Resident Life in the DC Area When you live and work at Inova (located just 10 miles from Washington, DC), you have the world at your fingertips. The DC region offers unlimited access to political, cultural, historical, and educational opportunities. With so many attractions just minutes from your door, the hardest part is deciding which to try first. About Northern Virginia Inova is situated in the heart of Northern Virginia, a rapidly growing community with a population of 2 million and counting.

Danielle Dang, MD, MA Class of 2025 Undergraduate: The College of William and Mary, BS Neuroscience, Biochemistry Graduate: Case Western Reserve University, MA Medical Ethics Medical School: Texas A&M University College of Medicine Clinical/Research Interests: Skull Base Neurosurgery, Neuro-Oncology, Neurotrauma, Neuroethics and Neurocritical Care, Surgical Anatomy Research Awards: CNS Resident Committee, Gold Humanism Honors Society, AANS Top Gun Top Medical Student, Co-Founder AANS Texas A&M Medical Student Chapter, Lemke Scholarship, Brain Matters 3 Early Career Scholar Award, NCA

James W. Leiphart, MD, PhD Program Director Neurological Surgery Residency Program It is an exciting time to be part of the neurosurgery program at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus. In nearly a decade of neurosciences leadership led by Dr. James Ecklund, the former chairman of the Walter Reed Neurosurgery Residency, the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus has evolved from a level 1 trauma center with a busy clinical neurosurgery service to an academic center with a comprehensive neurosciences program. Inova Fairfax Medical Campus was granted a neurological surgery residency program in 2016.

Inova L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital's PHM Fellowship accepts applications through ERAS. Please refer to the MyERAS website for application deadlines and requirements. Additional questions can be referred to the fellowship Program Manager at courtney.crenshaw@inova.org.

The PHM fellowship curriculum is based on the curricular framework set forth by the Council of Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Directors and is designed to meet ACGME training requirements. At the start of fellowship, fellows will meet with the program director and a PHM faculty mentor to discuss their educational and career goals so that their individualized curriculum is designed to fit their needs.

Kamilah Halmon, MD, FAAP PHM Program Director Kamilah Halmon, MD, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatric hospitalist at Inova Children's Hospital. Dr. Halmon completed her undergraduate degree at Spelman College in Atlanta and graduated from St. Louis University School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency at Inova Children's Hospital, where she was also Chief Resident. Dr. Halmon lives in Fairfax.

Lani Kroese, MD Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) Fellow, PGY-5 Undergraduate Education: College of William and Mary Medical Education: University of Virginia School of Medicine Pediatric Residency Training: UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh PHM Interests: Quality improvement work. Extracurricular Interests: I love hiking in Virginia and taking trips into DC to try new brunch spots. I also used to do gymnastics and enjoy staying active. Why I Chose Inova: Inova Children's provides a wonderfully unique environment to practice pediatric hospital medicine.