Meet the Team

Cara Larson Biddle, MD, MPH

• Division Chief, General Pediatrics and Community Health

Candice Suzonne Dawes, MD

• Medical Director, Anacostia

Sahira Askari Long, MD, FAAP

• Associate Chief, Faculty Development
• Lactation Consultant

Daniel Ari Newman, MD

• Medical Director, Columbia Heights
• Pediatrician

Nathalie Bernabe Quion, MD

• Pediatrician

Mark I. Weissman, MD

• Medical Director, Pediatric Health Network

Shaunte Yvette Anum-Addo, MD

• Assistant Program Director, Residency Diversity Equity & Inclusion
• Pediatrician

Kelli Prioleau Baldwin, MD, FAAP

• Pediatrician

Laurie Pane Banach, MD

• Pediatrician

Asad Karamali Bandealy, MD

• Pediatrician

Lena Diane Baram, MD

• Pediatrician

Lee Ann Savio Beers, MD

• Medical Director, Community Health and Advocacy

ElShadey Yayehyerade Bekele, MD

• Associate Medical Director, IMPACT DC Asthma Clinic
• Pediatrician

Renette Belizaire, MD

• Physician Leader, CNPA Upper Marlboro
• Pediatrician

Nia Imani Bodrick, MD

• Medical Director, Early Childhood Innovation Network
• Pediatrician

Claire O'Connell Boogaard, MD, MPH

• Medical Director, COVID-19 Vaccine Program
• Pediatrician

Christine Elaine Briccetti, MD

• Pediatrician

Nicola Brodie, MD

• Medical Director, Complex Care Program
• Pediatrician

Fannie Brown, MD

• Pediatrician

Gillian Leslie Brubaker, MD

• Physician Leader, CNPA Waldorf
• Pediatrician

Bethany Lenora Carlos, MD, MPH

• Pediatrician

Jeannie Youngjin Chang Pitter, MD

• Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program
• Pediatrician

Candice Pae-Ling Chen, MD, MPH

• Pediatrician

Maislyn Annmarie Christie, MD

• Pediatrician

Shawnese Gilpin Clark, MD, MPH

• Pediatrician

Dale A. Coddington, MD

• Pediatrician

Nailah Japera Coleman, MD

• Sports Medicine Physician
• Pediatrician

Alexandra M. Corley, MD

• Medical Director, Shaw Metro
• Pediatrician

Tsega Demmeke, MD

• Pediatrician

Dinea DeSouza, MD

• Physician Leader, CNPA Quince Orchard
• Pediatrician

Danielle Goodman Dooley, MD, MPhil

• Medical Director, Community Affairs and Population Health
• Pediatrician

Ariel Michael Dubelman, MD

• Pediatrician

Shreelata Rao Durbhakula, MD

• Pediatrician

Sarah Rae Durrin, MD

• Pediatrician

Enrique Escalante, MD

• Medical Director, Pharmacy
• Medical Director, Medication Safety
• Hospitalist
• Pediatrician

Kofi Dokyi Essel, MD, MPH

• Pediatrician

Olanrewaju Omolayo Falusi, MD

• Medical Director, Advocacy Education, Child Health Advocacy Institute
• Director, LAUnCH Track
• Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program LAUnCH Track
• Pediatrician

Rita Rothschild Fleming, MD

• Pediatrician

Clifford Michael Galanis, MD

• Physician Leader, CNPA Bowie
• Pediatrician

Theiline Twehdi Gborkorquellie, MD

• Pediatrician

Deborah Vozzella Hall, MD

• Pediatrician

Ruth Ellen Hollo, MD

• Associate Chief, Operations, Quality & Safety
• Pediatrician
• Medical Director, Shaw Metro

Qadira Ali Huff, MD

• Pediatrician

Elizabeth Genevieve Ireson, MD

• Pediatrician

Omar Jaber, MD, MPH

• Pediatrician

Jorie Lynn Jones, MD

• Pediatrician

Talita Michelle Jordan, MD

• Pediatrician

Francesca D. Joseph, MD

• Pediatrician

Kathleen Marie Kadow, MD

• Physician Leader, CNPA Silver Spring
• Pediatrician

Jennifer B. Kaplan, MD

• Physician Leader, CNPA Foggy Bottom and Capitol Hill
• Pediatrician

Melissa Kelley, MD

• Psychiatrist
• Pediatrician

Hyunbo Holly Kim, MD

• Medical Director, Children's National Pediatricians and Associates
• Pediatrician

Terry Rachel Kind, MD, MPH

• Pediatrician

Rebecca Triantis Lane, MD

• Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician

Jessica Anne Lazerov, MD

• Pediatrician

Melissa Madeleine Fitch Long, MD

• Medical Director, Community Core in Pediatrics
• Pediatrician

Carol Ann Bernadette McHugh, MD

• Pediatrician

Nazrat Mirza, MD, MBBS

• Pediatrician

Jessica E. Nash, MD

• Associate Medical Director, Anacostia
• Pediatrician

Nomazwe Ncube, MD

• Pediatrician

Ellen Katch O'Brien, MD

• Pediatrician

Nwamara Onyinyechi Ogbonna, MD

• Pediatrician

Sneha Pampati, MD

• Pediatrician

Jill Ann Pellicoro, MD

• Pediatrician

Benjamin Ryan Phelps, MD, MPH

• Pediatrician

Catherine Varela Posada, MD

• Pediatrician

Aisha Ronay Quarles, MD

• Pediatrician

Judith Barbara Ratner, MD

• Pediatrician

Lauren Rose Rechtman, MD

• Pediatrician

Elizabeth Whitman Rhinesmith, MD

• Pediatrician

Hope Elizabeth Rhodes, MD, MPH

• Medical Director, THEARC
• Pediatrician

Sherice Alveda Richardson, DO

• Pediatrician

Laura Beth Roseman, MD

• Pediatrician

Jade A. Sanders, MD, MPH

• Pediatrician

Sandeep Singh Sandhu, MD

• Pediatrician

Sarah Elizabeth Schaffer DeRoo, MD

• Pediatrician

Stacy Denise Scott-McKinney, MD

• Pediatrician

Edward Sepe, MD

• Chief Informatics Officer, Children's National Pediatricians & Associates
• Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program
• Pediatrician

Carla L. Sguigna, MD

• Pediatrician

Rachel Glickman Shnider, MD

• Pediatrician

Susan Carol Shults-Scarlett, MD

• Pediatrician

Soleak Sim, MD

• Pediatrician

Ariella Tamar Slovin, MD

• Pediatrician

Yael Tobie Smiley, MD

• Medical Director, Healthy Generations Program
• Assistant Program Director, LAUnCH Track, Pediatric Residency Program
• Pediatrician

Eleanor Irene Smith Khuri, MD

• Pediatrician

David Creighton Sullivan, MD

• Pediatrician

Padma Swamy, MD, MPH, FAAP

• Pediatrician
• Associate Medical Director, TheARC

Beth Anne Tarini, MD

• Director, Resident Research
• Pediatrician

Brittany M. Taylor, MD

• Pediatrician

Jennifer Ann Tender, MD

• Pediatrician

Alicia Marie Tucker, MD

• Pediatrician

Danita Lorraine Tucker-Powell, MD

• Physician Leader, CNPA Greenbelt
• Pediatrician

Chloe Turner, MD

• Pediatrician

Khandra Yane Tyler Beynum, MD

• Pediatrician

Susma Shanti Vaidya, MD, MPH

• Pediatrician

Natalie Induck Vajta, MD

• Pediatrician

Jessica R. Weisz, MD

• Pediatrician

Monika Maria Woods, MD

• Pediatrician

Amber Breigh Young, MD

• Pediatrician

Jennifer Lee Young, MD

• Pediatrician

Michele L. Mietus Snyder, MD

• Cardiologist

Daniel Eric Felten, MD

• Medical Director, Shepherd Park
• Pediatrician

Adrianne Renee Artis, MD

• Pediatrician

Tanya Simone Hinds, MD

• Child Abuse Pediatrician

Allison McCarley Jackson, MD, MPH

• Division Chief, Child and Adolescent Protection Center
• Pediatrician

Amy Rose Law, MD

• Hospitalist

Olivia Owusu-Boahen, MD

• Hospitalist

Margarita Ramos, MD, MS

• Hospitalist

Tamiko Bianca Younge, MD

• Hospitalist

Tayyba Riaz Anwar, MD

• Neurologist
• Neurophysiologist
• Neonatal Neurologist

Paola Pergami, MD

• Neurologist

Jeffrey Alan Strelzik, MD

• Associate Program Director, Child Neurology Fellowship
• Director, Headache Infusion Program
• Medical Director, Neurology Education
• Neurologist

Sarah Marie Allen, NP

• Nurse Practitioner

Margaret Ellen Currey, CRNP

• Nurse Practitioner

Jubi Joseph, PNP

• Nurse Practitioner

Tanya Sonia Mekerdijian, CPNP

• Nurse Practitioner

Sarah Oelke, APRN

• Nurse Practitioner

Alicia Stanford, FNP

• Nurse Practitioner

Marta Magaly Genovez, PhD

• Psychologist

Leandra Godoy, PhD

• Co-Director, Early Childhood Behavioral Health Program
• Psychologist

Maria Lauer, PhD

• Psychologist

Nikita Pushpa Rodrigues, PhD

• Clinical Psychologist

Cecilia Therese Rowland, EDD

• Psychologist

Avante Jena Smack, PhD

• Psychologist

Julia Arons, NP

• Nurse Practitioner

Jennifer Lagasca Barrett, CPNP, CPNP-AC, CPNP-PC

• Nurse Practitioner

Evonne D Bing, MD

Sarah Cristin Bittle, NP

• Nurse Practitioner

Nicole Borglum, MD

Krishnaveni Cheethirala, MD

Jihae Choi, MD

Heidi Christine Clark, NP

• Nurse Practitioner

Kathleen Elizabeth Cummins, NP

• Nurse Practitioner

Ashley Caroline Eckstein, NP

• Lactation Consultant
• Nurse Practitioner

Chauntelle Naomi Hayes Ellis, CPNP

• Nurse Practitioner

Erika L Ellison, MD

Kathryn Beaulieu Fournier, CPNP

• Nurse Practitioner

Greer Smith Gavins, FNP

• Nurse Practitioner

Lindsey Taylor Golomb, LPC

• Family Services Coordinator

Tamara Green, NP, FNP

• Nurse Practitioner

Leila Dominique Habayeb, PCPNP, MSN

• Nurse Practitioner

KeAndra Jones, CPNP

• Nurse Practitioner

Nikki Maria Jones, MD

Ankita Khandai, MD

• Pediatrician

Sarah E. Kimball, NP

• Nurse Practitioner

Anne Marie Kirlin, NP

• Nurse Practitioner

Anna Therese Kovalcik, PCPNP, MSN, CRNP

• Nurse Practitioner

Lori Ann Lucas, NP, FNP

• Nurse Practitioner

April Maloney, CPNP

• Nurse Practitioner

Jaytoya Chenelle Manget, NP, DNP, FNP

• Nurse Practitioner

Patrice H Murakami, NP

• Nurse Practitioner

Mounika Muttineni, DO

Janagan Naahanathan, MD

Thobekile Thandeka Ndlovu, MD

Chidumebi Nwokolo, DO

Ronke Olowojesiku, MD

Megan Lear Prior, MD

Misha Capri Purnell, NP

• Nurse Practitioner

Alexis T Santos, MD

Cherise Aldridge Smith, CPNP, CPNP-AC, CPNP-PC

• Nurse Practitioner

Jacob Alexander Smith, MD

• Pediatrician

Elise Adriana Stave, MD

• Fellow, Cardiology

Elizabeth A Taliaferro, MD

• Pediatrician

Ona Nancy Ugoh, FNP

• Nurse Practitioner

Kamillah Natisse Wood, MD, MPH

• Pediatrician

Allen J. Yiu, MD

Nora Yousef, MD