Emergency Medicine Fellows

Third-Year Fellows (2022-2025)

Simi Gotewal, M.D.

Education
B.A., UT Dallas, Dallas, TX, 2015
M.D., UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, 2019
Postdoctoral Training
Pediatric Residency: UT Houston, Houston, TX, 2019‐2022

 

Jennifer McConnell, M.D.

Education
B.A., University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, 2009
M.D., UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, 2013
Postdoctoral Training
Pediatric Residency: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, 2013–2016

 

Nkeiruka Orajiaka, M.D.

Education
M.B.B.S., University Of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Nigeria, 2006
M.P.H., Mailman School Of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2010
Postdoctoral Training
Pediatric Residency: Columbia University Medical Center, The Affiliation At Harlem Hospital, New York, NY, 2014–2017

 

Elizabeth Perry, M.D.

Education
B.S. (Magna Cum Laude), Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 2015
M.D., Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, 2019
Postdoctoral Training
Pediatric Residency: Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, 2019–2022

 

Shannon Yancovich, M.D.

Education
B.S., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 2015
M.D., Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, 2019
Postdoctoral Training
Pediatric Residency: University of Texas at Houston Health Sciences Center, Houston, TX, 2019–2022

 

Second-Year Fellows (2023-2026)

Morgan Weyant-Cheeseman, M.D.

Education
B.S. (Summa Cum Laude), Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2015
M.D., University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL, 2020
Postdoctoral Training
Pediatric Residency: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2020–2023

 

Sriharsha Kambala, M.D.

Education
B.S., University of Houston, Houston, TX, 2016
M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2020
Postdoctoral Training
Pediatric Residency: UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, 2020–2023

 

Evan Wright, M.D.

Education
B.S. (Magna Cum Laude), University of Western Ontario, London, ON, 2014
M.D., Technion Institute of Technology, Israel, 2019
Postdoctoral Training
Pediatric Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, New York, NY, 2019–2022, Chief Resident, 2022–2023

 

First-Year Fellows (2024-2027)

Kimberly De Leon, M.D.

Education
M.D., Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, 2021
Postdoctoral Training
Pediatric Residency: Advent Health Orlando Children's Hospital, Orlando FL , 2021–2024

 

Katelyn "Katie" Hernandez, D.O.

Education
M.D., Edward via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Spartanburg, SC, 2021
Postdoctoral Training
Pediatric Residency: Advent Health for Children, Orlando, FL, 2021–2024

 

Nguyen "Nathan" Nguyen, M.D.

Education
M.D., Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, 2017
Postdoctoral Training
Pediatric Residency: National Capital Consortium Categorical Pediatric Residency, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, 2017–2020

 

Emily Wood, M.D.

Education
M.D., University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK, 2021
Postdoctoral Training
Pediatric Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, Categorical Pediatrics Residency, Houston, TX, 2021–2024

 

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