Residency Leadership Team
Department Chair
Nathan Kuppermann, MD
- Excecutive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer
- Director, Children's National Research Institute
- Emergency Medicine Physician
Nathan Kuppermann, MD
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Vice Chair of Education
Dewesh Agrawal, MD
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Program Director
Associate Program Directors
Jeannie Youngjin Chang Pitter, MD
- Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program
- Pediatrician
Jeannie Youngjin Chang Pitter, MD
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Jessica Marcelle Hippolyte, MD, MPH
- Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program
- Emergency Medicine Physician
Jessica Marcelle Hippolyte, MD, MPH
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Amanda Stewart, MD
- Director, LAUnCH Track
- Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program
- Associate Director, Advocacy and Health Policy, Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Medicine Physician
Amanda Stewart, MD
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Xian Zhao, MD
- Associate Program Director, Intern Selection and Transition to Residency
- Co-Director, Resident and Medical Student Education, Division of Emergency Medicine
Xian Zhao, MD
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Assistant Program Directors
Shaunte Yvette Anum-Addo, MD
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Theiline Twehdi Gborkorquellie, MD
- Assistant Director, Pediatric Residency Program
- Pediatrician
Theiline Twehdi Gborkorquellie, MD
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Edward Sepe, MD
- Chief Informatics Officer, Children's National Pediatricians & Associates
- Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program
- Pediatrician
Edward Sepe, MD
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Director of Resident Research
Beth Anne Tarini, MD
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Administrative Team
Lisa Mercado-Foster
- Program Coordinator, Lead
Lisa Mercado-Foster
Languages
- English
Biography
Lisa Mercado-Foster was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania (near Penn State) and currently lives in Maryland. She has a cosmetology license from Dudley Beauty College. Her career at Children’s National Hospital spans 20 years and she has worked in several areas: Child and Adolescent Protection Center, Mobile Van and the Pulmonary Department. For the last 15 years, she has worked with the Pediatric Residency Program and she currently serves as their program coordinator lead.
Lisa served as an advocate for a teenage girl for 12 years as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. She serves on the Coordinator Communication Work group for the Association of Pediatric Program Directors; the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Non-Clinical Staff Mentorship Program at Children's National; and the DEIAB Committee for CASA, Anne Arundel County.
Kenya Spencer
- Program Assistant
Kenya Spencer
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- English
Kenya Spencer works in Graduate Medical Education.
Carolyn Francis
- Program Coordinator
Carolyn Francis
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- English
Carolyn Francis has been with Children’s National Hospital for 13 years helping the anesthesia and radiology residents and fellows with their rotations. She loves the energy that she receives when working with the trainees.
Carolyn enjoys nature, cooking and spending time with family and friends, and taking care of her hummingbirds in the summer when they come to visit. She looks forward to many rewarding years working with the Residency Program team and is truly grateful.