Physician Spotlight: Dr. Gregory Plemmons

Building a sense of community at work is more important than ever before. When faculty know they are working within a community of people who share a common purpose, their efforts become more meaningful, and their purpose becomes more defined. A strong workplace community is a place where each person is respected and heard, feedback and participation is welcomed and encouraged, and people gather to connect. We asked Gregory Plemmons, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, to reflect on his long-running book club and its role in creating and maintaining community within the Department of Pediatrics.

JaLisa N. Decker, ScM, CGC

JaLisa
N.
Decker
ScM, CGC
Assistant in Pediatrics
Genetics
Delivery Address
Medical Center North
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Room / Suite
DD-2205
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-2579
jalisa.decker@vumc.org

ScM
Genetic Counseling - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/National Institutes of Health (2021)

Rachel Sullivan, MD

Rachel
Sullivan
MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Cardiology
Delivery Address
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
5230
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9119

Dr. Sullivan is a pediatric cardiologist with advanced training in pediatric pulmonary hypertension. Her research focuses on examining the role of pulmonary vasodilator therapies in the treatment of pulmonary vascular disease in patients with single ventricle congenital heart disease. She also has interest in evaluating the hemodynamics and treatments for pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital heart disease and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. As a member of the multi-disciplinary Vanderbilt Children’s Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Program and North American Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Network, she is involved in multi-institutional collaborative research on pediatric pulmonary hypertension.

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rachel.t.sullivan@vumc.org

Cardiology, Congenital heart disease, Pulmonary hypertension

Specialty
Cardiology, Pediatric
M.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin (2014)
Internship
Pediatrics - Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals (2015)
Residency
Pediatrics - Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals (2017)
Fellowships
Pediatric Cardiology - Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals (2020)
Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension - Stanford University (2021)

Saeed Mohammad, MD, MS

Saeed
Mohammad
MD, MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Director
Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Center, MCJCHV
Delivery Address
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
10th Floor
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9175

Dr. Mohammad is a pediatric transplant hepatologist whose focus is improving long-term outcomes in children with chronic liver disease. He studies quality of life and interventions to improve health outcomes in pediatric transplant recipients from infancy to young adulthood. He has led efforts to develop national consortia to help study rare liver diseases.

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saeed.mohammad@vumc.org

Biliary atresia, Alagille Syndrome, Portal hypertension, Autoimmune hepatitis, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, Fontan Liver Disease, Liver transplantation

Specialty
Pediatric Transplant Hepatology, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatrics
M.B.B.S.
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelors in Surgery (MBBS) - The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan (2003)
M.S.
Master of Science in Health Services & Outcomes Research - Northwestern University (2012)
Fellowships
Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship - McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University (2011)
Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Fellowship - McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University (2012)

DEI Advisory Committee March 2022 Update

Your DEI Advisory Committee has been hard at work! This 17-member group represents more than eight divisions and includes both residents and fellows. We collected information across the Department to identify the multitude of DEI initiatives underway. This resulted in close to 40 programs, and we think there are more that might not have been captured. We have created an accessible tool that will be posted on the DEI webpage so that you can identify others in the department working in areas where you also have an interest.

Karen L. Lakin, MD, MSPH

Karen
L.
Lakin
MD, MSPH
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Hospital Medicine
Section Head
CARE Team
Delivery Address
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
11108B
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9000
karen.lakin@vumc.org

Intersection of Domestic Violence and Child Abuse, Child Torture

M.D.
East Carolina University
M.S.P.H.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Rachel G. Robison, MD

Rachel
G.
Robison
MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Allergy/Immunology/Pulmonary Medicine
Delivery Address
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
11215
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9500

Dr. Rachel Robison is a pediatric allergist-immunologist with expertise in clinical research studies of asthma and food allergy. She has been a principal investigator and co-investigator on over 16 food allergy clinical trials studying therapeutic interventions for the disease. Dr. Robison directs the Food Allergy Program and is the VUMC site primary investigator of the Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) Clinical Network’s Food Allergy Collaborative of Tennessee and Virginia Discovery Center. Her research interests include the study of novel therapeutics for treatment of food allergy, immunotherapy and understanding how these therapies can be successfully integrated into real-world patient care.

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rachel.g.robison@vumc.org

Food allergy, Oral immunotherapy, Prevention/evaluation of early atopy

Specialty
Allergy & Immunology, Pediatric
M.D.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
Residency
Pediatrics - Northwestern-McGaw, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Fellowship
Allergy & Immunology - Northwestern-McGaw, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL