Pediatric Residency Faculty

Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital offers you the most extensive pediatric resources in northeastern Pennsylvania, including the most pediatric specialties in the region. Faculty members are listed below by specialty.

Inpatient Pediatrics

Lindsey Kudenchak, MD – Rotation Leader, Inpatient Pediatrics

Leia DeRosato, DO

Liborio LaRussa, MD

Richard Mazzaccaro, MD

Melissa Brannen, MD

Kristen Prendergast, MD

Kris Rooney, MD 

Ihab Alamar, MD

Nishi Dedania, MD

Lauren Pepi, DO

David Cooperberg, MD 

Pediatric Critical Care

Jennifer Lutz, DO – Rotation Leader, PICU

Diane Begany, MD 

John Lindmark, DO 

Amy Lindmark, DO

Sabrina Logan, MD

Samuel Umaru, MD

Scott Wheatley, MD

Stephen Kong, DO

Margaret Yang, MD

Neonatology

Nachammai Chinnakaruppan, MD – Rotation Leader, NICU

Omer Choudry, MD

Rachel Flynn, MD

Wendy Kowalski, MD

Ophira Silbert, MD

Erika Yencha, MD

Marijo Zelinka, MD

Migdalia Resto, MD

Jennifer Zanchettin (Hsu), MD

Oluwatobi Adegboyega, MD

Liandra Presser, MD

Waseem Akhter, MD

Joshua Daniel, MD

Acute Care

Christopher Raab, MD – Rotation Leader, Global Health

Kimberly Brown, MD 

Anita Daniels-Rodriguez, MD

Adam Donnelly, MD

Kamini Kalola, DO

Anne Marie Coughlin, DO

Christine Wang, MD

Courtney Pinkham, MD 

Neelam Sarwar, MD

Julia Pensabene, DO 

Helen Gonzalez, DO

Jaechoon Kim, MD

Newborn Nursery

Kamini Kalola, DO – Rotation Leader, Newborn Nursery

Adam Donnelly, MD

Anne Marie Coughlin, DO

Nelaam Sarwar, MD

Christine Wang, MD

Julia Pensabene, DO 

Helen Gonzalez, DO

Jaechoon Kim, MD

Gastroenterology

Patrick Lin, MD – Rotation Leader, Gastroenterology

Joelynn Fitz, DO

Danielle Ferraguti, DO

Adam Paul, DO

Aishwarya Palorath, MD

Heemali Kramar, MD 

Endocrinology

Laurissa Kashmer, MD – Rotation Leader, Endocrinology

Resmy Gopi, MD

Stacey Beckford, MD

Ranita Kuryan, MD

Infectious Diseases

Tibisay Villalobos, MD – Rotation Leader, Infectious Diseases

Hina Zaidi, MD

Neurology

Muhammed Sheikh, MD – Rotation Leader, Neurology

Sri Halthore, MD

Hematology Oncology

Jacob Troutman, DO – Rotation Leader, Hematology Oncology

Nathan Hagstrom, MD

Morgan Day, DO

Kaleigh Hall, DO 

Pulmonary

Michael S. Schwartz, MD – Rotation Leader, Pulmonary

Jennifer Logan, MD

Courtney Quinlan, DO

Kaitlyn Kuntzman, DO 

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Elizabeth Mutter, DO – Rotation Leader, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Dhanalakshmi Ramasamy, MD

Pediatric Surgery

Daniel Relles, MD – Rotation Leader, Pediatric Surgery

Sri Chennupati, MD

Marybeth Browne, MD

Wellington Davis, MD

Michele Clement, MD

Roy Rajan, MD

Maxwell Newby, MD

Genoveffa Morway, DO 

Heather Grant, MD 

Benjamin Press, MD 

Valley Health Partners Children’s Clinic

Christopher Raab, MD – Rotation Leader, 17th Street 

Anita Daniels-Rodriguez, MD

Kamini Kalola, DO

Anne Marie Coughlin, DO

Adam Donnelly, MD

Nelaam Sarwar, MD

Christine Wang, MD

Courtney Pinkham, MD

Julia Pensabene, DO 

Helen Gonzalez, DO

Jaechoon Kim, MD

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Teresa Romano, MD  –  Rotation Leader, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Amy Dunn, DO 

Cathya Olivas Michels, MD

Eileen Quintana, MD

Susan Yaeger, MD

Kimberly Fugok, DO

Tasha Desai, DO

Duy Tran, DO

Joshua Rice, MD 

Beverly Anderson, MD 

George Nassar, MD 

Noreen Petrash, DO 

Brielle Skotnicki, MD 

Eileen Quintana, MD 

Radiology

Alexander Kowal, MD – Co-Rotation Leader, Radiology

Bret Kricun, MD – Co-Rotation Leader, Radiology

Michael Vichnin, MD

Neha Kothari, MD

Ross Myers, MD

Anesthesiology

BreeAnn Jensen, CRNA – Rotation Leader, Anesthesiology

Allergy and Immunology

Michael Ciliberti, MD

Robert Zemble, MD

Ulyana Trytko, MD 

Megan McCarty, MD

Cardiology

Louis Hansrote, MD – Rotation Leader, Cardiology

Ruchi Gupta, MD

Robert Palermo, DO

Yalile Perez, MD

Development – Behavior

Kimberly Kuchinski, MD

Sajani Sukhadia, MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Kimberly Kuchinski, MD 

Pediatric Nutrition

Heather Kistler, RD, LDN – Rotation Leader, Nutrition