Pediatrics Residency Program
Subspecialty Faculty
The Pediatric Residency Department also works in specialty partnerships within the community for the following clinical areas: Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Neonatology, Neurology, Pulmonology, Radiology, and Community Pediatricians.
Child Abuse & Neglect
Yameika Head, MD
- Medical DirectorCrescent House
- DirectorPediatric Residency Program
- Associate Professor of PediatricsMercer University School of Medicine
- Medical School: Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
- Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
- Fellowship: Pediatric Forensic Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
- Specialty: Board Certified in Pediatrics; Board Certified in Child Abuse Pediatrics
Developmental-Behavioral Medicine
Elizabeth Young, MD
- Medical DirectorAutism & Developmental Center
- Assistant Professor of PediatricsMercer University School of Medicine
- Medical School: The Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC
- Residency: Med-Peds Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio; Pediatrics Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio
- Fellowship: Developmental Pediatrics, Marcus Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
- Specialty: Board Certified in Pediatrics; Board Certified in Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
- Assistant Professor of PediatricsMercer University School of Medicine
- Associate DirectorOB/GYN Residency Program
- Medical School: University of New Mexico, School of Medicine
- Residency: Kaiser Permanente
- Fellowship: Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine
- Specialty: Board Certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Pediatric & Adolescent Sports Medicine
Shelley Callender, MD
- Medical DirectorSports Medicine & Concussion
- Associate Professor of IM/Ped/FMMercer University School of Medicine
- Medical School: State University of New York, Syracuse, NY
- Residency: Med- Peds - Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
- Fellowship: Sports Medicine -Henry Ford Health Systems, Detroit, Michigan
- Specialty: Board Certified in Pediatrics; Board Certified in Internal Medicine; Board Certified in Sports Medicine
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Jean Dozier, MD
- Medical DirectorPediatric Palliative Care
- Assistant Professor of PediatricsMercer University School of Medicine
- Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC
- Residency: Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Georgia
- Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine, Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Georgia
- Specialty: Board Certified in Pediatrics; Board Certified in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; Board Certified in Hospice Palliative Medicine
Umesh Narsinghani, MD
- Medical DirectorPediatric Critical Care
- Professor of PediatricsMercer University School of Medicine
- Medical School: Panjabrao Alias Bhausaheb Deshmukh Memorial Medical College
- Residency: Dr. B Nanavati Hospital, Bombay, India; Brooklyn Hospital Center/NY University
- Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Arkansas; Children's Hospital, Little Rock Arkansas
- Specialty: Board Certified in Pediatrics; Board Certified in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; Board Certified in Hospice Palliative Medicine
Meral Patel, MD
- Assistant Professor of PediatricsMercer University School of Medicine
- Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
- Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
- Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care, Emory University School of Medicine
- Specialty: Board Certified in Pediatrics; Board Certified in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Stephen Tomek, MD
- Assistant Professor of PediatricsMercer University School of Medicine
- Medical School: State University of New York Upstate Medical University Syracuse, New York
- Residency: University of Rochester Medical Center / Golisano Children's Hospital, Rochester, NY
- Fellowship: University of Rochester Medical Center; Golisano Children's Hospital, Rochester, NY
- Specialty: Board Certified in Pediatrics; Board Certified in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Lauren Villo, MD
- Assistant Professor of PediatricsMercer University School of Medicine
- Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio
- Residency: Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee
- Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
- Specialty: Board Certified in Pediatrics
Pediatric Endocrinology
Tarek Bisat, MD
- Medical DirectorPediatric Endocrinology
- Professor of PediatricsMercer University School of Medicine
- Medical School: American University of Beirut, Faculty of Medicine
- Residency: Duke University Medical Center
- Fellowship: John Hopkins Hospital
- Specialty: Board Certified in Pediatrics; Board Certified in Pediatric Endocrinology
Jessica Hutchins, MD
- Assistant Professor of PediatricsMercer University School of Medicine
- Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia
- Residency: Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Georgia
- Fellowship: Pediatric Endocrinology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, Texas
- Specialty: Board Certified in Pediatrics, Board Certified in Pediatric Endocrinology
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Noel Israel, MD
- Medical DirectorPediatric Gastroenterology
- Assistant Professor of PediatricsMercer University School of Medicine
- Medical School: University of Philippines College of Medicine, Philippines
- Residency: Brenner Children's Hospital Winston- Salem, NC
- Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
- Specialty: Board Certified in Pediatrics; Board Certified in Pediatric Gastroenterology
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Abigail J. Cruz, MD
- Assistant Professor of PediatricsMercer University School of Medicine
- Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California
- Graduate School: University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, Texas
- Residency: Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, California
- Fellowship: University of Texas Health Drug Development Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
- Specialty: Board Certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Kristi George, MD
- Assistant Professor of PediatricsMercer University School of Medicine
- Medical School: Saba University School of Medicine, Saba, Netherlands-Antilles
- Residency: University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
- Fellowship: University of Texas Health, San Antonio, Texas
- Specialty: Board Certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Sushmita Nair, MD
- Assistant Professor of PediatricsMercer University School of Medicine
- Medical School: Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India
- Residency: Miami Children`s Hospital Miami, Florida
- Fellowship: University of Florida/ Shands Hospital Gainesville, Florida
- Specialty: Board Certified in Pediatrics
Vishwas Sakhalkar, MD
- Professor of PediatricsMercer University School of Medicine
- Medical School: G.S. Medical College, Bombay University, India
- Residency: Children's Hospital of Michigan
- Fellowship: Peds Hematology/Oncology State University of NY at Brooklyn, NY; Bone Marrow Transplant Strong Memorial Hospital, SUNY Rochester, NY
- Specialty: Board Certified in Pediatrics; Board Certified in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Pediatric Surgery
Joshua Glenn, MD
- Director of Pediatric SurgeryAtrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight Olson Children's Hospital
- Assistant Professor of Pediatric SurgeryMercer University School of Medicine
- Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia
- Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
- Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery, Monroe Carell, Jr. Hospital, Vanderbilt University
- Specialty: Board Certified in General Surgery
Issam Shaker, MD
- Professor of Pediatric SurgeryMercer University School of Medicine
- Medical School: University of California San Francisco College of Medicine
- Residency: Pediatric Surgery, The John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- Fellowship: Vanderbilt University affiliated hospital, Nashville, TN
- Research Fellowship: Transplantation Biology, The John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- Specialty: Board Certified in General Surgery
Charles Gomez, MD
- Assistant Professor of Pediatric SurgeryMercer University School of Medicine
- Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
- Resiency: Loma Linda University Medical Center
- Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio