Meet Our Fellows

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)