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Incoming Global Pediatrics Instructors
Incoming Global Pediatrics Instructors
Ronke Gbadebo, M.B.B.S.
Ronke Gbadebo, M.B.B.S.
2025-2026
Major Projects:
Clinical Work:
Pediatric hospitalist at Ridges
Clinic pediatrician in White Earth for Indian Health Services
Time Abroad:
Standing Global Pediatrics Instructors
Standing Global Pediatrics Instructors
Megan Lucas, MD
Megan Lucas, MD
2024-2025
Major Projects:
Assisted in creation of new Visiting Global Scholar Liaison elective option for track residents
Worked on developing bidirectional partnership site with the peds residency programs and Hospital Nacional de Niños in San José, Costa Rica
Contributing to revision of SUGARPREP I-PACK (Immigrant Partnership and Advocacy Curricular Kit) curriculum (with members of Midwest Consortium)
Contributing to revision of Local/Global Health chapter of Global Health in Pediatric Education: An Implementation Guide for Program Directors (with members of APPD GHLC)
Reviewing Indigenous Health curriculum designed with CAIMH (Center of American Indian and Minority Health); contributed to adapting previous curriculum for resident rotation at White Earth
Worked on project with medical student regarding community engagement with Native American community in Twin Cities
Helped plan block education (primarily spring session on Indigenous health and history, also fall session on Re-Imagining Global Health with GHEARD curriculum); presented noon reports
Helped plan new Global Experiences and Memorable Stories (GEMS) sessions for track residents
Provided other general admin, educational, mentorship support for program residents
Helped initiate informal Spanish language group for pediatric trainees
Presented prior research at AAP NCE (project related to resident bias reporting) and PAS (project related to sexual health screening in peds ED)
Volunteered including with the Mobile Health Initiative (at New Arrivals Health Events in the Twin Cities) and Culture Camp (with students in White Earth)
Publications, Lectures, Workshops and Posters:
Lucas M, Freese R, Schneider K. Under the Radar: Evaluating Sexual Health Screening in Female Adolescents with Chronic Conditions Presenting to the Pediatric ED. Poster presentation: Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting; 04/26/2025. Honolulu, HI.
Sun W, Lucas M, Donlon T, Dahlgren P, Goel A, Magid R, Jimenez-Vega J, Borman-Shoap E. BRAVE: Bias Reporting and Verification Evaluation. Oral presentation: American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition Section on Minority Health, Equity & Inclusion Program; 09/29/2024. Orlando, FL.
Clinical Work:
Pediatric hospitalist at Ridges
Clinic pediatrician in White Earth for Indian Health Services
Time abroad:
San José, Costa Rica
Current Position: Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) Fellow at Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI starting in July 2025
Haley Zweber, MD
Haley Zweber, MD
2024-2025
Major Projects:
Spent time in Kampala, Uganda at the Mulago National Referral Hospital working with local pediatricians working as consultants in their PICU to develop an educational resource for trainees rotating through the pediatric ICU.
Manages the social media for the Global Pediatrics Program on Instagram
Help develop resources for the global pediatrics track trainees
Contribute to Pediatric Global Health Track Newsletter
Mentored global track residents as they began thinking about their goals and future travels within the track
Discuss clinical time in Uganda during Global Track GEMS: Global Experiences and Memorable Stories
Projects in Progress:
Pediatric ICU Handbook for Trainees in Kampala, Uganda. PI: Dr. Ibukun Sonaike, MD (Hennepin County Medical Center, Pediatric Critical Care).
Emergency Department Laceration Repair Guide for Pediatric Residents. PI: Dr. Jeffrey Louie, MD (University of Minnesota, Pediatric Emergency Medicine).
Publications, Lectures, Workshops and Posters:
Zweber H, Lucas M. “Global Health Challenges.” Noon Report, July 23, 2024. Masonic Children’s Hospital, Minneapolis, MN.
Poster presented locally at University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital Pediatric Research, Education, and Scholarship Symposium: Development of Laceration Repair Guide for Pediatric Trainees in the ED. April 2025.
Clinical Work:
Pediatric hospitalist at Ridges
Clinic pediatrician in White Earth for Indian Health Services
Second attending in the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital Emergency Department
Time Abroad:
Kampala, Uganda (11/2024)
Current Position:
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellow at the University of Minnesota Starting July 2025
Past Global Pediatrics Instructors
Past Global Pediatrics Instructors
Cassidy Huun, MD
Cassidy Huun, MD
2023-2024
Major Projects: N/A
Clinical Work:
Pediatric hospitalist at Ridges
Clinic pediatrician in White Earth for Indian Health Services
Time abroad: Tanzania (01/2024 - 05/2024)
Mounika Muttineni, DO
Mounika Muttineni, DO
2022-2024
Major Projects:
Thermospot Efficacy in Neonates Undergoing Filtered Sunlight Phototherapy
Resident Debriefing from Global Elective
Bubble NIPPV: Guidelines for Use
Working as a hospitalist at Ridges
Working in outpatient peds in Cheyenne River, SD through our collaboration with Boston Children's to provide pediatric care to that community at their request.
Worked 4 months in India, in a city where she is fluent in the local language - there she collaborated with faculty and fellows in the teaching hospital to study the Neovent - a bi-pap machine which runs w/o electricity and was invented by one of our senior med-peds residents, Stephen John.
Helps to teach global education to our residents, leads the social media for the Global Pediatrics Program on Instagram and Twitter.
She is also one of the authors of a manuscript which we submitted last month to Pediatric Annals, The Challenging Landscape of Global Child Health Education in Pediatric Programs in the United States, the Impact of Covid 19 and Civil Unrest.
Clinical Work:
Pediatric hospitalist at Ridges
Clinic pediatrician in White Earth for Indian Health Services
Time abroad:
India (12/2022 - 04/2023)
Kendra Martinez, MD
Kendra Martinez, MD
2021-2022
Major Projects:
Worked in the NICU at Arusha Lutheran Medical Center for six months, teaching pediatric registrars there and precepting our residents who traveled to Tanzania for their global elective.
Publications, Lectures, Workshops and Posters:
Swanson SJ, Martinez KK, Shaikh HA, Philipo GM, Martinez J, Mushi EJ. Every breath counts: Lessons learned in developing a training NICU in Northern Tanzania. Front Pediatr. 2022 Aug 25;10:958628. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.958628. PMID: 36090561; PMCID: PMC9452716.
Swanson SJ, Martinez KM, Stenzel LO, Giesbrecht L. Every Breath Counts: Manual of Neonatal Care & Drug Dose, First Edition. 2021, 362 pages. ISBN 978-9976-88-232-2.
Clinical Work: Neonatal hospitalist at Minneapolis Children's.
Time abroad: Tanzania (10/2019 - 12/2019)
Current position: Primary Care Pediatrics, Houston Methodist Leading Medicine
Phillip Plager, MD
Phillip Plager, MD
2021-2022
Major Projects:
Worked primarily in Rosebud, South Dakota in the Lakota community with the Indian Health Service.
Worked as a hospitalist at Maple Grove and Ridges.
He worked in Saipan doing inpatient and outpatient work for 3 months.
Mentored our global track interns as they began their residency and precepted them in Rosebud on their electives there.
Helped plan and teach educational sessions for our residents.
He developed a curriculum with Dr. Mike Sundberg on the impact of settler colonization on Native American communities in the Great Plains.
Clinical Work: N/A
Time abroad:
Rosebud, South Dakota
Saipan
Current Position: Children's Minnesota
Alice Lehman, MD, CTropMed®
Alice Lehman, MD, CTropMed®
2020-2021
Major Projects:
Presented for the Global Health Education in Equity, Anti-Racism and Decolonization (GHEARD)
Symposium for Underserved, Rural and Global Health Equity, University of Utah (SURGE), UT
Virtual Lunch Session Toxocariasis and neglected parasitic diseases
Virtual Lunch Session Immigrant screening
Grand Rounds
Curricula Development
Global Health Education in Equity, Anti-Racism and Decolonization (GHEARD), module 3, module 4
Block Ed 6-18-2021 American Indian Health
Virtual Lunch Session 6-10-2021 Blue Marble Health: A Case From Rosebud Indian Health Service Unit
Rosebud and American Indian Health Guide for Residents
Worked as a Mentor in Rosebud and under an Undergraduate Medical Education Program over the Summer at St. Olaf.
Projects
Undergrad mentoring for immigrant health
"Return to Clinic" Somalian Community public health education
Community Health and Partnership Development in Rosebud
Reach out and Read in Rosebud
Splenomegaly in Refugees CDC
AIAN Health Partnerships Group
Publications
"A Case of Diffuse Thrombosis as a Complication of Influenza in a Severely-ill Pediatric Patient" - Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal
Publications, Lectures, Workshops and Posters:
Scheuer J, Lehman A, Howard C, Greengard E, Boucher AA. Multifocal Bone Pain, Fevers, and an Enhancing Clavicular Lesion in an 11-year-old Liberian Boy. Pediatr Rev. 2021 Mar;42(3):147-150. doi: 10.1542/pir.2020-0034. PMID: 33648993.
Clinical Work:
Rosebud Pediatrics and Medicine
UMMC MedPeds Hospitalist
Maple Grove Pediatric Hospitalist
Rural Cloquet Hospitalist - Critical Care Hospital
Urgent Care Provider Twin Cities
Time abroad:
Rosebud, South Dakota
Arusha, Tanzania (03/2020 - 05/2020)
Current Position: Infectious Disease Fellow, UMN
Andrew Wu, MD, MPH, CTropMed®
Andrew Wu, MD, MPH, CTropMed®
2019-2020
Major Projects:
A Low-Resource Oxygen Blender Prototype for Use in Modified Bubble CPAP Circuits
Grant awarded from the Maslowski Charitable Trust 1/2019
Manuscript published in Journal of Medical Devices, accepted 11/2019
U.S.-based workshop 11/2019
Cambodia-based workshop 3/2020 projected
Safety and feasibility trial 5/2020 projected
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Training in Kyiv, Ukraine 12/2019
Wu, A. Mosquito-Borne Illnesses: The Highlights.GPEDS 2.0 (Global Pediatric Education Series). Editors Winter J, Danich E, Howard C. Available at globalpeds.umn.edu/gpeds. Original launch May 2014, Updated November 1, 2019.
Publications with the Global Pediatrics team:
Wu AG, Luch S, Slusher TM, Fischer GA, Lunos SA, Bjorklund AR. The novel LESS (low-cost entrainment syringe system) O2 blender for use in modified bubble CPAP circuits: a clinical study of safety. Front Pediatr. 2024 Feb 12;12:1313781. doi: 10.3389/fped.2024.1313781. PMID: 38410763; PMCID: PMC10894966.
Wu AG, Klein JR, John SC, Slusher TM, Fischer GA, Brearley AM, Bjorklund AR. Reported Complications of Bubble Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Systems in Low-Resource Settings: An International Survey. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 May 15:tpmd230065. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0065. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37188346.
Wu A, Mukhtar-Yola M, Luch S, John S, Adhikari BR, Bakker C, Slusher T, Bjorklund A, Winter J, Ezeaka C. Innovations and adaptations in neonatal and pediatric respiratory care for resource constrained settings. Front Pediatr. 2022 Oct 31;10:954975. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.954975. PMID: 36389382; PMCID: PMC9659573.
Wu AG, Luch S, Floersch JR, Keester A, Slusher TM, Fischer GA, Hale JE, Bjorklund AR. A Low-Resource Oxygen Blender Prototype for Use in Modified Bubble CPAP Circuits: Results from Design Feasibility Workshops. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Jul 25;107(3):724–7. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0091. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35895338; PMCID: PMC9490642.
Ojo I, Wu A, Lauden S, Slusher T, Gladding S, Danich E, Howard C. Long-Term Impact of Global Pediatrics Curriculum, Experience, and Mentorship in Pediatric Residency. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Feb 7;106(4):1057–62. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-1014. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35130486; PMCID: PMC8991360.
Floersch J, Hauschildt E, Keester A, Poganski S, Tran K, Slusher TM, Bjorklund AR, Fischer G, Hale J, and Wu AG. Low resource oxygen blender for use in modified bubble CPAP circuits. ASME. J. Med. Devices. March 2020; 14(1): 015001. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4045899
Wu AG, Samadani U, Slusher TM, Zhang L, Kiragu AW. 23.4% Hypertonic Saline and Intracranial Pressure in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Among Children: A 10-Year Retrospective Analysis. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2019 May;20(5):466-473.
Clinical Work: N/A
Time abroad: Cambodia (01/2020 - 03/2020)
Current Position: Critical Care, Hennepin Healthcare
Ifelayo Ojo, MBBS, MPH
Ifelayo Ojo, MBBS, MPH
2017-2018
Major Projects:
Ojo IP, Obeya EQ, Gbadero DA, Slusher TM. Evaluation of ThermoSpot for measurement of body temperatures in Nigerian infants receiving phototherapy and validation of caregiver ThermoSpot temperature reading. Abstract published in Minnesota Medicine, November-December 2017, Volume 100, Issue 6
Helping Babies Survive Global Leaders Scholar (Vermont Oxford Network - 2017) Taught Helping Babies Breathe including Neonatal Resuscitation in Hospitals at Bowen University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Nigeria and Mbingo Baptist Hospital, Mbingo, Cameroon
Moskalewicz R, Howard C, Slusher T, Gladding S, Danich E, Ojo I, Pitt M. Global Health Track Passport; An Innovative model for Self-Paced Multi-Choice Learning for Longitudinal Curricula. Association for Pediatric Program Directors Annual Meeting. March 22-24, 2018, Atlanta, GA
Miller K, Winter J, Connolly E, Ojo I, Fischer P, Van Genderen K, Slusher T. PEARLS Case-Pairing. S-PACK (SUGAR’s Pre-Departure Activities Curricular Kit). Editors Pitt M, St Clair N, Butteris S. Available at sugarprep.org/s-pack. Curriculum launched March 23, 2018
Slusher T, Vaucher, Y, Bjorklund A, Desai B, Lauden S, Ojo I. How to Bring Life-Saving Pediatric Procedures to Low-Resource Settings. Pediatric Academic Societies, May 5-8, 2018, Toronto, Canada
Publications with the Global Pediatrics team:
Barclay E*, Ojo I*, Hake A, Oyenuga A, Satrom K, Lund T, Oyenuga M, Slusher T, Gbadero D. Neonatal Jaundice: Knowledge and Practices of Healthcare Providers and Trainees in Southwest Nigeria. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Jun 27;107(2):328–35. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0588. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35895425; PMCID: PMC9393447.
Ojo I, Wu A, Lauden S, Slusher T, Gladding S, Danich E, Howard C. Long-Term Impact of Global Pediatrics Curriculum, Experience, and Mentorship in Pediatric Residency. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Feb 7;106(4):1057–62. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-1014. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35130486; PMCID: PMC8991360.
Slusher TM, Vreman HJ, Brearley AM, Vaucher YE, Wong RJ, Stevenson DK, Adeleke OT, Ojo IP, Edowhorhu G, Lund TC, Gbadero DA. Filtered sunlight versus electric powered phototherapy in moderate-to-severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial. Lancet Global Health. 2018 Oct 6(10):e1122-e1131. PMID 30170894.
Time abroad:
Nigeria (01/2017)
Cameroon (01/2018 - 04/2018)
Current Position:
Pediatrician, Hennepin Healthcare
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | Assessment and Coaching Expert | Assistant Course Director, Foundations of Clinical Thinking, University of Minnesota Medical School
Stephanie Lauden, MD, CTropMed®
Stephanie Lauden, MD, CTropMed®
2016-2017
Major Projects:
Lauden SM, Gladding S, Slusher T, Howard C, Pitt M. Learning Abroad: Qualitative Study of Residents’ Narratives About Clinical Experiences While on Global Health Electives. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2019 Aug; 11(4 Suppl):91-99. PMID: 3142826
Lauden SM, Chongwain S, Achiti A, Helm E, Slusher T, Krug A, Lund T. G6PD Deficiency and Infection in West African Blood Donors. BMC Research Notes. 2019 April 2;12(1):195. PMID: 3094018
St Clair N, Butteris S, Cobb C, Kaeppler C, Lauden S, Miller K, Warrick S, Winter J, Pitt M, on behalf of the Midwest Consortium of Global Child Health Educators S-PACK Workgroup. S-PACK: A Modular and Modifiable Comprehensive Preparation Curriculum for Global Health Experiences. Academic Medicine. 2019 May 14. PMID: 31094729
Publications with the Global Pediatrics team post Global Instructor year:
Miller K*, Rule A, Bensman R*, Butteris S, Houser L, Lauden S, Pitt M, St. Clair N, Van Genderen K, Cobb C. Immigrant Partnership and Advocacy Curricular Kit (I-PACK): A Comprehensive Train-the-Trainer Curriculum in Immigrant and Refugee Health. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2022; Feb 7;106(4):1013-1016.
Ojo I, Wu A, Lauden S, Slusher T, Gladding S, Danich E, Howard C. Long-Term Impact of Global Pediatrics Curriculum, Experience, and Mentorship in Pediatric Residency. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Feb 7;106(4):1057–62. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-1014. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35130486; PMCID: PMC8991360.
Slusher, TM., Bjorklund AR and Lauden SM. (2022) Pediatric Procedural Adaptations for Low-Resource Settings: A Case-Based Guide. Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland.
Time abroad:
Cameron (03/2016 - 04/2016)
Thailand
Current Position:
Visiting Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Depts of Pediatrics & Psychiatry, University of Colorado SOM
Program Director for Integrated Pediatric & Psychiatric Consultative Services, Pediatric Mental Health Institute
Nate Meuser-Herr, MD, FAAP
Nate Meuser-Herr, MD, FAAP
2015-2016
Major Projects:
Lung ultrasound study in Jinja Uganda.
Thrasher early career award- https://www.thrasherresearch.org/grant/13043?lang=eng
Sonosite pocus profile- https://www.sonosite.com/blog/pocus-profile-dr-nathaniel-meuser-herr
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Division of General Pediatrics, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Ann Campagna, MD
Ann Campagna, MD
2010-2011
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