Faculty & Disclosures

Dr. Addington completed her medical education at University of Kansas School of Medicine and pediatric residency at Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City (CM). She is currently a pediatric urgent care physician with Children's Mercy Kansas City. She is the Medical Director for Children's Mercy Kansas City's East Urgent Care and the Director for Professional Development and Engagement for the Division of Urgent Care. In the professional development role, Dr. Addington is actively involved in mentoring pediatric urgent care providers through academic promotion. She is also working to develop meaningful engagement opportunities for pediatric urgent care providers within the CM organization.

Dr. Sheetal Ajmani is a board-certified pediatrician with a strong foundation in neurodevelopment, general pediatrics, and urgent care. She completed her pediatric residency at the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters after attending Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Beyond her clinical experience, Dr. Ajmani is a passionate advocate for physician wellness and its profound impact on pediatric healthcare.  As the founder of Radiant Living Institute, Dr. Ajmani weaves together Western precision with Eastern wisdom to guide individuals navigating life transitions on a path to embrace living radiantly again.  As a transformative speaker, bestselling author, and host of the Essential Self-Care podcast, Dr. Ajmani helps individuals discover the power of self-care, even those with the busiest of schedules.  Her work guides individuals to restore their energy, rediscover their happiness, and reconnect with their innate sense of fulfillment.

Dr. Ajmani is not only a healer but a guiding force in creating a sustainable and healthier future for both clinicians and the families they serve.

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• Website: radiantlivinginstitute.com
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Magna Dias is a Founding Member of SPUC and its Immediate Past President. She began her career in Urgent Care when she founded the program for CHOP. She is now working for Yale Children's and is the Chair of Pediatrics for Bridgeport Hospital in the Yale system.

Dr. Gallentine attended the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, graduating in 2000 and completing her pediatric residency at Geisinger Medical Center in 2003. She started her career in the pediatric ED in Fayetteville NC and has been working in peds urgent care since 2007. She owned The Pediatric Express in Morrisville NC until she joined Palo Alto Medical Foundation in 2018.

Dr. Hogencamp is the Regional Medical Director for PM Pediatrics and serves as the Director of Quality for the entire organization. She has worked in clinical program management and development as well as Clinical Quality for the last 10 years. As Regional Medical Director she is responsible for organizing telemedicine implementation in her regions. She also helps to oversee the telemedicine quality to insure it is aligned with PM Pediatrics standards of care.

Susan John completed her medical school at LSUHSC in Shreveport. She went on to complete her residency at LSUHSC New Orleans. She joined the faculty at Vanderbilt in 2012 and became the medical director of the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital After Hours Clinics in 2015.

Rebecca Kidd, MD. Dr. Rebecca Kidd completed her pediatric residency training at UAMS in Little Rock, Arkansas, later serving as chief resident.  She joined the pediatric emergency department at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in 2013, completing her fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.  She now serves as an attending physician in the pediatric emergency department and has a special interest in community and pre-hospital care of critically ill and injured children.  She serves as medical director for Vanderbilt LifeFlight, Nashville Fire Department and the CRPC outreach teams.

Rachel Kreiger MS DO discovered her love for research during her undergraduate days at Georgetown University. She completed a dual master’s program at Boston University School of Medicine in Medical Sciences and Clinical Research. She went on to obtain her DO from Midwestern University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine. There she discovered her passion for pediatrics. She completed her pediatric residency at Emory University and is now working with Pediatric Emergency Medicine Associates in Atlanta, Georgia. Her research interests include sickle cell disease and physician mental health. Outside of work she loves to travel, bake and hike with her dog.

Dr. Deirdre (DeeDee) Stewart completed medical school at the Medical College of Georgia and then completed her pediatric residency at Emory University. After working in a pediatric private practice for several years, she joined Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta as a pediatric urgent care physician. She now serves as Area Practice Director in urgent care. Dr. Stewart also serves as Co-Director of the Pediatric Urgent Care fellowship program at Emory University/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and works with pediatric residency programs to provide Pediatric Urgent Care electives for residents.

Alan Sue, DPM. Dr Alan Sue currently practices at Palo Alto Medical Foundation Medical Group in Northern California.  He currently is involved in multiple leadership positions including Medical Director of surgical and medical specialties and Associate Director of strategic growth.  He is very involved in the local podiatric community by teaching as an adjunct professor at the California Podiatric School of Medicine and participating in his local podiatric society in Santa Clara County.  On the state level, he currently serves on the Board of Directors for the California Podiatric Medical Association.