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Todd Bell, MD

Todd Bell, MDAssociate Professor, Interim Regional Chair, Medicine/Pediatrics

Medical School
2001 University of Arkansas (cum laude)

Post Graduate Training
2005 Combined Medicine/Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine
2005 Pediatric Chief Resident, Duke University School of Medicine

Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 2006
Internal Medicine, 2005

Recent Publications
• Diabetes Mellitus; the Janus of technological Advance, Panhandle Health, 2008
• A Stranger at the Bedside, Panhandle Health, 2007







Kashif Ali, M.D.

Kashif Ali, MDAssistant Professor

Medical School
1990 Dow Medical College, Karachi Pakistan

Post Graduate Training
1991 Psychiatry, Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
1997 Pediatrics, Metropolitan Hospital, New York Medical College
1998 Pediatric Chief Resident, Metropolitan Hospital, New York Medical College
1999 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow, University of Minnesota

Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 2001, 2008








Oluyemisi J. Fatunde, MD

Oluyemisi Fatunde, MDAssociate Professor

Medical School
1977 College of Medicine, University of Ibadan

Post Graduate Training
1978 Rotating Internship, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
1982 Pediatrics, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
1985 Howard University Center for Sickle Cell Disease

Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 1997, 2004

Recent Publications
• Devries H, Ali K, Fatunde OJ, Herpes Zoster Presenting as Leg Pain in the absence of a Rash in a 5-Year Old. Consultant for Pediatricians 2008 ( in press)
• Fatunde OJ, Lagunju IA, Preventing Childhood Neurological Disorders in Nigeria- Beyond Politics and Rhetoric. Archives of Ibadan Medicine 2007; 8:32-37.
• Lagunju IA, Fatunde OJ. Epilepsy in Nigerian children with cerebral palsy. Dev Med Child Neurol.2007; 49:158.
• Fatunde OJ, Lagunju IA, Adeniyi OF, Orimadegun AE. Non-traumatic paraplegia in Nigerian children presenting at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. African J Med Med
Sci.2006; 35:37-41.
• Fatunde OJ, Adamson FG, Ogunseyinde O, Sodeinde O, Familusi JB. Stroke in Nigerian children with sickle cell disease. African J Med Med Sci.2005; 34:157.
• Ogunseyinde AO, Obajimi MO, Fatunde OJ. Computed tomographic pattern of stroke in children with sickle cell anaemia in Ibadan. African J Med Med Sci. 2005:34:115-8.
• Ogunseyinde AO, Obajimi MO, Ige OM, Alonge T, Fatunde OJ. Computed tomographic evaluation of TB spine in Ibadan. West Afr J Med. 2004; 23:228-31.
• Obajimi MO, Fatunde OJ, Ogunseyinde AO, Omigbodun OO, Atalabi OM, Joel RU. Computed tomography and childhood seizure disorder in Ibadan. West Afr J Med. 2004;
2:167-72.
• Brown BJ, Asinobi AO, Fatunde OJ, Osinusi K, Fasina NA. Antimicrobial sensitivity pattern of organisms causing urinary tract infection in children with sickle cell anaemia in
Ibadan, Nigeria. West Afr J Med. 2003; 22:110-3.
• Asinobi AO, Fatunde OJ, Brown BJ, Osinusi K, Fasina NA. Urinary tract infection in febrile children with sickle cell anaemia in Ibadan, Nigeria. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2003; 
23:129-34.







Shannon Herrick, MD

Shannon Herrick, MDAssistant Professor, Residency Associate Program Director

Medical School
2001 University of Texas Southwestern Med School at Dallas, Dallas, TX

Post Graduate Training
2002 Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Med School at Dallas, Dallas, TX
2004 Pediatrics, Texas Tech University – Amarillo

Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 2004







Marita Sheehan, MD

Marita Sheehan, MDProfessor

Medical School
1968 University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California

Post Graduate Training
1969 Pediatrics, Los Angeles County, U.S.C. Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
1970 Pediatrics, Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, California
1971 Chief Resident in Pediatrics, Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, California
1972 M.P.H., Maternal and Child Health, University of California, School of Public Health, Berkeley, California

Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 1973










Muhammad Uddin, MD

Muhammad Uddin, MDAssistant Professor

Medical School
1991 Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Post Graduate Training
2004 Lincoln Medical and Mental Center, Bronx, New York

Specialty Certification
Pediatrics, 2005








Teri Pay, NP

Nurse Practitioner, Department of Pediatrics


Bachelor's of Science in Nursing, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Master's of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Track, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
Licensed by the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners

Hoang Petersen, NP


Hoang Petersen, NPNurse Practitioner, Department of Pediatrics

Bachelor's of Science in Nursing, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Master's of Science, Family Nurse Practitioner, Regis University, Denver, CO








Cynthia Pride, NP

Cynthia Pride, NPNurse Practitioner, Department of Pediatrics

Pediatric Primary Health Care Program, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas
Master's Degree in Family Nursing, West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas
Licensed by the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners
Instructor, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practioners Sigma Theta Tau, Inc., Delta Delta Delta Chapter







Brittany Thomas, PA-C

Physician's Assistant, Department of Pediatrics

Bachelor of Science, Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Physician's Assistant Program, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo and Midland, TX