Child Neurology Residency - Current Residents and Alumni
Program Director

Program Director: Tyler Allison, MD
Dr. Allison graduated from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and completed his Child Neurology training at Children's Mercy Kansas City. Since graduating from our program in 2015, he has solidified his love of education through his time serving as the Medical Neurosciences course director at UMKC and as the head of the education committee for the neurology division prior to taking on the role of program director. His primary clinical focus is neuroimmunology and he is the director of our neuroinflammatory and neurology-rheumatology clinics. He is a staunch political advocate for his patients with neurologic inflammatory conditions and loves working with residents on their advocacy goals.
Current Residents
Class of 2026
Anne Altschul, DO: Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine
Mark Grady, MD: Medical School - Ohio State University College of Medicine
I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the College of Wooster and attended medical school at Ohio State University. I enjoy cooking, baking, eating ice cream, painting, watching movies, listening to old records, and walking around the parks of KCMO with my wife and our dog.
Catherine Tran, MD: University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine
Class of 2027
Mohammed Darwish, MBBS: Medical School - Assiut University Faculty of Medicine
Parker Greider, MD: Medical School - University of Kansas School of Medicine
Class of 2028
Jonah Lund, MD: Medical School - University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Marit Moster, MD: Medical School - Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
Kaitlyn Schuberth, DO: Medical School - Kansas City University
Alumni
Class of 2025 - Amy Hill, MD - Child Neurologist, East Tennessee Children's Hospital
Class of 2025 - Jaclyn Peraino, MD - Faculty, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Class of 2025 - Sarah Paige Davis, MD - Child Neurologist, Integris Health Pediatric Neurology Group, Oklahoma City, OK
Class of 2024 - Justin Coogle, MD, Faculty, Children's Mercy Kansas City
Class of 2023 – Joseph Coleman, MD, Medical School – University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Class of 2023 – Julie Gianakon, MD, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Class of 2022 – Jacob Arends, MD, Faculty, Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Class of 2022 – Ashley Lepse, MD, Faculty, Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Class of 2021 – Natalie Katz, MD, PhD, Fellow, Neuromuscular Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, N.Y.
Class of 2020 – Tiffany Barkley, DO, Vascular Neurology Fellowship, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kan.
Class of 2020 – Sonal Sharma, MD, Mitochondrial Medicine Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
Class of 2019 – Andrew Cease, Child Neurologist, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Class of 2018 – Julio Quezada, MD, Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Class of 2018 – Deepti Nagesh, MD, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, Cincinnati, Children’s Hospital
Class of 2017 – Marcie Goeden, MD, Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Class of 2016 – Britton Zuccarelli, MD Child Neurologist, Salina, Kan.
Class of 2015 – Tyler Allison, MD, Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Class of 2014 – Tammy Hennika, MD Faculty, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, N.Y.
Class of 2013 – Anastasia Luniova, MD Child Neurologist, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital
Class of 2012 – Christoper DeCock, MD Child Neurologist, Fargo, N.D.
Class of 2011 – Jennifer Yuen, DO Child Neurologist, Mesa, Ariz.
Class of 2010 – Kadry Allaboun, MD Child Neurologist, Morganton, N.C.
Class of 2009 – Mamon Maiteh, MD Child Neurologist, Toledo, Ohio
Class of 2008 – Husam Kayyali, MD, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Saudi Arabia










Our Child Neurology leadership team
Tyler Allison, MD
Program Director
(816) 302-3331
tallison@cmh.edu
Jake Arends, MD
Associate Program Director
(816) 302-3314
jlarends@cmh.edu
Ty Moore, MS, MBA
Program Coordinator
tmoore3@cmh.edu