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PEM Fellows

Meet our Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows Past and Present

Current Fellows 

Marcie Costello, DO
Education
Medical School: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Akron Children's Hospital
Academic and Clinical Focus: Medical Education

Zack Dunn, M.D.
Education
Medical School: Lincoln Memorial University
Residency: Prisma Health – Greenville, SC
Academic and Clinical Focus: Medical Education and Quality Improvement

Laken Johnson, M.D.
Education
Medical School: Florida University
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Academic and Clinical Focus: Advocacy, Sedation, and Ultrasound

Bethany Kennedy, M.D.
Education
Medical School: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Residency: Vanderbilt University
Academic and Clinincal Focus: Medical Education and Advocacy

Jenna Lansbury, M.D.
Education
Medical School: University of Massachusetts
Residency: Brown University

Maggie Laporte, M.D.
Education
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina

Abigail Marcom, M.D.
Education
Medical School: University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Residency: Prisma Health Upstate
Academic and Clinical Focus: Child Safety Advocacy and Simulation

Lea Warchock, M.D,
Education
 Medical School: West Michigan University
Residency: Vanderbilt University

Past Fellows

  • Kaitlyn Boggs, MD
    Faculty, Nationwide Children’s Hospital – Columbus, OH

    Interest/Niche – Ultrasound

  • Thomas Andrew Brooks, DO
    Physician, Bill and Olivia Amos Children’s Hospital (Columbus, GA)

    Interest/Niche: Sedation and Medical Education

  • Rachel Sealby, DO
    Faculty, MUSC – Catawba Division

    Interest/Niche: Pediatric Readiness, Rural Medicine

  • Leslie Thompson, MD
    Faculty, Prisma (Greenville, SC)

    Interest/Niche: Dual trained in PEM/CAP

  • Chris Daly, M.D.
    Faculty, MUSC

    Interest/Niche: Global Health Medicine, Simulation, Medical Education
  • Hannah Kitchell, M.D. (Emergency Medicine)
    Faculty, Ochsner Children’s Hospital

    Interest/Niche: Procedural Sedation, Medical Education, Quality Improvement
  • Emily Kleiman, M.D.
    Private PEM practice in Summerville

    Interest/Niche: Quality Improvement and Medical Education
  • Jaya Ruffin, M.D.
    Faculty Prisma Health Children’s Hospital – Columbia, SC

    Interest/Niche: Medical Education, Simulation, Wellness

  • Elle Greer, D.O.
    Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine and CHRISTUS Children’s; San Antonio, TX

    Interest/Niche: Disaster Medicine and Emergency Management
  • Missy Lalich, D.O.
    Faculty, Driscoll Children’s Hospital; McAllen, TX

    Interest/Niche: Medical Education and SIM

  • Jordan Foutch, M.D.
    Practice – Faculty, Erlanger Children’s Hospital - Chattanooga, TN

    Interest: Sedation
  • Katie Jackson, M.D.
    Faculty, Prisma Upstate – Greenville, SC

    Interests/Niche: Simulation and Education
  • Mason Ruthford, M.D.
    Faculty, Sanford School of Medicine – Sioux Falls, SD

    Interest/Niche: Ultrasound

  • Kelsey Allen, M.D.
    Faculty, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

    Interest/Niche: Psychiatric Emergencies and Quality Improvement
  • Lauren Robinson, M.D
    Faculty, University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Interest/Niche: Administration and Pediatric Hospital Readiness