Meet Our Fellows
Matthew Lammers, MD (2024-2028)
Infectious Disease/Pediatric Hospital Medicine Combined Fellowship Fellow
- Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospital – American Family Children’s Hospital
- Clinical Interests: Antibiotic use, global health, immigrant health
- Interests Outside of Fellowship: Trying new restaurants, spending time with family/friends, NYT games
Charu Gupta, MD (2025-2027)
- Medical School: Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
- Pediatric Residency: Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Clinical Interests: Global Health
- Interests Outside of Fellowship: I enjoy exploring new coffee shops and restaurants with my friends, cooking and baking when I can, and listening to audiobooks.
Olivia Max, MD (2025-2027)
- Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
- Pediatric Residency: SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
- Clinical Interests: Medical Education and Simulation
- Interests Outside of Fellowship: In my free time, I love hanging out with or FaceTiming my nieces, spending time outside, hiking/going on walks with my dog, exploring coffee shops/breweries, playing board games/attempting to play video games, and going to concerts.
Laura "Dannie" Roberts, DO (2026-2028)
- Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Residency: Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Clinical Interests: Medical Education, Advocacy, and Social Determinants of Health
- Interests Outside of Fellowship: I love running, cycling, and basically doing anything outside - especially hiking or boating. Also enjoy getting to travel, as well as explore new restaurants and coffee shops!
Melissa "Missy" Johnson, MD (2026-2028)
- Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Michigan Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
- Clinical Interests: Med-Ed, Social Influences of Health, Improving Health Equity and Justice
- Interests Outside of Fellowship: Jogging, baking, board games, exploring the national parks, finding new ice cream shops, and traveling across the country and around the world with friends and family
Meet Our Alumni
Matthew Wysong, DO (2024-2026)
- Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Pediatric Residency: Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Clinical Interests: Clinical Informatics, Medical Education, Clinical Pathways
- Interests Outside of Fellowship: running, visiting national parks, spending time with my wife and 3 kids
Sarah Sprauer, MD (2024-2026)
- Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine
- Residency: Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Clinical Interests: Quality improvement, patient safety, safe sleep, social determinants of health
- Interests Outside of Fellowship: time with family and friends, yoga, running, walks with my dog
Meghan Fennell, MD (2023-2025)
- Medical School: The Ohio State University College of Medicine
- Pediatric Residency: Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Clinical Interests: Behavioral health, interpreter use, global health, clinical informatics
- Interests Outside of Fellowship: Baking, skiing, live music, travel
Emily Kramer, DO (2023-2025)
- Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Pediatric Residency: Akron Children’s Hospital
- Clinical Interests: Medical education and quality improvement
- Interests Outside of Fellowship: Biking, disc golfing, gardening, cooking, and spending time with my husband, Patrick.
Monica Hoff, MD
- Medical School: The Ohio State University College of Medicine
- Pediatric Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- Clinical Interests: Medical education and using education to advance health equity
- Current Position: Faculty at Nationwide Children's Hospital – Main Campus
Kathryn Connor, MD
- Medical School: The Ohio State University College of Medicine
- Pediatric Residency: Med Peds Residency at UPMC/Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
- Clinical Interests: QI and Medical Education
- Current Position: Faculty at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center/Nationwide Children’s Hospital – Main Campus
Karen Allen, MD
- Medical School: The Ohio State University College of Medicine
- Pediatric Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Chief Resident)
- Clinical Interests: Management of acutely ill children, patient education
- Current Position: Pediatric Hospitalist at Nationwide Children's Hospital – Main Campus
Ashleigh Slemmer, DO
- Medical School: Ohio University
- Pediatric Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- Clinical Interests: Quality improvement, resource utilization, high value care, process improvement
- Additional Education: MBA at Ohio University
- Current Position: Pediatric Hospitalist at Nationwide Children's Hospital – Main Campus
Kathryn Westphal, MD
- Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
- Pediatric Residency: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago (Chief Resident)
- Focus During Fellowship: Clinical research in BRUE, hypothermic neonates, neonatal care during COVID 19 pandemic
- Awards: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Grant, Nationwide Children's Hospital 2022 Fellow Research Award
- Current Position: Faculty at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Hilary Lin, MD
- Medical School: Penn State University
- Pediatric Residency: University of Rochester
- Current Position: Faculty at Children’s Health Orange County (Orange, CA)
Melanie Marsh, MD
Inaugural Fellow
- Medical School: Rush University Medical Center
- Pediatric Residency: Wake Forest Baptist
- Focus During Fellowship: Clinical research in neonatal UTI and the care of febrile late preterm infants, medical education research on a novel communication curriculum
- Awards: Intermural Grant from Nationwide Children’s, Mid-America Regional Grant from APPD
- Current Position: Faculty at Advocate Children’s (Chicago, IL)
