Brian Lurie, MD MPH, joined Hasbro Children’s Hospital as the pediatric residency program director in May, 2023. Dr. Lurie graduated from Tufts University and received his medical degree from The Sackler School of Medicine, New York State American Program in Tel Aviv, Israel.  He went on to complete his residency at North Shore University Hospital in New York and obtain his Masters of Public Health from Columbia University. Dr. Lurie has dedicated his career to academic medicine, serving as the Pediatric Residency Associate Program Director at three institutions, most recently Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, NC.  In Charlotte, Dr. Lurie also served as the Division Director of General Academic Pediatrics.  He has also served in regional and national leadership positions for organizations such as the Association of Pediatric Program Directors and the Academic Pediatric Association. Dr. Lurie’s sense of purpose is centered around advancing health for children through equity-focused leadership, medical education, and faculty development.  Much of his scholarly work involves developing curricula caring for LGBTQA+ youth.  Other interests include promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in academic medicine and working with underserved populations. 

Sarah S. Welsh, MD is a pediatric intensivist and the Medical Director of the Hasbro Children’s Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). She completed medical school, pediatric residency, and served as chief resident at Golisano Children’s Hospital (University of Rochester School of Medicine) in Rochester, New York. She completed her pediatric critical care medicine fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her clinical and research interests include neurocritical care, including traumatic brain injury and status epilepticus, as well as resuscitation care, medical education, and implementation science.

Allison Heinly completed her undergraduate studies at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA, followed by her medical degree at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. She then completed her pediatric residency and was selected as chief resident at Brown University/Hasbro Children’s Hospital, where she received the Brown University Student Award in Recognition of an Outstanding Teacher and the Award for Outstanding Dedication to Patient Care. She worked for 2 years in private practice at Blackstone Valley Pediatrics before returning to Hasbro Children’s Hospital Primary Care as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in 2017. Since then, she has been selected twice for the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award for the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Her career interests are in medical education and tobacco cessation/vaping. 

Eddie Gill is our newest Associate Program Director. He received his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. He completed residency in pediatrics at Tufts Children’s Hospital, where he also completed fellowship in pediatric hospital medicine. Dr. Gill previously served as the associate program director of the pediatric hospital medicine fellowship at Tufts Children’s Hospital. Eddie lives with his wife and 3 children in far-away Massachusetts. Outside of his love for clinical medicine, feedback and evaluation, he is a passionate nerd with varied interests including playing senior men's league hockey, leading a weekly Dungeons and Dragon's group and listening to Science Fiction and Fantasy audiobooks on his long commute to work.

Paulo Pina, MD, MPH, is a pediatrician at Hasbro Children’s and division director of ambulatory and community medicine at Rhode Island Hospital.
Prior to his work in Rhode Island, Dr. Pina was pediatric network medical director of Family Health Centers at NYU Langone-Brooklyn and served as a clinical associate professor in the department of pediatrics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He has held academic positions with Albert Einstein College of Medicine and CUNY School of Medicine.

Dr. Pina had a years-long affiliation with St. Barnabas Hospital in New York, serving as president and vice-president of its medical board, associate director and program director of its pediatric residency program, and held leadership positions including associate chairman of its department of pediatrics. 
Dr. Pina obtained a medical degree from New York University School of Medicine and a Master of Public Health degree in community health sciences from State University of New York at Downstate. He completed his residency in pediatrics at NYU/Bellevue Hospital Center-New York where he was chief resident. 

His scholarly and advocacy activities have focused on improving pediatric care quality, addressing the social determinants of health during medical visits, increasing
vaccination rates, PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) use among adolescents, and health equity.

Katherine Mason is the Vice chair of education for the Department of Pediatrics and an Associate Professor of Pediatric Critical Care and Pediatrics at Hasbro Children’s Hospital and the The Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University. Her research has focused primarily on developing best practices in Medical Education, e.g. Learner Assessment, Professionalism and Faculty Development and Advocacy for Clinician Educators. She has also published in the fields of critical care and disaster medicine.

Dr. Mason further contributes to medical education initiatives through her national leadership roles in medical education as the immediate past chair of the Fellowship Executive Committee at the Association of Pediatric Program Directors and as a National Mentor through the New Century Scholars’ Program and the Educational Scholars’ Program, both of the Academic Pediatric Association.

Dr. Mason completed her undergraduate studies in Biomedical Ethics and Biology at Brown University, and her Medical Degree at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She did  her Pediatric Residency and Critical Care Fellowship at Case Western Reserve University and Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Patricia Poitevien has recently been named Vice Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at The Warren Alpert Medical School after completing 4 years as the residency’s Program Director. Pat graduated from The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University in 1998 and went on to complete Pediatric Residency Training at NYU Langone Health / Bellevue Hospital Center in New York. She was chosen to serve as a Chief Resident there and stayed on as a Pediatric Hospitalist for 15 years. During much of this time, she was the Section Chief and Medical Director for Pediatric Inpatient Medicine at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital. In 2013 she earned a Masters of Clinical Science from NYU and was subsequently chosen to be the Residency Program Director for NYU Langone Health / Bellevue Hospital Center. In 2018, Pat was thrilled to be offered the opportunity to lead the Pediatric Residency Program at Hasbro Children’s Hospital and serve as an Assistant Dean of Diversity an Inclusion for The Warren Alpert Medical School. Pat is passionate about medical education, particularly around issues of mentorship, diversity and evaluation. She believes that how we teach and how we care for patients must be informed by an environment that is inclusive and representative. Although she will always be a girl from Brooklyn, she has loved her return to Rhode Island with her husband and two boys exploring all the Ocean State has to offer.

Dr. DeNardo completed fellowship at Brown University in 2014, during which time he pursued basic science and translational research interests focusing on neuroblastoma tumorigenesis and chemotherapy-induced neurotoxicity. After completing fellowship , Dr. DeNardo joined the faculty at Brown University in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.

Michael Herzlinger, MD is an Assistant (Clinical) Professor of Pediatrics at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Hasbro Children’s Hospital.  He is the Program Director of the Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship Program and a Mary B Arnold Mentor at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.  

Prior to his current position he completed Residency in Pediatrics and Fellowship in Pediatric GI at Brown University, Medical School at New York University School of Medicine, Postbaccalaureate studies at Columbia University in New York, and Bachelors of Arts at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.  

Dr. Herzlinger is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology.

Erica Chung, MD is a pediatric hospitalist at Hasbro Children’s Hospital with an interest in medical education. After graduating from Brown Medical School, Dr. Chung went on to complete her pediatric residency at the Boston Combined Residency Program (Boston Children’s Hospital / Boston Medical Center). She continued as faculty at Boston Children’s Hospital and joined the pediatric hospital medicine division at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in 2011. Dr. Chung enjoys teaching and mentoring medical students and residents. She is a Mary B. Arnold mentor and the director of the pediatric subinternship at the Warren Alpert Medical School. She is currently involved in a multi-center research study on residents-as-teachers.

Dr. Sediva recieved her medical degree at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.  She completed interniship and residency at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York, NY and  pediatric critical care fellowship at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, OH.  She is a Medical Director of Quality and Patient Safety at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. Dr. Sediva is board certified in general pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics.  Her interests are in medical simulation, medical education, quality improvement science and patient safety.

Dennisse is a proud Puerto Rican.  She and her parents came to Providence when she was just a toddler.  She lived in Providence for most of her life but has been living in Cranston with her family for the past 2 years.  She has 2 young adults, a husband, and a dog named King Bling Reyes!  She is the typical Rhode Islander, which means anything more than a 30 minutes drive is too far–she will think twice about going!  She has a sister and a brother whom she’s very close with and nieces and nephews she adores! Dennisse has been working at Rhode Island Hospital since the age she was 15 and has worked in many areas in the hospital (she knows a ton of people!), but for the past 20 years, she has been with the Pediatric Residency Program.   She continues to love the people, the work environment and sincerely loves helping others.  When Dennisse is not at work, she loves spending time with her family and King Bling Reyes. When she’s not with her family, she’s been watching many series on Netflix, and listening to audiobooks and podcasts. A couple of the things she loves about Rhode Island are that everything is nearby, and the beautiful change of seasons can be absolutely breathtaking! and the people are really nice!  Dennisse loves the lifelong relationships she builds with her residents and seeing the growth each one makes. She keeps in touch with many!

Deborah is a lifelong Rhode Islander, and currently lives in North Providence. She works with all the residents throughout their training preparing schedules, extra clinics, and various activities. The thing she enjoys most about her job is to see the individual growth and transformation that takes place during the three to five years of residency here at RIH and Hasbro Children’s Hospital. She has 3 beautiful adult children, grand-puppies, and enjoys spending time with them, hiking, running, and training for the next race! It is her passion to constantly advance the field of graduate medical education during such an exciting time and love working with the residents, faculty, and coordinators everyday! She is also excited to transfer her medical education and training skills to her role of providing support and coordinating the primary care training program, and ensuring that residents benefit from unique world class and innovative training.