Kheyandra D. Lewis, MD, MEd, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine and serves as Vice Chair of Faculty and Professional Development at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, where she leads initiatives to support faculty growth and professional success. She earned her BS in Biology from Philadelphia University, her MD…
Dr. Kathryn Lemberg is a pediatric oncologist and physician-scientist in the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Lemberg’s research investigates metabolism in childhood cancer, with a focus on improving treatments and outcomes for patients with pediatric sarcomas and cancer predisposition syndromes, including neurofibromatosis type I (NF1). She…
Dr. Lara Leijser, MD PhD MSc, Neonatologist, is a clinician-scientist in Neonatology and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Calgary, with clinical and research expertise in neonatal neurology, neuro-imaging and child development. After completing a PhD on ‘Imaging the preterm infant’s brain’ (The Netherlands and United Kingdom) and residency training in Pediatrics, Dr….
Dr. Janessa Law is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatology at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital. Her research centers on neonatal brain injury and neurodevelopmental outcomes, with a particular focus on extremely preterm infants and those with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). She serves as Co-Principal Investigator on two active…
Dr. Kumar is the medical director of the Thrombosis, Anticoagulation and Vascular Patency Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School. After completing medical school at the University of Calcutta, he did his postgraduate training at SUNY Downstate, New York and the Mayo Clinic, Minnesota. In 2013,…
Dr. Prerna Kumar is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology. She completed her medical education at The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, her pediatrics residency at the University of Colorado Children’s Hospital Colorado, and her pediatric hematology/oncology…
Dr. Srinivas Kota is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and an investigator in the Neural Engineering/Neurotechnology track at the O’Donnell Brain Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA. His research focuses on predicting the severity of brain injury in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), a rare but…
Dr. Jennifer Klein is a pediatric and fetal cardiologist with a strong interest in health equity, with a particular focus on understanding the sociodemographic and maternal health factors that influence outcomes for mothers and their children with congenital heart disease (CHD). She earned her medical degree from Emory University and her Masters of Public Health…
Dr. Racha Khalaf is a physician-scientist specializing in clinical and translational research on gastrointestinal manifestations of cystic fibrosis. Her academic journey began at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Physiological Sciences with College Honors. She went on to earn her Doctor of Medicine at the University of…
Melissa C. Kay, PhD, MS, MPH, RD, CLC, is an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics and Epidemiology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina. She holds a Ph.D. in Nutrition Interventions and Policy with…
Dr. Nicole Kahn is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Adolescent Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington and an investigator in the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute. She received her PhD in maternal and child health from the Gillings School of…
Neha S Joshi, MD MS is an Instructor in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Stanford University. Her clinical responsibilities include caring for hospitalized children at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford as a board certified Pediatric Hospitalist, and neonatal resuscitation and the care of level I/II late preterm and term newborns as a Neonatal…