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Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship

Meet Our Team

Fellowship Program Director
Rachel Chapman, MD

Rachel Chapman, MD

Associate Division Chief, Neonatology
Medical Director, Newborn Infant Critical Care Unit
Director, Neonatal ECMO Program
Attending Neonatologist
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Fellowship Associate Program Director

Anna Ganster, MD, MAcM

Attending Neonatologist
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician Educator) (Part-Time), Keck School of Medicine of USC
Program Coordinator
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Juan-Carlos Medina

Administrative Coordinator
Leadership Fetal-Neonatal Institute

Philippe Friedlich, MD, MSEpi, MBA

Chief, Division of Neonatology
Co-Director, Fetal and Neonatal Institute
Teresa and Byron Pollitt Family Chair in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics and Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

David Miller, MD

Director, Fetal-Maternal Center
Co-Medical Director, Fetal and Neonatal Institute
Chair, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Chief, Fetal Heart Rate Program, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Rachel Chapman, MD

Rachel Chapman, MD

Associate Division Chief, Neonatology
Medical Director, Newborn Infant Critical Care Unit
Director, Neonatal ECMO Program
Attending Neonatologist
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Steven Chin, MD, MSc

NICU Medical Director, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center | CHLA Medical Group
Director of Digital Innovation, Division of Neonatology
Attending Neonatologist
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Expert Physicians Fetal-Neonatal Institute

Claire Baldauf, MD

Attending Neonatologist
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Ramen Chmait, MD

Attending Physician
Director of Fetal Surgery Program, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology (Clinical Scholar), Keck School of Medicine of USC

Elmer David, MD

Attending Neonatologist
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Angela Desmond, MD

Attending Neonatologist
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Bridget DiPrisco, MD

Attending Neonatologist
Co-Director, CHLA Infant Chronic Lung Disease Program
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Meredith Dixon, MD

Attending Neonatologist
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC
Molly Easterlin, MD, MS

Molly Easterlin, MD, MS

Attending Neonatologist
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Sheema Gaffar, MD, MS

Attending Neonatologist
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC

Kameelah Gateau, MD, MS

Attending Neonatologist, Fetal and Neonatal Institute
Clinical Research Lead
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Brendan Grubbs, MD

Brendan Grubbs, MD

Attending Physician
Co-Director of Fetal Maternal Center, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Narayan Iyer, MD

Narayan Iyer, MD

Attending Neonatologist
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Eni Jano, MD

Attending Neonatologist
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Om Jha, MBBS, MD

Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Hoda Karbalivand, MD

Attending Neonatologist
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Kuan-Chi Lai, MD, MPH

Attending Neonatologist
Neonatology Liaison, Fetal-Maternal Center
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Rebecca Martinez-Hannon, MD

Attending Physician, Fetal and Neonatal Institute
NICCU Co-Medical Director of Quality and Process Improvement
Alan Purwin Emergency Transport Program Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, USC Keck School of Medicine
Srikumar Nair, MD

Srikumar Nair, MD

Medical Director, Quality Improvement
Attending Neonatologist
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Muntasir 'Monty' Natour, MD

Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician Educator Track), Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Caroline Noh, MD, MSEpi

Associate Director, Research, Neonatal Hemodynamics and Point-of-Care Ultrasound Program
Attending Neonatologist
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Shahab Noori, MD, MS CBTI

Administrative Director, Clinical Research, Division of Neonatology
Attending Neonatologist
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Sheila Razdan, MD, MPH

Attending Neonatologist
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Jennifer Shepherd, MD

Divisional Associate Administrative Director for Research
Attending Neonatologist
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Julie Thai, MD

Attending Neonatologist
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Douglas Vanderbilt, MD, MS

Douglas Vanderbilt, MD, MS, MBA

Chief, Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Co-Director, Behavioral Health Institute
Medical Director, Newborn Follow-up Program and Boone Fetter Clinic
Las Madrinas Chair in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Educational Scholar), Keck School of Medicine of USC