Faculty

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship

Our Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program is led by highly experienced, knowledgeable clinicians who are committed to helping fellows become leaders in the field of pediatric emergency medicine.

Program Director

Lina M. Patel, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Kansas University Medical Center

Associate Program Director

Tyler J. Fisher, MD, MHPE
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Kansas University Medical Center

Third year fellows

Vivek Dubey, MD
Hometown: Sugar Land, TX
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Residency: University of Oklahoma OKC
Career/Research Interests: Interests include medical education, global health, business
Hobbies/Interests: Sports/exercise, exploring new places, board games, music

Eric Nau, MD
Hometown: Ames, IA
Medical School: Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Residency: Phoenix Children's Hospital / Maricopa Medical Center Pediatric Residency Program, Phoenix, AZ
Career/Research Interests: Global Health
Hobbies/Interests: Travel, Hiking, Camping, Climbing, Skiing, SCUBA, Sports, Music

Marc Sycip, MD
Hometown: Fullerton, California
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
Residency: Pediatrics - NYU Winthrop (Mineola, NY)
Career/Research Interests: Quality Improvement
Hobbies/Interests: Anything outdoors, travel, basketball, technology

Second year fellows

Kayla Barnes, MD
Hometown: Detroit, MI
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Career/Research Interests: Improving patient education in the ED. STI screening & STI education in the ED
Hobbies/Interests: 5K Fun Run, collecting recipes, and traveling

Matt Solove, MD
Hometown: Englewood, CO
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
Residency: Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Career/Research Interests: Pain management/sedation, simulation, sepsis
Hobbies/Interests: Anything outdoors (hike, bike, backpack, ski), photography, sports, food

First year fellows

Sam Dillman
Hometown: Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
Residency: Children's Hospital of Wisconsin MCWAH
Career/Research Interests: Goal is to have Medical Education as part of my career. Research interests include ultrasound and sedation.
Hobbies/Interests: Wisconsin Sports (Go Pack!), Skiing, Water Sports, Tennis

Cree Kachelski
Hometown: Elgin, MN
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Residency: Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
Career/Research Interests: Dual fellow in PEM and Child Abuse; interest in human trafficking and substance abuse
Hobbies/Interests: Motorsports, dancing and working out, cooking, adventuring and spending time with my husband

April McNeill:
Hometown: Fayetteville, NC
Medical School: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Residency: Children's Mercy Hospitals
Career/Research Interests: Advocacy, Health disparities amongst incarcerated youth, Sexual and Reproductive health in at-risk populations
Hobbies/Interests: I enjoy posting on my YouTube channel, "TheRealMEDLife," spending time with my family and friends, attempting to work out, CNN, and HGTV.

Bryan Stocker
Hometown: Johnston, IA
Medical School: Des Moines University
Residency: Blank Children's Hospital Des Moines
Career/Research: medical education/optimizing care of suicidal children and teens
Hobbies/Interests: Spending time with my wife and three children, home improvement projects, working on cars, and reading.

Graduated fellows

2016-2019

Arjun Sarin

Residency: Cardinal Glennon Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Post-fellowship: Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City MO
Scholarly Project: “Health Care System Utilization by Adolescents in the Year Preceding Emergency Care for Suicidality”

Andrew Thill

Residency: Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Post-fellowship: Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City MO
Scholarly Project: “Evaluation of Electrocardiogram Findings in Pediatric Chest Pain in an Emergency Department”

Clay Yaklin

Residency: Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Post-fellowship: Pediatric Palliative Care Fellowship, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Scholarly Project: “Attitudes of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Providers towards Pediatric Death and Outside-of-Hospital Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders”

2015-2018

Theo Trigylidas

Residency: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Post-Fellowship: Children’s National, Washington, D.C.
Scholarly Project: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Performed Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) for the Diagnosis of Intussusception

Tania Ahluwalia

Residency: University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria/Children’s Hospital of Illinois
Post-Fellowship: Children’s National, Washington, D.C.
Scholarly Project: Using Cognitive Task Analysis to Understand The Decision-Making Process for Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Trauma

2014-2017

Tyler Fisher

Residency: Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City
Post-Fellowship: Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City
Scholarly Project: Needs Assessment of Community EMS Providers on Pediatric Emergencies

Michelle DePhillips

Residency: Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City
Post-Fellowship: Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City
Scholarly Project: Use of Outpatient Opioids Prescribed from a Pediatric Acute Care Setting

Mylinh Nguyen

Residency: Children’s Hospital & Research Center, Oakland, CA
Post-Fellowship: Pediatric Ultrasound Fellowship--New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Scholarly Project: Clinical Features of Pediatric Musculoskeletal Infections

Anna Sorenson

Residency: University of Virginia
Post-Fellowship: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Scholarly Project: Resident & Nursing Perceptions of Parental Concerns in Acute Bronchiolitis

2013-2016

Shobhit Jain

Residency: The Children’s Hospital at SUNY Downstate; Brooklyn, NY
Post-Fellowship: Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City
Scholarly Project: Increasing J-Tip Utilization for IV-Related Pain Management in the ED: A Quality Improvement Project

Laura Nilan

Residency: University of Minnesota Medical School, Amplatz Children’s Hospital
Post-Fellowship: Sports Medicine Fellowship--Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City
Scholarly Project: Compassion Fatigue Among Pediatric Emergency Medicine Providers

Uzma Cheema

Residency: The Children’s Hospital at SUNY Downstate; Brooklyn, NY
Post-Fellowship: Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY
Scholarly Project: Patient and Compliance Factors Associated with Child Physical Abuse

2012-2015

Justin Davis

Residency: University of Alabama Medical Center Program
Post-Fellowship: Batson Children’s, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
Scholarly Project: Providing Individualized Written Asthma Action Plans During the Pediatric Emergency Department Visit

Jessica Schnell

Residency: Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City
Post-Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO
Scholarly Project: Effect of Early Knowledge of RSV Positivity on Medical Decision Making & Throughput in a Pediatric Emergency Department