Program Leadership
Kayla Heller, M.D.
Program director
Pediatric hospital medicine
Interests: Children with complex medical conditions, simulation-based education, medical
ethics, educational research
Molly Rozier Chen, M.D.
Associate program director
General academic pediatrics
Interests: General pediatrics and newborn care, breastfeeding medicine (clinical and
research), physician wellness and resilience, debriefs surrounding difficult patient
encounters and bedside teaching.
Kate Forrester, M.D.
Associate program director
Pediatric emergency medicine
Interests: caring for critically ill/injured patients, simulation medicine, injury
prevention and procedural sedation.
Jennifer Hoefert, M.D.
Associate program director
Pediatric hospital medicine
Interests: Care of hospitalized children, graduate medical education, evidence-based
medicine and high value care, quality improvement, and global health
Megan Ottomeyer, M.D.
Associate program director
Global health director
Neonatal-perinatal medicine
Interests: Global health, medical education, children with medical complexity, long-term
mechanical ventilation, palliative care, neonatal ECMO
Michael Smiley, M.D.
Associate program director
Pediatric pulmonology
Interests: Cystic fibrosis, children with CFSPID (CF Newborn Positive and Inconclusive
Diagnosis), severe asthma, children with medical complexity, quality improvement and
medical education.
Haley Bokern
Program manager
Lauren West
Residency program specialist