Meet the Fellows
Current Fellow
Bako Orionzi, MD (She/Her) (2023-2025)
- Program: Advanced General Pediatrics - Health Services & Population Health Research
- Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
- Residency: University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital
- Research: I’m interested in studying the factors that influence UiM providers as they enter or continue in academic pediatric positions, how this affects UiM trainees and ultimately how it affects patient health outcomes.
Past Fellows
First Position After Graduation
John James "JJ" Parker, MD MS (2021-2023): Assistant Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Attending Physician, Division of Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care, Lurie Children’s Hospital; Affiliate Physician, Northwestern Medical Group, Transitional Care Clinic
Alyssa Cohen, MD MS (2020-2022): Assistant Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Attending Physician, Division of Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care, Lurie Children’s Hospital
Meredith Johnson, MD (2020-2022): General Pediatrician, Northshore Medical Group, Evanston, IL
Jennifer Kusma, MD, MS (2018-2020): Instructor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Attending Physician, Division of Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care, Lurie Children’s Hospital
Nina Alfieri, MD MS (2017-2019): Instructor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Attending Physician, Division of Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care, Lurie Children’s Hospital
Audrey Brewer, MD MPH (2017-2019): Instructor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Attending Physician, Division of Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care, Lurie Children’s Hospital
Kavitha Selvaraj, MD, MPH, MAEd (2016-2018): Instructor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Attending Physician, Division of Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care, Lurie Children's Hospital
Kimberly Canfield, MD (2012-2014): Health System Clinician of Pediatrics (Hospital Based Medicine), Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL
Maheen Quadri, MD (2011-2013): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Attending Physician, Division of Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care, Lurie Children’s Hospital
Rachael Zweigoron-Sabbagh, MD (2009 -2011): Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina