The UAB Department of Pediatrics welcomed three new faculty members during the month of January. Please join us in making them feel at home!
Meghan Hofto, M.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Pallavi Iyer, M.D., Associate Professor, Pediatric Endocrinology
Ammar Saadoon, M.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatric Pulmonology
Meghan Hofto, M.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine, earned her medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. She completed pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and a pediatric hospital medicine fellowship at UAB. During fellowship, Dr. Hofto earned an MPH in Epidemiology from the UAB School of Public Health and completed the UAB sponsored Gorgas Course in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in Peru. Dr. Hofto was awarded a Certificate of Knowledge in Tropical Medicine and Travelers’ Health in January 2017 by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Dr. Hofto has a strong interest in global health in addition to general inpatient pediatrics. Her current research interest is focused on implementation of guidelines to achieve appropriate use of antibiotic treatment of hospitalized children.
Pallavi Iyer, M.D., Associate Professor, Pediatric Endocrinology, earned her medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. She completed her pediatric residency at the University of South Florida where she served as Chief Resident. Dr. Iyer also completed her pediatric endocrinology fellowship at the University of South Florida. Dr. Iyer joins us from Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida where she served as Medical Director and Division Chief of Endocrinology and Diabetes. Her clinical/research interests are caring for and improving outcomes of pediatric cancer survivors with endocrinopathies and caring for children with endocrine tumors.
Ammar Saadoon, M.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatric Pulmonology, earned his medical degree from the College of Medicine University of Mosul. He completed a pediatric residency at the Jordan University of Science and Technology in Irbid, Jordan and a second residency at UAB. Dr. Saadoon completed pediatric pulmonology fellowship at Weill Cornell Medical College – Qatar and another fellowship at UAB. His clinical interests include pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary complications of sickle cell disease. His research interests include studying factors affecting lung development, pulmonary hypertension and lung microbiome.