Faculty and Fellows
Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship
The faculty in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology at Children's Mercy is a diverse and experienced group of mentors, representing a wide variety of academic interests.
Program Director
Voytek Slowik, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Associate Program Director
Halee Patel, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Program Coordinator
Fellows
Moises Alatorre Jimenez, MD
Rasheed Ansari, DO
Alexandra Biller, DO
Daniel Borman, MD
Antonia Fernandez Ovalle, MD
Sofia Colon Guzman, MD
Faculty and staff
Meet the team from the Division of Gastroenterology.
Alumni
2023
Laurie McCann, DO – Midwest Pediatric Specialists, Overland Park, KS
Jeremy Stewart, MD – Children's Medical Center Plano- Dallas, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
2022
Jennifer Halma, MD – Fellow, Advanced Transplant Hepatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Kenneth Schmidt, MD – University at Buffalo and Oishei Children’s Hospital, Buffalo, NY
2021
Amy Issa, DO – University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Panamdeep Kaur, MD – University at Buffalo and Oishei Children’s Hospital, Buffalo, NY
2020
Nathan Fleishman, MD – Atrium Health – Levine Children’s Specialty Center, Charlotte, NC
Taina Jausurawong, DO – Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
2019
Dalya El Tawil, MD – Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Antoinette Adjowa Walker, MD – Cincinnati Children’s, Cincinnati, OH
2018
Tim Blaufuss, DO – Sanford Children’s Hospital, Fargo, ND
Rebecca Casini, DO – NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL
2017
Nadia Ibrahimi, MD – Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Voytek Slowik, MD- Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
2015
Carrie Reynolds, MD – Rocky Mountain Hospital Pediatric Gastroenterology, Denver, CO
Katie Sturgeon, MD – Rocky Mountain Hospital Pediatric Gastroenterology, Grand Junction, CO
2014
Sarah Edwards, DO – Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Nadia M. Hijaz, MD – Children’s Mercy Hospital, Joplin, MO
Valentina Shahknovich, MD – Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
2011
Julie A. Bass, DO – Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Julia M. Bracken, MD – Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Seth Septer, DO – Children’s Hospital Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
2010
Stephanie L. Page, MD – Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
2009
Jennifer L. McCullough, MD – Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
2008
Jennifer M. Colombo, MD – Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Our Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship team
Voytek Slowik, MD
Program Director
(816) 302-3400
vslowik@cmh.edu
Halee Patel, MD
Associate Program Director
hpatel1@cmh.edu
Rachel Laws, MBA
Fellowship Coordinator
rmlaws@cmh.edu