Hospital Medicine
Meet the Team

Meet the Hospital Medicine Team

The Division of Hospital Medicine at Cincinnati Children's is home to specialists with a variety of backgrounds and areas of focus. As a team, this diversity makes us better prepared to care for your child's unique needs.

Directors

Patrick W. Brady, MD, MSc

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Research improving situation awareness; a high reliability strategy; to improve the prediction, recognition, and treatment of deteriorating...

Karen E. Jerardi, MD, MEd

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Medical education; quality measure development

Faculty

Hazem Al-Hnawi, MD

Attending Physician, Department of Hospital Medicine
Research Interests
Pediatric Bioethics

Andrew F. Beck, MD, MPH

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Social determinants of health; disparities; population health; quality improvement; geography

Benjamin S. Bolser, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Alicia K. Caldwell, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Tara N. Calhoun, MD

Staff Physician I, Division of Hospital Medicine

Emilia Connolly, DO

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Stephanie Davis-Rodriguez, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Jennifer E. deSante-Bertkau, MD, MBE

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Clinical ethics

Meghan Fanta, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Patient safety; health disparities

Leslie Farrell, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Courtney A. Gilliam, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Medical education; diversity; equity; inclusion

Abbie Goodman, MD

Instructor, UC Department of Internal Medicine

Craig H. Gosdin, MD, MSHA

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Amy B. Guiot, MD, MEd

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Philip A. Hagedorn, MD, MBI

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Research clinical informatics; clinical research informatics; research informatics; decision support tools; patient safety; advanced data analytics;...

Lori Herbst, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Brian F. Herbst Jr., MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Daniel Herchline, MD, MSEd

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Medical education

Lisa E. Herrmann, MD, MEd

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Research medical education; interprofessional education; educational scholarship

Brittany B. Hubbell, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Anna J. Ipsaro, MD, MBE

Instructor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Jonathan Janiczek, MD

Instructor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Karen E. Jerardi, MD, MEd

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Medical education; quality measure development

Yemisi O. Jones, MD, MEd

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Matthew Kelleher, MD, MEd

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Benjamin R. Kinnear, MD, MEd

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Melissa D. Klein, MD, MEd

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Medical education; screening for unmet social needs

Yamini S. Kuchipudi, MD

Staff Physician, Division of Hospital Medicine

Danni Liang, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Sarah Luthy, MD, MSCS

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Trisha Marshall, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Katie A. Meier, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Quality improvement

Matthew J. Molloy, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Clinical decision support; clinical informatics; quality improvement; high value care; antimicrobial stewardship

Abigail Musial, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Handoffs; medical education; patient and family centered care; gender equity efforts in medicine

Michelle W. Parker, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Quality improvement; evidence based health-care; medical education; patient safety

Rachel J. Peterson, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Care of adults with conditions of childhood

Laura Piper, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Lisa Remer, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Sarah W. Riddle, MD, IBCLC, FAAP

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Amanda C. Schondelmeyer, MD, MSc

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Quality improvement; clinical research

Christine L. Schuler, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Avni Shah, MD

Instructor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE, MHM

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Kenna Sheak, MD

Instructor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Blair E. Simpson, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Katherine C. Soe, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Interface of hospital medicine and psychiatry; mental health education for pediatric providers; improving mental health care for hospitalized youth
Research Interests
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Sonya Tang Girdwood, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Pediatric clinical pharmacology; sepsis; model-informed precision dosing; IV to enteral antibiotic transition

Joanna E. Thomson, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Jennifer D. Treasure, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Ndidi I. Unaka, MD, MEd

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Population health; health equity; quality improvement; medical education

Michael T. Vossmeyer, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Dane C. Warner, MD, MPH

Instructor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Improving patient safety; reducing diagnostic errors.

Danielle E. Weber, MD, MEd

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Documentation; curriculum development; resident assessment

Fellows

James Bowen, MD

Clinical Fellow, Division of Hospital Medicine
Research Interests
Clinical reasoning; medical education

Carlos A. Casillas, MD, MPH

Clinical Fellow, Division of Hospital Medicine

Anne K. Jackson, MD, MPH

Clinical Fellow, Division of Hospital Medicine
Research Interests
Social and structural influences of health; infectious disease epidemiology

Joelle Kane, MD

Clinical Fellow, Division of Hospital Medicine

Sarah Khan, MD

Clinical Fellow, Division of Hospital Medicine

Michael Lugo, MD

Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Margaret Ridge, MD

Clinical Fellow, Division of Hospital Medicine
Research Interests
Health equity; health disparities; social determinants of health; quality improvement

Amanda Warniment, MD

Clinical Fellow, Division of Hospital Medicine
Research Interests
Clinical research; children with medical complexity; quality improvement

Ellie Young, MD

Clinical Fellow, Division of Hospital Medicine

Leadership

Laura Brower, MD, MSc

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Brian F. Herbst Jr., MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Lisa E. Herrmann, MD, MEd

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Research medical education; interprofessional education; educational scholarship

Brittany B. Hubbell, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Katie A. Meier, MD

Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Quality improvement

Michelle W. Parker, MD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Quality improvement; evidence based health-care; medical education; patient safety