Our Faculty
Ellie Hamburger, M.D.
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania
Residency: Children’s National Hospital
Other Education: Master Teacher Leadership Development Program, George Washington University
Primary role within the Primary Care Track: Clinic preceptor, curriculum planning and development
Interests: Global health, prematurity and complex care
Jennifer Kaplan, M.D.
Undergraduate: Cornell University
Medical School: George Washington University
Residency: Children’s National Hospital
Primary role within the Primary Care Track: Clinic preceptor
Interests: Healthcare systems, medical practice management, billing and coding and adolescent health
Judith Ratner, M.D.
Undergraduate: Wellesley College
Medical School: University of California, San Diego
Residency: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, PL-1 and 2 ; Children’s National Hospital PL-3
Other Education: Fellowship Adolescent Medicine, Children’s National Hospital
Primary role within the Primary Care Track: Clinic preceptor, adolescent clinic preceptor, curriculum planning and development
Interests: Adolescent medicine
Laurie Banach, M.D.
Undergraduate: Harvard University
Medical School: Columbia University
Residency: Children’s National Hospital
Primary role within the Primary Care Track: Clinic preceptor
Interests: Resident education, developmental pediatrics and school health
Edward Sepe , M.D.
Undergraduate: University of California, San Diego
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Residency: Children’s National Hospital
Other Education: Masters of Health Science, Joint Medical Program, University of California Berkeley; Master Teacher Leadership Development Program, George Washington University
Primary role within the Primary Care Track: Director, Primary Care Track; Associate Program Director; Continuity Clinic Preceptor; curriculum planning and development
Interests: Health Information Technology, Latino health and tobacco control
Ellie Smith-Khuri, M.D.
Undergraduate: Tufts University
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: Children’s National Hospital
Primary role within the Primary Care Track: Continuity clinic preceptor
Interests: Injury prevention, resident education and pediatric environmental health
Teekie Wagner, M.D.
Undergraduate: DePaul University
Medical School: University of Louisville
Residency: University of Alabama
Primary role within the Primary Care Track: Continuity clinic preceptor, curriculum planning and development
Interests: Resident education
Rachel Shnider, M.D.
Undergraduate: Tufts University
Medical School: George Washington University
Residency: Children's National Hospital
Primary role within the Primary Care Track: Curriculum planning and development
Interests: Resident education, SIDS and global health
Soleak Sim, M.D.
Undergraduate: Stanford University
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: University of California, San Francisco
Primary role within the Primary Care Track: Clinical preceptor
Interests: Resident education, international health and asthma
Kristen Reese, M.D.
Undergraduate: University of Delaware
Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University
Residency: Children's National Hospital
Primary role within the Primary Care Track: Clinical preceptor
Interests: Resident education, obesity prevention and management
Ellen O’Brien, M.D.
Undergraduate: Cornell University
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Residency: Children’s National Hospital
Primary role within the Primary Care Track: Clinic preceptor and mentorship
Interests: Business of medicine