Leadership

Alison Elizabeth Niebanck, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Program Director

Nicole Mula, DO

  • Pediatric Program
  • Associate Program Director

Benjamin Mackowiak, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Associate Program Director

Natalie Hogan, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Department Chair

Faculty

Michael A Bossak, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Pediatric Hospitalist

Jessica S Donaldson, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Ambulatory Pediatrics

Ashley Eason, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Donna L. Evans, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Ambulatory Pediatrics and Child Abuse

Lauren M Hebert, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Pediatric Hospitalist

Andrea Heuser, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Newborn Nursery

Natalie M. Hogan, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Pediatric Hospitalist

Jessica Lee, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Pediatric Critical Care

Mary Carol Lytle, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Pediatric Critical Care

Thomas W. McKee, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Pediatric Hospitalist

Nicole Mula, DO

  • Pediatric Program
  • Newborn Nursery

Andrew L Pendleton, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Ashley Shearman, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Pediatric Hospitalist

Andrew P Stack, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Pediatric Critical Care

Heather Stewart, MD

  • Pediatric Nephrology

Ashley Mabina Taylor, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Ambulatory Pediatrics

Stephen A Thacker, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Charrelle Coates, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Adolescent Medicine

Andrew Gunter, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Ambulatory Pediatrics

Evangeline Brown, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Sunil Keshwah, MD

  • Pediatric Program
  • Pediatric Critical Care

Additional Faculty

Allergy/Immunology

  • Bruce Finkel, MD
  • Brad Goodman, MD
  • Monica Kenney, MD
  • Lisanne Newton, MD

Cardiology

  • Patrick Broderick, MD
  • Kenneth Burch, MD
  • John Pastorek, MD

Public Health: Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care

  • Fariborz Zaer, MD
  • Yael Elfassy, MD

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

  • Doris M. Greenberg, MD

Emergency Pediatrics

  • Byron Mainor, MD
  • Brian Coleman, MD
  • Melissa Guerra-Wallace, MD
  • Timothy Galey, MD
  • Johanna Hall, MD
  • Josh Haupt, MD

Gastroenterology

  • Christopher Rittmeyer, MD

General Practice

Coastal Pediatrics

  • Dudley Stone, M.D
  • Melissa A. Behm, MD
  • Kelsey Alexander, MD
  • Richard Callan, MD

Pediatric Associates

  • Michael DeMauro, MD
  • Brandy Gheesling, MD
  • Steve Hobby, MD
  • Paul Nave, MD
  • Chintak Patel, MD
  • Diane Pedigo, MD
  • Giselle Rosinia, MD
  • Robert Shelley, MD
  • Benjamin Spitalnick, MD
  • Adria Wilkes, MD

South Coast Pediatrics

  • L. Nelson Elam, MD
  • David Mozer, MD
  • Micah Reigner, MD
  • Keith Seibert, MD
  • William Webb, MD

Neonatal Intensive Care/Normal Newborn

  • Bradley Buckler, MD
  • Samantha Eschborn, MD
  • Erika Espino-Torres, MD
  • Andrea Heuser, MD
  • Palmer Johnston, MD
  • Benjamin Mackowiak, MD
  • Nicole Mula, DO
  • Daniel Sandler, MD
  • Nancy Shull, MD
  • Ann Simonin, M.D
  • Mark Wright, MD

Neurology

  • J. Michael Hemphill, MD
  • Katherine Moretz, MD

Neurosurgery

  • Willard D. Thompson, MD

Ophthalmology

  • John DeVaro, MD

Orthopaedics

  • Evan Siegall, MD

Otolaryngology

  • Michael Poole, M.D
  • Michael Zoller, MD

Radiology

  • Allison Thompson MD

Surgery

  • William Boswell, MD
  • David Carney, MD
  • Miller Hamrick, MD

Urology

  • Richard Mazo, MD

Leadership

Alison E. Niebanck, MD

Program Director
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Mercer University School of Medicine

Undergraduate: Duke University, 1997 — 2001
Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine, 2001 — 2005
Internship: Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 2005 — 2006
Residency: Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 2006 — 2008
PGY-4 Chief Resident, Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine 6/2008 — 06/2009
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2008, American Board of Pediatrics

Nicole Mula, DO

Associate Program Director

Undergraduate: University of Central Florida, 2005 — 2009
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2009 — 2013
Internship: Pediatrics, Memorial Health University Medical Center, 2013 — 2014
Residency: Pediatrics, Memorial Health University Medical Center, 2014 — 2016
PGY-3 Chief Resident, Pediatrics, Memorial Health University Medical Center, 2015 — 2016
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2017, American Board of Pediatrics

Benjamin Mackowiak, MD

Associate Program Director

Undergraduate: University of Georgia, 1997 — 2001
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine, 2003 — 2007
Internship: Pediatrics, University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Hospital, 2007 — 2008
Residency: Pediatrics, University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Hospital, 2008 — 2010
PGY-4 Chief Resident, Pediatrics, University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Hospital, 2010 — 2011
Fellowship: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Vanderbilt University, 2011 — 2014
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2010, American Board of Pediatrics
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2016, American Board of Pediatrics

General Outpatient Pediatrics

Jessica Donaldson, MD

Undergraduate: University of Georgia, 2006 — 2010
Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine, 2010 — 2014
Residency: Pediatrics, Memorial Health University Medical Center, 2014 — 2017
PGY-3 Chief Resident, Pediatrics, Memorial Health University Medical Center, 2016 — 2017
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2017, American Board of Pediatrics

Donna Evans, MD

Undergraduate: College of Charleston, 1981 — 1985
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina, 1985 — 1989
Residency: Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, 1989 — 1992
Ambulatory Fellow: Pediatrics, Memorial Health University Medical Center, 1992 — 1994
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 1992, American Board of Pediatrics

Andrew Gunter, MD

Undergraduate: Clemson University, 1989 — 1993
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina, 1993 — 1997
Residency: Pediatrics, Georgetown University Hospital, 1997 — 2000
PGY-4 Chief Resident, Pediatrics, Georgetown University Hospital, 2000 — 2001
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2001, American Board of Pediatrics

Ashley Taylor, MD

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina, 2004 — 2008
Medical School: Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, 2009 — 2013
Residency: Pediatrics, University of North Carolina Hospitals, 2013 — 2016
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2016, American Board of Pediatrics

Adolescent Medicine

Charrelle Coates, MD

Undergraduate: Abilene Christian University, 2005 — 2009
Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center, 2009 — 2013
Residency: Pediatrics, University of Alabama School of Medicine, 2013 — 2016
Fellowship: Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, 2016 — 2019
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2016, American Board of Pediatrics
Adolescent Medicine, 2020, American Board of Pediatrics

Pediatric Hospitalists

Michael Bossak, MD

Undergraduate: Duke University, 1999 — 2003
Medical School: University of Sint Eustatius, 2003 — 2007
Residency: Pediatrics, Memorial Health University Hospital, 2008 — 2011
PGY-3 Chief Resident, Memorial Health University Medical Center, 2010 — 2011
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2011, American Board of Pediatrics

Lauren Hebert, MD

Undergraduate: Spring Hill College, 1995 — 1999
Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine, 2006 — 2010
Residency: Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Sciences University, 2010 — 2013
Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care, Children’s National Hospital Systems, 2013 — 2016
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2013, American Board of Pediatrics

Natalie Hogan, MD

Undergraduate: University of Georgia, 1984 — 1988
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia, 1989 — 1993
Residency: Pediatrics, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 1993 — 1996
Ambulatory Fellow: Pediatrics, Memorial Health University Medical Center, 1996 — 1997
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 1996, American Board of Pediatrics

Thomas McKee, MD

Undergraduate: Duke University, 1969 — 1973
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina, 1973 — 1977
Residency: Pediatrics, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, 1977 — 1981
Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care, Shands Hospital, University of Florida, 1985 — 1986
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 1983, American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 1987, American Board of Pediatrics

Ashley Shearman, MD

Undergraduate: University of Georgia, 2004 — 2008
Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine, 2008 — 2012
Residency: Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 2012 — 2015
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2015, American Board of Pediatrics

Pediatric Critical Care

Sunil Keshwah, MD

Undergraduate: The University of Florida, 2006-2010
Medical School: The University of Miami-Miller School of Medicine, 2010 — 2014
Residency: Pediatrics, Memorial Health University Medical Center, 2014 — 2017
Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care, The University of Chicago, 2017 — 2020
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2017, American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2020, American Board of Pediatrics

Jessica Lee, MD

Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University, 2002 — 2007
Medical School: Ross University, 2009 — 2013
Residency: Pediatrics, University of California at San Francisco-Fresno, 2013 — 2016
Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care, Loma Linda University, 2016 — 2019
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2017, American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2020, American Board of Pediatrics

Mary Carol Lytle, MD

Undergraduate: Creighton University, 1991 — 1995
Medical School: Creighton University, 1995 — 1999
Residency: Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1999 — 2002
Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2002 — 2005
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2002, American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2006, American Board of Pediatrics

Andrew Stack, MD

Undergraduate: Marshall University, 2000 — 2004
Medical School: Marshall University, 2004 — 2008
Residency: Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, 2008 — 2011
Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care, Duke University Medical Center, 2011 — 2014
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2011, American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2014, American Board of Pediatrics

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Evangeline Brown, MD

Undergraduate: Emory University, 1997 — 2001
Medical School: University of South Carolina, 2001 — 2005
Residency: Pediatrics, Greenville Hospital System, 2005 — 2008
Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, 2008 — 2011
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2008, American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2013, American Board of Pediatrics

Ashley Eason, MD

Undergraduate: Middle Georgia College, 2004 — 2006; University of Georgia, 2006 — 2008
Graduate: Emory University Laney Graduate School, 2017 — 2019
Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine, 2008 — 2012
Residency: Pediatrics, University of Virginia, 2012 — 2015
PGY-4 Chief Resident: Pediatrics, University of Virginia, 2015 — 2016
Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine, 2016 — 2019
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2015, American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2021, American Board of Pediatrics

Andrew Pendleton, MD

Undergraduate: University of South Carolina, 1982 — 1984
Medical School: University of South Carolina, 1985 — 1989
Residency: Pediatrics, Carolinas Medical System, 1989 — 1992
Fellowship: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, 1992 — 1995
Board Certified: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1996, American Board of Pediatrics

Pediatric Endocrinology

Eric Velazquez, MD

Undergraduate: Saint Louis University, 2006 — 2010
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine, 2010 — 2014
Residency: Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, 2014 — 2017
Fellowship: Pediatric Endocrinology, University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital, 2017 — 2020
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2017, American Board of Pediatrics

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Ricardo Zegarra-Linares, MD

Medical School: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, 1995 — 2003
Residency: Pediatrics, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County Chicago, 2007 — 2010
Fellowship: Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Wayne State University, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, 2010 — 2013
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2012, American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2013, American Board of Pediatrics

Pediatric Nephrology

Heather Stewart, MD

Undergraduate: University of South Carolina, 1996 — 1999
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina, 2000 — 2004
Residency: Pediatrics/Internal Medicine, University of South Florida, 2004 — 2008
Fellowship: Pediatrics/Internal Medicine Nephrology, University of North Carolina, 2008 — 2012
Board Certified: Pediatrics, 2012, American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Nephrology, 2016, American Board of Pediatrics

Normal Newborn

Andrea Heuser, MD

Nicole Mula, DO

Neonatology

Bradley Buckler, MD

Samantha Eschborn, MD

Erika Espino-Torres, MD

Angela Fagiana, MD

Palmer Johnston, MD

Benjamin Mackowiak, MD

Dan Sandler, MD

Ann Simonin, MD

Nancy Shull, MD

Pediatric Surgery

William Boswell, MD

David Carney, MD

Miller Hamrick, MD

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Brian Coleman, MD

Timothy Galey, MD

Melissa Guerra-Wallace, MD

Johanna Hall, MD

Josh Haupt, MD

Byron Mainor, MD


Additional Faculty


Pediatric Cardiology

Patrick Broderick, MD

Kenneth Burch, MD

John Pastorek, MD

Pediatric Otolaryngology

Michael Poole, MD

Stephanie Ambrose, MD

Pediatric Allergy/Immunology

Bruce Finkel, MD

Brad Goodman, MD

Monica Kenney, MD

Lisanne Newton, MD

Public Health: Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care

Fariborz Zaer, MD

Yael Elfassy, MD

Pediatric Orthopedics

Evan Siegall, MD

Pediatric Neurology

Katy Moretz, MD

Pediatric Ophthalmology

John DeVaro, MD

Pediatric Radiology

Allison Thompson, MD

Pediatric Urology

Richard Mazo, MD