2023 Department of Pediatrics Academic Annual Report

PEDIATRIC SLEEP MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM The UAB Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program offers fellows clinical teaching and formal didactics provided by faculty with diverse backgrounds and expertise, evenly spanning faculty with primary training in adult/pediatric pulmonary medicine and adult/pediatric neurology. The sleep disorder centers of UAB and Children’s of Alabama attract patients with a broad spectrum of sleep disorders from the state and beyond, offering fellows firsthand experience with common and rare disorders.

Program Director Pedro Anis Nourani, M.D. Program Director

2023–2024 Fellows First-Year Fellow Peds Kyle Bliton, M.D. UAB Pediatric Pulmonology Fellow

Krisztina Harsanyi-Jilling, M.D. Associate Program Director

First-Year Fellow Adult Melissa Jordan, M.D. UAB

Puneet Aulakh, M.D. Associate Program Director

Program Coordinator Tracy Downey

PEDIATRIC PULMONARY CENTER The UAB Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine is proud to have one of six Pediatric Pulmonary Centers (PPCs) in the nation. The purpose of the PPC is to develop leaders who will improve the health of children with respiratory conditions by providing family-centered care. This is accomplished through interprofessional training, patient and family care and education, research, consultation, and the provision of continuing education and technical assistance. The project is in year two of a five-year cycle with funding from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. The project provides interdisciplinary training to students in nursing, nutrition, social work, respiratory therapy, family leaders and medical fellows.

2023-2024 Trainees Stephanie Armstrong Social Work Trainee

Program Directors Brad Troxler, M.D. Director

Callie Horne Nutrition Trainee

Daphne Arnold, DSW, LICSW, PIP Co-Director

Angela Richardson Family Leader Trainee

Valerie Tarn, MS, RD Training Director

Summer Brister Nursing Trainee

Wyn Hoover, M.D. Medical Faculty

Christopher Carr Respiratory Therapy Trainee

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