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Pediatrics Residency Graduates

Our Goal: 100% Board Pass Rate

Our graduates have done quite well on the American Board of Pediatrics Certifying Examination. Two years ago, we started an initiative to bring our pass rate to 100%—integrating PREP questions in Morning Report and all subspecialty rotations, Faculty Board Review monthly, Intensive Board Review with Chief Residents 3 days a week from January through June, and Intensive Individualized Study Plans for at-risk residents.

We have already seen results from our interventions. On the 2017 and 2018 exams, our pass rate for first time takers was 91%.

Our Grads Successfully Obtain Fellowships of Their Choice

About half of our graduates go on to fellowship training in a pediatric subspecialty, and half go into general pediatrics practice, although this varies year-to-year.

In the last 20 years, our graduates have entered fellowships at institutions such as Boston University, Children’s Hospital Boston, Children's Hospital Philadelphia, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Duke University, Johns Hopkins, MGH,  Pittsburgh, UC San Diego, University of North Carolina,  Vanderbilt, and Yale, in subspecialties from Alternative and Complementary Medicine to Critical Care, from Neonatology to Sports Medicine, from Emergency Medicine to Hematology/Oncology.

Adolescent Medicine 

  • University of Rochester, NY 
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Indiana University 
  • Boston Children's Hospital

Allergy-Immunology

  • Montreal Children's
  • University of Michigan
  • Baylor
  • Yale School of Medicine
  • University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Alternative and Complementary Medicine 

  • University of Arizona 

Cardiology 

  • Advocate Children's Hospital, Chicago
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital 
  • Seattle Children's Hospital
  • UCLA
  • Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond

Critical Care 

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Milwaukee Children's Hospital 
  • University of California San Diego 
  • University of Connecticut 
  • University of Maryland 
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Virginia 
  • Vancouver Children's Hospital 
  • Yale University 

Emergency Medicine 

  • Boston Children's Hospital 
  • Baystate Medical Center 
  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh at UPMC
  • University of Calgary 
  • University of Connecticut 
  • University of Oklahoma - OU Children's

Endocrinology 

  • Baystate Medical Center 
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 
  • Pittsburgh Children's Hospital 
  • University of California, San Francisco 
  • Yale University 

Gasteroenterology 

  • Hasbro Children's Hospital (Brown)
  • Stony Brook University 
  • University of Utah Children's Hospital

Genetics 

  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital 
  • Duke University 

Hematology-Oncology 

  • Maria Fareri Children's Hospital
  • New York University
  • Penn State, Hershey, PA
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  • Toronto Hospital for Sick Children 
  • Vanderbilt University 
  • University of North Carolina
  • Yale University

Infectious Diseases 

  • Boston University 
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • DC Children's Hospital 
  • University of Massachusetts 
  • Vanderbilt University

Neonatology 

  • Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital
  • Boston Children's Hospital 
  • Brown University 
  • Maria Fareri Children's Hospital
  • Toronto Hospital for Sick Children 
  • Tufts Medical Center
  • University of Connecticut 
  • University of Massachusetts
  • University of Rochester, NY

Neurology 

  • Boston Children's
  • Boston University 
  • Massachusetts General Hospital 

Neuro-disabilities 

  • Boston Children's Hospital 
  • Johns Hopkins 

Palliative Care

  • Seattle Children's Hospital

Pulmonology

  • Boston Children's
  • Massachusetts General Hospital

Rheumatology 

  • Duke University 

Sports Medicine 

  • Maine-Dartmouth
  • Michigan State University 
  • University of Connecticut
  • University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Our Graduates From the Past 5 Years

See what our graduates from the past 5 years have gone on to do immediately post-grad:

2022 Grads

Camille Audette, DO

Post-Graduate Position: Chief Resident, Pediatrics Residency, UMass Chan-Baystate

Marina Girgis, MD

Post-Graduate Position: Chief Resident, Pediatrics Residency, UMass Chan-Baystate

Kelly Hess, DO

Post-Graduate Position: Newborn Hospitalist, Oishei Children's Hospital

Filza Kaukab, DO

Post-Graduate Position: Outpatient private practice

Rajapillai Pillai, MD

Post-Graduate Position: Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Residency, Boston Children's Hospital

Chad Surber, MD

Post-Graduate Position: General Pediatrician - outpatient clinic, nursery and Inpatient Attending with a Family Medicine Residency, Arrow Regional Medical Center

Jeffrey Walbridge, DO

Post-Graduate Position: Newborn Hospitalist, Cambridge Hospital/Beth Israel

Mary Zabinski, MD

Post-Graduate Position: Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship, Albany Medical Center

Yifeng Zhang, DO

Post-Graduate Position: Pedi Nephrology Fellowship, UPMC Medical Education

Richard Zheng, DO

Post-Graduate Position: Sleep Medicine Fellowship, Hospital of the Univ of PA/CHOP

2021 Grads

Molly Cain, MD

Post-graduate Position: Pediatrician, Private Practice, Massachusetts

Amara S. Danielczok, MD

Post-graduate Position: Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Grzegorz Danielczok, MD

Post-graduate Position: Pediatrician, Atlanta, Georgia

Shauna E. Ejtehadi, DO

Post-graduate Position: Pediatrician, Private Practice, Sheridan, Wyoming

Emma Howard-Young, MD

Post-graduate Position: Chief Resident, UMMS-Baystate, Springfield, Massachusetts

Cristina Miesch, MD

Post-graduate Position: Pediatrician, Private Practice, Birmingham, Alabama

Brienna G. Miller, MD

Post-graduate Position: Pediatrician, Private Practice, Denver, Colorado

Renée Robilliard, DO

Post-graduate Position: Chief Resident, UMMS-Baystate, Springfield, Massachusetts

Samantha Roberge, MD

Post-graduate Position: Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship, Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

Daniel Winters, MD

Post-graduate Position: Pediatrician, Private Practice, Longmeadow, MA/Enfield, CT

Edward M. Zitnik, DO

Post-graduate Position: Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship, Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

2020 Grads

Maria Amira Covington, MD 

Post-graduate Position: Private Practice, Columbia Medical Center, Hudson and Catskill, NY

Elaine Mengchen Fan, MD

Post-graduate Position: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, Primary Children’s Hospital/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Timothy Grimes Kita, MD

Post-graduate Position: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Morristown Medical Center, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ

Laura G. Lee, DO, MS

Post-graduate Position: Private Practice, Kennebec Pediatrics, Augusta, ME

Marcus Daniel Neafsey, MD

Post-graduate Position: Private Practice, MV Pediatrics, Quincy, MA

Samantha Haggerty Roberge, MD

Post-graduate Position: Chief Resident at UMMS-Baystate UMMS-Baystate Springfield, MA

Chandrika Sridharamurthy, MD

Post-graduate Position: Private Practice, NYP-Cornell, New York City, NY

Daniel Laurence Winters, MD

Post-graduate Position: Chief Resident, UMMS-Baystate, Springfield, MA

Rifat Ara Zaman, MD

Post-graduate Position: Pediatric Hospitalist, Exeter Hospital/ Massachusetts General Hospital,  Exeter NH/Boston MA

Veronica Camacho Alix, MD

Post-graduate Position: General Pediatrics, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan

Taylor Koerner, MD

Post-graduate Position: Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship, McGovern Medical School at UT Health, Houston, Tx

2019 Grads

Monique Abrams, MD

Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Post-Graduate Position:  Neonatal/Perinatal Fellowship, New York Medical College

Veronica Alix, MD

Medical School: University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Post-Graduate Position:  Chief Resident, Pediatrics Residency, Baystate Medical Center

Shubham Bakshi, MD

Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)
Post-Graduate Position: NICU Fellowship, Tufts Medical Center

Meena Guirguis, MD

Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position:  Emergency Medicine Fellowship, University of Oklahoma - OU Children's

Kelsey Kaman, MD

Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position:  Allergy & Immunology Fellowship, Yale School of Medicine

Taylor Koerner, MD

Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position:  Chief Resident, Pediatrics Residency, Baystate Medical Center

Stefanie Lewis, DO

Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Post-Graduate Position:  Sports Medicine Fellowship - Maine Dartmouth

Jhill Shah, DO, MPH

Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Post-Graduate Position:  Pulmonary Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital

2018 Grads

Amylouise Case, MD

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: Private Practice

Erin Feller, MD

Medical School: Stritch School of Medicine Loyola University of Chicago
Post-Graduate Position: Private Practice, Longmeadow, MA

Kaitlyn Piatt Freeman, DO

Medical School: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine 
Post-Graduate Position: Cardiology Fellowship, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA

Lisa Grady, DO

Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: Chief Resident, Pediatrics Residency, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

Mansi Kachalia James, DO

Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie
Post-Graduate Position: Allergy and Immunology Fellowship, Baylor

Stephanie Kramer, DO

Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: Sports Medicine Fellowship, University of Connecticut

Ashley Pinchinat, MD

Medical School: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Post-Graduate Position: Hematology-Immunology Fellowship, New York University

Fiona (Sattaur) Pirrocco, DO

Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: Indian Health Service

Andrea Rivas, MD

Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
Post-Graduate Position: Private Practice

Martha Salek, MD

Medical School: Jagiellonian University Medical College
Post-Graduate Position: Palliative Care Fellowship, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA

Mary (Emmy) Smith, MD MPH

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Post-Graduate Position: Private Practice

Heather Tirpaeck, DO

Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: Private Practice, Longmeadow, MA