Pediatric Residency Faculty

Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital offers you the most extensive pediatric resources in northeastern Pennsylvania, including more than 30 pediatric specialties. Faculty members are listed below by specialty.

Inpatient Pediatrics

Lindsey Kudenchak, MD – Rotation Leader, Inpatient Pediatrics

Claudia Busse, MD

Leia DeRosato, DO

Liborio LaRussa, MD

Richard Mazzaccaro, MD

Melissa Brannen, MD

Kristen Prendergast, MD

Kris Rooney, MD 

Ihab Alamar, MD

Stormie Gough, DO

Nishi Dedania, MD

Lauren Pepi, DO

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

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

Rina Duke, MD

Oluwatobi Adegboyega, MD

Diane Attardi, MD

Liandra Presser, 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

Newborn Nursery

Kamini Kalola, DO – Rotation Leader, Newborn Nursery

Adam Donnelly, MD

Anne Marie Coughlin, DO

Nelaam Sarwar, MD

Christine Wang, MD

Gastroenterology

Patrick Lin, MD – Rotation Leader, Gastroenterology

Joelynn Fitz, DO

Danielle Ferraguti, DO

Adam Paul, DO

Naser Tolaymat, 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

Jamie Cashell, DO

Pulmonary

Michael S. Schwartz, MD – Rotation Leader, Pulmonary

Jennifer Logan, MD

Courtney Quinlan, 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

Sarah Jones Sapienza, MD

Michele Clement, MD

Roy Rajan, MD

Maxwell Newby, MD

Valley Health Partners Children’s Clinic

Christopher Raab, MD  – Rotation Leader,17th Street 

Kelli Nayak, MD 

Anita Daniels-Rodriguez, MD

Kamini Kalola, DO

Anne Marie Coughlin, DO

Adam Donnelly, MD

Nelaam Sarwar, MD

Christine Wang, MD

Courtney Pinkham, MD

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Amy Dunn, DO – Rotation Leader, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Cathya Olivas Michels, MD

Teresa Romano, MD

Eileen Quintana, MD

Susan Yaeger, MD

Kimberly Fugok, DO

Tasha Desai, DO

Duy Tran, DO

Radiology

Alexander Kowal, MD – Co-Rotation Leader, Radiology

Bret Kricun, MD – Co-Rotation Leader, Radiology

Michael Vichnin, MD

Howard Rosenberg, MD

Neha Kothari, MD

Ross Myers, MD

Anesthesiology

BreeAnn Jensen, CRNA – Rotation Leader, Anesthesiology

Allergy and Immunology

Michael Ciliberti, MD

Robert Zemble, MD

Cardiology

Louis Hansrote, MD – Rotation Leader, Cardiology

Ruchi Gupta, MD

Robert Palermo, DO

Yalile Perez, MD

Development – Behavior

Kimberly Kuchinski, MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Kimberly Kuchinski, MD 

Pediatric Nutrition

Heather Kistler, RD, LDN – Rotation Leader, Nutrition