College of Medicine and Life Sciences

Pulmonology, cystic fibrosis

Garcia, T., Florin, T. A., Leonard, J., Shah, S. S., Ruddy, R. M., Wallihan, R., Desai, A. P., Alter, S., El-Assal, O., Marzec, S., Keaton, M., Yun, K. W., Leber, A. L., Mejias, A., Cohen, D. M., Ramilo, O., Ambroggio, L., & Children’s Hospitals Initiative for Research in Pneumonia (CHIRP) (2025). Clinical Features and Management Strategies in Children With Mycoplasma Pneumoniae. Pediatric emergency care, 41(4), 305–310. https://doi.org/10.1097/PEC.0000000000003338 

Sayegh, R., Tang, L., Yun, K. W., Xu, Z., Marzec, S. A., El-Assal, O., Leber, A. L., Everhart, K., Mertz, S., Desai, A., Cohen, D. M., Alter, S. J., Ambroggio, L., Florin, T. A., Keaton, M., Shah, S. S., Ruddy, R. M., Wallihan, R., Mejias, A., & Ramilo, O. (2025). Nasal Mucosal Cytokines as Potential Biomarkers for Assessing Disease Severity and Class of Pathogen in Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. The Journal of infectious diseases, 231(4), 1031–1040. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiae465 

Yun, K. W., Wallihan, R., Desai, A., Alter, S., Ambroggio, L., Cohen, D. M., El-Assal, O., Marzec, S., Florin, T. A., Keaton, M., Shah, S. S., Ruddy, R. M., Sharpe, S., Leber, A. L., Everhart, K., Mejias, A., Ramilo, O., & Children’s Hospitals Initiative for Research in Pneumonia (2022). Clinical Characteristics and Etiology of Community-acquired Pneumonia in US Children, 2015-2018. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 41(5), 381–387. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000003475 

Chaudhry, S. R., Keaton, M., & Nasr, S. Z. (2013). Evaluation of a cystic fibrosis transition program from pediatric to adult care. Pediatric pulmonology, 48(7), 658–665. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.22647 

Pediatric Rotation of the Year, University of Toledo Department of Pediatrics

• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 
• American Academy of Pediatrics