First-Year Fellows
Dr. James Acuff
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Residency: University of Tennessee Health Science Center Nashville - Ascension St. Thomas
Interests: Antimicrobial stewardship, medical education, prosthetic joint infections, viral hepatitis
Dr. Ashwini Gotimukul
Medical School: Osmania Medical College (India)
Residency: Ascension St. Joseph Hospital (Chicago)
Interests: Transplant ID, HIV medicine, atypical mycobacterial infections, antimicrobial stewardship
Dr. Ganesh Krishnamurthi
Medical School: Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California
Residency: Los Angeles General Hospital/University of Southern California
Interests: Antimicrobial stewardship, HIV medicine, fungal diseases
Dr. Armando Leon Silva
Medical School: Universidad Central de Venezuela School of Medicine (Venezuela)
Residency: Jefferson Einstein Hospital (Philadelphia)
Interests: Global health, parasitology, tropical medicine, mycology, diagnostic stewardship, phage therapy, antimicrobial stewardship, medical education
Dr. JD'Feau Lieu
Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago
Graduate school (Ph.D.): University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Interests: Host-pathogen interactions, bacterial protein toxins
Dr. Alfonso Siu
Medical School: University of Panama (Panama)
Residency: Flushing Hospital (Flushing, N.Y.)
Interests: Immunocompromised ID, high-value care, medical education, machine learning
Second-Year Fellows
Dr. Haitham Soro Alaithan
Medical School: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
Residency: George Washington University Hospital
Interests: Diagnostic and Antibiotic stewardship, global health, and medical education.
Dr. Kelli Bagwell
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas
Residency: University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School in Austin, Texas
Interests: HIV medicine, antibiotic stewardship, medical education and the intersection of ID with substance use disorders
Dr. Tyler Brehm
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Interests: medical education, antimicrobial stewardship, and fungal infections.
Dr. Marilyne Daher
Medical School: American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Interests: Transplant ID, Antimicrobial Stewardship.
Dr. Jishna Shrestha
Medical School: Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal
Residency: Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital/ Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University
Interests: General ID, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Fungal infection, Global Health