Cassandra Coleman, MD

Cassandra
Coleman
MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Neonatology
Delivery Address
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
11111
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9544
cassandra.coleman@vumc.org

Neonatal acute kidney injury, Neonatal adrenal insufficiency

Specialty
Neonatology
M.D.
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Residency
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Heidi-Marie Kellock, MD

Heidi-Marie
Kellock
MD
1st Year Fellow
Pediatric Critical Care
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
5121
Nashville
Tennessee
37236

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

Emily Hargrave, MD

Emily
Hargrave
MD
1st Year Fellow
Pediatric Critical Care
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
5121
Nashville
Tennessee
37236

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

Janelle Buysse, DO

Janelle
Buysse
DO
1st Year Fellow
Pediatric Critical Care
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
5121
Nashville
Tennessee
37236

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

Juan Pablo Arocho Gonzalez, MD

Juan Pablo
Arocho
Gonzalez
MD
1st Year Fellow
Pediatric Critical Care
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
5121
Nashville
Tennessee
37236

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

Phillip M. Thomas, MD, MEd

Phillip
M.
Thomas
MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Emergency Medicine
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
1025
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9001

Dr. Thomas' research is focused on improving procedural skill proficiency for healthcare providers. He also enjoys teaching local emergency medical service (EMS) providers how to care for acutely ill pediatric patients in the community.

phillip.thomas.1@vumc.org

Medical student and resident education, Procedural training, EMS education and training

M.D.
University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, TN
Residency
Eastern Virginia Medical School- The Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA
Fellowship
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
M.Ed.
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Bertha C. Elias, PhD

Bertha
C.
Elias
PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Neonatology
Delivery Address
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
11111
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9544
bertha.elias@vumc.org

Ph.D.
Cell Biology, Genetic Toxicology, and Developmental Biology - Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India

Anna Hughes, MD

Anna
Hughes
MD
Instructor in Clinical Pediatrics
Outreach Medicine
Delivery Address
2141 Blakemore Avenue
Nashville
Tennessee
37212-3505
anna.hughes@vumc.org

Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, Chronic lung conditions

M.D.
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
Residency
Pediatrics - Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Sabrina Carro, MD

Sabrina
Carro
MD
1st Year Fellow
Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Areas of Interest: My area of interest is primarily focused on clinical informatics including medical documentation and workflow efficiency, but also how it can improve the care we provide to patients.

Fellowship Project Ideas: My current project ideas are centered around asthma management and healthcare utilization.

Presentations and Publications from Residency Projects:

Publications

Presentations

  • Carro, S., Milota, S., Hahn, D., Rogers, A., Bauer, S. The Empty SmartLink Solution: A QI Initiative to Improve H&P Documentation Using Clinical Decision Support. Poster #H12. Society of Hospital Medicine CONVERGE, Nashville, TN. 04/08/2022
  • Carro, S., Milota, S., Hahn, D., Rogers, A., Bauer, S. The Empty SmartLink Solution: A QI Initiative to Improve H&P Documentation Using Clinical Decision Support. Poster #307. Pediatric Academic Societies, Denver, CO. 04/24/2022
  • Wilson, K., Roman, M., Carro, S., Miller, K., Jhin, A. Utilization of a Resident Resource Guide for Social Determinants of Health Screening. Pediatric Resident Quality Improvement Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 05/2023
  • Carro, S., Devine, F., Harman, E. The Documentation Burden of Sepsis. Pediatric Resident Quality Improvement Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 05/2023

Personal Interests: There are so many! I love spending time outside—gardening, running, camping/backpacking, and hiking. The indoor activities I enjoy include cooking, weaving, and doing puzzles (jigsaw, crosswords, sudoku). I also like live music and going out to eat—things I will definitely find here in Nashville.

Why I Chose Vanderbilt: One reason I chose Vanderbilt is because of the support they can provide me outside of hospital medicine. I wanted to spend a large majority of my individualized curriculum in informatics and Dr. Derek Williams and Dr. My-Linh Ngo were able to show me how and what that would look like. Additionally, I felt like I could see myself fitting in with the section. On interview day, I could tell the section was close-knit and welcoming. This became even more apparent when My-Linh set up an impromptu Facetime after the Match and again when she and the current fellows at the time set up a social hour for the entire section when I came down to Nashville to find housing. I can’t wait to spend more time exploring my new city as well!

Delivery Address
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
11108B
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9000

Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin; Children’s Wisconsin
Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Undergraduate: University of Miami