Clinical Interests: Cardiac hospitalist, imaging
Current Research Endeavors: Pulse oximetry screening, Racial and ethnic disparities in pulse oximetry, Global health programming, Risk prediction in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Personal Interests: Guitar, golf, exploring restaurants

Alexa was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended the University of Southern California where she studied theater and earned her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience. She continued her medical education at the University of California Irvine School of Medicine where she discovered her love for Pediatrics. She left California to complete her Pediatrics residency and a Chief residency at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. Alexa's interests include mechanical ventilation, medical education, and simulation.

Outside of the hospital, Alexa enjoys spending time with her husband and son. She enjoys cooking and exploring new recipes, riding her Peloton, and yoga.

James grew up in Bountiful, Utah. He spent two years in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he gained a love and respect for the culture and learned to speak Spanish. He later graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in chemistry. The white-capped mountains of Utah were traded in for the white-sand beaches of the gulf coast to attend Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Bradenton, FL. James has since settled with his family in Nashville at Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he completed pediatrics residency, in addition to a year as a chief resident. He is excited to continue training in pediatric pulmonology at VUMC, with a research interest in improving our understanding of rare lung diseases of childhood.

Outside of work, life revolves around his wife and children. Youth soccer games, swimming, bowling, and the many parks around Nashville fill their time. Audiobooks, involvement in teaching children at church, and benefiting from any product of his wife’s cooking are a few of his other pastimes. He is also passionate about serving the Spanish-speaking population, given his time spent in Argentina.

Presentations During Fellowship:

1. Jan. 2024 "It's Just Asthma... Right?," Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Case Conference Series, American Thoracic Society
2. Clegg J. Catamenial Hemoptysis: An Elusive Case of Recurrent Hemoptysis. ATS Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Case Conference. Jan 2025. Virtually presented from Nashville, TN.
3. Clegg J. Evaluation and Management of Chronic Cough. AAP Celebration of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine. Invited Lecture. February 2025. New Orleans, LA.
4. Clegg J. Evaluation of Management of Noisy Breathing. AAP Celebration of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine. Invited Lecture. February 2025. New Orleans, LA.

Honors and Awards:

1. Childhood Infections Research Program (ChIRP) T32 Training Program, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2024-Present)
2. Fellow Teaching Award, VUMC Department of Pediatrics (2024)