary Care, Service Recovery, and Patient Satisfaction.
Sonali Mehta Patel, MD, FAAP (she/her/hers)
Associate Program Director
General Pediatrics and Academic Medicine
MD: University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine
Residency in Pediatrics: Advocate Christ Medical Center
Academic Interests/Projects: Pediatric Vision Assessment, Pediatric Oral health, Physician Wellness, and Cost Effective Care.
Kent Nelson, MD, FAAP (he/him/his)
Associate Program Director
General Pediatrics and Academic Medicine
MD: University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine
Residency in Pediatrics: Advocate Christ Medical Center
Academic Interests/Projects: Information Technology in Student and Resident Education, Continuing Medical Education
Ashley Colberg Sabo, MD, FAAP (she/her/hers)
Assistant Program Director
General Pediatrics and Academic Medicine
MD: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Residency in Pediatrics: Advocate Christ Medical Center/Advocate Children's Hospital-Oak Lawn
Academic Interests: Breastfeeding Medicine, Primary Care Education and Quality Improvement, and Mental Health Diagnosis/Treatment
Pediatric clinic attendings
Leah Van Slambrouck, MD, FAAP (she/her/hers)
General Pediatrics and Academic Medicine
MD: University of Illinois School of Medicine
Residency in Pediatrics: University of Chicago
Academic Interests: General Pediatrics and Preventative Medicine, Resident Education
Jeremy D. Daigle, MD FAAP (he/him/his)
General Pediatrics and Academic Medicine
MD: LSU School of Medicine - New Orleans
Residency: University of Chicago
Academic Interests: General Pediatrics, Resident Education, and Childhood Obesity
Clare Crosh DO FAAP (she/her/hers)
General Pediatric and Academics Medicine
DO: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine/Midwestern University
Residency in Pediatrics: Advocate Christ Medical Center/Advocate Children’s Hospital-Oak Lawn
Fellowship: General Academic Fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center
Academic Interests/Projects: Literacy, Early childhood education, Health equity, Medical Education, Advocacy
Pediatric hospitalists
Hospital-based faculty
Adolescent Psychiatry
Jyotsna Kilani, MD
Adolescent Medicine
Cathy Joyce, MD
Alexandria Holliday, MD
Huma Khan, MD
Allergy/Immunology
Javeed Akhter, MD
Cardiology
Rupali Gandhi, MD
Tarek Husayni, MD
Alex Javois, MD
Rohit Loomba, MD
Sunthorn Muangmingsuk, MD
Melissa Nater, MD
Dhaval Patel, MD
David Roberson, MD
Eleanor Ross, MD
Ira Shetty, MD
Andrew VanBergen, MD
Joshua Wong, MD
Frank Zimmerman, MD
Cardiovascular Surgery
Chawki El-Zein, MD
Child Protective Services and Abuse
Emily Sifferman, MD
Kimberly Souder, APN
Critical Care
Enrique Cifuentes, MD
Enzo Garcia, MD
Emily Dawson, MD
Ira Horowitz, MD
Ronald Kampanatkosol, DO
Travis Matics, MD
Sofia Padilla, MD
Molly Phillips, DO
Kara VonZychlin, MD
Kathleen Webster, MD
Developmental Pediatrics
Lauren Lindle, MD
Endocrinology
Brett Barrett, DO
Ola Kawadry, MD
Vidhya Vishwanathan, MD
Gastroenterology
Rajeev Nagpal, MD
Christopher Smith, MD
Genetics/Metabolism
George Hoganson, MD
Hematology/Oncology
Jason Canner, DO
Victoria Huff, APN
Lauren Kriedemann, APN
Ricarchito Manera, MD
Rebecca McFall, MD
Marie-Ellen Sarvida, MD
Meagen Weiss, APN
Infectious Disease
Alison Horynak, DO
Emily Keller, MD
Michael Tekippe, MD
Neonatology
Mohammad Alattar, MD
Ousama Dallal, MD
April Jones, MD
Richard Kampanatkosol, DO
Serguei Kishkurno, MD
Syed Khalil, MD
Kirsten Sorum, DO
Alexandra Wilson, MD
Nephrology
Priya Chandra, MD
Erin Kim, MD
Neurology
Ryan Coates, MD
Ammar Katerji, MD
Aliesje Sorgeloos, MD
Neurosurgery
Dimitrios Nikas, MD
Opthalmology
Javaneh Abbasian, MD
Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery
Terrance Wall, MD
Orthopedics
Prasad Gourineni, MD
Glenn Reinhart, MD
Kristina Walick, MD
Otolaryngolgoy/ENT
Rebecca Compton, MD
Valerie Cote, MD
Silvio Marra, MD
Jonathan Sherman, MD
Pain and Sedation
Kristi Waddel, APN
Kim Whitmeyer, APN
Palliative Care
Rani Ganesan, MD
Meggan Mikal, APN
Marcy Pluchar, APN
Pediatric Emergency Room
Sarah Herron, DO
Tim Ketterhagen, MD
Lucas McWilliams, MD
Nina Muhammad, DO
William Schroeder, DO
Shannon Staley, MD
Natalie Yapo, MD
Pediatric Dentistry
Janice Lubas, DDS
Pediatric Psychiatry
Khadija Khan, MD
Jyotsna Kilani, MD
Pediatric Surgery
Nikunj Chokshi, MD
Manish Raiji, MD
Carmelle Romain, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Roy Adair, MD
Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery
Carmelle Romain, MD
John Smetona, MD
Pulmonology
Javeed Akhter, MD
Zara Arain, DO
Shimoni Dharia, MD
Radiology
Joshua Finkle, MD
Thang Ngo, MD
Rheumatology
Melissa Tesher, MD
Telemedicine
Kathleen Webster, MD
Urology
Mark Faasse, MD
Monica Velasquez, MD