Faculty & Staff
Faculty on fire, 2025-2026 academic year:
- Blocks 2-4: Obadah Alquadan MD for being very supportive to residents, for liking to teach, and for bringing food for residents. Zaher Naji MD for bing a great teacher and a really great provider.
- Blocks 5-6: Yaseen Rafee MD for being a great teacher and attending, for explaining everything he's doing, and for filling rounds with learning. Katherine Burrell PsyD for her dedication to the promotion of learning and teaching and for being very supportive.
- Blocks 7-8: Ruba Allabwani MD received the recognition for being very supportive in clinic, for her dedication to teaching, for giving useful feedback, and for creating an engating learning environment where critical thinking is encouraged. Mohammad Tabbah MD was recognized for his respectful and professional demeanor, his experience, and his wisdom.
In the news: Rx Kids, launched in January 2024, has been spreading to other geographic areas across Michigan, in part due to financial suport from the state legislature. Led by Hurley faculty member Mona Hanna MD, it was the first-ever cash program for mothers in an entire city, aimed at preventing infant poverty. See the Rx Kids website for more information.
In the news: Hurley pedatric faculty member Mona Hanna MD appeared in TIME Magazine's top 100 list of the world's most influential leaders in health. Hanna is associate dean of public health at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.
Hiring: Pediatric hematologist/oncologist and pediatric neurologist.
From the tiniest newborn to those nearly 20, children are the focus of our pediatric program. Click on the names below to meet some of the people who make sure that children get some of the best clinical care in the nation and that residents get some of the best teaching in the nation. With a smaller program embedded in such a highly skilled clinical setting, residents learn at the bedside with some of the top experts around.
Faculty
Asaad Beshish MD
- Pediatric Intensivist
What's new at Michigan State University?
Hurley Peds faculty take on leadership roles
It takes a lot of people to run medical schools and residency training programs. The Pediatrics and Human Development Department at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine is no exception. Fortunately, they have some of the best and brightest to lead the way, including 4 Hurley pediatric faculty in leadership positions.
MSU PHD Committee Board subcommittee roles
In the MSU PHD Committee Board's various subcommittees, starting Sept. 1, 2020, here are the roles from the Hurley Pediatrics Program:
Executive Committee
- Yaseen Rafe'e MD
- Mahesh Sharman MD
Medical Student Programs, Liaison Committee on Medical Education
- Mahesh Sharman MD
Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee
- Ranjan Monga MD
Research Committee
- Rebecca Ellens PsyD
MSU CHM Peds department roles
In addition, the Peds Department at MSU CHM also has help from Hurley Pediatrics Program physicians in other ways, such as listed below:
Lead Clerkship Director for Pediatrics
- Mahesh Sharman MD
Lead Clerkship Director for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Mahesh Sharman MD