Pediatrics Faculty
Program Administrators
Joe Zenel, M.D., Program Director
Residency: Pediatrics - St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (Philadelphia)
Fellowship: American Academy of Pediatrics
Jody Huber, M.D., Associate Program Director
Medical School: University of South Dakota
Residency: University of Iowa Children's Hospital
Fellowship: University of Iowa Children's Hospital
Kayelyn Wagner, M.D. Associate Program Director
Medical School: University of North Dakota
Residency: University of Iowa Children's Hospital
Fellowship: University of Iowa Children's Hosipital
cathy.roling@sanfordhealth.org
605-333-7197
Faculty
Cardiology
- Nofil Arain, M.D.
Medical School: University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Center (Hungary)
Residency: University of South Alabama
Fellowship: University of Minnesota - Edgard Bendaly, M.D.
Medical School: University of Beirut
Residency: Indiana University
Fellowship: Indiana University - Theresa Stamato, M.D.
Medical School: State University of New York Health Science Center
Residency: University of Chicago - William Waltz, Ph.D., M.D.
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Residency: Wright-Patterson Medical Center (Ohio)
Fellowship: Columbus Children's Hospital, Ohio State University
Fellowship: Hospital For Sick Children (Toronto)
Child Abuse
- Nancy Free, D.O.
Medical School: Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (Fort Worth)
Residency: Pediatrics - Doctors Hospital (Columbus, Ohio) - Brook Jones, M.D.
Medical School: University of Kansas School of Medicine
Residency: University of Louisville
Fellowship: University of Louisville
Critical Care
- Mir Ali, M.D.
Medical School: Deccan College of Medical Sciences (India)
Residency: Richmond University Medical Center (Staten Island, New York) - Benson Hsu, M.D.
Medical School: University of Missouri
Residency: University of Wisconsin - Madison
Fellowship: University of Wisconsin - Madison - Jody Huber, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota
Residency: University of Iowa Children's Hospital
Fellowship: University of Iowa Children's Hospital - Joseph Segeleon, M.D.
Medical School: Ohio State University
Residency: Pediatrics - Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, Ohio)
Fellowship: Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, Ohio) - Lesta Whalen, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota
Residency: University of North Carolina
Fellowship: Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington - Ashley Sandeen, D.O.
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: University of Iowa Children's Hospital
Fellowship: University of Iowa Children's Hospital
Developmental/ Behavioral Pediatrics
- Carrie Kippes, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota
Residency: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Endocrinology
- Kurt Griffin, M.D.
Medical School: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Residency: Rainbow Babies and Children's Health (Cleveland, OH)
Fellowship: National Institutes of Health (Bethesada, MD) - Laura Davis-Keppen, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota
Residency: University of Oklahoma
Fellowship: University of Oklahoma - Alaa Al Nofal, M.D.
Medical School: University of Damascus (Damascus, Syria)
Residency: University of Texas - Health Science Center at Houston
Fellowship: Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) - John Shelso, M.D.
Medical School: University of Nebraska
Residency: Arkansas Children's Hospital, University of Arkansas Medical Science Hospital
Fellowship: St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University
Gastroenterology
- Tonya Adamiak, M.D.
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Residency: Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
Fellowship: Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - Brock Doubledee, D.O.
Medical School: University of Health Sciences (Kansas City)
Residency: University of Kansas
Fellowship: Mayo Clinic - Melissa Jensen, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota
Residency: Pediatrics: Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital (Park Ridge, IL)
Fellowship: University of Iowa Children's Hospital (Iowa City, IA) - Gary Neidich, M.D.
Medical School: Brown University
Residency: University of Minnesota
Fellowship: University of Minnesota
General Pediatrics
- Shannon Ashbaugh, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota
Residency: University of South Dakota Sanford Children's Hospital (Sioux Falls, SD) - Barry Bauer, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota
Residency: University of Missouri - Elizabeth Bauer, M.D.
Medical School: University of Nebraska Medical Center
Residency: Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, Ohio) - Nina Bishop, M.D. (Watertown Clinic)
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
Residency: University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine Pediatric Residency Program - Rosanne Bosch, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota
Residency: UNMC Creighton Pediatrics (Omaha, NE) - Jennifer Haggar, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota
Residency: University of South Dakota Sanford Children's Hospital (Sioux Falls, SD) - Scott Henry, M.D.
Residency: Loyola University - Tracy Jones, D.O.
Medical School: Kansas City University of Medicine and Bioscience (Kansas City, MO)
Residency: University of South Dakota Sanford Children's Hospital (Sioux Falls, SD) - Katie Larson, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota
Residency: University of South Dakota Sanford Children's Hospital (Sioux Falls, SD) - Edward Mailloux, M.D.
Medical School: St. Louis University
Residency: Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Washington, D.C.) - Scott McKercher, M.D.
Medical School: University of Nebraska - Omaha
Residency: University of Nebraska - Omaha
Fellowship: Academy of Pediatrics - Gisella Wong Nano, M.D.
Medical School: Universidad de San martin de Porres, Lima Peru
Residency: John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL; John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital del condado Cook, Chicago, IL - Candice Nelson, M.D.
Medical School: University of North Dakota
Residency: University of Iowa - Gulsah Olgun, M.D.
Medical School: Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, IL - Kayli Reece, M.D.
University of Minnesota Medical School - Minneapolis, MN
Residency: University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine Pediatric Residency Program - Gisella Wong Nano, M.D.
Medical School: Universidad de San Martin de Porres (Lima, Peru)
Residency:John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County (Chicago, IL) - Tracy Pierret, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota
Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin - Rita Rabenberg, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota
Residency: Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - Michelle Schimelpfenig
Medical School: AT Still Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (Kirksville, MO)
Residency: University of South Dakota Sanford Children's Hospital (Sioux Falls, SD) - Michelle Van Beek, M.D.
Medical School: University of Iowa
Residency: Children's Mercy Hospital (Kansas City) - Donna Weinacht, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota
Residency: University of Wisconsin - Madison - Laura Whittington, D.O.
Medical School: AT Still Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (Kirksville, MO)
Residency: University of South Dakota Sanford Children's Hospital (Sioux Falls, SD) - Aaron Zylstra, M.D.
Medical School: University of Iowa
Residency: Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, OH)
General Pediatrics, Hospitalist Service
- Carl Galloway, M.D.
Medical School: University of Nebraska (Lincoln)
Residency: Phoenix Children's Hospital/Maricopa Medical Center - Vishnu Kanala, M.D.
Medical School: Kurnool Medical College (India)
Residency: Sinai Hospital of Baltimore - Julie Mayo, D.O.
Medical School: College of Osteopathic Medicine (Pomona, CA)
Residency: Mayo Clinic
Fellowship: May Clinic - Jessica Olcott, M.D.
Medical School: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
Residency: Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) - Jennifer Reed, M.D.
Medical School: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
Residency: University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota - Daniel Reynolds, D.O.
Medical School: Kansas City University of Medicine and Bioscience (Kansas City, MO)
Residency: Children's Hospital of Illinois (Peoria, IL) - Elizabeth Rubin-Peck, M.D.
Medical School: Technion University (Haifa, Israel)
Residency: University of Kansas (Kansas City, MO)
General Surgery
- Adam Gorra, M.D.
Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Residency: Maine Medical Center
Fellowship:University of Nebraska Medical Center - Jon Ryckman, M.D.
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College (Philadelphia)
Residency: Christina Care Health Systems (Newark, DE)
Fellowship: Montreal Children's Hospital - Jenifer Reitsma, M.S.N, R.N.
Graduate School: University of Nebraska
Genetics
- Laura Davis-Keppen, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota
Residency: University of Oklahoma
Fellowship: University of Oklahoma - Isum Ward, M.D.
Medical School: University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas
Residency: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR (2013-2015) and Johns Hopkins University and The National Institutes of health Consortium, Baltimore MD (2015-2017)
Hematology/Oncology
- Daniel Callaway, M.D.
Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (San Antonio, TX)
Residency: Tulane University Hospital (New Orleans, LA)
Fellowship: Brown University/Hasbro Children's Hospital (Providence, RI) - George Maher, D.O.
Medical School: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University
Residency: Tripler Army Medical Center (Honolulu)
Fellowship: Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Washington, D.C.) - Sam Milanovich, M.D.
Medical School: University of North Dakota School of Medicine (Grand Forks, ND)
Residency: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
Fellowship: Medical College of Wisconsin Research Fellowship (Milwaukee, WI) - Kayelyn Wagner, M.D.
Medical School: University of North Dakota
Residency: University of Iowa Children's Hospital
Fellowship: University of Iowa Children's Hospital
Infectious Disease
- Fernando Bula-Rudas, M.D.
Medical School: Universidad del Norte (Barranquilla, Colombia)
Residency: Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Elmhurst Hospital (Elmhurst, NY)
Fellowship: University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville (Jacksonville, FL) - Santiago Lopez, M.D.
Medical School: School of Medicine, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Residency: Nationwide Children’s Hospital/The Ohio State University, Columbus OH
Fellowship: UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Neonatology
- Michelle Baack, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota
Residency: Creighton - University of Nebraska Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Iowa - Lawrence Fenton, M.D.
Medical School: University of Cincinnati
Residency: Children's Hospital (Cincinnati)
Fellowship: University of Cincinnati Medical Center - Jacquelyn Grev, M.D.
Medical School: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Residency: Mayo Clinic, Mayo Eugenio Litta Children’s Hospital, Rochester MN
Fellowship: University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT - Laurie Hogden, M.D.
Medical School: University of Wisconsin
Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Fellowship: Children's Hospital at Dartmouth - M. Akram Khan, M.D.
Medical School: King Edward Medical College (Lahore, Pakistan)
Residency: Hahnemann University Hospital (Philadelphia, PA)
Fellowship:Albert Einstein Medical Center (Philadelphia, PA), University of Manitoba (Manitoba, Canada) - Stephen Messier, M.D.
Medical School: University of Vermont
Residency: Wilford Hall Medical Center (Lackland Air Force Base, Texas)
Fellowship: Wilford Hall Medical Center (Lackland Air Force Base, Texas) - Lauritz Meyer, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota Sanford Children's Hospital (Sioux Falls, SD)
Residency: University of Iowa Children's Hospital (Iowa City, IA)
Fellowship: University of Iowa Children's Hospital (Iowa City, IA) - David Munson, M.D.
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Residency: St. Paul Children's Hospital, University of Minnesota
Fellowship: University of Minnesota - Suzanne Reuter, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital
Fellowship: Texas Children's Hospital - Baiba Steinbrekera, M.D.
Medical School: Medical School: University of Iowa Roy J & Lucille A Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Fellowship: University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Iowa City IA - Dennis Stevens, M.D.
Medical School: Indiana University
Residency: James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University Medical Center
Fellowship: James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University Medical Center - Lawrence Wellman, M.D.
Medical School: University of Kentucky
Residency: University of Kentucky, Children's Hospital and University of Texas Southwestern
Fellowship: University of Wisconsin - Madison - Jessica White, M.D.
Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine (Omaha, NE)
Residency: University of Iowa Children's Hospital (Iowa City, IA)
Fellowship: University of Iowa Children's Hospital (Iowa City, IA)
Nephrology
- Justin Kastl, M.D.
Medical School: University of Kansas School of Medicine (Kansas City, MO)
Residency: University of Iowa Children's Hospital (Iowa City, IA)
Fellowship: University of Iowa Children's Hospital (Iowa City, IA) - John Sanders, M.D.
Medical School: Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Residency: Tripier Army Center Pediatrics (Honolulu)
Neurology
- Bonnie Bunch, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical School: SUNY-Stony Brook
Residency: University of Colorado and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fellowship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Shalome Dsouza, M.D.
Medical School: JMFs A.C.P.M Medical School, Dhule, India
Residency: University of Chicago Pediatric Neurology-Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
Fellowship: Emory University, Atlanta GA - Sotirios Keros, MD
Medical School: University of Alabama School of Medicine (Birmingham, AL)
Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical College (New York, NY)
Fellowship: New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical College (New York, NY)
Ophthalmology
- Geoff Tufty, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota
Residency: Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation
Fellowship: University of Minnesota and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation
Orthopedics
- Geoff Haft, M.D.
Medical School: Oregon Health Sciences University
Residency: University of Iowa Department of Orthopedics
Fellowship: Starship Children's Hospital (Auckland, New Zealand)
Otolaryngology
- Patrick Munson, M.D.
Medical School: University of South Dakota
Residency: Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
Fellowship: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Palliative Medicine
- Daniel Mark, M.D.
Medical School: New York Medical College (Valhalla, NY)
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital (Charleston, SC)
Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Julie Johnson, M.D.
Medical School: Wayne State University
Residency: University of Colorado
Fellowship: Bush Fellowship Program - Kathryn Sigford, M.D.
Medical School: University of California Davis School of Medicine (Sacremento, CA)
Residency: Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
Fellowship:University of Minnesota Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN)
Psychiatry
- David Ermer, M.D.
Medical School: University of Nebraska
Residency: University of Kansas
Fellowship: University of Kansas - Steven Cochran, M.D.
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine (Loma Linda, CA)
Residency: Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry (Loma Linda, CA) & The Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry (Topeka, KS)
Fellowship: University of Colorado School of Medicine (Denver, CO)
Pulmonology
- Amit Jain, M.D.
Medical School: Shri BM Patil Medical College (Bijapur, India)
Residency: Monmouth Medical Center (Long Branch, NJ)
Fellowship: St Christopher Hospital for Children (Philadelphia, PA) - Chuanpit Moser, M.D.
Medical School: Prince of Songkla University (Thailand)
Residency: University of Oklahoma, Children's Hospital of Oklahoma
Fellowship: University of California, Irvine - James Wallace, M.D.
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch
Residency: Scott and White Hospital
Fellowship: Medical College of Ohio
Urology
- Kurt Eeg, M.D.
Medical School: University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
Residency: University of Toronto
Fellowships: Sick Kids - University of Toronto; Children's Hospital - Louisiana State University