The University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine

Program Administrators

Joe Zenel, MD, Program Director
Medical School: Georgetown University
Residency: Pediatrics - St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (Philadelphia)
Fellowship: American Academy of Pediatrics

Suzanne Reuter, MD, Associate Program Director
Medical School: University of South Dakota School
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital
Fellowship: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - Texas Children's Hospital

Amber Hobert, Program Coordinator

Core Faculty

Tonya Adamiak, MD
Medical School: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
Residency: Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital (Providence)
Fellowship: Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Patti Aubert, PharmD

Barry Bauer, MD
Medical School: University of South Dakota
Residency: University of Missouri

Jerome Blake, MD
Medical School: University of Texas Medical School (Houston)
Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center (Houston)
Fellowship: The Children's Hospital in Boston

Bonnie Bunch, MD
Medical School: SUNY-Stony Brook School of Medicine
Residency: University of Colorado, Pediatrics Neurology Residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fellowship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Laura Davis-Keppen, MD
Medical School: University of South Dakota
Residency: University of Oklahoma (Norman)
Fellowship: University of Oklahoma - Pediatric Genetics, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Romano DeMarco, MD
Medical School: University of Missouri (Kansas City)
Residency: General Residency - Indiana University (Bloomington), Urology - Indiana University (Bloomington)
Fellowship: Pediatric Urology - Vanderbilt University 

Helen Fiechtner, PharmD

Nancy Free, DO
Medical School: Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (Fort Worth)
Residency: Pediatrics - Doctors Hospital (Columbus, OH)

Karen Hanisch, CNP
Graduate School: South Dakota State University 

H. Eugene Hoyme, MD
Medical School: University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
Residency: Pediatric - University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
Fellowship: Clinical Genetics and Dysmorphology - University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Julie Johnson, MD
Medical School: Wayne State University
Residency: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Fellowship: Pediatric Rehabilitation and Physician Leadership - Bush Fellowship Program

Edward Mailloux, MD
Medical School: St. Louis University
Residency: Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Washington, DC)

Scott McKercher, MD
Medical School: University of Nebraska (Omaha)
Residency: Pediatrics - University of Nebraska (Omaha)
Fellowship: Academy of Pediatrics

Amelia Mroch, MS
Graduate School: University of Cincinnati

David Munson, MD
Medical School: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis)
Residency: St. Paul Children's Hospital, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis)
Fellowship: Neonatology - University of Minnesota (Minneapolis)

Gary Neidich, MD
Medical School: Brown University
Residency: Pediatrics - University of Minnesota
Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology Nutrition - University of Minnesota

Candice Nelson, MD
Medical School: University of North Dakota
Residency: University of Iowa

Alex Rabinovitch, MD
Medical School: McGill University, Montreal

Jenifer Reitsma, MSN
Graduate School: University of Nebraska (Lincoln)

Joseph Segeleon, MD
Medical School: Ohio State University (Columbus)
Residency: Pediatrics - Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus)
Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus)

Yamen Smadi, MD
Medical School: University of Damascus
Residency: St. John Hospital and Medical Center (Detroit)

Theresa Stamato, MD
Medical School: State University of New York Health Science Center
Residency: Pediatrics - University of Chicago
Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology - Hospital For Sick Children (Toronto) 

Quinn Stein, MS
Graduate School: University of Wisconsin (Madison)