Meet the leadership and staff of the Pediatrics Residency Program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Department of Pediatrics

Jordan Orange, MD, PhD
Chairman, Pediatrician-in Chief
Jordan Orange, MD, PhD is Pediatrician-in-Chief and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Residency Program Leadership

Jeanine Ronan, MD, MS, MSEd
Program Director
Jeanine Ronan, MD, is an attending physician in the Division of General Pediatrics. Her areas of interest include pediatric hospital medicine, hospital operations, simulation education, mentoring trainees.

Bryn Carroll, MD
Vice Program Director
Bryn Carroll, MD is an attending physician in the Division of General Pediatrics. Her areas of interest include Pediatric Hospital Medicine, global medical education, recruitment, hospital operations, and coaching in medicine.

Lindsey G. Albenberg, DO
Associate Program Director 
Lindsey G. Albenberg, DO, is an attending physician in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. Her areas of interest include pediatric inflammatory bowel disease, pediatric integrative medicine, researching diet and the gut microbiota in health and disease, and mentoring trainees in medical research

Tara W. Bamat, MD
Senior Consultant and Associate DIO for Trainee Well-Being
Tara W. Bamat, MD, is an attending physician in the Division of General Pediatrics and the Justin Michael Ingerman Center for Palliative Care. Her areas of interest include complex care pediatrics and palliative care, communication training (VitalTalk), trainee wellness, resilience, and burnout, and supporting trainee parents.

Adelaide Barnes, MD
Associate Program Director 
Adelaide Barnes, MD, is an attending physician in the Division of General Pediatrics. Her areas of interest include pediatric hospital medicine, diverse workforce recruitment, health equity, mentorship, and global health/global medical education.

George Dalembert, MD, MSHP
Associate Program Director and Director of Leadership in Equity, Advocacy, and Policy Track 
George Dalembert, MD, MSHP, is an attending physician in the Division of General Pediatrics. His areas of interest include community pediatrics and advocacy, primary care, health equity, health services research, and health policy.

Maria Dunn, DO
Associate Director of Global Health Track 
Maria Dunn, DO is an attending physician in the Division of General Pediatrics. Her areas of interest include global health.  

John Flibotte, MD
Associate Program Director
John Flibotte, MD is an attending physician in the Division of Neonatology. His areas of interest include neonatology, specifically infant brain injury and neuroprotection, and mentoring trainees.  

Noreena Lewis, JD
Director of Community Pediatrics and Advocacy Program
Noreena Lewis, JD leads the Community Pediatrics and Advocacy Program. Her professional interests include child welfare, narrative medicine, and mentoring trainees pursuing advocacy efforts.  

Sophie Lieberman, MD
Associate Program Director
Sophie Lieberman, MD is an attending physician in the Division of General Pediatrics. Their areas of interest include care of children with medical complexity, communication with patients and families, and care of transgender children.

Michael Luke, MD MSHP
Associate Director of Community Pediatrics and Advocacy Program 
Michael Luke, MD MSHP is an attending physician in the Division of General Pediatrics. His interests include hospital medicine, policy and advocacy, population health and health equity research.

Jane Nathanson, MD
Associate Program Director and Director of Resident Primary Care Education 
Jane Nathanson, MD is a primary care pediatrician at CHOP’s South Philly care network site. Her interests include medical education, community engagement, mental health, adolescent medicine, reproductive health care, breastfeeding, and coaching.

Tye Rainer, MD MSHP
Associate Director of Leadership in Equity, Advocacy, and Policy Track 
Tye Rainer, MD MSHP, is an attending physician in the Division of Emergency Medicine. Her interests include health equity and health policy.

Amanda Van Pelt, MD MPH
Co-Director of Recruitment 
Amanda Van Pelt, MD is an attending physician in the Division of General Pediatrics. Her interests include hospital medicine, pediatric sedation, medical education, coaching in medicine.

Nicole Washington, MD
Senior Consultant
Nicole Washington, MD, is an attending physician in the Division of General Pediatrics. Her areas of interest include hospital medicine, clinical operations and hospital flow, leadership development, and bias & equity teaching.

Anna K. Weiss, MD, MSEd
Associate Program Director
Anna K. Weiss, MD, MSEd, is an attending physician in the Division of Emergency Medicine. Her areas of interest include medical education scholarship, trainee assessment and evaluation, and mentoring across the UME-to-CME continuum.

Residency Program Staff 

Debbie Cini
Program Manager

Alexandria May
Education Specialist

Dawn Young
Education Specialist

Kathryn Whitesel
Program Coordinator

Shenique Parham
Assistant to Drs. Jeanine Ronan and Bryn Carroll and Residency Administrative Coordinator

Heather Brown
Evaluation and Data Coordinator

Tracy Jones
Office Coordinator