Bass Society Pediatric Fellows

2023 Awardees

Kalen Hendra, MD
Bechtel Endowed Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2023-2025)
Fellow, Pediatrics (Pulmonary Medicine)

Claire Johns, MD
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Endowed Fellow in Pediatric Cancer and Blood Diseases (2023-2025)
Fellow, Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology)

Rebecca Johnson, MD
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2023-2025)
Fellow, Pediatrics (Endocrinology)

Siva Kasinathan, MD, PhD
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2023-2025)
Fellow, Pediatrics (Rheumatology)

Jeffrey Ni, MD
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2023-2025)
Fellow, Pediatrics (Pulmonary Medicine)

Hector Ivan Ortega
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2023-2025)
Fellow, Pediatrics (Endocrinology)

Katherine Xiong, MD
Maggie Adalyn Otto Endowed Fellow for Pediatric Epilepsy (2023-2024)

Alyssa Songveera, MD
Mary Gallo Endowed Fellow (2023-2025)
Fellow, Pediatrics (Adolescent Medicine)

2022 Awardees

Kathryn S. Czepiel, MD
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed (2022-2024)
Fellow, Pediatrics (Gastroenterology)

Michael Strug, DO, PhD
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed (2022-2023)

Brent Monseur, MD, ScM
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed (2022-2023)

Chethan Rao, DO
Maggie Adalyn Otto Endowed Fellow for Pediatric Epilepsy (2022-2023)

2021 Awardees

Haejun Ahn, MD
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2021-2023)

Chris Arca
Maggie Adalyn Otto Endowed Fellow for Pediatric Epilepsy (2021-2022)

Anne Berens, MD
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2021-2023)

Bhavika Chepuri, MD
Bechtel Endowed Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2021-2022)

Maria Peinado Fabregat, MD, MS
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2021-2022)

Xiaorui Han
Bravo Family Endowed Fellow for Food Allergy and Immunology Research (2021-2023)

Neha Joshi, MD
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2021-2022)

Talia Lester, MD
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2021-2022)

Rameshwar Rao, MD
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Endowed Fellow in Pediatric Cancer and Blood Diseases

Lauren Wozniak, MD, MPH
Mary Gallo Endowed Fellow (2021-2023)

2020 Awardees

Adina Sheri Fischer, MD, PhD
Taube Endowed Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Youth Addiction Initiative Fund (2020-2022)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Ian Lee, MD
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2020-2022)
Fellow, Pediatrics

Adrienne Long, MD, PhD
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Endowed Fellow in Pediatric Cancer and Blood Diseases (2020-2022)
Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Study Title: Understanding thymic education of self-specific CD8+T cells to guide development of novel cancer immunotherapies 

Julia Marlow, MD
Bechtel Endowed Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2020-2022)

Lance Nelson, MD, MA
Mary Gallo Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Adolescent Medicine (2020-2022)
Fellow, Pediatrics
Study Title: Clinician Practices and Comfort in Screening for Hypothalamic Pituitary Gonadal (HPG) Axis Suppression in Patients With An Eating Disorder 

Ruby Patel, MD
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2020-2022)
Fellow, Pediatrics (Nephrology)
Study Title: The Adolescent Kidney Transplant Patient and Family and Peer Relationships

Kim Piburn
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow
Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (Nephrology)
Study Title: Are highly variable tacrolimus drug levels associated with inferior outcomes in pediatric kidney transplant patients?

Kavya Rao
Maggie Adalyn Otto Endowed Fellow for Pediatric Epilepsy (2020-2021)
Fellow, Pediatrics

Nina Suresh, MS, MD
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2020-2022)
Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (Pulmonary Medicine)
Study Title: Developmental Heterogeneity of Pulmonary Mesenchymal Cell Phenotype at Single Cell Resolution

Britt Wray, MD, PhD
Carell Family Endowed Fellow for Food Allergy and Immunology Research (2020-2024)

2019 Awardees

Valentin Barsan, MD
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Endowed Fellow in Pediatric Cancer and Blood Diseases (2019-2021)
Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Study Title: Dynamic personalized response assessment to cancer immunotherapy through next generation sequencing

Eleanor Cole, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Stanford Autism Center at Packard Children’s Hospital (2019-2021)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Rebecca Dang, MD
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2019-2021)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pediatrics (Hospital Medicine)
Study Title: Temperature measurement and values at well-child visits 

Vittorio Sebastiano, PhD 
Woods Family Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2019-2025)

Alice Huang, MD, MBA
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2019-2021)
Fellow, Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition)
Study Title: Feasibility and utility of virtual reality in the management of pediatric functional constipation

Ke-You Zhang, MD
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2019-2021)
Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition)
Study Title: The Effect of Pancreatic Secretions in Chronic Pancreatitis on Duodenal Inflammation and Mucosal Integrity 

2018 Awardees

Ananta Addala, DO, MPH
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2019-2020)
Currently: Instructor, Pediatrics - Endocrinology and Diabetes

Julia M. Chandler, MD, MS
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2018-2020)
Currently: General Surgery

Lakshmi Ganesan, MD, MAS
Bechtel Endowed Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2019-2020)

John Hegarty, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Stanford Autism Center at Packard Children’s Hospital
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Ivan Lee, MD, PhD
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2019-2020)
Currently: Instructor, Pediatrics - Immunology and Allergy

Kiran Mudambi
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2018-2019)

Melisa M. Shah, MD, MPH
Bechtel Endowed Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2019-2020)

Lea Steffes, MD
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2019-2020)
Currently: Instructor, Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine

Megen Wong, MD
Mary Gallo Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Adolescent Medicine (2019-2020)

Jojo Yang, MD
Maggie Adalyn Otto Endowed Fellow for Pediatric Epilepsy (2019-2020)

2017 Awardees

Neha Kumbhat, MD, FAAP
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2017-2019)

Rayhan Lal, MD
Bechtel Endowed Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2017-2019)
Currently: Instructor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology & Diabetes) and Medicine (Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism)

Ken Sutha, MD, PhD
Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2017-2019)
Currently: Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - Nephrology

Jennifer Tsai, MD
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Endowed Fellow in Pediatric Cancer and Blood Diseases (2017-2019)
Currently: Instructor, Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology

Mirko Uljarevic, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Stanford Autism Center at Packard Children’s Hospital (2017-2019)

Peng Wu, MD, PhD
Ernest & Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2017-2019)
Currently: Instructor, Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology

Jonathan Avila, MD
Mary Gallo Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Adolescent Medicine (2018-2019)
Currently: Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine

2016 Awardees

• Rachel Goldstein, MD
  Mary Gallo Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow in Adolescent Medicine (2016-2018)
  Currently: Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
  
  Meena Kadapakkam, MD
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-2018)
  
• Sara Kleinman, MD
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow (2016 - 2017)
• Juliet Knowles, MD, PhD
  Maggie Adalyn Otto Endowed Fellow for Pediatric Epilepsy (2016-2018)
  Currently: Instructor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences

2015 Awardees

• Emily Johnston, MD
  Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Endowed Fellow in Pediatric Cancer and Blood Diseases (2015-2017)
  Currently: Clinical Instructor – Hematology/Oncology
• Anca M. Pasca, MD
  Bechtel Endowed Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2015-2017)
  Second-Year Fellow – Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• Adam Sang, MD
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2015-2017)
  Resident in Surgery – General Surgery

2014 Awardees

• Shelly Bar, MD
  Mary Gallo Endowed Postdoctoral Fellow (2014 – 2016)
  Currently: Clinical Instructor, Adolescent Medicine
• Dean Carson, PhD
  Stanford Autism Center Fellow (2014 –2016)
  Currently: Director of Scientific and Clinical Operations, TriGemina Inc
• Cathleen Ann Collins, MD, PhD
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2014-2016)
  Currently: Instructor, Pediatrics - Allergy and Clinical Immunology
• Nicolas Currier, MD, PhD
  Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Endowed Fellow in Pediatric Cancer and Blood Diseases (2014-2015)
  Second-Year Fellow – Hematology-Oncology
• Trung Hoang Minh Pham, MD, PhD
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2014-2017)
  Currently: Instructor – Pediatric Infectious Diseases
• Hilary Seeley, MD
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2014-2017)
  Currently: Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Endocrinology and Diabetes

2013 Awardees

• Francesca Pei, PhD
  Stanford Autism Center Fellow (2013-2015)
  Currently: Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Psychiatry
• Vivian Shih, MD 
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2013-2015) 
  Second-year Fellow – Pediatric Nephrology

2012 Awardees

• Priya Akula, MD
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2012-2014)
  Second -Year Fellow – Neonatology
• Jori Bogetz, MD
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2012-2013)
  Currently: Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
• Susanne Martin, MD
  Mary Gallo Endowed Fellow (2012-2014)
  Second-year Fellow – Adolescent Medicine
• Candice O'Hern Perfetto, MD
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2012-2014)
  Second-year Fellow – Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Nivedita Srinivas, MD 
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2012-2013) 
  Currently: Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - General Pediatrics
• Matthew Stenerson, MD
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2012-2014)
  Second-year Fellow – Pediatric Endocrinology

2011 Awardees

• MyMy Buu, MD 
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2011-2012)
  Currently: Instructor, Pediatrics - Pulmonary Medicine
• Mihaela Damian, MD, MPH
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2011-2012)
  Currently: Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - Critical Care
• Ursula Ehmer, MD, PhD
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2011-2012)
  Currently: postdoctoral fellow, Stanford University
• Serena Tan, MD
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2011-2013)
  Currently: General Surgery Resident, Stanford Hospital  
• Ann Ming Yeh, MD
  Bechtel Endowed Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2011-2013) 
  Currently: Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Gastroenterology

No awards for 2010.

2009 Awardees

• Maria Caimol, MD
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2009-2011)
  Currently: Pediatric Nephrologist, Providence Alaska Medical Center
• Michal Cidon, MD
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2009-2011)
  Currently: Instructor, Pediatrics - Rheumatology and General Pediatrics
• Leslie Gee, MD
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2009-2011)
  Currently: Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
• James Lue, MD
  Bechtel Endowed Fellow in Pediatric Translational Medicine (2009-2011)
  Currently: Pediatrician, Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente
• Jane Park, MD
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2009-2010)
  Currently: Second-year Rheumatology Fellow, University of Washington Department of Medicine
• Grace Yu, MD, MSc
  Ernest and Amelia Gallo Endowed Fellow (2009-2010)
  Currently: Pediatrician, Allergy and Immunology, Palo Alto Medical Foundation