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Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Dr. Heffernan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the Director of the Voices of Child Health in Communities, and the Scientific Director for Quantitative Science at the Smith Child Health Catalyst at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. She oversees the Voices of Child Health in Communities Parent Panel Survey, a biannual survey that assesses parent and family perspectives on issues related to child, adolescent, and family health and well-being. Data from the survey are disseminated in academic publi...
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology)
I am a pediatric endocrinologist with a research and clinical interest in improving care for those with Type 2 Diabetes and those in adolescence and early adulthood.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation)
Dr. Loretta Li is a pediatric oncologist with clinical expertise in hematologic malignancies, including leukemia and lymphoma. She has a particular interest in caring for patients with high-risk leukemia including those with relapsed or refractory disease. She leads a translational leukemia research laboratory that uses a variety of approaches to identify new therapeutic targets, develop preclinical models of disease, and test novel therapeutic agents in cell lines and mouse models. She is committed to offering patients access to new therapies through clinical trials. By working to incorporate...
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Critical Care)
Leslie Mataya, MD is a pediatric intensivist with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital. She received her medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 2016, then completed her residency training in Pediatrics at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital in 2019. While in residency, Dr. Mataya underwent a clinical ethics fellowship at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. She completed her fellowship training in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in 2022 and subsequently began her faculty career at ...
Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Cardiology)
As a pediatric electrophysiologist, I care for pediatric and adult congenital patients with all types of arrhythmias. In addition, I am passionate about exercise medicine, exercise testing and cardiac rehabilitation. I created and direct the inpatient and outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs and the exercise medicine programs for the Lurie Children's Heart Center. I am interested in determining appropriate exercise parameters for children with heart disease, cardiac changes from intense sports training, exercise prescription and in cardiac rehabilitation in children with heart disease. I...
Assistant Professor, Medicine (Hospital Medicine), Pediatrics
Dr. Ann-Marie Tantoco is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics in Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She joined Northwestern in 2018 and practices as an academic med-peds hospitalist in Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.
Professor, Pediatrics (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition), Medical Social Sciences (Outcome and Measurement Science)
My primary research interest is in health outcomes following pediatric liver transplantation and acute liver failure. I lead a research group that studies all aspects of outcomes from survival to health related quality of life (HRQOL). Our research group has extensive experience examining HRQOL and cognitive outcomes in pediatric liver transplant survivors, long term complications related to immunosuppressive medications and the causes and treatment of acute liver failure. Our group has also actively involved in new trials of immunosuppression withdrawal in liver transplant recipients. I am...
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child Psychology), Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science), Pediatrics
Dr. Chen is a pediatric psychologist within the Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and Director of Behavioral Health for the Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. She is also founding psychologist of Lurie Children's Gender Development Program and Supportive Program for a Range of Urogenital Traits (SPROUT). Clinically, Dr. Chen provides consultation, assessment, and therapeutic services to transgender, non-binary, and gender diverse children, adolescents, and young adults and to children, ...
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Hospital-Based Medicine)
Rebecca Stephen, MD, MS is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. She is the Medical Director for the Center for Quality and Safety and co-chairs the Quality and Safety Oversight Committee for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care), Medical Education
My primary interest is in the career advising of medical students.
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