Meet our Fellows

Joudie Alwan, MD

Med school: Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon Residency American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon Hobbies: traveling & cooking Fun fact: Growing up, I've lived in four different cities across two continents, and I've collected a lot of stories along the way!

Shrushti Mehta, MD

Undergrad: University of Missouri-Kansas City Med school: University of Missouri-Kansas City Residency: Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital Hobbies: reading, boxing, learning how to make lattes Fun fact: I've never broken a bone!

Michael Herriges, MD

Undergrad: Lake Forest College, Illinois Med School: St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London, UK Residency: University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences Hobbies: None Fun fact: I'm getting married on the 4th of July!

Josh Green, MD

Undergraduate: Michigan State University Medical school: Oakland William Beaumont School of Medicine Residency: Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Hobbies: Punk rock/metal concerts, horror movies, Detroit sports, Disney enthusiast Fun fact: I’ve dislocated my shoulders 4x. Once wakeboarding, twice during concerts/mosh pits and once during a scary movie.

Jen Jamerino Thrush, MD

Undergrad: Oakland University Med School: Wayne State Residency: Akron Children's Hobbies: Cheering on Detroit sports teams, traveling with family, skiing Fun fact: I have been pulled on stage and asked to participate in the Las Vegas show Absinthe

Courtney Kelly, MD

Undergrad: Purdue University, West Lafayette IN Med school: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Sint Maarten Residency: Peyton Manning, Children's Hospital at Ascension, St. Vincent, Indianapolis, Indiana Hobbies: hiking, traveling, reading Fun fact: I have a 150 lb St. Bernard named Moose!

Brook Martell, MD

Undergrad: University of Minnesota - Duluth Med school: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine Residency: University of Connecticut at Connecticut Children's Hobbies: Reading, Hiking, metal detecting, boating Fun fact: My favorite TV show is a British comedy game show called Taskmaster

Kersten Bond, DO

Undergraduate: Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lansing, MI
Residency: Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI
Email: KBond3@dmc.org

Lea Dikranian, MD

Undergraduate: Université de Montréal, Canada
Medical School: St. George's University, Grenada, WI
Residency: Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
Email: ldikrani@dmc.org

Josh Kim, DO

Undergraduate: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (MSUCOM), East Lansing, MI
Residency: Pediatrics - University of Louisville - Louisville, KY
Email: JKim3@dmc.org

Recent Graduates

Class of 2024

Camila Ospina Jiminez, MD

Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Lilian Awad, DO

Norton Children’s Medical Group, Louisville KY

Christina Arand, MD

Cincinatti Children’s Hospital

Melissa Chiapetta, DO

Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, NY

Class of 2023

Jennifer Chalam, MD

Henry Ford St. John’s Healthcare, Michigan

Adam Hutnik, MD

Advocate Healthcare, Illinois

Karima Lelak, MD

Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Audrey Van de Wall, MD

Cincinatti Children’s Hospital

Class of 2022

David Geisinger, DO
University of Toledo Promedica, Toledo, OH

Batool Hussain, MD
Children’s Hospital at St Francis, Tulsa OK

Rasha Kazi, MD
Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI

Adam Singer, DO
Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI

Ryan Surujdeo, MD
Sparrow Children’s Hospital, Lansing, MI

Class of 2021

Roxanne Cheung, MD
Lee Valley Health Network, Allentown, NJ

Karolina Maksimowski, MD
Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI

Jason Miller, MD
Children’s Medical Center, Plano, TX

Carolina Vega, MD
Sparrow Children’s Hospital, Lansing, MI

Class of 2020

Rita Haddad, MD
Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI

Nehal Patel, MD
Comer Children’s Hospital at University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Chelsey Yurkovich, DO
Sparrow Children’s Hospital, Lansing, MI

Class of 2019

Jason King, MD
Ascension St. John Hospital, Detroit, MI

Ryan Kwong, MD
Arkansas Childrens Hospital, Little Rock, AR

Jane Lee, MD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

Yagnaram Ravichandran, MD
Dayton Children’s Hospital, Dayton, OH

Class of 2018

James Brown, MD
Children’s Hospital of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO

Anat Cohen, MD
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Elizabeth Holzworth, MD
Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI

Jennifer Noble, MD
Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI

Class of 2017

Jon Felt, MD
Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI

Sean Indra, MD
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital, Spokane, WA

Maureen Luetje, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Emily Mathias, MD
University of Michigan, CS Mott Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI

Class of 2016

Thomas Czolgosz, MD
Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI

Amy DeLaroche, MD
Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI

Erin Horning, MD
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital, Spokane, WA

Douglas Nassif, MD
Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital, Richmond, VA

Class of 2015

Stephanie Do, DO
Rady Children’s Hospital, SD

Brian Park, MD
Swedish Pediatric Emergency Care, Seattle, WA

Michael Rizkalla, MD
Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL

Jennifer Yu, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Class of 2014

Rajan Arora, MD
Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI

Utkarsh Fichadia, MD
Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, Tacoma, WA

Aleksandra Trifunovic, DO
Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, Denver, CO

Valerie Whitcomb, MD
Children’s of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

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