Celebrating New Residents on Match Day 2024

Collage showing the newest class of residents for Johns Hopkins All Children's

Published in Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital - Latest News and Stories

Though many medical students applied to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, only a dozen per year secure a space in the Pediatric Residency Program, along with one match into the Child Neurology Residency Program. On Friday, the National Resident Matching Program announced who will join the next class of residents in July 2024.

“Match Day is a celebration to welcome new residents into our training programs,” says Mary Beth Wroblewski, M.D., program director of the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency Program. “Each match represents another milestone for our institution along our journey toward a comprehensive pediatric academic health care system. This year, we are also excited to welcome a resident into our new Child Neurology Residency Program, led by program director Clarimar Borrero-Mejias, M.D.” 

The Johns Hopkins All Children’s Pediatric Residency Program welcomes these new residents:

  • Giannina Aponte-Rolon, M.D.
  • Yonesha Cole, M.D.
  • Stefanie Filoramo, D.O.
  • Medeeha Khan, M.D.
  • Suzanne Lowes, M.D.
  • Zeenath Mohammad, M.D.
  • Chinenyenwa Onukwugha, M.D.
  • Brandan Ranjith, M.D.
  • Randy Reeder, M.D.
  • Kunal Shah, M.D.
  • Katarina Szada-Daubert, M.D.
  • Emilianne Wheeler, M.D.

The Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Child Neurology Residency Program welcomes its new resident, Alianis Tirado Adames, M.D.

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Current residents Isabel Hendrickson, M.D., and Leighton Reid, M.D., will serve as chief residents for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Additionally, welcome to these University of South Florida Pediatrics and Med-Pediatrics residents who will train at Johns Hopkins All Children’s:

USF Pediatric Residents

  • Sara Beshara, M.D.
  • Damielle Gantar, D.O.
  • Amanda Hernandez, M.D.
  • Martin Cheramie, M.D.
  • Sean Griffin, M.D.
  • Alyson Hill, D.O.
  • Jenny Lee, M.D.
  • Keyshla Munoz Munoz, M.D.
  • Sridevi Narayanan, D.O.
  • Lidia Lopez, M.D.
  • Manda Mainville, D.O.
  • Chris Rasky, M.D.

USF Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residents

  • Ian Alvarado Velez, M.D.
  • Anhthu Trinh, M.D.
  • Brendan Wheeldon, M.D.
  • Nelson Fraqui-Rios, M.D.
  • Jessica Moore, M.D.

In addition to new residents, Johns Hopkins All Children’s celebrated fellows who will be arriving in July as well as offering congratulations to graduating residents who will be continuing their studies as fellows elsewhere.

Johns Hopkins All Children’s will welcome incoming fellows under the following programs:

  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine: Bennett Mack, M.D., Prisma Health Children's Hospital – Upstate Greenville, South Carolina, Pediatric Residency Program; and Andrea Devaris Martinez, M.D., Yale New Haven Children's Hospital, Connecticut, Pediatric Residency Program
  • Pediatric Cardiology: Kenneth Coca, M.D., Johns Hopkins All Children’s Pediatric Residency Program
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Alisa Corrado, M.D., Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center, Pediatric Residency Program; and Kayla Delaney, M.D., Johns Hopkins All Children’s Pediatric Residency Program
  • Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine: Patricia O'Brien, M.D., Ph.D., USF Associate Professor/Pediatric Hospital Medicine
  • Pediatric Hospital Medicine: Caitlin Kutz, M.D., Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Pediatric Residency Program; and Emily Leyden, M.D., Riley Hospital for Children/Indiana University School of Medicine, Pediatric Residency Program
  • Pediatric Neuro-Oncology: Christian Nieves-Rivera, M.D., LSU Health New Orleans Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Program
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery: Myron Rolle, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital Neurosurgery Residency Program
  • Pediatric Sports Medicine: Jorge Sucar-Marquez, M.D., University of South Alabama Pediatric Residency Program
  • Pediatric Surgery: Alicia Sykes, M.D., Naval Medical Center San Diego General Surgery Residency Program
  • Surgical Critical Care: Caitlin Crosier, M.D., Prisma Health – Upstate/University of South Carolina School of Medicine General Surgery Residency Program

Congratulations to our residents who plan to pursue fellowship training and also learned where they have matched.

Dinah Bachelor, M.D., Le Bonheur, Pediatric Nephrology

Amanda Seibert, M.D., Vanderbilt, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Serena Shaffren, M.D., University of South Florida, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Carolena Trocchia, M.D., Stanford, Pediatric Gastroenterology