Faculty
Activity Director
DIRECTOR

Hany Aly, MD, MSHS, FAAP
Chairman, Division of Neonatology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University LCM
CO-DIRECTOR

Mohamed A Mohamed, MD, MS, MPH, FAAP
Vice Chair, Division of Neonatology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University LCM
Planning Committee
Jalal M Abu-Shaweesh, MD, MBA
Professor of Pediatrics
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Staff Neonatologist at
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Carol Bennett, MSN, MBA, CNS
Nursing Education & Professional Practice
Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist NICU at
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Bernadette Butler MSN, RNC
Nurse Manager NICU at
Cleveland Clinic Martin Health
Anirudha Das, MD, MPH, CPAHA, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Staff Neonatologist at
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
John Dickson, RRT
Pediatric Respiratory Therapy at
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Tina DiFiore, MSN, CNS, NNP-BC
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner at
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Christopher Heinrich PA-C, M.Ed.
Internal Medicine and Subspecialties
Physician Assistant at
Cleveland Clinic
Tracy McAlpine Peterson
Administrative Program Coordinator at
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Jennifer Ramsey, DNP, NNP-BC
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner at
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Firas Saker, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Medical Director NICU at
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Marybeth Sevastos, MSN, MBA, RNC, NE-BC
Nurse Manager NICU at
Cleveland Clinic Children's
Prem Shekhawat, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Staff Neonatologist at
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Meghan Whelan, MSN, NNP-BC
SHINE Project Manager
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner at
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Natalie Yeaney, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Fetal Care Center Neonatal Director at
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Guest Faculty

Susan Bell, DNP, MS, CNRN, APRN-CNP, EBP-C
Program Director
Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare
College of Nursing
The Ohio State University

Elaine M. Boyle MBChB, MSc, MD, PhD
Professor of Neonatal Medicine and Leicester City Football Club Professor of Child Health, School of Healthcare, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Jennifer L. Cohen, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics
Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, USA

David Durand, MD
Neonatology Technical Consultant, Aerogen Pharma
President, D Durand Consulting, Inc
San Mateo, California, USA

Juan Espinoza, MD, FAAP
Chief Research Informatics Officer, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Associate Professor of Pediatric and Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Keith Feldman, PhD
Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Michigan

Amy J. Jnah, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
Clinical Professor & Director, NNP Program
East Carolina University
College of Nursing, Advanced Practice Nursing & Education
Greenville, North Carolina USA

David C Kaelber, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP, FACP, FACMI, FAMIA
Chief Health Informatics Officer and VP of Health Informatics and Patient Engagement Technologies, The MetroHealth System
Professor of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Ryan McAdams, MD
Neonatal Intensivist, Divisions of Neonatology & Global Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health
Madison, WI, USA
T. Michael O’Shea, MD, MPH
C. Richard Morris Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Zachary Vesoulis, MD, MSCI
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Applied Health Informatics
Director of Clinical Research, Division of Newborn Medicine
Co-Director, NeuroNICU Program - St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine

Marty O. Visscher, PhD, CPI
Professor, Skin Pharmaceutics and Cosmetic Science
Director, Infant Skin Research Program
James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA


