The Authority Health Pediatrics Residency Program is a three-year program that is uniquely positioned to provide the full range of training in pediatrics with an emphasis on urban communities that are medically underserved in the state of Michigan. Seventy percent of the Authority Health pediatric resident rotations are done at Detroit Medical Center (DMC) Children’s Hospital of Michigan located in Detroit. The core pediatric inpatient rotations are integrated with the large residency program at Children’s Hospital, providing for an excellent educational experience.
Additionally, the residents see their continuity clinic patients in Detroit-area Federally Qualified Health Centers and rotate through various other sites to gain excellent experience in ambulatory pediatrics. This program affords each resident the opportunity to further extend his/her knowledge to all areas of pediatrics, including but not limited to general pediatric care, critical pediatric care and subspecialty pediatric care, through elective rotations. Residents also participate in a two-year Population Health and Equity Certification program with monthly didactic sessions through a partnership with Michigan Public Health Training Center, University of Michigan School of Public Health.
The residency is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). At the end of the three-year residency program, residents will be eligible to sit for the American Board of Pediatrics. Upon completion of the program, residents will receive a residency diploma from Authority Health/Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (MSUCOM). (This is not offered in other disciplines.)
Continuity Clinic
Continuity Clinic sites are located at private practice clinics that are designated as Federally Qualified Health Centers in and around Detroit. Residents spend one half day per week at their continuity clinic sites and will not only have exposure to primary care medicine in an underserved population but will also learn about the nuances of running a business and how to manage a panel of patients as if they are your own. Residents complete one of two ambulatory rotations per year at their continuity clinic sites with the goal of establishing relationships with their continuity clinic patients. (This is not offered in other disciplines.)
Categorial Pediatrics – NRMP # 1920320C0
Pediatrics Residency Staff
Chaya Pitman-Hunt, DO, FAAP
Program Director
Chaya Pitman-Hunt, DO, FAAP, is pediatrics program director for Authority Health. In addition, Dr. Hunt is a pediatric hospitalist at Children’s Hospital of Michigan where she sees patients and works closely with the resident teams. She also serves as faculty for Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine – DMC Campus. Dr. Pitman-Hunt graduated from Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Michigan.
Kevin Dazy, MD
Associate Program Director
Kevin Dazy, MD, associate program director for the Authority Health Pediatric Program, is a pediatric hospitalist at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, where he supervises resident teams while attending to his patients. Dr. Dazy completed his residency at Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor.
Maisha Hossain, BS
Program Coordinator
Maisha Hossain is Detroit native and a graduate from University of Central Florida, where she received a BS in Health Science. She has an extensive background in youth/community development along with communications and health care administration. She is passionate for her love of helping underserved communities and seeks to bring her experiences and skill set to Authority Health. Outside of work, Maisha likes to spend time volunteering at different nonprofit organizations and spending quality time with her family and friends.
Andrea Luna Romero, DO
Chief Resident
Andrea Luna Romero, DO is one of the chief residents for the Pediatrics Program. She is originally from Caracas, Venezuela and moved all over the place before ending up in Michigan for college. She received her B.S. in Neuroscience at Michigan State before attending Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine to obtain her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree.
Andrea chose Authority Health because of her interest in providing care to underserved populations, as well as teaching and mentoring students. During residency, she became interested in intensive care and is pursuing Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine fellowship, with plans to do research in improving neurodevelopmental outcomes in this patient population.
Outside of medicine, she loves spending time with her husband and their dog, running, biking, and hiking. She also enjoys reading fiction and crafting, and recently started knitting.
Hanna Tran, MD
Chief Resident
Hanna Tran, MD is one of the chief residents for the Pediatrics Program. She is from northern California but moved to southern California to attend University of California, San Diego for her undergraduate education. She majored and obtained her B.S. in Biochemistry and Cell Biology and minored in Sociology before moving to Detroit, MI to attend Wayne State University School of Medicine for her undergraduate medical education.
Hanna’s medical interests lie in urban medicine and providing care to the underserved population. That was a primary driver in why she chose Authority Health and stayed in Detroit to pursue her graduate medical training. She is also passionate about medical education for medical students and residents and interested in improving her skills towards quality improvement. These interests combined with wanting to be a patient’s medical home in the inpatient setting are why Hanna plans to pursue Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellowship.
Outside of medicine, Hanna enjoys creative endeavors such as crafts and pottery painting, trying new restaurants, and obtaining blind box toys. She has been trying to read more for fun, and her next goal is to learn to crochet!
Pediatrics Resident Program
3 Year Block Schedule
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Ambulatory/1-week vacation | Ambulatory/1-week vacation | Ambulatory/1-week vacation |
| Ambulatory/1-week vacation | Ambulatory/1-week vacation | Ambulatory/1-week vacation |
| ED | ED | ED |
| Newborn | Newborn Supervisor | Allergy Immunology |
| NICU | NICU | GI/ID Consult |
| 4 week Selective | Heme/Onc - Clinic/Consults | Nephrology |
| Inpatient Peds | PICU | PICU |
| Inpatient Peds | Cardiology | Inpatient Peds Supervisor |
| Inpatient Peds | Community Medicine | Inpatient Peds Supervisor-Night Float |
| Observation Unit | Observation Unit Supervisor | Inpatient Peds Supervisor |
| Behavior Development | Infectious Disease | Adolescent Medicine |
| 4-week elective | 4-week elective | 4-week elective |
| Vacation 2 week/selective 2 week | Vacation 2 week/elective 2 week | Vacation 2 week/elective 2 week |