Anahí is native to Chihuahua, México, the ancestral territory of the Rarámuri and Tepehuan peoples. She completed her medical education at the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, México, and her Pediatrics residency at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. She joined the Boston Children’s Hospital family as a global health fellow in 2020 and completed the DGHE curriculum in June 2023. She also completed a Master’s in Medical Sciences in Global Health Delivery at Harvard Medical School during her fellowship. Her experience in global health focuses on the health of Indigenous children in Northern México and Guatemala, having collaborated with organizations like Hospital Misión Tarahumara and Wuqu’ Kawoq/Maya Health Alliance, including leading an innovative neonatal home visitation program integrating Indigenous practices and modern digital health technologies. Her approach to the DGHE curriculum is through the lenses of Indigeneity, migration, and mixed heritage/identity. Her reflections are also informed by her clinical role as a pediatric hospitalist and global health researcher. She is  junior faculty at Boston Children’s and Harvard Medical School. She looks forward to continuing her journey of learning and praxis as the lead of the DGHE curriculum.

Andrea Borgmann MD, FAAP, joined the GHP Indian Health Services Program in 2023. She is Associate Faculty in Pediatric Medicine in the Boston Children’s Network at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, MA, where she teaches medical students from Boston Medical Center and Hospitalist Fellows from Boston Children’s Hospital. While Co-Director of the Inpatient Unit and Director of the Newborn Nursery, she grew the program from 3 pediatricians to a team of 11 physicians and 3 nurse practitioners, and helped develop the only community site able to provide step-down ICU level of care and inpatient Newborn Opiate Withdrawal  Syndrome (NOWS) care.  She is currently Co-Director of the inpatient Eat, Sleep, Console (ESC) program. Dr. Borgmann grew up in Missoula, Montana near the Flathead Reservation, home of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. She has been involved in indigenous projects through the Montana ACLU and is currently a member of  the Food Access and Sustainability Team (FAST) Blackfeet.

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“Newborns keep me humble, infants delight me, children keep me on my toes, and teenagers remain wonderfully unpredictable.” For Dr. Antanoid John Langeveldt, connecting with children, offers a chance to see the world through their eyes and remain grounded in what truly matters.

Antanoid John Langeveldt, MD, DTMH, PGCertPeds, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatrician whose work spans pediatric hospital medicine, global health, medical education, and community-based care. He currently serves on the faculty of Boston Children’s Hospital’s Margaret C. Ryan Global Health Program and as a pediatric attending physician at the Pine Ridge Service Unit in South Dakota.

Dr. Langeveldt began his medical career in Botswana, where he earned his medical degree from the University of Botswana and later practiced as a medical officer. He went on to earn a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a Postgraduate Certificate in Pediatrics from the University of Sydney. He completed his pediatric residency at Nemours Children’s Hospital and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Following residency, Dr. Langeveldt worked as a pediatric hospitalist and outpatient pediatrician with Nemours Children’s Health and as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Thomas Jefferson University.

His international background and varied clinical experience shape his commitment to equitable, compassionate, and family-centered care. He approaches every child and family with curiosity, humility, humor, and respect.

Ashley Birch, RN, MSN, CPNP earned both her BSN and MSN at Regis College and has been a nurse practitioner at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) since 2015, where she has worked in both inpatient and outpatient neurosurgery. Prior to that she worked in stroke research at Massachusetts General Hospital and in Rhode Island in Pediatric Sedation. As a nurse practitioner at BCH Ashley has focused her practice on caring for patients with Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida and has been privileged to work in the multidisciplinary Spina Bifida clinic. She serves on the board for the Spina Bifida Association of Greater New England (SBAGNE) and is a founding board member of the Non-Profit NeuroKids. Ashley has had 5 years of experience in Africa, South America and the Caribbean working with children with neurosurgical conditions, focusing mainly on children with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus. Much of this work was accomplished as part of her Global Nursing Fellowship. Currently, Ashley is working with both NeuroKids and the Caribbean Neurosurgery Foundation to improve care of children with neurosurgical conditions.

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Dr. Benjamin Warf is a pediatric neurosurgeon specializing in hydrocephalus, spina bifida, and neuroendoscopy, with a focus on improving global access to neurosurgical care. He is the Director of Neonatal and Congenital Neurosurgery at Boston Children’s Hospital and holds the Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida Chair. Dr.Warf founded the Global Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida Program and established the hospital's first global pediatric neurosurgery fellowship.

From 2000 to 2006, Dr. Warf served as the chief of surgery and founding medical director at CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda, the only pediatric neurosurgery hospital in sub-Saharan Africa. There, he developed the ETV/CPC procedure for treating infant hydrocephalus, an innovative treatment for infant hydrocephalus that reduces reliance on shunts. This procedure is now used globally, including in the United States.

Dr. Warf’s research focuses on surgical outcomes, the economic impact of hydrocephalus treatment in low-resource settings, and the prevention of neonatal infections,a leading cause of hydrocephalus in resource-constrained settings. He is also the chairman of NeuroKids, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing untreated hydrocephalus in developing countries through training, research, and advocacy. His contributions to global health have been recognized with the MacArthur “Genius” Grant and the Humanitarian Award from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.

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Dr. Brande Brown, MD, MEd, is a board-certified physician in general pediatrics and pediatric hospital medicine. Affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital, she works clinically in collaboration with Indian Health Services, primarily within the Cheyenne River Reservation. In this capacity, she will assist in creating a quality toolkit aimed at optimizing healthcare for children. With a commitment to improving global health outcomes, Dr. Brown also serves as a member of the Program Advisory Committee for the Vaccine Hesitancy Simulation Project, a global initiative led by the American Academy of Pediatrics. This project aims to address the critical issue of vaccine hesitancy through novel simulation techniques. Dr. Browns expertise extends to international health education, having provided training consultation services for the World Health Organization's Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) department. This work has contributed to enhancing global surveillance and response capabilities for emerging health threats.

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Carl completed medical training in India followed by his doctoral studies at the University of Oxford in the UK as a Rhodes Scholar. He came to the BCRP on the integrated research pathway and Global Health pathway to pursue his interests at the intersection of pediatric critical care, infectious disease, and access to health care. He continues to work as a physician-scientist within the global health program and maintains close collaborative ties with groups in India, West Africa and the US encompassing a broad scope of pediatric and global health projects.

Dr. Chloe Super is a pediatric neurologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and Instructor of Child Neurology at Harvard Medical School. She earned her MD degree at the Medical College of Georgia, Northwest Campus, and completed her residency in Child Neurology at Washington University in Saint Louis. In medical school, she trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shanghai and served for an ophthalmology NGO Unite for Sight in Ghana. During residency, she worked with providers in Zambia and Thailand focusing on education in pediatric neurology and increasing access to neurology providers. Finally, she worked at the Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico. Observing how the Indian Health Services act as a pillar of stability for the community solidified her desire to work with the IHS. This lead to her current position working with Boston Children’s partnership with the Great Plain Region to increase access to both general pediatrics and pediatric neurology services in underserved areas.

Christopher Duggan, M.D., M.P.H. is a pediatric gastroenterologist and nutrition  physician at Boston Children's Hospital where he directs the Center for Nutrition. He is Medical  Director of the Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation, one of the largest centers in the US for the care of children with intestinal  failure/chronic diarrhea syndromes.  In 2019, he was named Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Clinical  Nutrition, one of the top-rated peer-reviewed journals in the field of  nutrition. He is Samuel Meltzer Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Division of Nutrition at Harvard Medical School, and a Professor in the Departments of Nutrition and Global Health and Population at the Harvard TH  Chan School of Public Health. He has twice received the Physician Nutrition  Specialist Award from the American Society of Nutrition, was the 2015  recipient of the Fomon Nutrition Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics.  With colleagues in Tanzania, India and other countries, he has been funded by NIH, WHO and the  Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to study the role of nutrition in the  prevention and treatment of infectious diseases.  He mentors post-doctoral, doctoral and undergraduate students at Harvard University.

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Courtney Kaye earned her MD from Thomas Jefferson University/Sidney Kimmel Medical College in Philadelphia in 2022. She completed her pediatric residency at Nemours Children’s Hospital/Thomas Jefferson University in 2025 through the Health Equity and Leadership in Primary Care Track. Dr. Kaye joined Boston Children’s Hospital in 2025 through the Indigenous Health Program, where she serves as a pediatrician at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. She is passionate about providing high-quality, compassionate pediatric care to children and families in rural and underserved communities. Her clinical interests include adolescent health, with a particular focus on improving adolescents’ access to mental health and reproductive health care, as well as caring for youth involved in the juvenile justice system.

Michelle Mo, MD, PhD, is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon and Program Director of the Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Global Health Program at Boston Children’s Hospital. Her clinical practice focuses on lower limb deformity, congenital lower limb differences, and pediatric foot and ankle conditions, including clubfoot.

Dr. Mo has been involved in global health partnerships and pediatric orthopedic initiatives in Tanzania, Ecuador, Colombia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and Vietnam. Her work centers on developing sustainable, equitable partnerships that improve access to high-quality pediatric orthopedic care while strengthening local capacity.

She has a strong interest in education, mentorship, and collaborative research with international partners. Through bidirectional education, research, capacity building, and longitudinal collaboration, Dr. Mo aims to develop locally driven programs that address priorities identified by partner institutions and communities. Her goal is to build enduring international partnerships that advance clinical care, education, and research while promoting equity in pediatric orthopedic care worldwide.

Myron Belfer, MD, MPA is a child and adolescent psychiatrist on the staff of Boston Children’s Hospital. He is a Professor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School. His primary role at Boston Children’s Hospital was as Director of the Department of Psychiatry Consultation and Emergency Service.  

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Dr. Belfer served as Senior Adviser in the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at the World Health Organization in Geneva from 2000 to 2005.  During his tenure the Atlas on Global Child Mental Health was published and significant child mental health training and services capacity building initiatives took place in Africa.  A book on addressing the stigma of mental disorders in children was widely disseminated at the WHO.

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With colleagues at Boston Children’s Hospital and elsewhere significant responses to the consequences of the tsunami in Indonesia were initiated.  Materials detailing the response to natural disasters was developed following the Sichuan earthquake.  Until the present he has helped to develop child and adolescent psychiatry training in China as well as help in developing treatment capacity.

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Dr. Belfer served as President of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions.

Throughout her career, Nadeen has been dedicated to improving the clinical care of underserved and marginalized populations globally, in collaboration with grassroots organizations and humanitarian agencies. She obtained a MSc in Global Health in Dublin, Ireland and was actively involved in educational programs and curriculum development at the Trinity Center for Global Health in Dublin, Ireland. She also engaged in research focused on strengthening health systems and expanding human resources for health in humanitarian emergencies. She has since moved back to Boston where she continues to collaborate with the Trinity Center for Global Health in Ireland as adjunct staff in addition to her ongoing educational and clinical activities at the Global Health Program at Children’s Hospital Boston.

Dr. Natasha Archer is a Physician at Dana Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School. She is also the director of the sickle cell disease program at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Archer’s work focuses on brain and pain complications associated with sickle cell disease. As one of the initial members of INHERENT, an international network of hemoglobinopathy focused researchers, she has helped lead the initial pilot study aimed to study genetic modifiers of sickle cell disease complications, like stroke and pain. She has also led retrospective clinical studies at Boston Children’s Hospital to optimize the management of acute pain in our patients with sickle cell disease and is currently co-leading an oral ketamine and a buccal buprenorphine safety and feasibility study for acute pain in patients with sickle cell disease.  She mentors trainee interested in hematology and global health and assists in the creation of diagnosis and management guidelines for individuals with sickle cell disease living in resource limited settings both as the Senior Health and Policy Advisor for Hematology at Partners In Health and a member of the sickle cell disease expert group for the NCDI poverty network.

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Rasha Srouji DNP, CPNP, CNRN is a pediatric nurse practitioner working in the outpatient Neurology clinic at Boston Children's hospital. She has been the main provider for the urgent access clinic for the past nine years. She also works in the Movement disorder and procedural clinic. Prior to that she worked in Emergency Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.  Rasha obtained her nursing degree at McGill University, her master's- NP at the University of Toronto/ Canada and her DNP at Simmons. She is passionate about health equality and access especially for pediatrics. As well as strengthening nursing education and onboarding. She currently serves on the board of the Association of Child Neurology Nurses. She is a first-year global health fellow and currently working on raising awareness and increasing access for neurodevelopmental screening and resources in Palestinian refugee camps. She is also involved in several educational initiatives addressing pre-hospital and trauma care in conflict zones. She has worked with several Global NGOs such as S.O.S, Red Crescent and Doctors without Borders.

Becky is a nurse in the Critical Care Float Pool with over 15 years of pediatric ICU and CVICU experience and extensive global health experience in Africa. Her clinical work has focused on pediatric critical care and perioperative nursing, with extensive experience providing pre- and postoperative surgical care with Mercy Ships in the Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Madagascar. She completed the Professional Diploma in Tropical Nursing at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, complementing her clinical expertise with formal training in global and tropical health.

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During her Global Health Nursing Fellowship at BCH, she worked with colleagues at Bugando Medical Centre in Tanzania to adapt pediatric critical care and resuscitation education to the needs of nurses caring for critically ill children in the adult ICU setting. Her fellowship work has focused on strengthening pediatric critical care through resuscitation education, bedside teaching and mentorship, and implementation of a Pediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) system to support early recognition of clinical deterioration. Her interests include sustainable, context-specific clinical education, mentorship, early recognition of clinical deterioration, and strengthening pediatric nursing capacity in resource-limited settings.

Dr. Awada has a strong interest in global mental health clinical training and scholarship. During her postdoctoral fellowship, she co-developed and co-led training programs conducted in Central Asia (i.e., Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan) for mental health practitioners working with women and children repatriated from ISIS-controlled territories. These programs included trauma-informed clinical approaches drawn from Trauma Systems Therapy for Refugees (TST-R). During these trainings, she developed collaborative relationships with mental health providers in Kazakhstan. This collaboration led to a project funded by the Global Health Program at Boston Children’s Hospital to conduct a needs assessment and subsequent training in suicide prevention approaches to mental health professionals in Kazakhstan. Future research and programming goals include ongoing collaborations with medical and academic institutions across Central Asia to develop curricula focused on managing suicide risk for mental health professionals. These efforts will aim to expand the implementation of suicide prevention approaches in settings providing mental health care.

Scotty Fay is a pediatric nurse in the Boston Children’s Hospital Emergency Department. Scotty has earned two bachelor of science degrees, her first in in biology, and a second degree in nursing. Prior to joining BCH, Scotty worked in a busy outpatient pediatrics clinic. Additionally, Scotty worked extensively in West Africa before becoming a nurse, spending two years in Mali with the Peace Corps, teaching high school biology and physics. Scotty's fellowship work was a multi-stream program in partnership with a pediatric hospital in Kumasi, Ghana. Scotty designed a 10 week nursing curriculum in general pediatrics nursing care including pathophysiology, pharmacology, and skill-based education for nurses to enhance their knowledge, skills, and confidence to provide pediatric care. Additionally, Scotty worked with BCH child life staff (Christine Dumais and Dafne Saavedra-Preskins) to implement a focused curriculum for nurses in methods to support ill or injured children to help them cope with the challenges of hospitalization, illness, and disability.

Dr. Harris is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Co-Director of the Center for Adolescent Behavioral Health Research in the Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine. She is also a board-certified Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in Boston Children’s Outpatient Psychiatry Services. Dr. Harris has worked collaboratively throughout her career with investigators globally in adolescent behavioral health research, including in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Australia. Her research focuses on youth substance use and related risk behavior prevention, screening, and brief intervention. A recent example is a project in which she has been part of a team, with academic and community partners in Zambia, testing a culturally-adapted spiritually-based character strengths and resiliency training program to prevent/reduce substance use in Zambian adolescents and young adults.

Dr. Uribe-Leitz is a Senior Staff Scientist in the Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Instructor in Surgery at Harvard Medical School (HMS). He also serves as Faculty Lead for Latin America in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine’s Program in Global Surgery and Social Change at HMS. He earned his medical degree from Anahuac University in Mexico and a master’s in public health from Boston University. He completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at Stanford University, Department of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care and is currently a Dr. rer. nat (PhD) candidate at the Technical University of Munich School of Medicine and Health in Germany. His research focuses on global surgery, surgical epidemiology, and trauma systems, with an emphasis on data analysis, policy, advocacy, and geographic information systems to improve surgical access for underserved populations. He collaborates with partners in Latin America on research, policy, and implementation projects and has contributed as a technical collaborator to Ecuador’s National Surgical Plan, a framework for strengthening surgical systems.