The wait times in our emergency departments are longer than usual due to illnesses like RSV and the flu. View our estimated ED wait times and learn more about where to get care for your sick child.

What to expect from our department

Hospitalists are among the first faces kids see when they’re transferred to an inpatient or observation unit. During this process, our team confers with the admitting doctor and the patient’s pediatrician to gather information and plan for first-rate care.

Hospitalists visit their patients at least once a day — and more often as needed. Our team members usually work several days in a row so we can get to know the kids better.

If you have a question or concern, we’re here to help. Even if it’s 4:00 a.m. on a holiday, you’ll always find us busy on the unit. To speak with your hospitalist, please ask your child’s nurse or any member of the care team.

Get to know our team

If you visit Children’s Minnesota general medical and surgical floor or observation unit, be on the look out for:

Aimee Sznewajs, MD
Medical director of Pediatric Hospital Medicine


Our full team of doctors and nurse practitioners in the pediatric hospital medicine department at Children’s Minnesota can be found below. (Click on their names to read their profiles.)

Kelsey
Ankeny

MD
1
Charles
Baker

MD
1
Nicole
Beckmann

PhD APRN CPNP-PC
1
BrieAnna
Bloomquist

MD
Julie
Boman

MD
Katherine
Booker

MD
Christopher
Bowron

MD
1
Katherine
Brunsberg

MD
1
Abigail
Brunsvold

DNP APRN CPNP-AC/PC
1
Rebecca
Carlson

APRN CPNP-PC
1
Emily
Chapman

MD
1
Pamela
Chawla

MD MHA
1
Polo
Chen

MD
Kimberly
Cochran

MD
Rachel
Darling

MD
1
Megan
Deisz

MD
Daniel
Farber

MD
Jessica
Goreham-Voss

MD
1
Sonja
Green

MD
1
Mary Ellen
Heezen

MD
Jesse
Hennum

MD
1
Courtney
Herring

MD
1
Gabrielle
Hester

MD
1
Amy
Janisch

APRN CPNP-PC
Maureen
Jaqua

DO
1
Mary
Johnson

APRN CPNP-PC
1
Cassandra
Jones

APRN CPNP-PC
Justin
Kirven

MD
1
Krysta
Koepke

MD
1
Nadia
Maccabee-Ryaboy

MD
1
Molly
Martyn

MD
James
McCabe

MD
1
Tracey
McGuinn

MD
Paul
Melchert

MD
Peter
Melchert

MD
1
Ann
Menier

APRN CPNP-PC
1
Mani
Mokalla

MD
1
Abby
Montague

MD
Kirsten
Morse

APRN CPNP-PC
1
Justine
Mrosak

MD
Micah
Niermann

MD
Angela
Noble

MD
1
Noreen
Nordling

APRN CPNP-PC
Erin
Novak

MD
1
Jodi
O'Neill

APRN CPNP-PC
Christina
Peacock

MD
Patrick
Pederson

MD
1
Kristin
Peterson

MD
1
Jennifer
Pratt

DO
Elizabeth
Reed

MD
1
Michele
Richardson

MD
Daniel
Ries

MD
1
Amara
Rosenthal

DNP APRN CPNP-PC
1
Hillary
Ross

APRN CPNP-PC
Lacy
Schwarze

MD
1
Angela
Sidler

MD
1
Gloria
Swanson

MD
David
Tetzlaff

MD
1
Nicole
Weihrauch

APRN CPNP-AC
1
Jennifer
Weyandt

APRN CPNP-PC
Anthony
Williams

MD
Erin
Wise

MD
Timothy
Wood

MD
1
Lindsey
Yock

MD

– Children’s Minnesota Employee

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