Meet Our Child Neurology Residents and Fellows

Child Neurology – PGY 5's

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Ana Cabal Herrera, MD

  • Medical School: Universidad del Valle Escuela de Medicina, Cali Colombia
  • Residency: Nationwide Children's Hospital
Publications
  • Forero-Forero JV, Gonzalez-Teshima LY, Cabal-Herrera AM, Ramirez-Cheyne J, Castillo-Giraldo A. Emergence of micro-RNAs as potential biomarkers in different diseases. Latreia. 2016 Sept;29(3):323-333.
  • Cabal-Herrera AM, Saldarriaga-Gil W, Salcedo-Arellano MJ, Hagerman RJ. Fragile X associated neuropsychiatric disorders in a male without FXTAS. Intractable Rare Dis Res. 2020 May;9(2):113-118.
  • Salcedo-Arellano MJ, Cabal-Herrera AM, Tassanakijpanich N, McLennan YA, Hagerman RJ. Ataxia as the major manifestation of fragile X-Associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS): Case series. Biomedicines. 2020 May;8(5):136.
  • Schneider A, Winarni TI, Cabal-Herrera AM, Bacalman S, Gane L, Hagerman P, Tassone F, Hagerman R. Elevated FMR1-mRNA and lowered FMRP – A double-hit mechanism for psychiatric features in men with FMR1 premutations. Transl Psychiatry. 2020 Dec;10(1):205.
  • Salcedo-Arellano MJ, Cabal-Herrera AM, Punatar RH, Clark CJ, Romney CA, Hagerman RJ. Overlapping Molecular Pathways Leading to Autism Spectrum Disorders, Fragile X Syndrome, and Targeted Treatments. Neurother. 2021 Jan;18(1):265-283.
  • Saldarriaga-Gil W, Cabal-Herrera AM, Fandino-Losada A, Vasquez A, Hagerman R, Tassone F. Inequities in diagnosis of Fragile X syndrome in Colombia. J Appl Intellect Disabil. 2021 May;34(3):830-839.
  • Salcedo-Arellano MJ, Wang JY, McLennan YA, Doan M, Cabal-Herrera AM, Jimenez S, Wolf-Ochoa MW, Sanchez D, Juarez P, Tassone F, Durbin-Johnson B, Hagerman RJ. Cerebral Microbleeds in Fragile X-Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome. Movement Dis. 2021 Aug;36(8):1935-1943.
  • Cabal-Herrera AM, Mateen FJ. COVID-19 in a patient treated with eculizumab for aquaporin-4 neuromyelitis optica. J Neurol. 2021 Dec;268(12):4479-4482.
  • Cabal-Herrera AM, Mateen FJ. Randomized Controlled Trials for Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder. Neurologist. 2022 Jan;27(1):14-20.
  • Cabal-Herrera AM, Walker VP, Bignall ONR. Unveiling the unseen: Distinguishing and dignifying the essential role of environmental services staff. J Hosp Med. 2022 Mar;17(3):231-232.
  • Rice DR, Nishiyama S, Pardo S, Cabal Herrera AM, Levy M, Mateen FJ. A point-of-care diagnostic test for aquaporin-4 antibody seropositive neuromyelitis optica. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2022 Apr;60:103716.
  • Payan-Gomez C, Cabal-Herrera AM, Caicedo-Rosales JA, Saldarriaga-Gil W. Severe Vaginal Myiasis: Successful Management With Ivermectin. Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Sept;122:398-400.

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Sarah Mangold, DO

  • Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Residency: Nationwide Children's Hospital
Publications
  • Mansour Y, Mangold S, Chosky D, Kulesza RJ. Auditory midbrain hypoplasia and dysmorphology after prenatal valproic acid exposure. Neuroscience. 2019;396:79-93.  
  • Mangold SA, Das JM. Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, Cortical Primary Auditory Area. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020 Feb.  
  • Mangold, SA., Das, JM. Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, Reticular Formation. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020 Mar. 
  • Cukierski JJ, O’Donnell S, Mangold S, Harkins J. Need for Standardization of Sham Techniques to Further OMM Research: A Suggestion of Standardized Sham Rib Raising. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2020. In press.
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George Zakhary, DO

  • Medical School: Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Publications
  • Zakhary G, Sherchan P, Li Q, Tang J, Zhang JH. Modification of kynurenine pathway via inhibition of kynurenine hydroxylase attenuates surgical brain injury complications in a male rat model. J Neurosci Res. 2020 Jan;98(1):155-167.

Child Neurology – PGY 4's

Maxim Dragoun
 

Maxim Dragoun, MD

  • Medical School: Universität zu Köln, Germany
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio
Publications
  • Pfeiffer H, Dragoun M, Prokop A, Schatzschneider U. Biological activity of molybdenum(II) allyl dicarbonyl complexes with N-N coligands of variable aromatic surface area on adherent and non-adherent human cancer cells. Zeitschrift fur Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie. 639(8-9):1568-1576.
  • Yadav DB, Taleli L, Van Der Westhuyzen AE, Fernandes MA, Dragoun M, Prokop A, Schmalz H-G, De Koning CB, Van Otterlo WAL. Synthesis of Diverse 6-Oxa-allocolchicinoids by a Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling, Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Transacetalization Strategy. European J Org Chem. 2015 Aug;23:5167-5182.
  • Dragoun M, Gunther T, Frias C, Berkessel A, Prokop A. Metal-free salan-type compound induces apoptosis and overcomes multidrug resistance in leukemic and lymphoma cells in vitro. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2018 Apr;144(4):685-695.

Shaymaa Elhadidy
 

Shaymaa Elhadidy, MD

  • Medical School: Misr University for Science and Technology College of Medicine, Egypt
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio
Publications
  • Thapa S, Elhadidy S, Asakura A. Vascular therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Fac Rev. 2023 Feb;12:3.

Monica Kim
 

Monica Kim, DO

  • Medical School: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio
Publications
  • Kang SH, Kim ME, Jang H, Kwon H, Lee H, Kim HJ, Seo SW, Na DL. Amyloid Positivity in the Alzheimer/Subcortical-Vascular Spectrum. Neurology. 2021 Apr;96(17):E2201-E2211.

Megan McConathy
 

Megan McConathy, DO

  • Medical School: University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth - Texas COM
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio

Richard Miller
 

Richard Miller, MD

  • Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio

Child Neurology – PGY 3's

Mara Cohen
 

Mara Cohen, MD

  • Medical School: New York University Grossman School of Medicine
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio

Mallory Gibson
 

Mallory Gibson, MD

  • Medical School: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio

Hannah Loeb
 

Hannah Loeb, MD

  • Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio

Nadine Taher
 

Nadine Taher, DO

  • Medical School: Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Residency: Akron Children's Hospital, Pediatrics, Akron, Ohio

Hannah Waugh
 

Rebecca Waugh, MD

  • Medical School: University of Kentucky College of Medicine
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio

Pediatrics – PGY-2's

Victoria Das
 

Victoria Das, MD

  • Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio

Valerie DeLeon
 

Valerie DeLeon, MD

  • Medical School: University of Houston Tilman J Fertitta Family College of Medicine
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio

Alexander Grayson
 

Alexander Grayson, MD

  • Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio

Jackson Mittlesteadt
 

Jackson Mittlesteadt, DO

  • Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio

Laura Olivieri
 

Laura Olivieri, DO

  • Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio

Pediatrics – PGY 1's

Kaitlyn Alleman
 

Kaitlyn Alleman

  • Medical School: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio
Michelle Drews
 

Michelle Drews, MD, PhD

  • Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio
Anthara Gnanakumar, MD
 

Anthara Gnanakumar, MD

  • Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio
Abigail Petrecca
 

Abigail Petrecca, DO

  • Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio
Kristin Sportiello
 

Kristin Sportiello, MD

  • Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pediatric Residency, Columbus, Ohio

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