Pediatric POCUS Team

Our Team

Our POCUS team is comprised of medical directors from NICU and PICU, neonatal nurse practitioners, and fellows interested in acquiring an advanced skill set and pursuing research projects. We host office hours for more personalized teaching and quality assurance review sessions to continually improve our performance.

Fatima Eskandar-Afshari, DO, MA

NICU POCUS Medical Director, Co-Course Director


Bereketeab Haileselassie, MD

PICU POCUS Medical Director, Co-Course Director


Reedhi Dasani, BS

NICU and PICU POCUS Program Manager


Christine Manipon, NNP-BC, MSN

NICU POCUS Nurse Practitioner

Shelby Lee, NNP-BC, DNP

NICU POCUS Nurse Practitioner

Jacklin Tong, NNP-BC, MSN

NICU POCUS Nurse Practitioner

Matthew Ly, NNP-BC, MSN

NICU POCUS Nurse Practitioner

Malathi Balasundaram, MD

POCUS Lead at El Camino Hospital


Alexis Davis, MD

POCUS Program Advisor