Emily Singer, MD

Emily
Singer
MD
PGY-5
Child Neurology Residency Program

Emily grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. She attended Vanderbilt University where she majored in Neuroscience. After graduating, Emily spent a year in Guatemala working and exploring the country. She returned to Louisville for medical school and met her husband, Chad Singer. Chad is originally from Indianapolis and moved to Louisville for a job in the energy management business. Emily and Chad have a curly coated retriever named Ali who loves to hike and run. Emily is thrilled to be back in Nashville and can't wait to explore the city's ever-changing restaurants and music scene!

Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
11210A
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9559

Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University
Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine

Deepankar Mohanty, MD

Deepankar
Mohanty
MD
PGY-5
Child Neurology Residency Program

Deep was born in India and moved to Texas when he was very young, spending most of his childhood in Austin, Texas. He decided to stick around for his undergraduate education, attending the University of Texas. He first became interested in neuroscience there and went to Baylor for medical school intending to specialize in neurology. He discovered a passion for pediatrics as well in medical school, and is now very excited to be starting child neurology residency at Vanderbilt. In his free time, he enjoys following NBA basketball (big fan of the Phoenix Suns), cooking, and reading.

Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
11210A
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9559

Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine

Victoria Adeseye, MD

Victoria
Adeseye
MD
PGY-5
Child Neurology Residency Program

Victoria was born and raised in Houston, Texas. During her undergrad time at the University of Texas at Austin, Victoria spent plenty of Saturdays during the fall at UT Football games ( Hook 'em). When she was not attending a UT sporting event, she was working on earning her B.S. in Biochemistry and her minor in Business. Keeping the UT tradition, Victoria moved back home to Houston where she attended the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Victoria discovered the wonderful field of Child Neurology during her first year of medical school and is excited to start her training at Vanderbilt University. Victoria is excited to spend her time in Nashville and hopes to continue to enjoy some of her hobbies: Victoria is a huge foodie and loves to try new restaurants and new recipes, she also enjoys watching sporting events, theater productions, spending time outdoors hiking or at the beach, and traveling.

Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
11210A
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9559

Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin
Medical School: University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Stephanie L. Rolsma, MD, PhD

Stephanie
L.
Rolsma
MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Medical Center North
1161 21st Avenue South
Room / Suite
D-7219
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-2581

Dr. Rolsma has experience in microbiology, vaccine development, and clinical research, and her current research focuses on therapeutics and interventions in critically-ill patients and clinical trials.

She is currently leading studies to evaluate the utility of therapeutic drug monitoring of beta-lactam antibiotics in critically-ill pediatric and adult patients, including patients receiving intensive cardiac support and renal replacement therapy; to evaluate the safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in adults and children; and to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of an intranasal influenza vaccine in children.

Dr. Rolsma also works to address vaccine safety issues as part of the CDC Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment Project.

stephanie.l.rolsma@vumc.org

Pediatric Infections, Vaccines

Specialty
Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics
M.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Ph.D.
Microbiology and Immunology - Medical College of Wisconsin
Residency
Pediatrics - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Fellowship
Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Laura Russell, MD

Laura
Russell
MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Neonatology
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
11111
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9545
laura.n.russell@vumc.org

Prematurity, Parent Psychosocial Support, Parent Engagement

Specialty
Neonatology
M.D.
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Residency
Pediatric Residency - Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
Fellowship
Neonatal Perinatal Fellowship - Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN
Chief Fellow - Neonatal Perinatal Fellowship, Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, 2019-2020

Alison R. Carroll, MD, MPH

Alison
R.
Carroll
MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Hospital Medicine
Delivery Address
Doctors' Office Tower
2200 Children's Way
Room / Suite
11th Floor
Nashville
Tennessee
37232-9000

Dr. Carroll is a clinical and health services researcher. She is a AHRQ T32 Patient/pRactice Outcomes and Research in Effectiveness and Systems Science (PROgRESS) scholar and has received a Novice Research Grant from the Gerber Foundation to help support her current research on health literacy and discharge medication counseling which includes a randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy of a health literacy-informed communication intervention to reduce discharge medication errors in infants and young children. Dr. Carroll plans to submit a career development award which will focus on utilizing implementation science to reduce disparities in clinical outcomes for children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infections.

>> View Publications on PubMed

alison.carroll@vumc.org

Eliminating inequities in care delivery using implementation science to improve the clinical outcomes for hospitalized children with a focus on transitions of care, health literacy, and social determinants of health

Specialty
General Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine
M.D.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2015
Residency
Pediatrics - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2018
Chief Residency
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2019
Fellowship
Pediatric Hospital Medicine - Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2021
M.P.H.
Epidemiology - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2022