People | ID Fellowship

Program Leadership

Erin Bonura, MD

Program Director – Dr. Erin Bonura
Favorite Hobby: Skiing! 
Favorite Restaurant: Pip’s Doughnuts
Favorite Microbe: Bartonella
Book currently reading: Outlander book 8

Luke Strnad, MD

Associate Program Director - Dr. Luke Strnad
Favorite Hobby: Hiking/camping
Favorite Restaurant: Urdaneta
Favorite Microbe: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Book currently reading: Richard Powers, Bewilderment

2022-2023 OHSU Infectious Diseases fellows

Incoming First Year Fellows

Julieta Madrid Morales, MD

Julieta Madrid Morales, MD

MD: CES University, Medellín, Colombia
Residency: UT Health San Antonio, Texas

Favorite Hobby: Traveling, especially road-trips, baking and hiking with my dog 
Favorite Restaurant: Olivia, in my hometown Medellin
Favorite Microbe: Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The smell, the pigments, the versatility. 
Book currently reading: Untamed by Glennon Doyle. 

Pie Pichetsurnthorn, MD

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.

Radhika Sheth, M.B., B.S.

MD: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Medical Education Trust Medical College
Residency: Henry Ford Allegiance Health

Favorite Hobby: Salsa and bachata dancing (Eating is a close second!)
Favorite Restaurant: Courage Bagels in LA
Favorite Microbe: HIV- causes anything and everything, what a fascinating virus!
Book currently reading: Seek You: A Journey through American Loneliness by Kristen Radtke

Rising Second Year Fellows

Tuan Dung Nguyen, MD

Tuan Dung Nguyen, MD

MD: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Residency: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Favorite Hobby: Soccer, exploring national parks, checking out new restaurants
Favorite Restaurant: Panorama in Dubrovnik, Croatia
Favorite Microbe: Treponema Pallidum
Book currently reading: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Jose Eduardo Rivera Sarti, MD

Jose Eduardo Rivera Sarti, MD

MD: Universidad Francisco Marroquín Facultad de Medicina
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center

Favorite Hobby: Playing soccer, cooking
Favorite Restaurant: Grassa (great handmade pasta),  Papi chulo (Birria is great), PDX sliders, Cheryl's on 12th
Favorite Microbe: Bacteroides fragilis
Book currently reading: Project Hail Mary

James Zou, MD

James Zou, MD

MD: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Residency: Barnes Jewish Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis

Favorite Hobby: Board/card games
Favorite Restaurant: In Portland - Nong's Khao Man Gai; In St. Louis, MO - Cate Zone
Favorite Microbe: Treponema Pallidum
Book currently reading: The White Coat Investor

Graduating Fellows - June 2022

Michael Conte, DO

Michael Conte, DO

DO: Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: St. Mary's Medical Center

Favorite Hobby: Any sport (most recently Golf)
Favorite Restaurant: Elephants Delicatesssen
Favorite Microbe: Cryptococcus
Book currently reading: Last non-medical book I read was probably Merchant of Venice

What are you doing after fellowship? Staying in the area and joining The Vancouver Clinic Infectious Disease group.

Fabian Dammann, MD

Fabian Dammann, MD

MD: Universität Rostock Medizinische Fakultät
Residency: St. Elizabeth's Medical Center

Favorite Hobby: Aerial Fabrics
Favorite Restaurant: Stammtisch
Favorite Microbe: Treponema pallidum
Book currently reading: Written in Bone (Simon Beckett)

What are you doing after fellowship? Transplant Infectious Disease Fellowship at University of Miami

Hiro Park, DO

Hiro Park, DO

DO: Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Providence Portland

Favorite Hobby: Martial arts
Favorite Restaurant: Pok Pok (before it closed)
Favorite Microbe: Lactobacillus casei 
Book currently reading: Listening a lot of Podcasts from Scott Galloway

What are you doing after fellowship? I will be joining a private Infectious Disease practice in Las Vegas, Nevada

Recent Fellowship Graduates

  • 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