ID Fellowship Alumni

Alumni Updates

• ID Fellowship Program Celebrates 2025 Graduates, Presents Awards
• Oh, the Places They’ll Go! The ID Fellowship Program (ACGME) Celebrates 2024 Graduation

Class of 2025

• Salma Gayed, MBBS
  • Residency: Royal College of Physicians, Dublin, Ireland
  • Current Position: Physician, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
• Dwayvania Miller, MBBS
  • Residency, Chief Residency: UNC (Preventative Medicine), Lincoln Medical Health Center (IM)
  • Current Position: Chief Fellow, UNC ID
• Gregory Rothchild, DO
  • Residency: Saint Vincent
  • Current Position: Infectious Diseases Physician, Community Health Network, Indianapolis IN
• Kaylor Wright, MD
  • Residency: Tulane
  • Current Position: Infectious Diseases Specialist, Intermountain Health, Salt Lake City, UT

Advanced Immunocompromised Host Fellowship

• Bhavita Gaglani, MD
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Critical Care and Infectious Diseases, Wake Forest University Health, Winston Salem, NC

Class of 2024

• Brianna “Bri” Castillo, MD
  • Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Current Position:  Director, Microbiology (Processing & STAT Testing), Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
• Alex Commanday, MD, MSCR
  • Residency: Emory
  • Current Position: Fellow, UNC Infectious Diseases
• John Franzone, MD 
  • Residency, Chief Residency: New York Presbyterian, Queens
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, UNC Infectious Diseases
• Stephanie Sweitzer, MD, MPH  
  • Residency: Emory
  • Current Position: Fellow, UNC Infectious Diseases

Advanced Immunocompromised Host Fellowship

• Nida Ashraf, MD
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore MD
• Eli Arant, MD, MSCR
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, UNC Infectious Diseases

Class of 2023

• Tom Holowka, MD, PhD
  • Residency: Yale
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
• Natalie Mackow, MD, MSCR
  • Residency: Yale
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
• Eleanor Saunders, MD, MPH
  • Residency: NYU
  • Current Position: Instructor, UNC Infectious Diseases
• Diana Zychowski, MD, MPH
  • Residency: University of Minnesota
  • Current Position: Infectious Diseases physician, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN

Advanced Immunocompromised Host Fellowship

• Kanthi Vemuri, MBBS
  • Current Position: Transplant ID Physician, The Prince Charles Hospital, Queensland, Australia.
• Theppharit “Mac” Panichsillapakit, MD
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Class of 2022

• Neha Kumar, MD
  • Residency: University of Rochester
  • Current Position: Infectious Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Hawaii Pacific
• Madeline McCrary, MD
  • Residency: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Wash U, St. Louis MO
• Theppharit “Mac” Panichsillapakit, MD
  • Residency: MetroWest
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
• Eli Arant, MD MSCR
  • Residency, Chief Residency: UVA
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, UNC Infectious Diseases

Advanced Immunocompromised Host Fellowship

• Hareesh Singam, MD
  • Current Position: Infectious Diseases physician, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Class of 2021

• Min Kim, MD, MSc, MPH
  • Residencies: UNC (Preventative Medicine), INOVA Fairfax (IM)
  • Current Position: Division of Viral Hepatitis, CDC
• Arianne Morrison, MD, MPH
  • Residencies: UNC (Preventative Medicine), ECU (IM)
  • Current Position: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
• Laura Rachal, MD
  • Residency: Tulane (Med-Peds)
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Associate ID Fellowship Program Director, Tulane, New Orleans, LA
• Sara Rutstein MD, PhD
  • Residency: UNC
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, UNC Infectious Diseases

Advanced Immunocompromised Host Fellowship

• Daphne Villanueva, MD
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Assistant Fellowship Program Director, Associate Chief for Clinical Operations, Infectious Diseases, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Class of 2020

• Heather Root, MD
  • Residency: Emory
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore, NY
• Michael Sciadone, MD 
  • Residency: Tulane
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Tulane, New Orleans, LA
• Kathleen Tompkins, MD
  • Residency: Johns Hopkins
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Pitt, Pittsburgh, PA
• Nate Warner, MD
  • Residency: VCU
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, VCU, Richmond, VA

Advanced Immunocompromised Host Fellowship

• Tyler Lambing, MD
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Baylor, College of Medicine Houston TX

Class of 2019

• Emily Ciccone, MD
  • Residency: UNC (Med-Peds)
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, UNC
• Alena Markmann, MD, PHD
  • Residency: Mount Sinai
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, UNC
• Megan Srinivas, MD
  • Residency: Johns Hopkins
  • Current Position: Member, Iowa State House of Representatives

Advanced Immunocompromised Host Fellowship

• Jeremy Nel, MBChB
  • Current Position: Academic Head of Division, University of Witwatersrand Infectious Diseases, South Africa

Class of 2018

• Asher Schranz, MD, MPH
  • Residency: NYU
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, UNC
• Lina Rosengren-Hovee, MD, MPH, MS
  • Residency: Indiana
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, UNC

Class of 2017

• Ribka Berhanu, MD
  • Residency: University of Chicago
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt, Nashville TN
• Ross Boyce, MD, MSc
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, UNC
• Timothy Menza, MD, PhD
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital / Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Med-Peds)
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Medical Director, King County Sexual Health Clinic

Class of 2016

• Matthew Collins, MD, PhD
  • Residency: Boston University
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, Emory, Atlanta, GA
• Christopher Hauck, MD
  • Residency: UNC
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, UNC
• Jonathan Parr, MD, MPH
  • Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, UNC
• Sancta St. Cyr, MD, MPH
  • Residency: Mayo
  • Current Position: Medical Officer, Division of STI Prevention, CDC

Class of 2015

• Parker Hudson, MD, MPH
  • Residency: UPenn
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Texas, Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
• James Lewis MD, MPH
  • Residency: Wash U
  • Current Position: Health Officer, Snohomish County Health Dept, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Onyeka Nwanko, MD, MPH
  • Residency: Michigan
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor and Hospital Epidemiologist, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphai PA
• Sara Williford, MD
  • Residency: University of Rochester
  • Current Position: Physician, Beth Israel Lahey, Burlington MA

Class of 2014

• Sophia Califano MD, MPH
  • Residency: Michigan
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, Duke, Durham, NC Deputy Chief for Preventative Medicine, National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
• Chris Sellers MD, MPH
  • Residency: Mount Sinai
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine; Medical Director, Wake County Human Services HIV and STI Clinics
• Andrea Shahum MD, PhD
  • Residency: Yale Norwalk
  • Current Position: Health Partners, St. Paul, MN

Class of 2013

• Michael Herce MD, MSc, MPH
  • Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, UNC
• Anne Lachiewicz MD, MPH
  • Residency: UNC
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, UNC
• Arthur Jackson, MBBS
  • Current Position: Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

Class of 2012

• Alisa Alker, MD, PhD
  • Residency: UNC
  • Current Position: Infectious Diseases Physician, Mission Infectious Diseases Associates, Asheville, NC
• Natalie Bowman, MD, MPH, MPhil
  • Residency: Columbia
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, UNC
• Chris Lippincott MD, MPH
  • Residency:
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
• Michael Vinikoor, MD
  • Residency: Rush Medical College
  • Current Position: Professor, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

Class of 2011

• Satish Gopal MD, MPH
  • Residency: Michigan (Med-Peds)
  • Current Position: Director, Center for Global Health, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
• Jessica Lin MD, MSCR
  • Residency: University of California, San Diego
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, UNC

Class of 2010

• Ann Dennis, MD, MS
  • Residency: Brown
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, UNC
• William Messer, MD, PhD
  • Residency: UNC
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR.
• Victoria Mobley, MD, MPH 
  • Residency: Johns Hopkins
  • Current Position: Medical Director of HIV and STIs, North Carolina Division of Public Health, Adjunct Assistant Professor, UNC

Class of 2009

• Gretchen Arnoczy, MD
  • Residency: UNC
  • Current Position: Infectious Diseases Specialist, FirstHealth, Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst, NC
• Yvonne Carter, MD
  • Residency: Maryland
  • Current Position: Infectious Diseases Specialist, Atrium Health, Concord, NC
• Laura Guderian, MD
  • Residency: Montefiore
  • Current Position: Northwell Health, New York NY

Class of 2008

• David Fitzgerald, MD
  • Residency: Penn
  • Current Position: Clinical Faculty Duke, Infectious Diseases Specialist at Kernodle Clinic Burlington, NC
• Christopher Hurt, MD
  • Residency: Brown
  • Current Position: Professor, Associate Chief for Clinical Operations, UNC ID
• Joel Kammeyer, MD MPH
  • Residency, Chief Residency: Case Western Reserve
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, Division Chief of Infectious Diseases, Wayne State University

Class of 2007

• Mary Catherine Bowman, MD, PhD
  • Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess, Boston
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, UNC
• Jon Juliano, MD, MSPH, DTM&H
  • Residency:  Minnesota (Med-Peds)
  • Current Position: Professor, UNC Infectious Diseases
• Cornelius Van Dam, MD, PhD
  • Residency:  UNC
  • Current Position: Infectious Diseases Specialist, Cone Health Medical Group, Greensboro, NC

Class of 2006

• Jeffrey Anderson, MD, PhD
  • Residency: Michigan
  • Current Position: HCC Program Lead Oncology Clinical Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Brian Bramson, MD
  • Residency: UNC (Med-Peds)
  • Current Position: Professor, UNC Infectious Diseases

Class of 2005

• Joseph (Alex) Duncan, MD PhD
  • Residency: UNC
  • Current Position: Professor of Medicine; Director of Medicine, Physician Scientist Training Program; Associate Director for Research, Internal Medicine Residency
• Cynthia Gay, MD, MPH
  • Residency:  Vanderbilt
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, UNC Infectious Diseases; Medical Director, UNC HIV Cure Center
• Emily Wong, MD, PhD
  • Residency:  Michigan
  • Current Position: Physician, Doylestown Health Infectious Diseases

 Class of 2004

• Jaspaul Jawanda, MD, Infectious Diseases Specialist at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital
• Dina Hooshyar, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Director, VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans

 Class of 2003

• Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH, Professor, UNC Division of Infectious Diseases; Principle Investigator, Behavior and Technology Lab at UNC (BAT Lab); Principle Investigator, iTech
• Shannon Galvin, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

 Class of 2002

• Anthony Edozien, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine
• Sherene Min, MD, MPH, VP, Head of Clinical Development, ViiV Healthcare
• Yoshihiko Murata, MD, PhD, Clinical Development Lead for Prevention, ViiV Healthcare
• Kristine Patterson, MD, Infectious Diseases Specialist and Associate Professor at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas

 Class of 2001

• Mina Hosseinipour, MD, MPH, Scientific Director of UNC Project-Malawi and Professor, UNC Division of Infectious Diseases

 Class of 2000

• Bruce Israel, MD, Infectious Diseases Specialist at Mission Infectious Diseases and Travel Clinic in Asheville, N.C.
• Heidi Swygard, MD, Associate Professor, UNC Division of Infectious Diseases; and Medical Epidemiologist and Consultant for Special Projects with the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services HIV/STD Prevention and Control Branch; and Viral Hepatitis Medical Director for the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services
• Judith Ng-Cashin, MD, Chief Scientific Officer at Syneos Health

 Class of 1999

• Michael Blocker, MD, Infectious Diseases Specialist, Novant Health
• Srilatha Edupuganti, MD, Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases at Emory University School of Medicine
• Christopher Pilcher, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco

Class of 1998

• Becky White, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, UNC Division of Infectious Diseases; Co-Director of HIV Services North Carolina Department of Corrections
• Dickens Theodore, MD, Senior Director of Clinical Development at GlaxoSmithKline

Class of 1997

• Arlene Seña-Soberano, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, UNC Division of Infectious Diseases; Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Class of 1996

• David Wohl, MD, Professor in the UNC Division of Infectious Diseases, Co-Director of HIV Services at the North Carolina Department of Corrections and Co-Director of the North Carolina AIDS Training and Education Center

Class of 1995

• Kimberly Fox, MD, MPH, Immunization Systems Branch Chief, CDC Global Immunization Division in Atlanta
• Bruce Gilliam, MD, Professor, University of Maryland and Director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
• Meera Kelley, MD, Regional Medical Director at Landmark Health in Raleigh, N.C.
• Sabina Lee, MD, Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. Debakey VA Medical Center in Houston

Class of 1994

• Susan Isbey, MD, Clinician at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• Wanla Kulwichit, MD, Professor, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
• Pietro Vernazza, MD, Professor, Institut für Klinische Mikrobiologie und Immunologie, Switzerland

Class of 1993

• Beverly Alston, MD, Chief of the Complications and Co-infections Research Branch, DAIDS, NIH
• Robert Wehbie, MD, Clinician at REX Hematology Oncology Associates-Wakefield

Class of 1992

• Holli Hamilton, MD, Senior Medical Officer of the Division of Extramural Research at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
• Andrew Kaplan, MD, Professor, UNC (deceased)
• Dennis Walling, MD, Infectious Diseases Specialist and Professor, Univ. of Texas, Galveston

Class of 1991

• Susan Cohn, MD, Infectious Diseases Specialist and Professor, Northwestern University.
• Jonathan Serody, MD, Researcher and Professor, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Daniel Shapiro, MD, Infectious Diseases Specialist and Professor, St. Louis University School of Medicine

Class of 1990

• David Gutsch, MD, Infectious Diseases Specialist in Minnesota
• E. Byrd Quinlivan, MD, Infectious Diseases Specialist, UNC Division of Infectious Diseases (retired)

Class of 1989

• Paul Becherer, MD, Infectious Diseases Specialist at Duke Raleigh Hospital
• Robert D. Weber, MD, Private practice, Colorado Springs, C.O.

Class of 1988

• Edwin Brown, MD, Infectious Diseases Specialist with Duke Health in Raleigh, N.C.
• David Markovitz, MD, Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Michigan

Class of 1987

• John S. Adams, MD, Private practice, Knoxville, T.N.
• Steven Jenison, MD, NRP, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
• Shannon Kenney, MD, Professor of Oncology and Medicine at the University of Wisconsin at Madison

Class of 1986

• William McKenna, MD, Infectious Diseases Specialist in Asheville, N.C.
• Jack Stapleton, MD, Professor, University of Iowa

Class of 1985

• Bradley Britigan, MD, Professor and Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Susan Mertz Saviteer, MD, Infectious Diseases Specialist in Concord, N.H.

Class of 1984

• Deirdre Achtellik Henderson, MD, Professor, Wake Forest School of Medicine
• Charles van der Horst, MD, Professor, UNC Division of Infectious Diseases (retired)

Class of 1983

• John R. Black, MD, Clinical Professor, University of Indiana
• Peter Dandalides, MD, Principal at Progressive Healthcare, Inc.

Class of 1982

• James E. Peacock, MD, Professor in Division of Infectious Diseases at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
• Robert J. Sherertz, MD, Professor of Infectious Diseases, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
• John Sixbey, MD, Infectious Diseases Specialist in Shreveport, L.A.