First-Year Fellows

Medical school: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Residency: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California)
Interests: Global health, diseases of poverty, neglected tropical diseases, antimicrobial stewardship, advocacy

Medical school: Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo (Ecuador)
Residency: New York Medical College — Metropolitan Hospital (New York City)
Interests: HIV medicine, opportunistic infections, tropical medicine, medical education

Medical school: American University of Beirut
Residency: Piedmont Athens Regional (Athens, Georgia)
Interests: Immunocompromised hosts, vaccinology, virology

Medical school: University of Kansas School of Medicine
Residency: Providence Portland Medical Center (Portland, Oregon)
Interests: Global health, public health, infection prevention and control

Medical school: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Hackensack University Medical Center (Hackensack, New Jersey)
Interests: Global health, transplant infectious diseases, medical education

Medical school: University of the West Indies (Jamaica)
Residency: Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center (Summit, New Jersey)
Interests: Transplant infectious diseases, immunocompromised hosts, antimicrobial stewardship, medical education
Second-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, Illinois)
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, Pennsylvania)
Interests: Global health, parasitology, tropical medicine, mycology, diagnostic stewardship, phage therapy, antimicrobial stewardship, medical education

Dr. D'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, New York)
Interests: Immunocompromised ID, high-value care, medical education, machine learning
Medicine-Pediatrics Fellow

Medical school: University of Texas Medical Branch
Residency: University of Missouri — Kansas City
Interests: Combined adult and pediatric infectious diseases, global health, travel medicine, tropical medicine, medical education