Dr. Yazawa completed her pediatric residency at Columbia University. She received her undergraduate degree in biology and Hispanic studies from Boston College, and her medical degree from Boston University. Her residency research examined outcomes (safety and efficacy) in neonatal patients who received inhaled iloprost for the acute management of severe pulmonary hypertension. She previously worked on a quality-improvement project aimed at standardizing gastric residual volume assessments in early enteral feeds of ELBW and VLBW infants. She was a research assistant with Dr. Charles Dimitroff at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, studying melanoma glycobiology, focusing on the identification and role of glycan ligands of galectin-1 on melanoma cells, their binding partners, and their function in melanoma progression and metastasis. During fellowship, she researched the uses of Cas9-mediated homology directed repair via an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector as a fetal gene therapy in mice with Barth syndrome. Dr. Yazawa is currently working as an attending neonatologist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina.
Team: Neonatal Class of 2023
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Stephanie Tung
Dr. Tung completed her pediatric residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. She received her bachelor’s degree in immunology and master’s degree in medical biophysics from the University of Toronto. She obtained her medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. During residency, she assisted on a project to develop a new standardized definition of apnea and bradycardia events, and monitoring guidelines for the NICU unit. She was also involved in a study investigating the impact of the care pacing model on overall patient outcomes with hopes of implementing standardized care plans. For fellowship, she researched the long-term immunologic effects of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), its role in mediating long-term pulmonary complications, and the therapeutic effects of mesenchymal stromal cell-derived extracellular vesicles. Dr. Tung is currently working as an attending neonatologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.
Jenna Katz, MD
Dr. Katz completed her pediatric residency in the Boston Combined Residency Program. She received her bachelor’s degree in biological basis of behavior from the University of Pennsylvania and her medical degree from Stanford University. During medical school and residency, she conducted research with the Fetal Center at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Specifically, she conducted a retrospective chart review to determine the added value of fetal MRI for identifying additional central nervous system (CNS) and non-CNS findings, and for informing prenatal and postnatal clinical decisions in pregnancies complicated by prenatally diagnosed ventriculomegaly. During fellowship, she researched the relationship between prematurity and neurodevelopmental outcomes among children with congenital heart diseases who underwent cardiac surgery in infancy. She served as chief fellow during her last year of fellowship. Dr. Katz is currently working as an attending neonatologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.
Genevieve Guyol, MD
Dr. Guyol completed her pediatric resident in the Boston Combined Residency Program. She received her undergraduate degree in history and Spanish from Middlebury College, and her medical degree from Boston University. During residency, she completed a project with Dr. Meg Parker using survey data to examine the extent to which maternal worries about unmet material needs (housing, job, and income) are associated with rates of breastfeeding and adherence to safe sleep guidelines. Her research during fellowship focused on family-centered intervention aimed at reducing socioeconomic disparities in kindergarten readiness among preterm children. She was concurrently a fellow in the Harvard-wide Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship. Dr. Guyol is currently working as an attending neonatologist at Boston Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine.
Alejandro Frade Garcia, MD
Dr. Frade Garcia was chief resident in the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital pediatric residency program. He received his medical degree from Anahuac University in Mexico. As a resident, he was awarded the intern of the year, NICU resident of the year, an education award, and resident of the year award. He conducted clinical research as a retrospective review of EEG monitoring, seizure management, and outcomes in the NICU. Additionally, he conducted research on rapid whole genome sequencing, which he presented at PAS in 2019. As a fellow he conducted clinical research on a non-electric infant warmer designed by Dr. Anne Hansen to prevent and treat neonatal hypothermia in low-resource settings. Dr. Frade Garcia is currently working at Miami Children’s Hospital and ABC Medical Center in Mexico City as an attending neonatologist.
