Pediatric Rheumatology Current Fellows and Alumni

  • Catherine M. Deffendall, MD

    Clinical Fellow
    Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine

    Residency: Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2021
    Medical School: University of Kentucky
    Undergraduate: Centre College

  • Jordan Olivia Jackson, DO

    Clinical Fellow
    Pediatric Rheumatology

    Residency: Geisinger Medical Center, 2021-2025
    Medical School: Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine, 2017-2021
    Undergraduate: Campbell University, 2013-2017

Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Alumni (2018-2025)

2025

Emily Datyner, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of the Kings Daughters, Norfolk, VA

2024

McKenzie Vater, Pediatric Rheumatologist, Cincinnati Children's Hospital

2023

Doel Dhar, Pediatric Rheumatologist, Inova LJ Murphy Children's Hospital

2022

  • Tyler Reese, Associate Professor of Medicine, Rheumatology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Matthew Clark, Pediatric Rheumatologist, PRISMA Health, Greenville, SC

2021

N/A

2020

  • Jodi Dingle, Pediatric Rheumatologist, PRISMA Health, Columbia, SC
  • Ashley Blaske, Adult and Pediatric Rheumatologist, Arthritis Associates of Kingsport, TN

2019

Anna Patrick, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

2018

Alaina Davis, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center