Faculty and Fellows
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
The Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship is designed to equip trainees with the skills and attitudes required to be life-long learners, effective teachers of families and other members of the health care team and productive members of the larger community.
Program Director
Jessica Brunkhorst, MD
Associate Program Director
Sean Curtis, MD
Program Coordinator
Sarah King, MS, C-TAGME
Fellows
Zeel Bhatt, MD
Trevor Cabrera, MD
Carlie Gatlin, DO
Elizabeth Loughman, MD
John Morelli, MD
Aleksei Pak, MD
Jermaine Romald, MBBS
Kedar Tilak, MBBS
Full Neonatology Team
Meet the team from Neonatology.
Alumni
Class of 2024
Dr. Anna Nelson - Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Mo.
Dr. Priya Tiwari - Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Mo.
Class of 2023
Dr. Maribel Martinez - Children's Hospital of San Antonio, Tx.
Dr. Susan McAnany - Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Mo.
Dr. Jake Ward - Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Mo.
Class of 2022
Dr. Jennie Godwin - Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Mo.
Dr. Taha Amjad - Mednax Neonatology Group, St. Louis, Mo,
Class of 2021
Dr. Jamesia Donato- Sunflower Neonatologist Associates, Overland Park, Kan.
Dr. Yonatan Kurland - Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kan.
Dr. Megan Tucker - Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Mo.
Class of 2020
Dr. Taylor Hansen – Avera, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Dr. Karishma Rao – Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Mo.
Class of 2019
Dr. Betsy Cammack – Auroa BayCare Medical Center, Green Bay, Wis.
Dr. Lauren Cummings – St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo.
Class of 2018
Dr. Lovya George – Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Mo.
Dr. Samuel Lee – St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo.
Dr. Nicholas Townley – Creighton Medical Center and Omaha Children’s Hospital, Omaha, Neb.
Class of 2017
Dr. Gangaram (Sanjay) Akangire – Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Mo.
Dr. Timothy Ulrich – St Luke’s System – Boise, Idaho
Class of 2016
Dr. Jasminkumar Patel – St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo.
Dr. Craig Sitzman – Heartland Neonatology Associates, Lincoln, Neb.
Class of 2015
Dr. Jessica Brunkhorst – Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Mo.
Dr. Jamie Rosterman – St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo.
Class of 2014
Dr. Vydehi Murthy – St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo.
Dr. Kim Thornton – Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas, Rogers, Ark.




Our NPM Fellowship leadership team
Jessica Brunkhorst, MD
Program Director
jbrunkhorst@cmh.edu
Sarah King, MS, C-TAGME
Program Coordinator
srking@cmh.edu