Contributors

Ibrahim Khansa, MD, FAAP, is a surgeon in the Department Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Nationwide Children's Hospital and clinical assistant professor of Plastic Surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He is the co-director of the Hemangioma and Vascular Malformations program and member of the Center for Complex Craniofacial Disorders and the Cleft Lip and Palate Team. Dr. Khansa received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed a plastic and reconstructive surgery residency at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, followed by a pediatric craniofacial fellowship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

Simon Lee, M.D., is a pediatric cardiologist at The Heart Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. He specializes in advanced cardiac imaging, specifically cardiac MRI and CT. His clinical interests focus on the management of patients with coronary anomalies (congenital and acquired), as well as in stress perfusion imaging and non-invasive tissue characterization for assessing myocardial disease. Dr. Lee’s research interests involve the use of advanced imaging markers in MRI to detect cardiac allograft vasculopathy and transplant rejection in pediatric heart transplant patients. He is director of the Coronary Anomaly program and Director of the Kawasaki Disease Program.

Tiasha is the senior strategist for Clinical & Research Communications at Nationwide Children's Hospital. She provides assistance to investigators in The Research Institute and clinician-scientists at Nationwide Children’s for internal and external communication of clinical studies, peer-reviewed journal articles, grant awards and research news. She is also the editor-in-chief for Research Now, Nationwide Children's monthly, all-employee e-newsletter for research, as well as a writer for Pediatrics Nationwide.

Joy Lincoln, PhD, is a principal investigator in The Center for Cardiovascular Research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University. Dr. Lincoln's research is focused on understanding mechanisms of heart valve development and the etiology of congenital and acquired valve disease, with the goal of developing novel therapeutics.

Dr. Long has been a primary care pediatrician for more than 26 years. He is the president of Children's Practicing Pediatricians (CPP) in Columbus, Ohio. He serves as clinical faculty at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and as chief medical informatics officer at Pediatrics Associates, Inc.

Marlina E. Lovett, MD, is an attending physician in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at The Ohio State University School of Medicine. Dr. Lovett earned her Bachelor of Science at Emory University and attended medical school at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. She completed her residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and her pediatric critical care fellowship and an additional year of neurocritical care at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Dr. Lovett joined the Nationwide Children’s Hospital faculty in 2018. Her clinical and research interests focus on neurocritical care, including the use of noninvasive neuromonitoring.

Rosemary Martoma, MD, MBChB, is a board-certified pediatrician trained in trauma-informed care and practicing at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and president of KidsMates Inc., a national nonprofit focused on advancing childhood equity. Dr. Martoma completed medical school at Auckland University in New Zealand and residency at Tufts Children’s Hospital in Boston. Dr. Martoma is a nationally recognized expert, peer-reviewed author, and pioneer of health equity advocacy for children of incarcerated parents. Dr. Martoma’s research interests include a wide range of health equity issues. Dr. Martoma is the recipient of an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) grant to assess childhood adversity screening, a member of the AAP’s Child Welfare Learning Collaborative, and a contributor to the AAP’s official parenting website.

Adrianna is a 5th year Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Vidu Garg's laboratory in the Center for Cardiovascular Research. Her research focuses on identifying novel genetic pathways involved in the development of the embryonic mouse heart. Outside of the lab, Adrianna is committed to ending science education disparities by facilitating community outreach events between scientists and the Columbus, Ohio community. She is set to graduate this Fall.