Pediatrics Residency

Pediatrics Residency Program

Our program, the only pediatric residency in Rhode Island, includes 16 categorical, 4 Med-Peds and 3 Triple Board residents every year.

Pediatrics Residency Program

Our program, the only pediatric residency in Rhode Island, includes 16 categorical, 4 Med-Peds and 3 Triple Board residents every year.

Brian Lurie, MD
Brian Lurie, MD, MPH

Welcome to the Brown Pediatric Residency Program at Hasbro Children’s. Thank you for considering our Pediatric Residency Program as part of your journey to becoming a Pediatrician. Please explore our website to learn all about the amazing opportunities our program will provide, learn about our innovative curriculum, meet our talented residents and faculty, and experience why we all fell in love with Providence and Rhode Island.

The Brown Pediatric Residency Program is an academic program geared towards training clinically skilled, empathetic pediatricians who will become tomorrow’s leaders in child health. All training occurs in an environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and belonging, and which supports, yet challenges our residents to grow and develop the foundational skills to be strong Pediatricians, leaders, and advocates for social change. One of our best attributes is the people who work and train here, fostering a culture of family, collegiality, and support. As medicine advances and program requirements change, we always value the suggestion and ideas of our house staff to ensure their wellbeing while continually growing our program.

At Brown, we aim to sharpen our residents’ clinical skills through evidence-based medicine while embracing a collaborative team-based approach when caring for our patients and their families. We provide our learners with opportunities to explore various specialties within Pediatrics and help them engage in academic scholarship in their areas of interest. Our residents are taught the leadership, advocacy, and research skills that will allow them to thrive within their future careers.

Providence, with its diverse population and multiple opportunities to enjoy life outside the hospital, is an excellent place to do residency. Known as the "Ocean State," Rhode Island offers beaches, outdoor activities, great restaurants, fun cultural festivals, and easy access to all of New England.

Thank you for taking the time to learn about our program. We look forward to meeting you during the interview season so we can further share with you everything our program and Rhode Island has to offer!

Brian Lurie, MD, MPH
Director, Pediatric Residency Program

Recent News and Highlights

  • Our newest pediatric Cardiologist (and class of 2022 graduate) – Dr. Vasu Kumar – recently had a 1st author publication in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology entitled “Impact of Fetal Diagnosis on the Management of Right superior Vena Cava to the Left atrium”. This is research Dr. Kumar worked on as a fellow at Children’s National Hospital.
  • We are pleased to announce Joey Michel and Tim Winn will be the 2026-2027 Pediatric Chief Residents!
  • Congratulations to Aaron Tavasi (PGY-2), Emily Davis (PGY-3) and Cody Goldstein (’25) on being selected as outstanding teachers by the students of the Warren Alpert Medical School.

Kevin Marzotto (PGY-3)

  • 1 Publication
    • Pediatric idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease presenting with massive ascites and pleural effusions. accepted but not published in Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal 
  • 1 Poster
    • Prophylactic Antibiotic Use in Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Factors influence Adherence 

Timothy Winn (Chief Resident)

  • 2 national oral presentations 
    • APPD for both, AI ELS - From Caution to Capability: Creating an AI Toolkit for Pediatric Education Leadership, and EPA ELS - Surviving (and thriving!) as a Program during EPA Implementation
    • Other
      •  Request approved for data from BPD Collaborative, project underway

Saira Khan (’26)

  • 4 local/national oral presentations
  • 1 national committee
    • AAP SOPT Narrative Medicine Chair
    • Other
      •  Teaching Substance Use Disorder curriculum to Hofstra medical students and Brown medical students for 3 years in a row and ongoing. Adding this curriculum to AHD. Collaborating with NYU to expand it to NY schools next. Presenting it over the last 3 years to AMERSA, APPD, PAS. A poster, a workshop, and a podium oral presentation. Grand Rounds at another institution. Also starting Narrative Med at Brown, leading workshops and then becoming the AAP SOPT Narrative Medicine Chair leading national workshops.

Lauren Mazur (PGY-3)

  • 1 local/national oral presentation 
    • Platform presentation, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Chicago IL

Joey Michel (Chief Resident)

  • 1 local/national oral presentation 
    • Navigating the Era of Misinformation: Building Brave and Resilient Educators at APPD 2026

Austin Vaughan (PGY-2)

  • 3 grants/awards/scholarships 
    • 2026 American Osteopathic Association Individual Excellence in Advocacy Award
    • 2025 Maine Medical Association Legislative Champion Award

Taylor McAdoo (’26)

  • 1 publication
    • Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome Masquerading as Sepsis in Early Infancy; Rhode Island Medical Journal

Emily Davis (’26)

  • 1 local/national oral presentation 
    • Presented at PAS (Pediatric Academic Societies) Conference in April 2026 at SIG event: Literacy Development Programs in Primary Care - Building a Strong Pipeline and Cultivating Residents as Leaders, Teachers, Advocates, and Scholars. Review of the Reach Out and Read Residency Champions Pilot 
  • 3 poster presentations
    • PAS (April 2026) - School Readiness Screening in Primary Care
    • PAS (April 2026) - Baseline Assessment of Resident and Resident Champion Experience and Barriers Prior to Implementation of the Reach Out and Read Resident Champion Initiative.
    • Brown University Health Research Day (November 2025) - School Readiness Screening in Primary Care
  • 1 grant/award/scholarship 
    • Resident CATCH Grant, American Academy of Pediatrics, Nutrition Education for Hospitalized Children, June 2025 - May 2026
  • 1 national committee
    • Reach Out and Read, National Resident Education Committee
  • Other
    • Co-led 2nd year of positive parenting workshops for residents at Academic Half Day (informed by training in Incredible Years), as part of which have developed busy bag resources and routine cards which are implemented at Hasbro's Primary Care Clinic! 

Natalie Qin (PGY-3)

  • 1 publication
    • Pediatric Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infections with Central Nervous System Involvement: A Single Institution Case Series in Southern New England // RIMJ
  • 2 poster presentations
    • A Febrile Daze, Measuring pediatric resident confidence in Pediatric Hospital Medicine disease management to guide development of a resident-led handbook
    • Both NEPHM

 Sabrina Wilder (PGY-3)

  • 2 publications 
    • “Behavioral and Physical Health of LGBTQ+ Youth in Rhode Island: Implications for clinical care and policy”
    • “Strategies, Policies, and Practices to Support the Health of LGBTQ+ Youth in Rhode Island” 
    • Both published in the Rhode Island Medical Journal 

 Holly Pereira (’26)

  • 1 publication
    • Characteristics of Children’s Seeking Care at School-Based Health Centers - accepted to J American Board of Family Medicine. 
  • 1 local/national oral presentation
    • Meeting the Moment for Mental Health Care at Hasbro Children’s Annual Lecture Series: “From Isolation to Empowerment – The Adolescent Leadership Counsil (TALC) Supporting Adolescents with Chronic Medical Diagnosis.”  in the George Auditorium 

Michael McNaughton (’26)

  • 1 local/national oral presentation
    • Trends of Legal Performance Enhancing Use Substances in Young Athletes: AAP

Emily Liao (’26)

  • 2 publications
    • Accepted for publication at Pediatrics in Review, Retinoblastoma for the Primary Care Physician
    • Pending submission, Hepatitis Associated Aplastic Anemia Review
  • 1 poster presentation
    • Hepatitis Associated Aplastic Anemia: A Case Review, NASPGHAN

Kipp Hopper (PGY-3)

  • grants/awards/scholarships
    • 2025 CATCH grant wrapping up later this year

Bianca Field (PGY-2)

  • 1 publication 
    • (July 1, 2025, middle author)
    • FGF21 promotes longevity in diet-induced obesity through metabolic benefits independent of growth suppression, Cell Metabolism