Current fellows
Aisha Ansar, MBBS
PGY5
Medical school: Aga Khan University Medical College, Pakistan
Residency: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Maram Alkhdour, MD
PGY5
Medical school: Jordan University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, New York City, NY
Renad Al Mefleh, MBBS
PGY4
Eylem Topaktas, MD
PGY4
Medical school: Hacettepe University Medical School (Ankara, Turkey)
Residency: University of Health Science, Umraniye Research and Training Hospital (Istanbul, Turkey)
Expected fellowship grad year: 2025
Eylem Topaktas’s primary interest in the field of pediatric endocrinology is understanding the cardiac effects of endocrine problems. She chose the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at Washington University both because of its excellent research facilities which will help her achieve her future goals and because of the wide variety of clinical cases. The most significant factor in her decision was that she felt like a part of this family from the beginning — even during the interview.
Past fellows
Carine Anka, MBChB
2023
Medical school: Beirut Arab University
Residency: St. Louis Children’s Hospital/ Washington University School of Medicine
Fellowship grad year: 2023
Current position: Endocrinologist, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Melanie Bryan, MD
2024
Medical school: University of Missouri – Columbia
Residency: Washington University
Fellowship grad year: 2024
Current position: Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Katie Burgener, MD
2023
Medical School: St. Louis University
Residency: University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky
Fellowship grad year: 2023
Current position: Faculty, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Samuel Cortez Granados, MD
2023
Medical school: Universidad Evangelica de El Salvador Facultad de Medicina
Residency: University of Kansas School of Medicine
Fellowship grad year: 2023
Current position: Faculty, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
More past fellows
| Amy Clark, DO | St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri |
| Jennifer Ikle, MD, PhD | Stanford University, Stanford, California |
| Nadim A. Kanafani, MD | Medical Director, Centene Corporation |
| Rachel K. Lescher, MD | Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska |
| Kyle McNerney, MD | Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri |
| Paula Newton, MD | University of Maryland Medical Center, College Park, Maryland |
| John Oberlin, MD | UPMC-Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas |
| Stacie P. Shepherd, MD, PhD | Senior Medical Director, AbbVie, San Francisco, California |
| Pamela Smith, MD | Phoenix Children’s Hospital/University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona |
| Jennifer Sprague, MD, PhD | Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri |
| Stephen Stone, MD | Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri |
| Mareen Thomas, MD | University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Lori Wagner, MD | Mission Health, Ashville, North Carolina |
| Arpita Vyas, MD | Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri |
| Aurelia Wood, MD | Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio |
| Nana-Hawa Yayah, MD | University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio |