Meet Our Rheumatology Fellows and Alumni

Lauren Harper 
 

Lauren Harper, MD

  • Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine (Loma Linda, CA)
  • Residency: Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, CA)
Kendra Lauer 
 

Kendra Lauer, DO

  • Medical School: A.T. Still University of Health Sciences Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (Kirksville, MO)
  • Residency: Blank Children’s Hospital (Des Moines, IA)
Ivana Stojkic 
 

Ivana Stojkic, MD

  • Medical School: Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University (Augusta, GA)
  • Residency: Johns Hopkins Children’s Center (Baltimore, MD)
Ivana Stojkic 
 

Samantha Coss, MD, PhD

  • Medical School: The Ohio State University College of Medicine (Columbus, OH)
  • Residency: Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, OH)

Meet Our Alumni

Alumni Residency, Medical School and Post-Fellowship Information
Samuel Gagne, MD, MPH (2020 - 2023)
  • Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School (Norfolk, VA)
  • Residency: Children's Hospital at Montefiore (Bronx, NY)
  • Position After Fellowship: Rheumatology Faculty at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
Christine Bacha, MD, RhMSUS (2019 - 2022)
  • Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine (Toledo, OH)
  • Residency: Akron Children's Hospital (Akron, OH)
  • Position After Fellowship: Rheumatology Faculty at Akron Children's Hospital (Akron, OH)
Veronica (Mruk) Heitsch, MD (2017 - 2021, combined Med/Peds)
  • Medical School: Jagiellonian University Medical College (Krakow, Poland)
  • Residency: East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)
  • Position After Fellowship: Rheumatology faculty at Adena Health System (Chillicothe, OH)
Laura (Ballenger) Pratt, MD (2017 - 2020)
  • Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (Nashville, TN)
  • Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital
  • Position After Fellowship: Rheumatology faculty at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Ohoud Al Ahmed, MD (2016 - 2019) 
  • Medical School: King Saud University College of Medicine (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
  • Residency: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
  • Position After Fellowship: King Saud University – Medical City
Evan Muvlhill, MD (2016 - 2019)
  • Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine (Charlottesville, VA)
  • Residency: Saint Christopher’s Hospital for Children (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Position After Fellowship: Rheumatology faculty at Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children in (Wilmington, DE)
Aliese Sarkissian, MD (2015 - 2018)
  • Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine (Indianapolis, IN)
  • Residency: Helen DeVos Children's Hospital (Grand Rapids, MI)
  • Position After Fellowship: Rheumatology faculty at UNC Children’s Hospital (Chapel Hill, NC)
Paul Jensen, MD (2014 - 2018, combined Med/Peds)
  • Medical School: Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)
  • Residency: Nationwide Children's Hospital
  • Position After Fellowship: Private practice in Utah
Rabheh Abdul Aziz, MD (2013 - 2016)
  • Medical School: University of Damascus (Damascus, Syria)
  • Residency: Damascus University (Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic)
  • Position After Fellowship: Rheumatology faculty at UMBD Pediatrics (Buffalo, NY)
Kyla Driest, MD (2012 - 2015)
  • Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine (Gainesville, FL)
  • Residency: Nationwide Children's Hospital
  • Position After Fellowship: Rheumatology faculty at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Fatima Barbar-Smiley, MD (2011 - 2014)
  • Medical School: Beirut Arab University (Lebanon)
  • Residency: Beirut Arab Univeristy/Hammoud Hospital University Medical Center (Saida- Lebanon)
  • Position After Fellowship: Rheumatology faculty at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Anjali Patwardhan, MD (2009 - 2012)
  • Medical School: Gandhi Medical College (Bhopal, India)
  • Residency: National Training Program (England, United Kingdom)
  • Position After Fellowship: Rheumatology Faculty at University of Missouri (Kansas City, MO)