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Announcing New Physicians, Promotions, and Departures at UH Rainbow

New UH Rainbow Faculty

Nehaly Patel, MD
Kids in the Sun
Start date: August 16, 2024

Tulasi Khandan, MD
Pediatric Cardiology
Start date: August 1, 2024

Cecelia Gallego-Suarez, MD
Pediatric Critical Care
Start date: August 1, 2024

Esha Sondhi, MD
Pediatric Critical Care
Start date: August 1, 2024

Joshua Cooper, MD
Pediatric Critical Care
Start date: July 16, 2024

Sofia Bertoloni, MD
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Start date: July 1, 2024

Mackenzie Carter, MD
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Start date: July 1, 2024

Mark Occhionero, MD
Comprehensive Pediatrics, Westlake
Start date: July 1, 2024

Christopher Wright, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Start date: July 1, 2024

Adrienne Kirby, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Start date: July 1, 2024

Gabriela Espinoza-Candelaria, MD
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Start date: July 1, 2024

Pedro-Jose Lopez, MD
Chief, Pediatric Urology
Start date: March 4, 2024

Juan Moldes, MD
Pediatric Urology
Start date: March 4, 2024

Sharifa Himidan, MD
Pediatric Surgery
Start date:  February 2, 2024

Ahmed Zeid, MD
Pediatric Nephrology
Start date: Q1 2024

Angela Tomasulo, CNP
Pediatric Urology
Start date: January 14, 2024

Alreem Al Hinai, MD
Pediatric Surgery
Start date:  December 15, 2023

Alison Kraig, CNP
Ashtabula Pediatrics
Start date: December 4, 2023

Lindsey Hoerrle, CNP
Lorain Pediatrics
Start date: November 6, 2023

Daniel Nento, MD
Chief, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Start date: November 1, 2023

Katharine Hollnagel, MD
Pediatric Orthopedics
Start date: September 7, 2023

Anna Neyman, MD
Pediatric Endocrinology
Start date: September 1, 2023

Julia Kleinhenz, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Start date: September 1, 2023

Courtney Batt, MD
General Academic Pediatrics
Start date: August 1, 2023

Marion Were, MD
General Academic Pediatrics
Start date: August 1, 2023

Olushola Fapo, MD
General Academic Pediatrics
Start date: August 1, 2023

Amy Middleman, MD
General Academic Pediatrics
Start date: August 1, 2023

Erin Crawford, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Start date: August 1, 2023

Daniel Pasternack, DO
Pediatric Cardiology
Start date: August 1, 2023

Tori Endres, MD
Pediatric Pulmonology
Start date: August 1, 2023

Abigail Gibbs, MD
Neonatology
Start date: July 16, 2023

Harinder Singh, MD
Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
Start date: July 1, 2023

Arpit Agarwal, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer, Rainbow Babies & Children’s
Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Pediatrics, University Hospitals
Pediatric Cardiology
Start date: July 15, 2023

Monica Gray, MD
Pediatric Critical Care
Start date: July1, 2023

Thomas Graf, MD
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Start date: July 1, 2023

Prem Mehandru, MD
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Start date: July 1, 2023

Samudragupta Bora, PhD
General Academic Pediatrics
Start date: January 3, 2023

Faculty Promotions | Academic

Professor
Rachel Egler, MD, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Michael Glotzbecker, MD, Chief, Pediatric Orthopedics
Charles Macias, MD, MPH, Vice Chair, Quality & Safety; Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Associate Professor
Elizabeth Diekroger, MD, Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
James Strainic, MD, Pediatric Cardiology
Carolyn Wilhelm, MD, Pediatric Cardiology
Jill Azok, MD, Pediatric Hospitalist

Faculty Departures | Retirements

Marcia Columbro, MD 
Partners in Pediatrics 
July 2, 2024

Faculty Departures

Cynthia Strieter-Boland, MD  
Comprehensive Pediatrics, Westlake 
August 31, 2024

Maricruz Crespo
Pediatric Gastroenterology
August 16, 2024

Abigail Gibbs, MD 
Neonatology 
June 30, 2024

Mary Elaine Patrinos, MD 
Neonatology 
June 30, 2024

Shari Gitlin, MD 
Palliative Care
June 21, 2024

Kathleen Coyne, MD
Pediatrics 
May 31, 2024

Angela Marko, MD
Pediatric Pulmonology
April 7, 2024

Douglas Hackenberg, MD
Children’s Medical Group
April 1, 2024

Jeffrey Lobas, MD
Pediatric Pulmonology
January 15, 2024