Tammy Zaworski
DNP, RN, APRN, CPNP-PC/AC, Advance Practice Manager, Critical Care Medicine
Staff Since: 7/7/97
Undergraduate: Clayton State College and University
Graduate: Georgia State University, Emory University
Undergraduate: Clayton State College and University
Graduate: Georgia State University, Emory University
Other Training: RN PICU and ER CHOA Egleston, RN CHOA Transport and Flight, ECMO Specialist, EMT-I, PFCCS
Professional Affiliations: NAPNAP, SCCM, Emory University adjunct clinical instructor
Interests: Advance Practice Provider education and role development. Implementation of critical care clinical intensive and post graduate fellowships in the PICU.
Interests: Advance Practice Provider education and role development. Implementation of critical care clinical intensive and post graduate fellowships in the PICU.
Kim Kolleda
MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP-AC Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care Medicine
Staff Since: 6/1/2009
Undergraduate: Kennesaw State University
Graduate: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Other Training: RN PICU CHOA Egleston, ECMO specialist, PFCCS, CCRN, TNCC Professional
Affiliations: NAPNAP
Interests: Sedation and delirium in the PICU, sepsis, trauma, and early mobility in ECMO patients
Sarah Becher
MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP-PC Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care Medicine
Staff Since: 10/30/2017
Undergraduate: Anderson University
Graduate: University of South Florida
Other Training: RN PICU St. Joseph’s Tampa, PFCCS Professional Affiliations: NAPNAP
Interests: TBI, trauma, post ROSC management
Ryan Winter
MMSc, RRT-NPS, PA-C, Physician Assistant, Critical Care Medicine
Staff since: 7/19/2021
Undergraduate: Georgia State University
Graduate: Emory University
Professional Affiliations: American Academy of Physician Assistants, Georgia Association of Physician Assistants, Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Medical Informatics Association
Other Training: Certified Epic Provider Builder, Certified Epic Provider Builder in Analytics, Pediatric Fundamentals of Critical Care instructor, RRT Neonatal & Pediatric Specialist, PICC excellence, domestic and international fixed wing transport/
Academic Interest: Development and training of the new graduate PA/NP, Evidence based management of pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome, Facilitation of clinical practice improvement through the development and implementation of clinical decision support systems in Epic EHR
Undergraduate: Georgia State University
Graduate: Emory University
Professional Affiliations: American Academy of Physician Assistants, Georgia Association of Physician Assistants, Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Medical Informatics Association
Other Training: Certified Epic Provider Builder, Certified Epic Provider Builder in Analytics, Pediatric Fundamentals of Critical Care instructor, RRT Neonatal & Pediatric Specialist, PICC excellence, domestic and international fixed wing transport/
Academic Interest: Development and training of the new graduate PA/NP, Evidence based management of pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome, Facilitation of clinical practice improvement through the development and implementation of clinical decision support systems in Epic EHR
Katelyn Warner
DNP, RN, APRN, CPNP-AC, Critical Care Medicine
Staff Since: 10/11/2021
Undergraduate: University of Iowa
Graduate: Rush University
Professional Affiliations: Society of Critical Care Medicine, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
Other Training: RN PICU and CDH Center - Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital; RN Emergency Department- CHOA Egleston; PFCCS; CCRN; TNCC
Interest: Trauma/TBI, Role of Palliative Care in the PICU, Early Mobilization for Children Requiring Advanced Therapies, Post-ROSC Management
Kelly McGowan
MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP-AC, Critical Care Medicine
Staff Since: 5/13/2019
Undergraduate: James Madison University
Graduate: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Professional Affiliations: National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association
Other Training: RN PCICU Duke Children’s Hospital, RN CICU CHOA Egleston
Interests: Palliative Care involvement in the ICU and code prevention education
Bria K. Frehner
PA-C, Critical Care Medicine
Staff Since: 3/20/2023
Undergraduate: University of New Hampshire
Graduate: Emory University
Professional Affiliations: American Academy of Physician Assistants, Georgia Association of Physician Assistants
Other Training: LNA and Emergency Medicine Technician, POCUS training in emergency medicine, trauma, and critical care medicine
Interest: Use of POCUS in pediatric and critical care settings, ECMO, and pediatric trauma
Cobi Klein
MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP-AC, Critical Care Medicine
Staff Since: 4/2/2023
Undergraduate: Georgia Southern University, Chamberlain University
Graduate: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Professional Affiliations: National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
Other Training: Emergency Room RN at CHOA Egleston, TNCC, ENPC
Other Training: Emergency Room RN at CHOA Egleston, TNCC, ENPC
Interests: Trauma, Early recognition and intervention with Sepsis, Acute asthma exacerbations leading to PICU admissions
Rebecca Ogrin
MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP-AC, Critical Care Medicine
Staff Since: 4/17/2023
Undergraduate: University of Colorado, LaGrange College
Graduate: Emory University
Other Training: RN Emergency Department CHOA Egleston, RN CHOA Transport Ground and Flight, EMT-B, PFCCS
Professional Affiliations: SCCM.
Interests: Palliative care and APP role development in the PICU. Role of bioethics in acute care. Fostering and improving team dynamics in high stress environments.
Jessica Nooriel
DNP, RN, APRN, CPNP-AC, Critical Care Medicine
Faculty Since: 6/26/2023
Undergraduate: Emory University
Graduate: Emory University
Other Training: RN at National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center Pediatrics; CPN
Professional Affiliations: Society of Critical Care Medicine, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Orthodox Jewish Nurses Association
Interests: Critical care oncology, bone marrow transplant, graduate nursing education
Morgan Corder
DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC, Critical Care Medicine
Faculty Since: 12/11/2023
Undergraduate: University of Mississippi Medical Center
Graduate: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Other Training: RN PICU Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital, RN CVICU at Children’s of Alabama, RN PICU at University of South Alabama Children’s and Women’s, RN PICU at Ochsner Medical Center
Professional Affiliations: National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Sigma Theta Tau, and Phi Kappa Phi
Interests: Pediatric sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, post CPR outcomes, and quality improvement methodology
Sonja Greenfield
MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP-PC/AC, Critical Care Medicine
Staff Since: 3/18/2024
Undergraduate: Hampton University
Graduate: University of Michigan, Wayne State University
Other Training: RN at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, RN at Mott Children’s Hospital, NP at Mott Children’s Hospital-Anesthesia Department, Travel RN CHOA-Scottish Rite, Blank Children’s Hospital, Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Prisma Health Children’s Hospital
Professional Affiliations: National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
Interests: Sepsis, Respiratory Illnesses, Infectious Diseases
Amanda Kent
MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP-AC, Critical Care Medicine
Staff Since: 11/11/2024
Undergraduate: Mercer University
Graduate: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Other Training: RN Emergency Department Egleston/AMBH ED/Trauma Center, Vascular Access Team Nurse, CPEN, TNCC
Professional Affiliations: NAPNAP
Interests: Early recognition and treatment of pediatric sepsis, Congenital Heart Disease, Improving outcomes of pediatric cardiac arrest
Tiana Brown
PA-C, Critical Care Medicine
Staff Since: 12/09/2024
Undergraduate: Mercer University
Graduate: Augusta University
Other Training: CNA, Dermatology Technician, Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) training
Professional Affiliations: American Academy of Physician Assistant, Georgia Association of Physician Assistant
Interests: Use of POCUS in critical care, pediatric trauma/ TBI, APP education and precepting, identification and prevention of child abuse and neglect, medical advocacy for children in foster care
Leah White
MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP-AC, Critical Care Medicine
Staff Since: 2/17/2025
Undergraduate: The University of Alabama
Graduate: The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Other Training: PICU RN at Children’s of Alabama
Professional Affiliations: National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Sigma Theta Tau
Interests: Early integration of Pediatric Palliative Care, ARDS, Role of Early Mobility in ICU Delirium Prevention
Danielle Leffler
PA-C
PICU Start: 4/14/2025
Undergraduate: University of Georgia
Graduate: Emory University
Professional Affiliations: American Academy of Physician Assistants, Georgia Association of Physician Assistants
Other Training: Inpatient gastroenterology PA, medical Spanish training
Interest: APP leadership and education, precepting and mentoring APP students, pediatric palliative care, integration of health promotion and public health initiatives into the clinical setting, patient-family-provider communications
Sunny Jackson
MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP-AC, Critical Care Medicine
Staff Since: 04/01/2025
Undergraduate: Emory University
Graduate: Emory University
Other Training: Emergency Department ANM/RN at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emergency Center/Pediatric Emergency Center RN at Medical Center Navicent Health
Professional Affiliations: Society of Critical Care Medicine, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Sigma Theta Tau International
Interests: Sepsis, Trauma, early interventions in ARDs patients, ECMO management, and palliative care within the PICU setting