Thank you for joining us for PEMPix 2025 at the AAP NCE.
We hope you enjoyed the presentation. It would not have been possible without the contributions of MANY individuals.
Case Finalists…
| Sandhia Arrora PEM Fellow Dayton Children’s Hospital | April Oertle Medical Student Rady Children’s Hospital |
| Victoria Vazquez Chief Resident Pediatrics Nemours Children’s | Jad Elkhalil Emergency Medicine Resident Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta & Wellstar |
| Shurshti Mehta PEM Fellow Children’s Hospital of Michigan | Kyna Donohue PEM Fellow Rady Children’s Hospital |
| Meredith Montgomery PEM Fellow Vanderbilt Children’s | Abiezer Disla PEM Fellow Oregon Health Sciences University |
| Natalia Cardona Chief Resident Pediatrics Nemours Children’s | Courtney Kelly PEM Fellow Children’s Hospital of Michigan |
| Amal Frances Ayoub PEM Fellow New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital | Natan Cramer PEM Attending Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh |
| Michael Alavi PEM Fellow Texas Children’s | Elizabeth Joachim PEM Fellow Riley Hospital for Children |
Our Judges
| Christina Cochran Children’s of Alabama | Jacinta Cooper Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta / Emory | Cara Doughty Texas Children’s |
| Daniel Fein Children’s Hospital at Montefiore | Thomas Kennedy Morgan Stanley Children’s | Sang Lee Cincinnati Children’s |
| Kirsten Loftus Lurie Children’s | Wendy Pomerantz Cincinnati Children’s | Ben Prince Seattle Children’s |
| Haroon Shaukat Children’s National | Kristin Stukus Nationwide Children’s | Celeste Tarantino Children’s Mercy |
| Sarah Tomlinson University of Michigan | Brian Wagers UT Southwestern | Jason Woods Colorado Children’s |
The MANY Individuals Who Submitted Cases…
Catharina Abreu de Almeida
Akram Al-Husaini
Taylor Anderson
Alex Baker
AImee Belak
Peyton Bennett
Karyssa Bobosky
Maryuri Cannon
Catherine Cheng
Christine Cummings Liverpool
Rachel George
Radhika Ghodasara
Roxanne Gillam
Brian Goldstone
Leyanet Gonzalez
Alyssa Goodman
Rochelle Gourzong
Holly Harper
Chelsea Hawthorne
Jessica Hayes
Maame Hayfron
Nisha Issac
Chantel Johnson
Ooha Kambhampati
Olena Kostyuk
Ryan Leeson
Ayesha Liaqat
Brook Martell
Samuel Newcomb
Victor N. Oboli
Cynthia Okaruefe
Tolulope Oshiba-Fowode
Jennifer Perry
Rachel Quinn
Romy Rahhal
Giselle Ricoy
Nadya Rivera Gelabert
Laura Santry
Megan Scarbrough
Amanda Seibert
Ayush Sidde Gowda
Samantha Stoner
Maury Strong
Anne Sung
Kristen Timberlake
Shawnee Wallace
Nick Watkins
Jonathan Williamson
Mary Wisbon
Amelia Wong
Evan Wright
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A word from the outgoing PEMPix Chair 2023-2025:
Thank you so much for all of your amazing cases, support, and ongoing enthusiasm for PEMPix! A big thanks to the incredible judges I’ve worked with throughout the years, the phenomenal case authors (especially those of you that have submitted multiple cases over the years), the entire AAP SOEM Education Steering Committee. A big shout out to Maxine Santa Cruz who has provided friendship and humor while providing the technical support to make sure PEMPix goes off without any major hiccups. And the biggest thanks to Dr. Brad Sobolewski for his inspiration mentorship, guidance, editing, input, and support.
For the trainees: I first met Brad when I was an enthusiastic trainee. When I met him, he was a legend to me, and I could only dream about being part of PEMPix. He invited me onto the PEMPix team as a judge, nurtured my interest, and the rest is history. Trainees: Dream! Reach! YOU can do this (and so much more) too!
Finally, the biggest and best wishes to the incredible Dr. Vanessa Perez, who will put her own incredible spin on PEMPix as the chair from 2026-2028.
Maneesha
