Program Leadership

Kayla Heller, M.D.

Program director
Pediatric hospital medicine
Interests: Children with complex medical conditions, simulation-based education, medical ethics, educational research

Molly Rozier Chen, M.D.

Associate program director
General academic pediatrics
Interests: General pediatrics and newborn care, breastfeeding medicine (clinical and research), physician wellness and resilience, debriefs surrounding difficult patient encounters and bedside teaching. 

Kate Forrester, M.D.

Associate program director
Pediatric emergency medicine
Interests: caring for critically ill/injured patients, simulation medicine, injury prevention and procedural sedation.

Jennifer Hoefert, M.D.

Associate program director
Pediatric hospital medicine
Interests: Care of hospitalized children, graduate medical education, evidence-based medicine and high value care, quality improvement, and global health

Megan Ottomeyer, M.D.

Associate program director
Neonatal-perinatal medicine

Michael Smiley, M.D.

Associate program director
Pediatric pulmonology
Interests: Cystic fibrosis, children with CFSPID (CF Newborn Positive and Inconclusive Diagnosis), severe asthma, children with medical complexity, quality improvement and medical education. 

Marty Schmidt, M.D.

Global health director
General academic pediatrics
Interests: Primary care, global health, malnutrition, simulations, practicing resource-limited medicine

Patty Lotz

Program manager

Lauren West

Residency program specialist