Pediatric Specialists

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University of New Mexico:

Adolescent Medicine (Dept. of Pediatrics)

Alberta S. Kong, MD, MPH, Division Chief
Mary M. Ramos, MD, MPH, School-Based Health Centers Medical Director

School-Based Health Centers:

Raya Duenas-Vargas, CNP
Shawn Blaisdell, FNP, CNM
Monique Vallabhan, DNP, FNP-BC, MSN

Adolescent Gynecology (Dept. of Pediatrics)

Helen Oquendo del Toro, MD
Jennifer Robinson, CNP

Cardiology (Dept. of Pediatrics)

Jon Love, MD, Division Chief
Beth Goens, MD
E. Anne Greene, MD, FAAP
Claudine Bohun, MD
Brad Raisher, MD

Center for Development and Disability (Dept. of Pediatrics)

Marcia Moriarta, PsyD, Division Chief
Sylvia Acosta, PhD
Allan Anfinson, PhD
Courtney Burnette, PhD
Anilla del Fabbro, MD – CDD Medical Director
Marybeth Graham, PhD
Pamela Hanson, MD
Sandra Heimerl, PT, MS, DPT
Michele Iemolo, PsyD, BCBA
Seema Jacob, PsyD
Peggy MacLean, PhD
Julia Oppenheimer, PhD
Brandon Rennie, PhD
Mareth Williams, MD

Critical Care (Dept. of Pediatrics)
Pediatric Intensivists:

Mark Crowley, MD, Division Chief, Vice Chair of Clinical
Denise Coleman, MD
Manish Dhar Bajracharya, MD
Senan Hadid, MD, ECMO Medical Director
Anjali Subbaswamy, MD

Pediatric Hospitalists:

Janelle Aragon, MD, Director UNM Pediatric Hospice Program
Alfonso Belmonte, MD
Christal Chow, MD
Rebecca Craig, MD
Anna Duran, MD, Medical Director
Aaron Jacobs, MD
Maria Heubeck, MD
Patricia Hogan, MD
Lanier Lopez, MD
Stephen Lunderman, MD
Maria Velazquez-Campbell, MD
Melissa Sanchez, MD,

Nurse Practitioners:

Amy Davis, CNP, PICU
Kathleen Fabian, CNP, GPU

Dermatology (Dept. of Dermatology)

Aimee Smidt, MD

Ear, Nose & Throat (Dept. of Surgery)

Erica Bennett, MD – Director of Otolaryngology
Karen Hawley, MD
Tania Kraai, MD

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Jeffrey Bullard-Berent, MD
Rebecca Fastle, MD

Natasha James, MD
David Jolley, MD
Brian Moore, MD
Joo-Hee Park, MD
Robert Sapien, MD
Rachel Tuuri, MD
Sara Skarbek-Borowska, MD – On-Call

Endocrinology and Diabetes (Dept. of Pediatrics)

Susan Scott, MD, Division Chief
Robert Christenson, MD
Kathryn Gadomski, NP (Endocrinology)
Louise Laskaratos, NP, CDE (Diabetes)
Shelli Hunter, RN (Diabetes Educator)
Jacob Dowling, RD, CDE (Diabetes Educator)

Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (Dept. of Pediatrics)

Jackie Fridge, MD - Division Chief
Kalyan Parashette, MD
Ricardo Castillo, MD
Rajmohan Dharmaraj, MD
Pankaj Vohra, MD

General and Community Pediatrics (Dept. of Pediatrics)

Albert Bourbon, PA – Southwest Mesa
Alex Stelzner, MD – Young Children's Health Center (YCHC)
Alison Campbell, MD – Southwest Mesa
Andrew Hsi, MD
Annalisa Behnken, MD
Carmel Brienza, PNP
Chandler Todd, MD
Christopher Torrez, MD
Emilie Sebesta, MD, JD
Gillian Harris, MD – YCHC
Heather Pratt-Chavez, MD
Holly Nelson, MD – Westside Clinic
Jennifer Garcia, MD – YCHC
Karen Campbell, MD – CART (Child Abuse Response Team)
Kristel Montaño, MD
Laura Honch, MD – Westside Clinic
Leslie Strickler, DO – CART/PLN (Child Abuse Response Team/Para Los Niños)
Loretta Cordova De Ortega, MD, Pediatrics Department Chair
Maryanne Chavez – FNP – Para Los Niños
Nicole Urrea, MD
N. Janet Ventura, MD – Southwest Mesa
Rebecca Craig, MD
Sara del Campo de Gonzalez, MD – YCHC
Sylvia Negrete, MD – Healthy & Fit Children’s Clinic
Teresa Anderson, MD, MA, Division Chief
Teresa Vigil, MD
Theresa Anaya, MD

Genetics/Metabolic

Randall A. Heidenreich, MD, Division Chief
Thomas Cushing, MD
Anne O’Neill, MS, RD, Metabolic Dietitian
Judy Romero, NP

Hematology/Oncology (Dept. of Pediatrics)

John Kuttesch, PhD, MD, Division Chief, Neuro-Oncologist
Shirley Abraham, MD – Ted R. Montoya Hemophilia Treatment Center Director
Koh Boayue, MD
Amy Cruickshank, MD
Richard Heideman, MD
Jodi Mayfield, MD
Jessica Valdez, MD
Milena Archuleta, FNP
Alyson Carey, CPNP
Colleen Lee, CPNP

Infectious Disease and Immunology (Dept. of Pediatrics)

Martha Muller, MD, Division Chief
Walter Dehority, MD
Sheila Hickey, MD
Gary Overturf, MD
Elif Dokmeci, MD – Allergy, Immunology

Neonatology (Dept. of Pediatrics)

Janell Fuller, MD
Vlad Ianus, MD
Jessie Maxwell, MD
Dawn Novak, MD
Jennifer Rael, MD
Tara Zamora, MD

Neonatal Nurse Practitioners:

Curtis Caldwell, NNP
Brenda Gonzales, NNP
Claudia Griffith, NNP
Daneen Gronewald, NNP
David Henderson, NNP
Christina Kamm, NNP
Teal Peck, PA
Wendy Peterson, NNP
Jazmine Valencia, NNP

Nephrology/Rheumatology (Dept. of Pediatrics)

Nephrology:

Craig Wong, MD, MPH, Division Chief (Nephrology and Rheumatology)
John Brandt, MD, MPH, Vice Chair of Pediatrics
Candice Sheldon, MD
Amy Staples, MD, MPH, Medical Director of Pediatric Transplant & Pediatric Specialty Care Unit

Rheumatology:

Ioannis Kalampokis, MD, MPH, PhD
Brandon Ko, RN, C-PNP

Neurology (Dept. of Neurology)

Seem Bansal, MD
John Phillips, MD
James Reese, MD
Jennifer Vickers, MD

Neurosurgery (Dept. of Neurosurgery)

James Botros, MD
Barbara Bell, NP

Ophthalmology (Dept. of Surgery)

Todd Goldblum, MD
Rebecca Leenheer, MD

Orthopaedics (Dept. of Orthopaedics)

Selina Silva, MD
Antony Kallur Antony, MD
David Bennett, MD
Jamie Cloyes, CPNP
Caroline Cook, PA
Ally Funkhouser Dye, CNP

Pulmonary (Dept. of Pediatrics)

L. Francine Caffey, MD
Amine Daher, MD

Rehabilitation (Dept. of Pediatrics)

Denise Taylor, MD, Division Chief, Pediatric Physiatrist
Mark Pedrotty, PhD, Rehabilitation Psychologist
Margaret Armstrong, MD, Pediatrics & Neurodevelopment (CP and Spina Bifida Clinic)
Kati Morrison, PhD, Pediatric Psychologist

Surgery (Dept. of Surgery)

David Lemon, MD –Surgery – Division Chief
Jason McKee, MD –Surgery
Lena Perger, MD –Surgery

Urology (Dept. of Surgery)

Jessica Ming, MD
Jason Wilson, MD

Children’s Hospital Highlights

20 Bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
3 Bed Sedation and Infusion Suite (Outpatient)
36 Bed General Pediatric Unit
20 Bed Specialty Care Unit
15 Bed Carrie Tingly Hospital / Rehab (Outpatient)
39 Bed Newborn Nursery
11 Bed Intermediate Nursery
26 Bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
15 Bed NICU Intermediate Care Unit

Updated: May 2019

Presbyterian:

Pediatric Multispecialty Clinic: 505-563-6530

Pediatric Behavioral Health

Dr. Scott Carroll, MD
Cynthia Peterson, LPCC

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Dr. Daniel Shover, MD
Dr. Razan Alkhouri, MD

Pediatric Neurology

Dr. Abby Kunz, MD
Dr. Eunice Cordoba, MD

Pediatric Headache Clinic

Dr. Rebecca Webb, MD

Pediatric/Young Adult Chronic Care

Dr. Stephanie Gehres, MD
Kelly Whitehead-Price, NP
Sandra Whisler, MD

Pediatric Surgery

Dr. Indra Vyas, MD
Dr. Joshua Caresky, MD
Dr. Tony Savo, MD
Dr. Wolfgang Stehr, MD
Lisa Montoya, NP

Pediatric Pulmonary

Dr. Lea Davies, MD

Pediatric ENT

Dr. Brown-Wagner, MD
Dr. Christine Fordham, MD
Mel Brown, PA

Pediatric Endocrinology

Dr. Deborah Zamora-Allen, MD
Dr. Ellen Kaufman, MD
Dr. Cora Hizon, MD
Dr. Johanna Viau, MD

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Dr. Xiaxin Li, MD
Dr. Beeling Armijo, MD
Debra Fitzgerald, NP
Dr. Linda Butros, MD
Dr. Emmett Broxson, MD

Pediatric Specialists Outside of the Multispecialty Clinic

Pediatric Cardiology: 505-848-3700

Dr. Jennifer Davenport, MD
Dr. Bharat Dara, MD
Dr. James Goldsmith, MD
Mina Mostafavir, PA

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery: 505-563-2500

Dr. William Stein, MD

Pediatric Nephrology: 505-842-5240

Dr. Robert Miller, MD

Inpatient Services

Pediatric Intensive Care

21 Bed PICU
Includes pediatric ECMO services
24/7 in-house coverage by pediatric intensivists

Pediatric Hospitalists

26 Bed General Pediatric Unit
24/7 in house coverage by pediatric hospitalists

Neonatology

60 bed level 3 NICU care
24/7 in-house coverage by neonatologists and NNPs

Updated: February 2019