Pediatrics Faculty

Program Administrators

Joe Zenel, M.D., Program Director
Medical School: Georgetown University
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

Kelley Yseth, Program Coordinator
Kelley.Yseth@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
Fellowship: Hospital For Sick Children (Toronto)
• 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

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