Intestinal Rehabilitation Team
Patients in the Intestinal Rehabilitation Program receive care from the multidisciplinary CUIRE (Care Under Intestinal Rehabilitation Excellence) team
Fauzia Shakeel, M.D.
NEONATOLOGY
Dr. Shakeel specializes in neonatology with the Johns Hopkins All Children's Maternal, Fetal & Neonatal Institute. She joined the medical staff in 1999. She has a clinical focus on nutritional care for neonates to improve clinical outcomes in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and improving clinical outcomes in infants with short bowel syndrome at risk of intestinal failure. She is chair of the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Care Under Intestinal Rehabilitation Excellence (CUIRE) intestinal rehabilitation program. She also has a clinical focus on Patient Safety & Quality and is a quality lead for the hospital’s Maternal Fetal & Neonatal Institute.
Kimberly Law-Sigety, M.D.
PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY
Dr. Law has been a long-time resident of Florida, growing up in Orlando and completing her undergraduate studies and medical school at the University of South Florida in Tampa. She trained at USF for pediatric residency and spent an additional year as chief USF pediatric resident at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. She lived in New York City while completing her fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University. She spent her training in both clinical practice and lab research focusing on the enteric nervous system and motility issues in mice. Her career passion is caring for children with all types of general GI disorders.
Brittany Casey, M.D.
PEDIATRIC HOSPITALIST
Dr. Brittany Casey completed her fellowship training in 2021 and now practices pediatric hospital medicine at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. She is a member of the pediatric intestinal rehabilitation team as an inpatient and outpatient pediatrician. Her academic interests during fellowship focused on quality improvement, specifically in hospital readmissions and the care of the medically complex child.
Carolyn Kelly, M.S., A.P.R.N.
NEONATAL NURSE PRACTITIONER
Carolyn Kelly, M.S., A.P.R.N., is a neonatal nurse practitioner and clinical leader with the Maternal, Fetal & Neonatal Institute. She joined the hospital in 1996. She is the Intestinal Rehabilitation program coordinator and a member of the hospital’s Neonatal Nutrition Committee. She is also an active member of the Florida Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners and, at the national level, is a member of the Academy of Neonatal Nurses. She earned a bachelor of nursing degree at Memorial University of Newfoundland and a master of science in the neonatal nurse practitioner program at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.
Jeanne Katechis, R.N.
REGISTERED NURSE
Jeanne Katechis, R.N., is a registered nurse at Johns Hopkins All Children’s and serves as CUIRE program specialty coordinator. She joined the hospital staff in 2017. She has previously worked as an R.N. at Pinellas Vascular Associates in St. Petersburg, Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville, and Capital Regional Medical Center in Tallahassee. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Thomas University in Thomasville, Georgia.
Megan Charlton, Pharm.D.
NICU/CCDH CLINICAL SPECIALIST
Megan Charlton earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2010 from Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy in Auburn, AL. She then completed an ASHP-accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice residency with a concentration in Pediatrics at The Children’s Hospital at Sacred Heart Health System in Pensacola, FL. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in 2020, she worked as the NICU Pharmacist and PGY-1 Residency Program Director at the Medical Center of Trinity in Trinity, Florida.
Kalie Scharpf
DIETITIAN
Kalie Scharpf, MS, RD, LDN, CSPCC, is a Board Certified Critical Care Dietitian with experience in neonatal and pediatric intensive care. She joined the Intestinal Rehabilitation team at Johns Hopkins All Children’s in 2022. Prior to joining All Children’s, she was a Dietitian in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida. While there, she worked closely with doctors and nurses to implement the latest evidence-based research into calculating optimal medical nutrition therapy specific to each patient’s age, physical needs and clinical care. She earned her bachelor’s degree in dietetics at the University of Dayton and master’s at The University of Southern Mississippi, specializing in nutrition and food systems with an emphasis in dietetics practice.
