Kenneth (Kenny) Softness, MD, is a pediatric urology fellow who specializes in the care of children with conditions of the genitourinary tract. His research is focused on outcomes specific to the transition of care in congenital patients who leave pediatric centers for adult care.
Team: Fellows 2024-26
Neha Kwatra, MD
Neha Kwatra, MD, a Boston Children’s Health Equity Fellow, is a staff radiologist and Assistant Professor in Radiology at Harvard Medical School. She is interested in variation and inequities in the utilization of nuclear medicine examinations such as bone scans, FDG PET/CT scans, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations in pediatric patients with osteomyelitis.
Nisha Dalvie, MD
Nisha Dalvie, MD, is a Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellow. She is interested in inequities in NICU follow up and clinical outcomes, and methods to improve family engagement in the NICU.
Catherine Coughlin, MD, FAAP
Catherine Coughlin, MD, FAAP, is a pediatric emergency medicine fellow. Her research interests include infant morbidity and mortality, provision of equitable care in the emergency department, and identification of barriers and facilitators of access to healthcare.
Alyssa Coffin, MD
Alyssa Coffin, MD, is a pediatric hospitalist interested in research focused on addressing healthcare disparities for hospitalized patients and families who use languages other than English. Specifically, she hopes to utilize a community-based participatory research framework to facilitate safe transitions of care from the inpatient to outpatient setting.
