People | ID Fellowship
Program Leadership
Program Director – Dr. Erin Bonura
Favorite Hobby: Skiing!
Favorite Restaurant: Pip’s Doughnuts
Favorite Microbe: Bartonella
Book currently reading: Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Associate Program Director - Dr. Luke Strnad
Favorite Hobby: Hiking/camping
Favorite Restaurant: Canard
Favorite Microbe: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Book currently reading: No Time To Spare by Ursula K. Le Guin
2023-2024 OHSU Infectious Diseases fellows
First Year Fellows
Brian Carpenter, DO
DO: Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix
Favorite Hobby: Traveling and playing with my pups
Favorite Restaurant: Dick's Hideaway in Phoenix AZ
Favorite Microbe: Coccidioides immitis
Book currently reading: "Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari
Samara Levine, MD
MD: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Residency: University of Colorado
Favorite Hobby: Skiing
Favorite Restaurant: Eem
Favorite Microbe: Treponema pallidum
Book currently reading: Wild Swans by Jung Chang
Ahmad Mismar, MD
MD: University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Detroit Medical Center/Sinai-Grace Hospital
Favorite Hobby: Cooking and baking
Favorite Restaurant: Leila restaurant/Detroit, Michigan
Favorite Microbe: Staph Aureus
Book currently reading: Koolaids by Rabih Alameddine
Second Year Fellows
Julieta Madrid Morales, MD
MD: CES University, Medellín, Colombia
Residency: UT Health San Antonio, Texas
Favorite Hobby: Walks/hikes with my dog, exploring local restaurants and breweries
Favorite Restaurant: Olivia, in my hometown Medellin
Favorite Microbe: Finegoldia magna. Just a fancy name
Book currently reading: The wind knows my name by Isabel Allende
Pie Pichetsurnthorn, MD
MD: University of Kansas School of Medicine- Wichita
Residency: University of Kansas School of Medicine- Wichita Internal Medicine Program
Favorite Hobby: Creating an indoor jungle oasis with my plants, exploring local eateries and breweries, and spending time with my puppy Taco.
Favorite Restaurant: Dempsey Burger in Wichita, KS
Favorite Microbe: Treponema Pallidum
Book currently reading: "Fever, Feuds, and Diamonds" by Paul Farmer and MKSAP 19.... studying for IM boards :(
Radhika Sheth, M.B., B.S.
MD: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Medical Education Trust Medical College
Residency: Henry Ford Allegiance Health
Favorite Hobby: social dancing, hiking, and exploring new restaurants
Favorite Restaurant: Brunch at Broder Cafe in Portland!
Favorite Microbe: HIV, always
Book currently reading: The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty
Recent Fellowship Graduates
- Tuan Dung Nguyen - Medical Consultant, San Diego County TB program
- Primary mentor: Timothy Menza
- Primary area of focus: HIV U=U trends in Oregon
- Jose Rivera Sarti - Private practice, Vancouver, WA (Vancouver Clinic)
- Primary mentor: Morgan Hakki
- Primary area of focus: Anaerobic bacteremia in febrile neutropenia
- James Zou - Swedish Infectious Diseases, Seattle, WA
- Primary mentor: Ellie Sukerman and Jim Lewis
- Primary area of focus: Antibiotic stewardship of SSTIs: Implementation of a MRSA swab protocol
- Mike Conte - Private practice, Vancouver, WA (Vancouver Clinic)
- Primary mentor: Monica Sikka
- Primary area of focus: Management of infections in individuals with substance use disorder
- Fabian Dammann - Transplant ID fellowship at the University of Miami followed by clinical practice in Baltimore, MD
- Primary mentor: Tim Menza and Lynne Strasfeld
- Primary area of focus: Syphilis trends in the heterosexual population in Oregon; Infectious complications in renal transplant patients with ADPKD
- Hiro Park - Private practice, Las Vegas, NV (Infectious Diseases Partners of Nevada)
- Primary mentor: Jessina McGregor and Jina Makadia
- Primary area of focus: Secondary infections in patients admitted with COVID-19; Diabetic foot infections
- Sujeet Govindan - OHSU, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious diseases
- Primary mentor: Luke Strnad
- Primary area of focus: Stewardship of blood culture testing
- Brenton Schneider - Private practice, St. Paul, Minnesota
- Primary mentor: Monica Sikka
- Primary area of focus: OPAT in vulnerable populations
- Sara Gore - Private practice, Denver, Colorado (Rocky Mountain Infectious Disease Specialists)
- Primary mentor: Monica Sikka
- Primary area of focus: bacterial infections in individuals with substance use disorders
- Cara Varley - OHSU, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious diseases
- Primary mentor: Kevin Winthrop
- Primary area of focus: epidemiology and clinical predictors of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease
- Holly Villamagna - OHSU, Assistant Professor of Medicine, SHEA LEAP fellowship/Infectious Diseases
- Primary mentor: Erin Bonura
- Primary area of focus: Medical Education with a focus on pedagogical techniques in Infectious Diseases
- Lauren Fontana - University of Minnesota, Transplant Infectious Diseases
- Primary mentors: Morgan Hakki & Lynne Strasfeld
- Primary area of focus: Transplant infectious diseases and opportunistic infections in patients with stem cell transplants and hematologic malignancies
- Cami Hilsendager - Private practice, Portland (Kaiser Permanente)
- Primary mentor: Luke Strnad
- Primary area of focus: Infectious disease consultation for and clinical outcomes in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia
- Imran Mohamedy - Private practice, Portland (Providence St. Vincent's Medical Center)
- Primary mentor: Graeme Forrest
- Primary area of focus: Procalcitonin and antimicrobial stewardship, non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections
- Sui Kwong Li - University of Pittsburgh, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
- Primary mentor: Jessina McGregor
- Primary area of focus: Hospital-based antimicrobial stewardship
- Jonathan Salberg - Private practice, Boise, Idaho (Sawtooth Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases)
- Primary mentor: Bill Messer
- Primary area of focus: Clinical practice and immunology of Zika virus infection
- Andrea Caballero - Private practice, Anchorage, Alaska (St. Elias Specialty Hospital and Alaska Regional Hospital)
- Primary mentor: Anne Thomas
- Primary area of focus: Group A Streptococcus – public health
- Denise Kirsch - Private practice, Dearborn, Michigan (Beaumont Hospitals)
- Primary mentor: Chris Pfeiffer
- Primary area of focus: Antimicrobial stewardship – statewide antibiogram
- Nicholas Stucky - Private practice, Portland (Providence Medical Center, Eastside)
- Primary mentor: David Lewinsohn
- Primary area of focus: Immunology of tuberculosis infection