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