Meet Our Hematology, Oncology and BMT Fellows

James Reinecke, MD, PhD

• Graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine (Omaha, NE)
• Residency completed at Nationwide Children’s/Ohio State University, United States of America ACGME Residency (Columbus, OH)

Andrew Picca, DO

• Graduated from the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (Pomona, CA)
• Residency completed at the Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston, SC)

Natasha Bala, MD

• Graduated from Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai (Maharashtra, India)
• Residency completed at SUNY Downstate Medical Center (Brooklyn, NY)

Ashleigh Kussman, MD

• Graduated from The University of Toledo College of Medicine (Toledo, OH)
• Residency completed at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital (St. Petersburg, FL)
• BMT Fellow: 2022 - 2023

Eman Abdelghani, MD

• Graduated from Jordan University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine (Amman Governorate, Jordan)
• Residency completed at Albert Einstein Healthcare Network (Philadelphia, PA)

Laura Tyrrell, MD

• Graduated from Eastern Virginia Medical School (Norfolk, VA)
• Residency completed at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (Richmond, VA)

Nicole Kendel, MD

• Graduated from The Ohio State University College of Medicine (Columbus, OH)
• Residency completed at Nationwide Children’s/Ohio State University, United States of America ACGME Residency (Columbus, OH)

Lynda Villagomez, MD

• Graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, NY)
• Residency completed at Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, NY)

Jennifer Belsky, DO

• Graduated from Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (Athens, OH)
• Residency completed at Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, OH)

Kyle Davis, MD

• Graduated from Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine (Dayton, OH)
• Residency completed at Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, OH)

Brian Tullius, MD

• Graduated from University of Nebraska College of Medicine (Omaha, NE)
• Residency completed at University of California Davis (Sacramento, CA)

Richard Graham, MD

• Sarcoma Fellowship at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, TN)

Margaret Lamb, MD

• Bone Marrow Transplant Fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH)

Priyal Patel, DO

• Palliative Care Fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH)

Amanda Jacobson-Kelly, MD, MSc

• Medical Staff at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH)

Amanda Saraf, DO

• Associate Director of Oncofertility Program at Riley Children’s Health Indiana University Health (Indianapolis, IN)

Mary Frances Wedekind, DO

• Sarcoma Fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH)
• Staff at National Institute of Health/National Cancer Institute

Scott Coven, MD

• Neuro-oncology Fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH)
• Medical Staff at Riley Children’s Health Indiana University Health (Indianapolis, IN)

Meghan Drayton Jackson, DO

• QI Fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH)
• Chair of Pediatric Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders Quality Council at Riley Children’s Health Indiana University Health (Indianapolis, IN)

Kathleen Overholt, MD

• Co-Director of Hematology/Oncology Resident and Medical Student Education at Riley Children’s Health Indiana University Health (Indianapolis, IN)

Kristina Harrell, MD, MPH

• Medical Staff at Levine Children’s Hospital (Charlotte, NC)

Ryan Roberts, MD, PhD

• Principal Investigator in the Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH)

Joel Thompson, MD

• Director of Taking on Life After Cancer Clinic/Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Program at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center/Jimmy Everest Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders in Children (Oklahoma City, OK)
• Medical Staff at Children’s Mercy Hospital (Kansas City, MO)

Kellie Haworth, MD

• Research Fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH)
• Neuro-oncology Fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH)
• Medical Staff at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (Memphis, TN)

Ruchika Sharma, MD

• Hemostasis-Thrombosis Fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH)
• Associate Medical Director of the Platelet Neutrophil Immunology Lab at Blood Center of Wisconsin/Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI)

Caitlin Agrawal, MD, MS

• Medical Staff at Advocate Children’s Hospital – Park Ridge Campus (Park Ridge, IL)

Keri Streby, MD

• Medical Staff at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH)

Gary Woods, MD

• Hemostasis-Thrombosis Fellowship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH)
• Director of Hemophilia Treatment Center at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (Norfolk, VA)
• Co-Director of Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (Norfolk, VA)
• Associate Director of Pediatric Stroke Program at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Emory (Atlanta, GA)

Natasha Pillay Smiley, DO

• Neuro-oncology Fellowship at Ann and Robert H. Laurie Children’s Hospital (Chicago, IL)
• Medical Staff at Ann and Robert H. Laurie Children’s Hospital (Chicago, IL)

Suzanne Reed, MD

• Associate Program Director of Residency Programs at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH)
• Medical Staff at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH)

Anthony Audino, MD

• Medical Staff at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH)

Bhuvana Setty, MD

• Medical Staff at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH)

Grace Onimoe, MD

• Medical Staff at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH)
• Medical Staff at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine/CWRU (Cleveland, OH)

Kerry Powell, MD

• University of Louisville Physicians (Louisville, KY)

John Stephen Corns, DO

• East Tennessee Children’s Hospital (Knoxville, OH)

Joanne Lagmay, MD

• Director of Pediatric Solid Tumor Program at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
• Associate Chief of Palliative Care Program at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)

Karen Fernandez, MD

• Director of Solid Tumor Program and Vascular Tumor at University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (Peoria, IL)

Melissa Rose, DO

• Medical Staff Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, OH)

Jason Canner, DO

• Advocate Children's Hospital - Oak Lawn, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital (Oak Lawn, IL)

Beng Fuh, MD

• East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)

Dennis O'Brien, MD

• Lutheran Hospital (Fort Wayne, IN)

Stephanie Savelli, MD

• Akron Children's Hospital (Akron, OH)

Ram V. Kalpatthi, MD

• Children’s Mercy Kansas City (Kansas City, MO)

Douglas Cipkala, MD

• Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St. Vincent (Indianapolis, IN)

Jason Fangusaro, MD

• Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Kapil Saxena, MD

• Boston Children’s Hospital (Boston, MA)

Tung Wynn, MD

• University of Florida (Gainsville, FL)

Nicholas Yeager, MD

• Medical Staff at Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, OH)

Bayoumy, Mohamad

• Practicing in Saudi Arabia