Leadership
Morgan Walls, MD - Co-Chair
Alissa Darden, MD, FAAP - Co-Chair
Chair of Membership, Diversity, and Inclusion:
Christopher Russell, MD, MS
The New Century Scholars Resident Mentoring Program, currently sponsored by the Academic Pediatric Association, the American Board of Pediatrics, the American Pediatric Society, the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology and Society for Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics (which sponsors one scholar each year), is a mentorship program aimed at increasing the diversity of the academic pediatric workforce.
Program Need
- Racial and ethnic disparity in child health and health care is an increasingly important issue, particularly as US demographics become more diversified.
- One approach to decreasing racial/ethnic disparities is to increase the number of pediatricians working in academic settings (i.e., education, research, and clinical care).
- One way to increase recruitment into academic careers is to provide role models and mentors to pediatric trainees during the time when career plans are being formed.
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Becoming a New Century Scholar
Deadline to apply is September 10th 11:59pm ET
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APA's Call for Applications opens each summer.
NCS is now recruiting, Deadline: September 10, 2024, at 11:59pm ET: Apply to Be a New Century Scholar!
Eligibility
- Applicants must be either a second year resident in a pediatric residency program, a third year resident in a med/peds residency program, a future chief resident in their third year of residency for a categorical pediatrics program, or a future chief resident in their 4th year for a med/peds program in good standing.
- Applicants must be a member of an underrepresented in medicine group. APA's New Century Scholars Program defines underrepresented minority using the AAMC's definition of UIM in medicine: "Underrepresented in medicine means those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population."
- Applicants should have an interest in pursuing an academic career in pediatrics (e.g., conducting research and/or being an educator at a medical school, teaching hospital, or other similar setting). Furthermore, an interest in pursuing scholarly activities in the areas of racial/ethnic health disparities, minority child health and development, sociocultural determinants of health, and cultural competency will be considered in the selection process.
- If accepted, NCScholars are required to attend the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) during the time they are in the program, i.e., 2nd and 3rd year of residency (cost of travel and accommodations is provided by the NCS for scholars to attend).
Application Instructions
The application is online and requires the following materials be submitted electronically:
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- Career plan (limit 300 words)
- Short essay questions
- Curriculum vitae
- Research Experience
- List of any publications
- Personal statement (limit 600 words)
- Chief resident agreement form
- Letter of recommendations (one from your residency director and another from a faculty member or staff at your current institution).
Applications will be reviewed by a selection team, and applicants will be notified of selection decisions by the end of the January. Selected NCScholars will be matched with mentors before the annual PAS Meeting.
The program selects under-represented in medicine (UIM) pediatric residents who have an interest in pursuing careers in academic pediatrics to become NCScholars. NCScholars are recruited in the second year of residency (or third year for incoming chief residents or internal medicine/pediatrics or other combined program).
NCScholars are matched with junior and senior mentors who provide ongoing support to the scholar during residency, career planning, the fellowship application process, and onward.
- Junior Mentors: Fellows in training programs and junior faculty who have a commitment to mentorship and the program goals.
- Senior mentors: APA members who are educators or researchers who have a commitment to mentorship and the program goals
- NCScholars and their mentors meet during the annual PAS meetings and continue contact throughout the year.
- NCScholars receive a travel grant to attend the annual PAS meetings (including travel, room, and registration fees).
- NCScholars attend a special one day conference the day before the PAS meeting.
- A dinner banquet is held honoring the NCScholars, attended by APA leadership, fellowship directors, and guests.
- NCScholars are in contact with mentors and Program staff throughout the PAS meeting.
- It is required that all NCScholars attend the annual PAS meetings and the New Century Scholars Conference the day before the PAS begins. Residency programs are asked to help with residency scheduling so that the NCScholar may attend.
- Ongoing activities:
- AGPAC Fellowships for New Century Scholars
- NCScholars are provided free membership in the APA during their residency
- Career counseling by program directors and mentors
- Website and Listserv for NCScholars
- Support during fellowship application and post-residency career planning
Cohort 18 (2023)
- Shannon Adams-Hartung, MD (Lurie Children's Hospital/McGaw Northwestern University)
Junior Mentor: Uchenna Anani
Senior Mentor: Wally Carlo - Marisela Aguilar, MD (Stanford University)
Junior Mentor: Alberto Allegre
Senior Mentor: Kimberlly Stringer - Sasha Alcon, MD (Stanford University)
Junior Mentor: Alissa Darden
Senior Mentor: Claudia Kunrath - Elizabeth Atteh, MD (Duke University Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Claudia Douglas
Senior Mentor: Lahia Yaheme - Victoria Carvajal, DO (Levine Children's Hospital - Atrium Health)
Junior Mentor: Jason Williams
Senior Mentor: Elsie Taveras - Brianna Dillon, MD (Brown University/Hasbro Children's Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Kendra Ham
Senior Mentor: Caroline Kistin - Camille Davis, MD (Children's Hospital Los Angeles)
Junior Mentor: Samara Jinks-Chang
Senior Mentor: Emmanuel L. Chandler - Patricia dela Cruz, MD, PhD (Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington)
Junior Mentor: Lexi Guiner-da Silva
Senior Mentor: Cullen Dutmer - Jeffrey Edwards, MD, MPH (Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical Center)
Junior Mentor: Shaniqua J. Anum
Senior Mentor: Chris Russell - Desmond Green, MD, MPH (Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington)
Junior Mentor: Thomas Elliot
Senior Mentor: Kevin Simon - Sebastian Gualy, MD (Children’s Hospital Los Angeles)
Junior Mentor: Nathaniel K. Jones
Senior Mentor: David Parra - Steven Martinez, MD (Loma Linda University)
Junior Mentor: April Edwell
Senior Mentor: Benny L. Joyner, Jr - Chiadika Nwanze, MD (Children’s National Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Nadia Hoekstra
Senior Mentor: Edwin Asturias - Omotoke Odimayomi, MD, MPH (Children's National Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Robert Trevino
Senior Mentor: Nakia Gaines - Kayla O'Sullivan, MD (Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington)
Junior Mentor: Michelle White
Senior Mentor: Elena Griego - Laura Rangel Rodriguez, MD (Cincinnati Children's Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Paula Dias Maia
Senior Mentor: Dwayne Pursley - Paola Brana Rivera, MD (Inova LJ Murphy Children’s Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Leonela Villegas
Senior Mentor: Julieana Nichols - Vanessa Thiel, MD (Nationwide Children's Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Marciana Laster
Senior Mentor: Keia Sanderson - Rachel Wilkinson, MD (Mount Sinai Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Abiara Vanessa Agwu
Senior Mentor: Tamarah Lewis
Cohort 17 (2022)
- Rachel Alade, MD (UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh)
Junior Mentor: Priscilla Mpasi
Senior Mentor: Tumaini Coker - Dora Alvarez, MD (Stanford University)
Junior Mentor: Michelle White
Senior Mentor: Shale Wong - Yaritzy Michelle Astudillo, MD (Maria Fareri Children's Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Alex Sims
Senior Mentor: Keia Sanderson - Vinicius Cabido, MD (New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornel Medicine)
Junior Mentor: Yarden Fraiman
Senior Mentor: Fernando Mendoza - Katia Crisler, MD (Boston Combined Residency Program)
Junior Mentor: Ana Clara Maura
Senior Mentor: Lolita McDavid - Christine Cummings, MD (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Junior Mentor: Elizabeth Moran
Senior Mentor: Tiffany Johnson - Tai Kyung Hairston, MD (Johns Hopkins)
Junior Mentor: Tamara Gayle
Senior Mentor: Tamorah Lewis - Chantel Johnson, MD (Westchester Medical Center)
Junior Mentor: Andria Tatem
Senior Mentor: Lisa DeCamp - Chinenyenwa Mpamaugo, MD (University of Washington, Seattle Children's Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Marco Pinder
Senior Mentor: Andrew Beck - Bianca Nfonoyyim, MD (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Junior Mentor: Bianca Argueza
Senior Mentor: Joe Wright - Bako Orionzi, MD (University of Chicago Medical Center)
Junior Mentor: Kristin Kan
Senior Mentor: Michelle Thompson - Melissa Rios, MD (Children's Hospital Los Angeles)
Junior Mentor: Jennifer Peralta
Senior Mentor: Jim Guevera - Marisa Roman, MD (Medical College of Wisconsin Pediatric Residency Program)
Junior Mentor: Michelle Lopez
Senior Mentor: Kenya McNeal-Trice - Tolulope Rosanwo, MD (Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics)
Junior Mentor: Colin Orr
Senior Mentor: Angela Ellison - Ariana Stewart, MD (University of Colorado)
Junior Mentor: Emma Omuryi
Senior Mentor: Surendra Varma - Destiny Uwaezuoke, MD (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)
Junior Mentor: Tyler Smith
Senior Mentor: Pat Poitieven - Doris Valenzuela-Araujo, MD (Oregon Health & Science University)
Junior Mentor: Michelle Corrado
Senior Mentor: Jennifer Woo-Baidal - Xavier Williams, MD (University of North Carolina)
Junior Mentor: Errol Fields
Senior Mentor: Tamera Coyne-Beasley
Cohort 16 (2021)
- Aaron Briggs, MD (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Junior Mentor: Bianca Argueza
Senior Mentor: Gary Freed - Rachel Buckle-Rashid, MD (Brown University)
Junior Mentor: Leonela Villegas
Senior Mentor: Catherine Joseph - Anthony Bui, MD (University of Washington / Seattle Children's Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Jennifer Tiller
Senior Mentor: Lise Nigrovic - Fiorella Castillo, MD (Brookdale Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Kelsey Egan
Senior Mentor: Tara Williams - Evida Dennis-Heyward, MD (Boston Combined Residency Program)
Junior Mentor: Martine St. Cyr
Senior Mentor: Sylvia Lim - Paula Dias, MD (University of Colorado)
Junior Mentor: Shazeen Suleman
Senior Mentor: Ramasubbareddy Dhanireddy - Leanne Duhaney, MD (University of California, San Francisco)
Junior Mentor: Jennifer Huang
Senior Mentor: Benny Joyner - Autumn Hinds, MD, SDBP Scholar (Nemours Children's Hospital, Orlando)
Junior Mentor: Jennifer Walton
Senior Mentor: Kimberlly Stringer - Zuri Hudson, MD (Children's Mercy Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Aditi Vasan
Senior Mentor: Robert I. Parker - Michael Joseph, MD (Stanford)
Junior Mentor: Laurel Murphy Hoffmann
Senior Mentor: Rohit Kohli - Alexa Manrriquez, MD (Children's Hospital Los Angeles)
Junior Mentor: Elena Griego
Senior Mentor: Lisa DeCamp - Brittney Newby, MD (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Junior Mentor: Andrea Ramirez
Senior Mentor: Surendra Varma - Evelyn Obregon, MD (University of Florida)
Junior Mentor: Angela Castellanos
Senior Mentor: Dewayne Pursley - Maria Sacta, MD (Boston Combined Residency Program)
Junior Mentor: Angela Weyand
Senior Mentor: Mara L. Becker - Diane Saint-Victor, MD (Tufts Medical Center)
Junior Mentor: Alissa Darden
Senior Mentor: Avinash K. Shetty - Joshua Sheak, MD (Cincinnati Children's)
Junior Mentor: Allison Empey
Senior Mentor: Wally Carlo - Roberto Valdovinos, MD (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Junior Mentor: Hilda Loria
Senior Mentor: Barbara Ostrov - Christel Wekon-Kemeni, MD (University of North Carolina)
Junior Mentor: Ray Bignall
Senior Mentor: Caroline Kistin
Cohort 15 (2020)
- Beverly Aiyanyor, MD (Boston Combined Residency Program)
Junior Mentor: Elizabeth Barnert (UCLA)
Senior Mentor: Jean Raphael (Baylor College of Medicine) - Daniela Brissett, MD (University of California San Francisco)
Junior Mentor: Tracey Wilkinson (Indiana University)
Senior Mentor: S. Todd Callahan (Vanderbilt University Medical Center) - Michelle Corrado, MD, MBA (University of Colorado)
Junior Mentor: Mona Sharifi (Yale School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Rohit Kohli (Keck School of Medicine of USC) - Thomas Elliott, MD (Johns Hopkins)
Junior Mentor: Abe Gallegos (Kaiser Permanente Bernard J Tyson School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: James Perrin (Harvard Medical School) - Faith Goronga, MD (Dartmouth-Hitchcock)
Junior Mentor: Tamara Gayle (Children’s National Medical Center)
Senior Mentor: Wally Carlo (University of Alabama at Birmingham) - Herodes Guzman, MD, MPH (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Junior Mentor: Jaime Peterson (Stanford)
Senior Mentor: Surendra Varma (Texas Tech University) - Monica Hoff, MD (Nationwide Children's Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Leonela Villegas (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Senior Mentor: David Rozansky (Oregon Health & Science University) - Samara Jinks-Chang, MD (Seattle Children's Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Ray Perry (UCLA)
Senior Mentor: Caroline Kistin (Boston Medical Center/BU School of Medicine) - Jaime La Charite, MD (Johns Hopkins)
Junior Mentor: Hilda Loria (UT Southwestern Medical Center)
Senior Mentor: Lisa DeCamp (Johns Hopkins) - Steven Montalvo, MD (Stanford)
Junior Mentor: Krystle Perez (University of Washington)
Senior Mentor: Robert Shaddy (Children’s Hospital Los Angeles) - Sheyla Richards, MD, MS (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Junior Mentor: Yarden Fraiman (Boston Children's Hospital)
Senior Mentor: Katherine Mason (Brown University and Hasbro Children's Hospital) - Nancy Rivera, MD (Stanford)
Junior Mentor: Amy Beck (University of California San Francisco)
Senior Mentor: Jeffrey Colvin (University of Missouri-Kansas, Children’s Mercy Hospital) - Mauro Rodriguez, MD (UT Houston/McGovern Medical School)
Junior Mentor: Lahia Yemane (Stanford School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Stephen Porter (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) - Kristan Scott, MD
Junior Mentor: Tamorah Lewis (Children’s Mercy Kansas City)
Senior Mentor: Gary Freed (University of Michigan) - Blair Simon, MD (Northwestern/Mcgaw Medical Center)
Junior Mentor: Sam Bora (Mater Research Institute/ University of Queensland)
Senior Mentor: Janet Lioy (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) - Robert Trevino, MD, PhD (Medical College of Wisconsin)
Junior Mentor: Colin Orr (UNC School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Patricia Poitevien (Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University) - Anna Williams, MD (Duke Pediatrics)
Junior Mentor: Michelle Lopez (Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor Medical College)
Senior Mentor: Tammy Brady (John Hopkins) - Marielle Young, MD (Massachusetts General Hospital for Children)
Junior Mentor: Allison Emprey (Oregon Health & Science University)
Senior Mentor: Michael Cabana (UC-San Francisco)
Cohort 14 (2019)
- Jonathan Awori (Seattle Children’s Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Tamara Gayle (Children’s National Medical Center)
Senior Mentor: Joseph Rossano (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) - Whitney Cameron (Children’s Mercy Pediatric Residency)
Junior Mentor: Elena Griego (Seattle Children's Hospital)
Senior Mentor: Ndidi Unaka (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) - Fernanda Delgado (LAC+USC Medical Center)
Junior Mentor: Asha Payne (Children's National Health System)
Senior Mentor: Sande Okelo (The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA) - Julen Harris (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
Junior Mentor: Caroline Kistin (Boston Medical Center/BU School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Tina Simpson (University of Alabama at Birmingham) - Jessica Hippolyte (Children's National Medical Center)
Junior Mentor: Oluwakemi Badaki-Makun (Johns Hopkins University)
Senior Mentor: Barry Solomon (Johns Hopkins University) - Alyssa Honda (Stanford Hospital and Clinics)
Junior Mentor: Morgan Walls (Atrium Health)
Senior Mentor: Darcy Thompson (University of Colorado) - Samaa Kemal (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Junior Mentor: Dejeunee Ashby (Children's Hosptial Los Angeles)
Senior Mentor: David Keller (Children's Hospital Colorado) - Rosie Kilgore (Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University)
Junior Mentor: Sarabeth Broder-Fingert (Boston University)
Senior Mentor: Joanne Cox (Boston Children’s Hospital) - Ana Clara Mauro (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Junior Mentor: Kristin Kan (Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago)
Senior Mentor: Shale Wong (Children’s Hospital Colorado) - Shaunte McKay (Duke University Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Rochelle Cason-Wilkerson (University of Colorado)
Senior Mentor: Jim Perrin (MassGeneral Hospital for Children) - Carolina Montano (Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics)
Junior Mentor: Michelle White (Duke University)
Senior Mentor: Michele Mariscalco (University of Illinois College of Medicine) - Tyler Rainer (Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics)
Junior Mentor: Brandi Freeman (University of Colorado)
Senior Mentor: Jim Guevara (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) - Christina Rojas (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Junior Mentor: Maya Jones (Seattle Children's Hospital)
Senior Mentor: Daniel Rauch (The Floating Hospital for Children) - Carlos Salgado (Johns Hopkins Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Yarden Fraiman (Boston Children's Hospital)
Senior Mentor: Gary Freed (University of Michigan) - Bruke Tedla (Children's Hospital Los Angeles)
Junior Mentor: Lynda Aririguzo (Baylor College of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Wally Carlo (University of Alabama at Birmingham) - Philip Thomas (Eastern Virginia Medical School-The Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters)
Junior Mentor: Ernika Quimby (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Senior Mentor: Jo-An O. Nesiama (UT Southwestern at Dallas) - Ashley Williams (Emory Pediatrics)
Junior Mentor: Lahia Yemane Stanford School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Joelle Simpson (Children's National Medical Center) - Jessica Young (Carolinas Medical Center)
Junior Mentor: Tracey Wilkinson (Indiana University)
Senior Mentor: Sylvia Lim (Children's Hospital at Montefiore)
Cohort 13 (2018)
- Wendy Carcamo (University of Florida/ ORMC)
Junior Mentor: Caroline Paul (University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health)
Senior Mentor: Nicole Shilkofsji (Johns Hopkins) - Amnha Elusta (John Hopkins Harriet Lane Program)
Junior Mentor: Molly Broder (Children's Hospital Los Angeles/University of Southern California)
Senior Mentor: Danielle Laraque (SUNY) - Antonio Escobar (Stanford)
Junior Mentor: Marquita Genies (Johns Hopkins)
Senior Mentor: Antonio Cabrera (Baylor College of Medicine) - Morgan Green (UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland)
Junior Mentor: Carrie Daymont (Penn State College of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Elsie Taveras (Massachusetts General Hospital for Children) - Shaniqua Johnson (McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University/Lurie Children's)
Junior Mentor: Cristiana Hentea (Indiana University)
Senior Mentor: Jean Raphael (Baylor) - Jean Junior (UCSF)
Junior Mentor: Hilda Loria (UT Southwestern Medical Center)
Senior Mentor: Peter Szilagyi (UCLA) - Christian Lawrence (UNC)
Junior Mentor: Carmin Powell (Lucile Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Kadriye Lewis (Children's Mercy Kansas City & UMKC School of Medicine - Tatiana Londoño Gentile (CHOP)
Junior Mentor: Colin Sox(Boston Medical Center & Boston University School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Katherine Mason (Brown University and Hasbro Children's Hospital) - April McNeill (Children's Mercy Center)
Junior Mentor: Tiffani Johnson (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania)
Senior Mentor: Joseph Wright (Howard University College of Medicine) - Elizabeth Moran (University of Colorado Denver Pediatrics Program)
Junior Mentor: Jo-Ann Oyaide Nesiama(UT Southwestern Medical Center)
Senior Mentor: Taryn Taylor (Emory University School of Medicine) - Myrna Mungal (Stanford)
Junior Mentor: Mona Sharifi (Yale School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Nanda Kerkar (University of Rochester Medical Center) - Carlie Myers (Children's National Medical Center)
Junior Mentor: Lahia Yemane(Stanford School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Michelle Thompson (Children's Hospital Los Angeles) - Debra Okafor (Yale New Haven Children's Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Samudragupta Bora (Mater Research Institute/ University of Queensland)
Senior Mentor: DeWayne Pursley (Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr/Harvard Medical School) - Robin Ortiz (Johns Hopkins Internal Medicine & Pediatrics)
Junior Mentor: Caroline Kistin (Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center)
Senior Mentor: Kim Doheny (Penn State College of Medicine) - Jennifer Peralta (Children's Hospital at Montefiore)
Junior Mentor: Jennifer Benjamin (Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor Medical College)
Senior Mentor: Glenn Flores (Connecticut Children's Medical Center) - Jenny Ruiz (NYPH Columbia University)
Junior Mentor: Lisa DeCamp (Johns Hopkins)
Senior Mentor: Daniel Rauch (Tufts University School of Medicine) - Monica Ruiz (UT Health San Antonio)
Junior Mentor: Fatuma Barqadle (CHOP)
Senior Mentor: Surendra Varma (Texas Tech University) - Stephanie Santana (Jefferson/AI duPont Hospital for Children)
Junior Mentor: Unoma Akamagwuna (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Daphne Hsu (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) - Destiny Tolliver (Boston Combined Residency Program)
Junior Mentor: Louise Vaz (Johns Hopkins)
Senior Mentor: Kyung Rhee (UC San Diego School of Medicine) - Leonela Villegas (CHOP)
Junior Mentor: Kristine Kan (Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital)
Senior Mentor: Marva Moxey- Mims (Children's National Health System)
Cohort 12 (2017)
- Atu Agawu (The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Junior Mentor: Margaret Trost (University of Southern California)
Senior Mentor: Allison Galbrath (Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care) - Bianca Argueza (University of California San Francisco)
Junior Mentor: John Rausch (Columbia University Medical Center)
Senior Mentor: Matilde Irigoyen (Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia) - Nahiris Bahamon (University of Chicago)
Junior Mentor: Megan Tschudy (Johns Hopkins SOM)
Senior Mentor: Joyce Javier (Children's Hospital Los Angeles, USC Keck School of Medicine) - Jesse Banales (Baylor College of Medicine- San Antonio)
Junior Mentor: Becca Rosenburg (NYU School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Fernando Mendoza (Stanford) - Aisha Bobb-Semple (Kravis Children's Hospital at Mount Sinai)
Junior Mentor: Rachel Goldstein (Stanford University)
Senior Mentor: James M. Perrin (MassGeneral Hospital for Children; Harvard Medical School) - Taron Davis (University of Colorado)
Junior Mentor: Christopher Russell (Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California)
Senior Mentor: Amy Houtrow - Ezinne Emeruwa (Stanford University)
Junior Mentor: Omolara Uwemedimo (Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Bruce Gelb (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) - Yarden Fraiman (Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center)
Junior Mentor: Nicole Brown (Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Michael DeBaun (Vanderbilt University Hospital) - Alvaro Galvis (University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine)
Junior Mentor: Emma A. Omoruyi
Senior Mentor: Suresh Boppana - Irène Mathieu (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Junior Mentor: Asad Bandealy (Children's National Health System)
Senior Mentor: Lolita M. McDavid (Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital) - Rasaq Olaosebikan (Crozer Chester Medical Centre)
Junior Mentor: Tamara Gayle (Children's National Medical Center)
Senior Mentor: Michael Cabana (University of California, San Francisco) - Judy-April Oparaji (Walter Reed National Military Medical Center)
Junior Mentor: Martine Saint-Cyr (Weill Cornell Medical)
Senior Mentor: Darcy Thompson (University of Colorado School of Medicine) - Jackeline Rodriguez-Smith (UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital of Oakland)
Junior Mentor: Kelly Levasseur (Beaumont Children's Hospital)
Senior Mentor: Barry Solomon (John Hopkins) - Jasmine Weiss (Emory University)
Junior Mentor: Alexandra Sims (Children's National Medical Center)
Senior Mentor: Joanne Cox (Boston Children's Hospital)
Cohort 11 (2016)
- Uriel Castaneda (Emory University School of Medicine)
Junior Mentor: Tamasyn Nelson (Vanderbilt Medical Center)
Senior Mentor: Latha Chandran (Stony Brook School of Medicine) - Maria Castellanos (Lucille Packard Children's Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Marquita Genies (Johns Hopkins)
Senior Mentor: Michelle Stevenson (University of Louisville) - Nathaniel K. Jones (Comer Children's Hospital)
Junior Mentors: Marleny Franco (CHOP)
Senior Mentor: Shale Wong (University of Colorado) - Sonia Morales (Harbor-UCLA)
Junior Mentor: Edward Cruz (University of California at San Francisco)
Senior Mentor: Glenn Flores (Medica Research Institute) - Melody Munoz (Children's Medical Center Dallas)
Junior Mentor: Christopher Russell (Children's Hospital of LA)
Senior Mentor: Barry Solomon (Johns Hopkins University) - Michelle Marie Pena (CHOP)
Junior Mentor: Brandi Freeman (University of Colorado)
Senior Mentor: Maneesh Batra (University of Washington) - Dennis Spencer (Lucile Packard Children's Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Kristin Kan (University of Michigan)
Senior Mentor: Veronica Gunn (Medical College of Wisconsin) - Jason L. Williams (Monroe Carrel, Jr. Children's Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Michelle White (Wayne State University)
Senior Mentor: Jean Raphael (Texas Children's Hospital)
Cohort 10 (2015)
- Peter Asante (Seattle Children's)
Junior Mentor: Errol Fields* (Johns Hopkins University, Adolescent Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Tina Cheng (Johns Hopkins University, General Pediatrics) - George Dalembert (CHOP)
Junior Mentor: Rachel Gross (Children's Hospital at Montefiore, General Pediatrics)
Senior Mentor: Peter Szilagyi (UCLA, General Pediatrics) - Tamara Gayle (Miami Children's)
Junior Mentors: Ashaunta Tumblin Anderson* (UC Riverside, General Pediatrics)
Senior Mentor: Tumaini Coker (UCLA, General Pediatrics and RAND) - Gaspar Rivera (UCSF-Oakland)
Junior Mentor: Nakiya Showell (Johns Hopkins, General Pediatrics)
Senior Mentor: Fernando Mendoza (Stanford University, General Pediatrics) - Camille Robinson (Hopkins)
Junior Mentor: Tyler Smith (University of Maryland/Mercy Medical Center, General Pediatrics)
Senior Mentor: Renee Jenkins (Howard University, Adolescent Medicine) - Rachel Ruiz (Vanderbilt)
Junior Mentor: Candice Taylor-Lucas (UC Irvine, General Pediatrics)
Senior Mentor: Marina Reznik (Albert Einstein College Medicine, General Pediatrics) - Amena Smith (Hopkins)
Junior Mentor: Victoria Chen (Northshore/LIJ Medical Center, DBP)
Senior Mentor: Carol Weitzman (Yale, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics) - Angela Venegas (Montefiore)
Junior Mentor: Monica Eneriz-Weimer* (Stanford, Academic General Pediatrics fellow)
Senior Mentor: Ivor Horn (Seattle Children's Hospital, General Pediatrics)
Cohort 9 (2014)
- Rachel Goldstein (Stanford University)
Junior Mentor: Travis Gayles (Children's Memorial Hospital)
Senior Mentor: Leslie Walker (University of Washington) - Kymberly Gonzalez (University of Texas Southwestern Medical School)
Junior Mentor: Rochelle Cason-Wilkerson (University of Colorado)
Senior Mentor: Elizabeth Goodman (Massachusetts General Hospital for Children) - Autumn Ivy (Stanford University)
Junior Mentors: Kathy Angkustsiri (UC-Davis Medical Center) and Katie Zuckerman (OHSU)
Senior Mentor: Dan Coury (Ohio State University) - Allison LaRoche (University of Washington)
Junior Mentor: Rachel Gross (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Glenn Flores (UT Southwestern Med Center) - Musheni Nsa (Louisiana State University)
Junior Mentor: Liz Barnert (UCLA)
Senior Mentor: Cheryl Kodjo (University of Rochester) - Martine Saint-Cyr (New York Medical College)
Junior Mentor: Janice Hobbs (Johns Hopkins neonatology)
Senior Mentor: Rashmi Shetgiri (UT Southwestern Med Center) - Morgan Walls (Vanderbilt Medical School)
Junior Mentor: Brandi Kaye Freeman (University of Colorado)
Senior Mentor: Jean Raphael (Baylor College of Medicine)
Cohort 8 (2013)
- Elysia Alvarez (Stanford University School of Medicine)
Junior Mentor: Asha Willis (Maimonides Medical Center)
Senior Mentor: Mort Wasserman (University of Vermont) - Merrian Brooks (Cooper Medical School of Rowan University)
Junior Mentor: Marc Callender (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Senior Mentor: Mirzada Kurbasic (University of Louisville) - Emmanuel Chandler (Medical University of South Carolina)
Junior Mentor: Errol Fields (Johns Hopkins)
Senior Mentor: Elizabeth Miller (University of Pittsburgh) - Nneka Edwards-Jackson (UCSF)
Junior Mentor: Ashaunta Tumblin (UC-Riverside/RAND)
Senior Mentor: Lee Pachter (St. Christopher's Hospital for Children) - Marquita Genies (University of North Carolina)
Junior Mentor: Nakiya Showell (Johns Hopkins)
Senior Mentor: Renee Jenkins (Howard University College of Medicine) - Abi Pitts (Stanford University)
Junior Mentor: April Inniss (University of Michigan)
Senior Mentor: Tumaini Coker (UCLA, RAND) - Deanna Wilson (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
Junior Mentor: Tamasyn Nelson (NYU)
Senior Mentor: Megumi Okumura (University of California, San Francisco)
Cohort 7 (2012)
- Milissa Carter (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
Junior Mentor: Tyler Smith (People's Community Health Center in Baltimore, Maryland)
Senior Mentor: Cheryl Kodjo (University of Rochester) - Amaziah Coleman (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)
Junior Mentor: Renee Boynton-Jarrett (Boston Medical Center)
Senior Mentor: Ivor Horn (Children's National Medical Center) - Christy Machida (University of Washington)
Junior Mentor: Monica Eneriz-Weimer (Stanford University Academic General Pediatric Fellow)
Senior Mentor: Richard "Mort" Wasserman (University of Vermont School of Medicine, PROS) - Emily McElveen (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
Junior Mentor: Brandi Freeman (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia RWJ Fellow)
Senior Mentor: Janet Serwint (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) - David Myles (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
Junior Mentor: Roy Wade (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, RWJ Scholar)
Senior Mentor: Michael Weitzman (NYU School of Medicine) - Loren Robinson (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Junior Mentor: Chinwe Umez (University of Minnesota, Fellow in Adolescent Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Elizabeth Goodman (Massachusetts General Hospital) - Vanessa Salcedo (Columbia University Medical Center)
Junior Mentor: Candice Taylor (NYU Academic General Pediatrics Fellow)
Senior Mentor: Fernando Mendoza (Stanford University School of Medicine)
Cohort 6 (2011)
- Amanda Almazan (University of Texas Health Center/San Antonio)
Junior Mentor: John Rauch (Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Senior Mentor: Cynthia Minkovitz (Johns Hopkins School of Public Health) - Selene Bantz (Cornell-New York Presbyterian)
Junior Mentor: Sande Okelo (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Michael Cabana (UC-San Francisco) - Errol Fields (Boston Combined Residency Program)
Junior Mentor: Ray Perry (UCLA)
Senior Mentor: Elizabeth Miller (UC-Davis) - Marleny Franco (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Junior Mentor: Marina Reznik (Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Glenn Flores (UT Southwestern/ Children's MC Dallas) - Travis Gayles (Northwestern/McGaw)
Junior Mentor: Mario Cruz (St. Christopher's/Drexel College of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Peter Szilagyi (University of Rochester School of Medicine) - April Inniss (Floating Hospital/Tufts)
Junior Mentor: Julia Anixt (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center)
Senior Mentor: Tina Cheng (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) - Maureen Villasenor-Relkin (Children's Hospital of Los Angeles)
Junior Mentor: Mollie Grow (Seattle Children's Hospital)
Senior Mentor: Matilde Irigoyen (Albert Einstein Medical Center)
Cohort 5 (2010)
- Roxanne Almas (University of Massachusetts School of Medicine)
Junior Mentor: Arvin Garg (Tufts/Boston Floating)
Senior Mentor: Carol Weitzman (Yale/New Haven) - Elaine Barfield (Cornell-New York Presbyterian)
Junior Mentor: Asha Willis (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Cheryl Kodjo (University of Rochester) - Marc Callender (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
Junior Mentor: Ray Perry (UCLA)
Senior Mentor: Benard Dreyer (NYU School of Medicine) - Brandi Kaye Freeman (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
Junior Mentor: Tumaini Coker (UCLA/RAND)
Senior Mentor: Lisa Simpson (Cincinnati Children's Hospital) - Janice Hobbs (St. Christopher's Hospital for Children)
Junior Mentor: Kecia Carroll (Vanderbilt University/Vanderbilt Children's)
Senior Mentor: Debra Bogen (University of Pittsburgh/Pittsburgh Children's) - Allison Kirk (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
Junior Mentor: Inyang Isong (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Senior Mentor: Joanne Cox (Children's Hospital of Boston) - Nicole Salazar Austin (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Junior Mentor: Tyler Smith (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Rhonda Graves (NYU Medical Center)
Cohort 4 (2008)
- Tarayn Fairlie (Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine)
Junior Mentor: Cori Green (NYU School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Glenn Flores (UT Southwestern Medical Center) - Maya Jones (University of Pennsylvania)
Junior Mentor: Vicki Wilkins (University of Washington)
Senior Mentor: Denice Cora-Bramble (Children's National Medical Center) - Traci Means (Baylor College of Medicine)
Junior Mentor: Julia Anixt (University of Maryland)
Senior Mentor: Ivor Horn (Children's National Medical Center) - Jenny Smokey (University of Washington School of Medicine)
Junior Mentor: Kathy Angkustsiri (UC-Davis School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Matilde Irigoyen (Albert Einstein Medical Center) - Ashaunta Tumblin
Junior Mentor: Joyce Javier
Senior Mentor: Suzette Oyeku - Natalie Woods (University of Chicago)
Junior Mentor: Amanda Bennett (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Senior Mentor: Cheryl Kodjo (University of Rochester School of Medicine)
Cohort 3 (2007)
- Shaquita Bell (University of Washington)
Junior Mentor: Amelia Burgess (Minnesota)
Senior Mentor: Rhonda Graves (NYU) - Monica Eneriz-Wiemer (Stanford)
Junior Mentor: Marney Gundlach (Texas Children's Hospital)
Senior Mentor: Fred Rivara (University of Washington) - Raymond Perry (University of Chicago)
Junior Mentor: Jonathan Castillo* (Cincinnati)
Senior Mentor: James Perrin (Massachusetts General Hospital) - Carryn Rice (Palmetto Health Richland/University of South Carolina)
Junior Mentor: Asha Willis* (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Steven Shelov (Maimonides Medical Center) - Delene Richburg (Emory)
Junior Mentor: Sheela Sathyanarayana (University of Washington)
Senior Mentor: V. Faye Jones (University of Louisville) - Kamillah Wood (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
Junior Mentor: Mollie Greves (University of Washington)
Senior Mentor: Danielle Laraque (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
Cohort 2 (2006)
- Monique Collier (Columbia Presbyterian)
Junior Mentor: Steve Maddox (NYU)
Senior Mentor: Cheryl Kodjo (Rochester) - Candyce Greene (LAC/USC Medical Center)
Junior Mentor: Joyce Javier (Stanford)
Senior Mentor: Lauren Smith (Boston University Medical Center) - Alexandria Saulsberry (Medical College of Wisconsin)
Junior Mentor: Shuba Kamath (Tufts)
Senior Mentor: Lee Pachter (UConn) - Chinwe Umez (Crozer Chester Medical Center)
Junior Mentor: Evelyn Berger (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Ivor Horn (Children's National Medical Center)
Cohort 1 (2005)
- Renee Boynton-Jarrett (John Hopkins Hospital)
Junior Mentor: Salethiel Kendrick (Morehouse School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Lauren Smith (Boston University Medical Center) - Jonathan Castillo
Junior Mentor: Adam Cohen (Washington)
Senior Mentor: Glenn Flores (Wisconsin) - Jamilla Chance Fletcher
Junior Mentor:
Senior Mentor: - Erica Crawford
Junior Mentor: Deb Steinbaum
Senior Mentor: Lolita McDavid - Denia Garfias (LAC-USC Pediatrics Residency Program)
Junior Mentor: Steve Federico (Denver)
Senior Mentor: Fernando Mendoza (Stanford) - Vanessa Gomez
Junior Mentor: Erika Gibson (Montefiore)
Senior Mentor: Elsie Taveras (Harvard) - Oye Grant
Junior Mentor: Shuba Kamath (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Thyde Dumont-Mathieu (UConn) - Rachel Johnson Thornton (Johns Hopkins University)
Junior Mentor: Joyce Javier (Stanford)
Senior Mentor: Anne Beale (Commonwealth Fund) - Nicole Mapp-Hight (Carolinas Medical Center)
Junior Mentor: Ingrid Walker-Descartes (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Danielle Laraque (Mount Sinai) - Shelly McLaren
Junior Mentor: Stephaine Wallace (UAB)
Senior Mentor: Denice Cora-Bramble (Childrens National Medical Center) - Candace Smith
Junior Mentor: Evelyn Berger (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
Senior Mentor: Ivor Horn (Children's National Medical Center) - Janelle White Plummer (Carolinas Medical Center)
Junior Mentor: Naomi Duke (U Minnesota)
Senior Mentor: Cheryl Kodjo (University of Rochester) - Asha Willis
Junior Mentor: Avril Houston (Children's National Medical Center)
Senior Mentor: Lee Pachter (UConn)
* Mentor who was a past NCScholar