Megan Aylor
Megan is a native of the Pacific Northwest and completed medical school at OHSU. She ventured to the east coast for residency training, followed by a chief year, at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She was delighted to return to OHSU as a pediatric hospitalist and medical educator. Megan has an interest in patient safety, team communication, and quality improvement, and worked for many years as an APD and medical director before taking on the PD role. Megan loves being a pediatric residency program director, as she finds working with pediatric trainees and being part of their professional development rewarding beyond measure. 

When not at work, Megan loves dancing, hiking the beautiful Pacific Northwest trails, traveling, eating good food, and playing games with her husband and two daughters.

Sarah Green
Sarah is an Oregon native and a graduate of OHSU medical school and our beloved residency program. She spent a year as chief before joining the pediatric hospitalists and becoming an associate program director for the Pediatric Residency Program.  

Sarah loves the teamwork that comes with taking care of patients with students and residents, and is committed to making all feel included. She has been known to inadvertently delay rounds while socializing with all the friendly faces on the wards and does her best to teach while taking thoughtful care of children and their families. Her role as associate program director is a wonderful complement, allowing her to have input on resident education as well as the opportunity to support and coach an incredible group of smart, kind, hard-working humans. She is the chair of the Residency Competency Committee, which works to ensure that every resident is successful. She is grateful for her feisty and dedicated colleagues and can assure you there has never been a boring team meeting! 

At home, Sarah has a husband, two step-daughters, a son, and a part-time bunny. She does her best to make sure everyone has at least been fed and, if she’s lucky, gets them all outside. She loves being a mom to her three kids and is grateful for all the adventures and chaos that ensues.

Devlynne “Sasha” Ondusko
Sasha joined the faculty as a Neonatologist at OHSU in 2022 and joined the residency leadership as an associate program director for the pediatric residency in 2023. She first moved to America for medical school, after completing her undergraduate degree in Nursing in Ontario, Canada. She completed medical school in Milwaukee, WI, and moved out to Portland for residency and fell in love with the PNW. Sasha’s scholarship focuses on health equity specifically identifying disparities (secondary to the social construct of race, rurality and resource deprivation, and language discordance), understanding their driving forces, and working to mitigate these disparities.

Sasha grew up in a few different countries but now calls Portland home. She’s is an avid runner, biker, and snowboarder and spends most of her non-clinical/non-scholarship time outside with her wife, Megan, and 85lb poodle, Indie.

David Rozansky
David (or “DJR” as he is known around Doernbecher) is a faculty member in pediatric nephrology, researching sodium transport mechanisms and clinically concentrating on renal tubular conditions, hypertension, and dialysis. He has been a faculty member at OHSU since 2001, including serving as an associate program director for the residency program since 2008. DJR educationally enjoys curriculum development for interactive conferences and subspecialty rotations. He also teaches trainees at all levels within the School of Medicine. 

DJR grew up in San Diego, receiving most of his undergraduate and medical school training in California before doing his pediatric residency in Chicago and nephrology fellowship in San Francisco. He and his wife Elana raised their two sons in the Portland area and recently became grandparents. DJR loves sports, his sports teams, reading history, and outdoor adventures, especially throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Melissa Weddle
Melissa has been faculty at OHSU since 2010, serving as continuity clinic director and associate pediatric program director. She is an East Coast transplant who grew up in Virginia and has practiced in Maryland, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Washington prior to coming to OHSU. She has worked in varied primary care settings, including federally qualified health centers, private practice, and an academic clinic. At OHSU, Melissa has embraced the opportunities for scholarship and education in ethics, compassionate communication, and adolescent health. Opportunities to teach both within and outside the clinical setting, continually learn from those around her, and listen to residents and colleagues to figure out how to make our program ever better are what make her job rewarding.  

Melissa has a writer-scientist-teacher husband and two grown-up children who live too far away. Outside of medicine, she loves movies with subtitles, food with spice, and hikes with views. She is a dog person. And a cat person.

Jodi Leonard, Residency Program Education Manager
Jodi has dedicated over 20 years to the educational mission of the OHSU Department of Pediatrics and the institution’s graduate medical education community, receiving the ultimate honor of the ACGME Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Award in 2021. As the residency education manager, she has found the perfect home for her “mothering” heart. She works to keep the program on track with proactive organization, creative forward-thinking, open collaboration on all levels and endless optimism. She is honored to work alongside such a supportive and compassionate leadership team, and is continually inspired by the residents she works with.  

When she is not organizing schedules and recruitment, she enjoys time with her wonderfully silly family – usually outdoors hiking or camping. She is also an avid sports-mom and has logged many hours cheering from the sidelines!

Michael Grubbs, Pediatric Residency Program Technician
Mike was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, and moved to Portland for college, where he earned a degree in theology. After graduation, he got married and moved across the country to live in Big Apple (NYC). It was there that he started working in GME, as the fellowship coordinator for the Gastroenterology Fellowship Program at the Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center. After eight years of long daily commuting and having two wonderful children, Mike and his family moved back to the great Pacific Northwest where the air is fresh and clean. In 2015, he was hired at OHSU as the program coordinator for the Pediatric Residency Program. It is here that he found true happiness working with all the wonderful residents and caring program staff. In his current role as residency program technician, Mike enjoys taking care of the day-to-day operations of the program, and always makes sure the resident lounge is supplied with tasty snacks.  

Mike now live across the river in Vancouver, Washington, with his wife Julie, son Nolan (age 10) and daughter Lily (age 6). Outside of work, he loves spending time with his children in the outdoors, making fresh sourdough bread with his wife, and raising chickens (he has recently started bartering eggs for coffee beans!!).

Laura McWhirter
Laura is originally from Boulder, Colorado. She completed both undergraduate and medical school at the University of Colorado. She was drawn to the PNW because of OHSU's incredibly supportive residency program and the beautiful outdoor landscape. She is thrilled to be one of the chief residents this year!

Laura is interested in medical education and loves all things simulation! She is enthusiastic about teaching medical students and residents. She strives to be a lifelong learner herself and finds joy in learning new things from each and every patient she cares for. Laura is spending clinical time this year in the hospitalist and newborn nursery departments. She is interested in neonatology and loves procedures and intensive care.

Outside of work, Laura loves exploring- from finding new hikes around Mt Hood to galivanting around the Oregon coast to exploring the neighborhoods around her home in Southeast Portland. She enjoys thrifting and can often be found at any of the local Goodwill stores. She is an avid lover of both coffee and tea. She is obsessed with reading mystery books and loves attending dance classes at a local dance studio.

Boone Rhinehart
Originally from Boise, Idaho, Boone completed osteopathic medical training at Pacific Northwest University of Health Science and residency training at OHSU and now Pediatric Chief Resident with an interest in pediatric emergency care.

Boone is particularly enthusiastic about working with trainees, finding immense satisfaction in contributing to their excitement about pediatric medicine. As Chief Resident and Pediatric Hospitalist, Boone is committed to fostering a supportive and enriching environment for both patients and residents. His scholarly work thus far has included expanding access to video interpretation services in the Gen Peds clinic and studying newborn visits to the Pediatric Emergency Room.

Outside of work, Boone lives in Southwest Portland and enjoys spending time with his wife and four children. They love exploring the many family friendly activities around Portland, including the almost limitless public parks, libraries, splash pads, restaurants, and nature trails in the area. In free time he enjoys baking, cooking and staying active with CrossFit and Zumba dancing.

Austen Yeager
Austen grew up here in Portland. She left the West Coast for college and studied philosophy at Carleton College in Minnesota. After graduating, Austen spent a year living in Sweden where she earned a Master's Degree in Applied Ethics at Linköping University. She then returned to her hometown to attend medical school at OHSU. She was thrilled to match here for peds residency as well, and to now be continuing the journey as chief resident. During chief year, Austen will be dividing clinical time between the Newborn Nursery and General Pediatrics Clinic at OHSU. She is ultimately planning to pursue a subspecialty career in Pediatric Endocrinology.

Outside of the hospital, Austen loves to be outside. She spends her time hiking, biking, and backcountry skiing with her husband Edward. She also enjoys finding new restaurants, attending Portland Timbers and Thorn's games, and taking picnics to Portland's many beautiful city parks.