Annual Pediatric Trainee Night

Please join us for the Academy Section on Pediatrics' Annual Pediatric Trainee Night.  Residents and fellows from pediatric programs in the metropolitan area will present clinical and scientific papers representing original research. A panel of judges will recognize top presentations.

Meet the 2017 Presenters

Sonia Voleti, MD
NewYork Presbyterian – Weill Cornell
Role of Echocardiography in the Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Stroke Patients

Santina Bruno, MD
Maimonides Medical Center
Quality Improvement Initiative to Decrease Peripheral Blood Culture Contaminants

Jennifer Deluty Aspan, MD
Westchester Medical Center, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital
Hiatal Hernia Complicated by Benign Esophageal Stricture in a Developmentally Delayed Male

Sairaman Nagarajan, MD, MPH
The State University of New York – Downstate Medical Center
The Role of Gender in the Association between Obesity and Atopic Disease in Urban Children

Rochelle Sequeira Gomes, MD
Elmhurst Hospital Center
Resource Utilization After Discharge of Babies Admitted to the NICU for Maternal Chorioamnionitis

Karishma Katti, MD
Cohen Children’s Medical Center
Utility of Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Levels in Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease

Anand Srinivasan, MD
Harlem Hospital Center
The role of Mean Platelet Volumes in Neonatal Sepsis: A retrospective case control study in a Level III Intensive Care Unit

Ana V. Gutierrez Alvarez, MD
SBH Health System
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes and Prenatal Exposure to Marijuana

Sinduja Lakkunarajajh, MD
Jacobi Medical Center
Needs Assessment of Balint Groups in Pediatric Residency

Shwetal Lalan, MD
Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center
Metabolic Syndrome and Associated Longitudinal Changes in Kidney Function in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)