Current Pediatric Critical Care Fellows

1st Year Fellows

  • Juan Pablo Arocho Gonzalez, MD

    1st Year Fellow
    Pediatric Critical Care

    Medical School: University of Medicine and Health Sciences in St. Kitts
    Residency: University of Puerto Rico Medical Campus, Pediatric Residency
    Academic Interest: Neurocritical care, palliative care, and education

  • Janelle Buysse, DO

    1st Year Fellow
    Pediatric Critical Care

    Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
    Residency: Advocate Children's Hospital - Oak Lawn
    Academic Interests: Single ventricle infant outcomes, neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants following neonatal repair of congenital heart disease

  • Emily Hargrave, MD

    1st Year Fellow
    Pediatric Critical Care

    Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
    Residency: Nationwide Children's Hospital/The Ohio State University
    Academic Interests: Transfusion, ECMO, and bioethics in ICU

  • Heidi-Marie Kellock, MD

    1st Year Fellow
    Pediatric Critical Care

    Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
    Residency: University of Maryland
    Academic Interests: ED-PICU Collaboration, Toxicology, Transport

2nd Year Fellows

  • Emily Fretz, MD

    2nd Year Fellow
    Pediatric Critical Care

    Medical School: Saint Louis University School of Medicine
    Residency: University of Michigan Pediatrics
    Academic Interests: Medical education, physician wellness, and end of life care

  • Jennifer Laws, MD

    2nd Year Fellow
    Pediatric Critical Care

    Medical School: St. Louis University School of Medicine 
    Residency and Chief Residency: Pediatrics - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Academic Interests: Curriculum Development, Point of Care Ultrasound, Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Mike Santarelli, MD

    2nd Year Fellow
    Pediatric Critical Care

    Medical School: Wake Forest School of Medicine
    Residency: Pediatrics - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Academic Interests: Medical education, Sepsis and septic shock, improving response to in hospital clinical deterioration and resuscitation

  • Laura Smallcomb, MD

    2nd Year Fellow
    Pediatric Critical Care

    Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
    Residency: Internal Medicine & Pediatrics - Medical University of South Carolina
    Academic Interests: Cytokine storm syndromes, ethics, point of care ultrasound

3rd Year Fellows

  • Subhendu De, MD

    3rd Year Fellow
    Pediatric Critical Care

    Medical School: Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
    Residency: Emory University Department of Pediatrics
    Academic Interests: Pediatric Medical Device Design; Advanced Technologies; Shock

  • Alonso Marron, MD

    3rd Year Fellow
    Pediatric Critical Care

    Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch
    Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School
    Academic Interests: Resident and fellow education; Point-of-care ultrasound; Extubation readiness trials

  • Abhinav Totapally, MD

    3rd Year Fellow
    Pediatric Critical Care

    Medical School: Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
    Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
    Academic Interests: Near Fatal Asthma; Extra-Corporeal Therapies

  • Allison Weatherly, MD

    3rd Year Fellow
    Pediatric Critical Care

    Medical School: University of Virginia 
    Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Academic Interests: Early mobility; Long-term functional outcomes; PICS