Characteristics of our Fellows

First Year Fellows

Arielle Olicker, MD

Hometown: Pembroke Pines, Florida
Medical School: University of Miami School of Medicine
Residency: University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
Research Interests: Long term medical outcomes for the premature infant, medical education and procedural simulation.

Chayatat Ruangkit, MD

Hometown: Bangkok, Thailand
Medical School: Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand
Residency: Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center, NJ
Research Interests: Feeding, nutrition and GI function of premies.

Christopher Stryker, MD

Hometown: Bethlehem, PA
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, UH Case Medical Center
Research Interests: Neural plasticity, Development of the respiratory centers of the brain.

Second Year Fellows

Heidi Harmon, MD

Hometown: Martin, OH
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Residency: Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
Research Interests: neurodevelopmental outcomes, neuroimaging, and nutrition

Brent Reyburn, DO

Hometown: Bakersfield, CA
Medical School: College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ
Residency: University of Texas Southwestern, Austin, TX
Research Interests: airway effects of hyperoxia and CPAP

Wayne Stillick, MD

Hometown: Renton, WA
Medical School: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK
Residency: Children's Hospital of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
Research Interests: mechanisms of respiratory control and apnea of prematurity.

Third Year Fellows

Elie Abu Jawdeh, MD

Hometown: Jouret el Ballout, Lebanon
Medical School: The American University of Beirut
Residency: UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, UH Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Research Interests: oxygen delivery, apnea of prematurity, global child health

Rebecca Ballard, MD

Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi
Research Interests: ethics and palliative care

Thomas Raffay, MD

Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Medical School: The Ohio State University
Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital of Columbus
Research Interests: beta-adrenergic receptor tachyphylaxis in BPD

Ana Ribeiro, MD

Hometown: Salvador, Brazil
Medical School: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
Residency: University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Hospital
Research Interests: chronic lung disease, apnea, respiratory breathing patterns