Samar Bashour, MD

Senior Clinical Instructor, Case Western Reserve University

Board Certified in Pediatrics

Special Interests: Asthma and allergies

Languages: Arabic, French

Residency Training: MetroHealth Medical Center

Medical School: University of Damascus, Syria, 1989

Practice Site(s):

• Brooklyn Medical Group

Lisa Brand, MD

Instructor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University

Special Training: Case Western Reserve University, International Health

Residency Training: MetroHealth Medical Center, Pediatrics

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University, 1989

Practice Site(s):

• Buckeye Health Center

Elaine Fitzgerald, MD

Clinical Instructor, Case Western Reserve University

Board Certified in Pediatrics

Special Interests: General Pediatrics

Residency Training: Albany Medical Center Hospital, Pediatrics; Mount Sinai Medical Center, Pediatrics, 1986

Medical School: Albany Medical College, 1983

Practice Site(s):

• Buckeye Health Center 

Philip Fragassi, MD

Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University

Board Certified in Pediatrics

Residency Training: Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, University Hospitals, 1994

Medical School: University of South Carolina, 1991

Special Training: Faculty Development Program in Substance Abuse, Case Western Reserve University

Interests: Maternal, Adolescent and Infant Substance Abuse, acting, biking and swimming.

Languages: Spanish

"I am very accessible - I give all my patients my pager number."

Practice Site(s):

• West Park Medical Group 
• MetroHealth Medical Center

Gwen Glazer, MD

Clinical Instructor, Case Western Reserve University

Board Certified in Pediatrics

Residency Training: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Pediatrics

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University, 1984

"I worked for 5 years as a teacher in an elementary school with a Montessori philosophy and worked 1 year in a class with children with learning differences."

Practice Site(s):

• Buckeye Health Center

Eleanor Gottesman, MD

Clinical Instructor, Case Western Reserve University

Board Certified in Pediatrics; Training Certificate in Child Psychiatry

Special Interests: Child Psychiatry, Behavioral Pediatrics, ADHD and Learning Difficulties

Residency Training: Parnet Hospital, Algiers, Pediatrics 1977; St. Luke's Hospital, Pediatrics, 1987; University Hospitals of Cleveland, Child Psychiatry, 1990

Medical School: University of Algiers, Algeria, 1973

Practice Site(s):

• Buckeye Health Center

Harry Kiefer, MD

Instructor, Case Western Reserve University

Fellowship: Pediatrics, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1978-1980

Residency Training: Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1978

Medical School: University of Illinois, 1976

Practice Site(s):

• Thomas F. McCafferty Health Center

Sophia Orraca-Tetteh, MD

Residency: Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, New York, NY

Medical School: University of Ghana Medical School, Ghana

Special interests: Adolescent medicine, asthma, allergy and infectious disease, pediatric sports medicine, office gynecology and minor surgery. Personal interests include aerobic exercise, swimming, tennis, squash and adult Bible school.

Practice Site(s):

• Buckeye Health Center

Candis Platt-Houston, MD
Associate Medical Director, Lee-Harvard Health Center

Clinical Instructor, Case Western Reserve University

Residency: University Hospitals/Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, 2003

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University

Practice Site(s):

• Lee-Harvard Health Center

Veronica Crowe-Carpenter, RN, CPNP

Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Nursing School: St. Vincent Charity Hospital

Special Training: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, MetroHealth Medical Center, 1979

Other Interests: Childhood Development and Behavior, Stress management for parents

Research: Abstract, 1986, High Tech Pediatric Home Care

Practice Site(s):

• Thomas F. McCafferty Health Center