People | ID Fellowship
Program Leadership
Program Director – Dr. Erin Bonura
Favorite Hobby: Skiing!
Favorite Restaurant: Pip’s Doughnuts
Favorite Microbe: Bartonella
Book currently reading: The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
Associate Program Director - Dr. Luke Strnad
Favorite Hobby: Hiking/camping or watching ice hockey
Favorite Restaurant: Jacqueline
Favorite Microbe: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Book currently reading: American War by Omar El Akkad
2025-2026 OHSU Infectious Diseases fellows
First Year Fellows
Karen Bryan, MD
MD: University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
Residency: University of Michigan
Favorite Hobby: Hiking & camping
Favorite Restaurant: Sol Food in San Rafael, CA
Favorite Microbe: Staphylococcus aureus
Book currently reading: Golden Son by Pierce Brown
Jonathan Estaris, MD
MD: Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health
Residency: University of Hawaii Internal Medicine Program
Favorite Hobby: Hiking and running. Any activity which involves the mountain or the beach.
Favorite Restaurant: Dagon in Honolulu serves the best Burmese food!
Favorite Microbe: Cytomegalovirus
Book currently reading: Nocturnes for the King of Naples by Edmund White
Larry Okumoto, MD
MD: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
Residency: Kern Medical
Favorite Hobby: Judo, Fishing, Hiking, Travel
Favorite Restaurant: Still looking for one
Favorite Microbe: Hanta Virus
Book currently reading: Rivers Monsters by Jeremy Wade; They Called us Enemy by George Takei
Second Year Fellows
Ellen Earle, MD
MD: Drexel University College of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Favorite Hobby: Hiking with my dog
Favorite Restaurant: Ilona in Boston
Favorite Microbe: Clostridioides difficile
Book currently reading: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Kate Finneran, MD, MPH
MD/MPH: Emory University School of Medicine
Residency: Washington University/Barnes Jewish Hospital
Favorite Hobby: All things (musical) theatre
Favorite Restaurant: Sugar Shack in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina
Favorite Microbe: T. Palladium
Book currently reading: D&D Players Handbook, 5th Edition (2024)
Patrick Mallea, MD
MD: University of Utah School of Medicine
Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Favorite Hobby: Fly fishing
Favorite Restaurant: Favorite restaurants in Iowa City/Cedar Rapids: Pullman in Iowa City and Cobble Hill in Cedar Rapids
Favorite Microbe: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Book currently reading: "This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism and Corruption are Ruining the American West" by Chris Ketcham
Recent Fellowship Graduates
- Julieta Madrid Morales - Oregon Infectious Disease Specialists, Salem, Oregon
- Primary mentor: Marissa Maier & Kristina Bajema
- Primary area of focus: Correlation between pathology and surgical cultures in patients with diabetes
- Radhika Sheth - Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
- Primary mentor: Christopher Evans
- Primary area of focus: Infection incidence in Gender Affirming Surgical Procedures
- 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