Dr. Olivari completed her residency at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She obtained her undergraduate degree in biology from Wellesley College and her medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine. During residency, her research has focused on studying discrimination as a social determinant of periconceptional diets. During Fellowship, she hopes to continue her research on prenatal care and interventions that address dietary risks and disparities.
Team: Neonatal Class of 2028
Hayley Martin, MD, PhD
Dr. Martin comes to us from a residency at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). She completed her undergraduate degree in biology and anthropology at the State University of New York College at Geneseo, and her MD/PhD at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. During residency, she primarily looked at the risk factors for postpartum depression in relation to NICU exposure, developing particular skills in informatics. She also comes with expertise in breastfeeding and maternal mental health from her doctoral training in epidemiology. During Fellowship, she hopes to continue exploring the impact of maternal mental health on breastfeeding outcomes.
Sitarah Mathias, MD
Dr. Mathias completed her residency through the Boston Combined Residency Program (BCRP). She obtained her medical degree from St. John’s Medical College. During residency, she scoped evidence for different antibiotic regimens in infant infections. She also collaborated with Cloudphysician Pvt. Ltd., a tele-ICU company, as well as the Boston Children’s NICU on projects related to understanding factors that contribute to neonatal acute kidney injury, to identify strategies to be used in low-resource settings. She hopes to continue with her research around advancing neonatal care in low resource limited settings, particularly around neonatal AKI, during Fellowship.
Allison Fialkowski, MD
Dr. Fialkowski joins us from the Boston Combined Residency Program (BCRP). She completed her undergraduate studies in nursing at Emory University, an honors program in nutritional science through the University of Georgia, and her medical degree at Harvard Medical School. During residency, she studied refeeding-like syndrome in very-low birth weight infants. She hopes to continue focusing on neurodevelopmental outcomes of perinatal care during Fellowship.
Katie Ballantyne, MD
Dr. Ballantyne joins us from her residency with the Boston Combined Residency Program (BCRP). She completed her undergraduate studies at Palm Beach Atlantic University and her medical degree at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine. During her residency, she conducted research on current antimicrobial practices/antimicrobial stewardship in NICUs across the country. She hopes to continue studying infectious diseases in the NICU through Fellowship.
Lauren Claus, MD
Dr. Claus completed her residency through the Massachusetts General Hospital Pediatric Residency Program. Prior to residency, she completed her undergraduate degree in English at Harvard University and her medical degree at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. During residency, she explored outcomes of infants born to parents who receive magnesium for the treatment of non-severe preeclampsia while also looking at the NICU experience for families who have limited English proficiency. She is hopes to continue investigating the influence of materials and sociodemographic factors on neonatal outcomes during Fellowship.