Pediatric Critical Care Fellows Nationwide Children S

Jordan Lull, MD

Medical School: The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University Pediatric Residency: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Research Interests: Medical education What I Like About Fellowship: My co-fellows and the diverse pathology we are exposed to clinically.

Lauren McCluney, MD

Medical School: Rutgers University Pediatric Residency: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Research Interests: Medical education, mental health of ICU providers, debriefing What I Like About Fellowship: Getting to spend time with my co-fellows and the wide range of pathophysiology we get to see.

Robert Murray, MD

Medical School: University College Cork School of Medicine Pediatric Residency: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Research Interests: Resuscitation and outcomes research in pediatric critical illness. I am interested in investigating the utility of existing and novel biomarkers to predict outcomes in patients receiving ECMO. What I Like About Fellowship: The camaraderie between co-fellows as well as with faculty members makes it easier come to work and to take great care of the children in our PICU. There are also numerous and diverse opportunities for the development of both clinical and research skills throughout fellowship

Erin Thornley, DO

Medical School: Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine Pediatric Residency: Phoenix Children’s Hospital Research Interests: Host-pathogen interactions in pediatric Staphylococcus aureus infection with an emphasis on pathogen alteration of the host immune response. What I Like About Fellowship: My co-fellows! They are an amazing group of people who support and inspire me every day. I also love how supportive and welcoming the basic science/translational research faculty have been. I am so grateful for the incredible research mentorship I have found here.

Oluwasoore Akande, DO

Medical School: Michigan State University of Osteopathic Medicine Pediatric Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Research interests: Health equity/Social determinants of health; Diversity, equity, and inclusion in recruitment What I like about fellowship: The support from my attendings and co-fellows. People are always willing to help!

Natalie Capretta, DO

Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Pediatric Residency: Maimonides Infant and Children’s Hospital Research Interests: point of care ultrasound, fluid overload and acute kidney injury What I like about fellowship: the never-ending opportunities to grow as a clinician and as a person

Cynthia Moffitt, MD

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Pediatric Residency: Case Western Reserve University Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital Research Interests: Global Health Critical Care, Severe Malaria, Quality Improvement What I like about fellowship: I am so lucky to have such an incredible group of people to work with and learn from! Our attendings, nurses, RTs, NPs, and everyone else who works in our units are absolutely amazing. But most of all I love working with my co-fellows, who are the greatest teammates anyone could ever have! I also really appreciate the support our program has for diverse interests, like my Global Health research!

Laura Wingert, MD

Medical School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Pediatric Residency: Akron Children’s Hospital Research interests: Medical education, leadership, emotional intelligence, simulation What I like about fellowship: The comradery and collaboration of not only my amazing co-fellows, but also the incredibly supportive faculty and staff within the PICU. I have always felt welcomed and encouraged since day 1 here at Nationwide.

Courtney Alvis, MD

Medical School: Augusta University Pediatric Residency: John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

Jordan Brauner, MD

Medical School: Wright State University Pediatric Residency: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Justin Julian, MD

Medical School: The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences Pediatric Residency: Baylor College of Medicine

Kortney Pifher, MD

Medical School: Chicago Medical School Pediatric Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Publications

Christian CE, Thompson NE, Wakeham MK. Use and Outcomes of Nasotracheal Intubation Among Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation Across U.S. PICUs. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020;21(7):620-624. Kortz TB, Nielsen KR, Mediratta RP, Reeves H, O’Brien NF, Lee JH, Attebery JE, Bhutta EG, Biewen C, Munoz AC, deAlmeida ML, Fonseca Y, Hooli S, Johnson H, Kissoon N, Leimanis-Laurens ML, McCarthy AM, Pineda C, Remy KE, Sanders SC, Takwoingi Y, Wiens MO, Bhutta AT. The burden of critical illness in hospitalized children in low- and middle-income countries: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Front Pediatr. 2022; 10:756643. Cloyd C, Wysocki EL, Johnson H, Miller JC, Davis J, Galantowicz M, Yates AR. Post-operative anticoagulation strategy following comprehensive stage 2 procedure for single ventricle physiology. Pediatr Cardiol. 2022 [online ahead of print] Hudzik SA, Johnson HC, Tobias JT. Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim and Hyperkalemia in an Infant. J Med Cases. 2020;11(9):283-285. Murray R, Tobias JT. A case of thrombocytosis associated with enoxaparin therapy in an adolescent. Clin Pharmacol. 2021;13:203-207. doi: 10.2147/CPAA.S327541.

Jordan Lull, MD

Lauren McCluney, MD

Robert Murray, MD

Erin Thornley, DO

Oluwasoore Akande, DO

Natalie Capretta, DO

Cynthia Moffitt, MD

Laura Wingert, MD

Courtney Alvis, MD

Medical School: Augusta University Pediatric Residency: John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

Jordan Brauner, MD

Medical School: Wright State University Pediatric Residency: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Justin Julian, MD

Medical School: The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences Pediatric Residency: Baylor College of Medicine

Kortney Pifher, MD

Medical School: Chicago Medical School Pediatric Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Publications

Jordan Lull, MD

Lauren McCluney, MD

Robert Murray, MD

Erin Thornley, DO

Oluwasoore Akande, DO

Natalie Capretta, DO

Cynthia Moffitt, MD

Laura Wingert, MD

Courtney Alvis, MD

Medical School: Augusta University Pediatric Residency: John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

Jordan Brauner, MD

Medical School: Wright State University Pediatric Residency: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Justin Julian, MD

Medical School: The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences Pediatric Residency: Baylor College of Medicine

Kortney Pifher, MD

Medical School: Chicago Medical School Pediatric Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Jordan Lull, MD

Lauren McCluney, MD

Robert Murray, MD

Erin Thornley, DO

Oluwasoore Akande, DO

Natalie Capretta, DO

Cynthia Moffitt, MD

Laura Wingert, MD

Courtney Alvis, MD

Medical School: Augusta University Pediatric Residency: John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

Jordan Brauner, MD

Medical School: Wright State University Pediatric Residency: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Justin Julian, MD

Medical School: The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences Pediatric Residency: Baylor College of Medicine

Kortney Pifher, MD

Medical School: Chicago Medical School Pediatric Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Jordan Lull, MD

Medical School: The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Pediatric Residency: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Research Interests: Medical education
What I Like About Fellowship: My co-fellows and the diverse pathology we are exposed to clinically.

Lauren McCluney, MD

Medical School: Rutgers University
Pediatric Residency: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Research Interests: Medical education, mental health of ICU providers, debriefing
What I Like About Fellowship: Getting to spend time with my co-fellows and the wide range of pathophysiology we get to see.

Robert Murray, MD

Medical School: University College Cork School of Medicine
Pediatric Residency: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Research Interests: Resuscitation and outcomes research in pediatric critical illness. I am interested in investigating the utility of existing and novel biomarkers to predict outcomes in patients receiving ECMO.
What I Like About Fellowship: The camaraderie between co-fellows as well as with faculty members makes it easier come to work and to take great care of the children in our PICU. There are also numerous and diverse opportunities for the development of both clinical and research skills throughout fellowship

Erin Thornley, DO

Medical School: Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
Pediatric Residency: Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Research Interests: Host-pathogen interactions in pediatric Staphylococcus aureus infection with an emphasis on pathogen alteration of the host immune response.
What I Like About Fellowship: My co-fellows! They are an amazing group of people who support and inspire me every day. I also love how supportive and welcoming the basic science/translational research faculty have been. I am so grateful for the incredible research mentorship I have found here.

Oluwasoore Akande, DO

Medical School: Michigan State University of Osteopathic Medicine
Pediatric Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals
Research interests: Health equity/Social determinants of health; Diversity, equity, and inclusion in recruitment
What I like about fellowship: The support from my attendings and co-fellows. People are always willing to help!

Natalie Capretta, DO

Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Pediatric Residency: Maimonides Infant and Children’s Hospital
Research Interests: point of care ultrasound, fluid overload and acute kidney injury
What I like about fellowship: the never-ending opportunities to grow as a clinician and as a person

Cynthia Moffitt, MD

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Pediatric Residency: Case Western Reserve University Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
Research Interests: Global Health Critical Care, Severe Malaria, Quality Improvement
What I like about fellowship: I am so lucky to have such an incredible group of people to work with and learn from! Our attendings, nurses, RTs, NPs, and everyone else who works in our units are absolutely amazing. But most of all I love working with my co-fellows, who are the greatest teammates anyone could ever have! I also really appreciate the support our program has for diverse interests, like my Global Health research!

Laura Wingert, MD

Medical School: Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Pediatric Residency: Akron Children’s Hospital
Research interests: Medical education, leadership, emotional intelligence, simulation
What I like about fellowship: The comradery and collaboration of not only my amazing co-fellows, but also the incredibly supportive faculty and staff within the PICU. I have always felt welcomed and encouraged since day 1 here at Nationwide.

Courtney Alvis, MD

Medical School: Augusta University Pediatric Residency: John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

Courtney Alvis, MD

Medical School: Augusta University
Pediatric Residency: John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

Jordan Brauner, MD

Medical School: Wright State University Pediatric Residency: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Jordan Brauner, MD

Medical School: Wright State University
Pediatric Residency: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Justin Julian, MD

Medical School: The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences Pediatric Residency: Baylor College of Medicine

Justin Julian, MD

Medical School: The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
Pediatric Residency: Baylor College of Medicine

Kortney Pifher, MD

Medical School: Chicago Medical School Pediatric Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Kortney Pifher, MD

Medical School: Chicago Medical School
Pediatric Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Publications

Christian CE, Thompson NE, Wakeham MK. Use and Outcomes of Nasotracheal Intubation Among Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation Across U.S. PICUs. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020;21(7):620-624.
Kortz TB, Nielsen KR, Mediratta RP, Reeves H, O’Brien NF, Lee JH, Attebery JE, Bhutta EG, Biewen C, Munoz AC, deAlmeida ML, Fonseca Y, Hooli S, Johnson H, Kissoon N, Leimanis-Laurens ML, McCarthy AM, Pineda C, Remy KE, Sanders SC, Takwoingi Y, Wiens MO, Bhutta AT. The burden of critical illness in hospitalized children in low- and middle-income countries: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Front Pediatr. 2022; 10:756643.
Cloyd C, Wysocki EL, Johnson H, Miller JC, Davis J, Galantowicz M, Yates AR. Post-operative anticoagulation strategy following comprehensive stage 2 procedure for single ventricle physiology. Pediatr Cardiol. 2022 [online ahead of print]
Hudzik SA, Johnson HC, Tobias JT. Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim and Hyperkalemia in an Infant. J Med Cases. 2020;11(9):283-285.
Murray R, Tobias JT. A case of thrombocytosis associated with enoxaparin therapy in an adolescent. Clin Pharmacol. 2021;13:203-207. doi: 10.2147/CPAA.S327541.