Faculty
DIRECTOR
Hany Aly, MD, MSHS, FAAP
Chairman, Division of Neonatology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University LCM
CLEVELAND CLINIC PLANNING COMMITTEE
Jalal Abu-Shaweesh, MD, MBA
Chairman of Pediatrics, Fairview Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University LCM
Ceyda Acun, MD
Associate Staff, Neonatology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Carol Bennett, MSN, MBA, APRN, PCNS-BC, CCRN, CPN
Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist
Nursing Education & Professional Practice
Cleveland Clinic
Anirudha Das, MD, MPH, FAAP
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Case Western Reserve University LCM
Debra Kangisser, PA-C
Director of Education, PA services
Director PA/APRN Inpatient & Perioperative Transition To Practice Program
Cleveland Clinic
Mohamed A Mohamed, MD, MS, MPH, FAAP
Vice Chair, Division of Neonatology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Professor of Pediatrics,
Case Western Reserve University LCM
Vanishree Nandakumar, MD, MSHS
Scientific Medical Writer- Project Manager
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Firas Saker, MD
Medical Director
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University LCM
Natalie Yeaney, MD
Neonatal Director Fetal Care Center
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
GUEST FACULTY
Ahmed Ahmed, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine,
Assistant Professor of Medical Genetics and Genomics,
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland OH
USA
Elizabeth Foglia, MD, MSCE
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Neonatology
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Pennsylvania, PA
USA
Kanekal Suresh Gautham, MD
Chair of Pediatrics and Pediatrician-in-Chief
Nemours Children’s Hospital
Orlando, FL
USA
Kara Goss, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
UT Southwestern
Dallas, TX
USA
Miguel Guelfand, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Section Head, Pediatric General & Thoracic Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
USA
Mounira Habli, MD
Medical Director
Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Fetal Care Center
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
USA
Satyan Lakshminrusimha, MD
Dennis and Nancy Marks Chair
Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics
UC Davis Children’s Hospital
Sacramento, CA
USA
Cindy McEvoy, MD, MCR
Professor of Pediatrics
Oregon Health & Science University
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
Portland, OR
USA
Katherine Morrison, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
McMaster Children's Hospital
Hamilton ON
Canada
Hani Najm, MD
Chair of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland OH
USA
Tetyana Nesterenko, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Neonatal- Perinatal Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
USA
Georg Schmolzer, MD, PhD
Full Professor of Pediatrics
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
Canada
Rita Ryan, MD, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics/ Neonatology
Case Western Reserve University
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Cleveland OH
USA
Deanne Wilson-Costello, MD
Professor of Pediatrics/ Neonatology
Case Western Reserve University
Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
Cleveland, OH
USA