Welcome To Our Newest Residents

Pitt Pediatrics welcomes our newest residents joining our Department and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in July. The residency program at the Department of Pediatrics and UPMC Children’s has a long and rich history, and provides a world-class education and training experience for medical students, residents, and fellows. 

Recently ranked as the eighth best children’s hospital in the country by the US News and World Report rankings, our institution is an internationally recognized leader in pediatric care, translational research, and basic science. Residents within the Department of Pediatrics receive special, highly-individualized attention from our exceptional faculty and clinical experience featuring a remarkable volume and variety of pediatric diagnoses. As UPMC Children’s is the only pediatric hospital in the greater Western Pennsylvania region, residents here are given the opportunity to train and serve on an extraordinary breadth of pediatric medical problems. 

There are eight distinct residency programs in our Department, each focusing on a unique set of training and education within pediatrics. Sometimes combining multiple disciplines over the course of 3 to 6 years, these residencies challenge and cultivate the next generation of pediatricians, researchers, and scientists. 

Our new chief residents will be Martha Stewart, Aditi Jain, Krishna Trivedi, and Yonairy Collado.

Below are the names of all our incoming residents and their programs. Welcome to all. 

Pediatrics Residency

  • Sarah Andrews
  • Sierra Biastre (Brooks)
  • Theresa Bullen
  • Ashay Chandra
  • Hannah Chin
  • Alison Clarke
  • Joy Cui
  • Tiffany Dial
  • Kylie Dunn
  • Nicholas Guiot
  • Katherine Keever
  • Sydney Loria
  • Talia Magoon
  • Colleen O’Neill
  • Zachary Picciarelli
  • Koehler Powell
  • Emma Powers
  • Tara Russell
  • Chloe Schockling
  • Sarah Silverman
  • Christina Stiebris
  • Krithika Sundaram
  • Sarah Syer
  • Chinonso Ukeje
  • Gina Vivino
  • Nat Voos
  • Michael Wang
  • LaToya Watkins

Medicine-Pediatrics Residency

  • Lisandra Alfaro
  • Michele Ly
  • Amy Paul
  • Hannah Roach

Pediatric Advocacy-Leadership-Service

  • Paul Ilkka
  • Antonia Puma

Combined Anesthesiology-Pediatrics Residency

  • Abiye Agbeh

Pediatric Scientist Development Program

  • Sheila Farnan

Triple Board Residency

  • Kendall Melvin
  • Ijeoma Unachukwu

Child Neurology Residency

  • Stephania DeCarvalho
  • Kyoko Fukahori
  • Vera Iakovleva
  • Suhma Thapa

Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Residency

  • Meghana Ganapathiraju