Our Training Team

Dr. Farhiyo Abdulle

OB/GYN, Certified Essential Newborn Care (ENC)

Naimo Farah

Registered Nurse, BSN, Adjunct Instructor at Rasmussen University and Hennepin Technical College Nursing Department

Dr. Ellen Diego

US-trained Assistant Professor in the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and clinical neonatologist at the University of Minnesota (UMN). Essential Newborn Care (ENC) instructor

Sadiya Hassan

Registered Nurse, BSN, Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) nurse, interested in global health

Assad Omar

Registered Nurse, BSN, Certified Essential Newborn Care (ENC). Assad Omar RN, BSN, currently works at HCMC  hospital. Assad has extensive experience and skills in patient care.

Amy Martin BS, RRT-ACCS Respiratory Therapy Supervisor

Amy Martin has 19 years of experience in Respiratory Therapy. She currently works at Hennepin Healthcare as the Respiratory Therapy Supervisor.

Faiso Abdulle Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)

Faiso Abdulle is a Family Nurse Practitioner. She has devoted her professional career in the healthcare field serving the underserved. Her goal is to close the gap in healthcare inequality across

Deka Abdulle Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM)

eka Abdulle is a certified nurse-midwife with extensive and long experience providing care to patients in need both as a midwife provider and when she practiced several years as a registered nurse.

Stacene Maroushek MD PhD MPH Pediatric Infectious Diseases & General Pediatrics

Dr. Maroushek has been practicing pediatrics for over 20 years. She is a specialist in Pediatric Infectious Disease with areas of interest and emphasis in Immigrant/Refugee Health, Tropical/Travel Medicine including tuberculosis, malaria, perinatal HIV, and Hepatitis.

Angel Davis, RN, BSN, MS, Senior Staff Nurse

Angie been a NICU nurse for 18 years. She is a clinical coordinator in case management for women's and children’s health and wellness.

Constance A. Adkisson, MD Pediatrics - Neonatal

Dr. Adkisson is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Medical School and Medical Director of the Newborn Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, at Hennepin Healthcare.

Ashajyothi Siddappa, MD Pediatrics – Neonatal

Dr. Siddappa is a staff Neonatologist in the Department of Pediatrics and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota.

Tina Slusher, MD Pediatric Critical Care

Dr. Slusher is a pediatric critical care doctor who went to medical school at the University of Kentucky and then a pediatric residency at Oklahoma University/Children's Memorial Hospital Oklahoma. 

Sara Wendt, RN, BSN, MSN

Professional Development Specialist Nurse Residency Program Patient and Family Education Committee Chair

Marjorie Hogan, MD General Pediatrics

Dr. Marjorie Hogan is a retired pediatrician in Minneapolis. She worked as a general pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist for over 40 years, both at Children’s MN and Hennepin Healthcare.