Pediatric Residency Faculty

Kerice Pinkney, MD
Program Director

Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Board Certification: General Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Medical Degree: University of the West Indies
Residency: Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami
Fellowship: Columbia University, New York–Presbyterian Hospital

Robert Casey, MD
Associate Program Director

Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Board Certification: General Pediatrics
Medical Degree: University of Florida
Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Michelle Smith, MD
Outpatient Clinical Director

Primary Care Pediatrics
Board Certification: General Pediatrics
Medical Degree: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital

Lissette Frias-Castillo
Program Administrator

Yasser Al-Jebawi, MD

Neonatal Perinatal Medicine
Board Certification: General Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Medical Degree: Damascus University
Residency: Almouwasat University Hospital and Marshall University School Of Medicine

Christopher Chang, MD

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Board Certification: General Pediatrics, Allergy & Immunology
Medical Degree: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Residency: Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Fellowship: University of California

Maria Pilar Gutierrez, MD

Pediatric Infectious Disease
Board Certification: General Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Disease
Medical Degree: University of Miami Medical School
Residency: Georgetown University Hospital, Children's National Medical Center, and Jackson Memorial Hospital

Allan Greissmann, MD

Pediatric Critical Care
Board Certification: General Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Medical Degree: Medical College of Virginia
Residency: Long Island Jewish
Fellowship: Schneider Children's/Long Island Jewish

Lazaro Hernandez, MD

Pediatric Cardiology
Board Certification: General Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Medical Degree: Instituto Superior De Ciencias Medicas De Villa Cl
Residency: University of Miami / Columbia University New York Presbyterian Hospital
Fellowship: University of Minnesota

David Hooke, DO

Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Board Certification: General Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Medical Degree: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine

Elba Iglesias, MD

Medical Director, Adolescent Medicine
Board Certification: General Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine
Medical Degree: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Residency: North Shore University Hospital
Fellowship: Montefiore Medical Center

Andres Jimenez Gomez, MD

Pediatric Neurology
Board Certification: General Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Medical Degree: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Chad Scheller, MD

Pediatric Critical Care
Board Certification: General Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Medical Degree: St. George's University School of Medicine
Residency: Pediatrics - St. Joseph's Hospital Medical Center;  Surgery - Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati
Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care - Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Pediatric Critical Care - Rady Children's Hospital

Heidi Torocsik, MD

Pediatric Neurology
Board Certification: General Pediatrics, Neonatal Perinatal Medicine
Medical Degree: Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Jackson Memorial Hospital
Fellowship: Jackson Memorial Hospital

Annie Wang, DO

Primary Care Pediatric, Newborn Nursery
Board Certification: General Pediatrics
Medical Degree: Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Rutgers Medical School

Lindsay Weiss, MD

Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Board Certification: General Pediatrics, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Medical Degree: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Systems Hospitals