Meet Our Medical College of Wisconsin Pediatric Hospital Medicine Team

Vanessa McFadden, MD, PhD

Associate Division Chief, Associate Professor

Heather Toth, MD

Professor

Faculty

Lolia Abibo, MD

Assistant Professor; Research Pillar Lead, Global Child Health Program

Sarah Bauer, MD

Associate Professor

Brett J. Bordini, MD

Associate Professor

Alina G. Burek, MD

Associate Professor

Rosellen Choi, MD

Assistant Professor

Erica Y. Chou, MD

Associate Professor

Leah Cotter, DO

Assistant Professor

Maximilian Cruz, MD

Assistant Professor

Emily Densmore, MD

Assistant Professor

Jonathan Gutzeit, MD

Assistant Professor

Danita R. Hahn, MD

Assistant Professor

Eli Harman, MD

Assistant Professor

Robert M. Kliegman, MD

Professor

Amanda Kopydlowski, MD

Assistant Professor

Sara M. Lauck, MD

Assistant Professor

Tracey H. Liljestrom, MD

Assistant Professor

James J. McCarthy, MD

Assistant Professor

Chelsea McElroy, DO

Assistant Professor

Kaitlyn McQuistion, MD

Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Mertens, MD

Assistant Professor

Brandon L. Palmer, MD

Assistant Professor; Program Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship

Erin Preloger, MD

Interim Division Chief, Associate Professor

Amanda J. Rogers, MD

Associate Professor; Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program; Associate Director, Pediatrics-Neurology Residency Program

Elizabeth Segar, MD

Assistant Professor

Paula Soung, MD

Associate Professor

Sheila Swartz, MD

Associate Professor

Lauren L. Titus, MD

Assistant Professor; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship

Sarah Vepraskas, MD

Associate Professor

Jennifer M. Watson, MD

Associate Professor

Michael Wedoff, MD

Assistant Professor

Michael C. Weisgerber, MD

Professor

Sarah Yale, MD

Associate Professor

Second Year Fellows

2023-2025

Katherine (Katie) Krause, MD

Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellow

Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine; Residency: Indiana University School of Medicine

Aisha Uraizee, MD

Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellow

Medical School: University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine; Residency: University of Illinois, Chicago

First Year Fellows

2024-2026

Heather Gladfelter, MD

Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellow

Medical School: Saint Louis University School of Medicine; Residency: Corewell Health/Michigan State University/Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

Elizabeth (Liz) Smits, DO

Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellow

Medical School: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University United States of America; Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Advanced Practice Providers

Jaime L. Fox, CNP, CPNP-AC/PC, CCTC

CSG APP Assistant Director

Crystal Bales, APNP

Nurse Practitioner

Julia Blumenshine, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Alaina Casper, CPNP-AC/PC

Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Jennifer Corcoran, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Nicole D. Emlen, CPNP-AC

APP Manager

Morgan Hauer, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Laura Helm, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Sarah Juckem, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Antoinette Patzlsberger, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Emily Poenitsch, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Lindsey Ray, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Alexis A. Sover, PA-C

Physician Assistant

Katherine Waller, DNP

Nurse Practitioner

Molly Williams, APNP

Nurse Practitioner