Current Fellows/Alumni

KRISTINA BOGUSLAWSKI, MD, PHD

Graduation Year: 2028

Residency: UC San Diego

Medical Degree: MD/PHD, New York University School of Medicine

SARA BRENNER, MD (MED/PEDS ID FELLOW)

Graduation Year: 2027

Residency: Massachusetts Chan Medical School - Baystate (Med/Peds)

Medical Degree: MD, UC San Diego

ADRIANA GIULIANI, MD (MED/PEDS ID FELLOW)

Graduation Year: 2027

Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago (Med/Peds)

Medical Degree: MD, Ohio State University

LILY OSTRER, MD (MED/PEDS ID FELLOW)

Graduation Year: 2027

Residency: Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami (Med/Peds)

Medical Degree: MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

BEN REDPATH, MD, MPH (MED/PEDS ID FELLOW)

Graduation Year: 2027

Residency: Duke University (Med/Peds)

Medical Degree: MD/MPH, Emory University

YARON FIREIZEN, MD

Graduation Year: 2025

Fellowship: Pediatric Pulmonology, UC Irvine/Miller Children's Hospital

Residency: Flushing Hospital Medical Center

Medical Degree: MD, St. George's University

MICHAEL GRACIA, MD

Graduation Year: 2025

Residency: UC San Diego

Medical Degree: MD, University of Colorado

LESLIE CHIANG, MD

Graduation Year: 2022

Residency: UC San Diego

Medical Degree: MD, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

Career: Kaiser-Permanente, UCSD/Rady Children's

Attending Physician at Kaiser-Permanente

Attending Physician at UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital

NANDA RAMCHANDAR, MD, MPH

Graduation Year: 2021

Residency: Naval Medical Center San Diego

Medical Degree: MD/MPH, Tulane University

Career: Naval Medical Center San Diego

LAUGE FARNAES, MD, PHD

Graduation Year: 2018

Residency: UC San Diego

Medical Degree: MD/PhD, UC San Diego

Career: UCSD/Rady Children's

Medical Director, Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine IDbyDNA

Head of Medical Affairs, Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine IDbyDNA

JUAN CHAPARRO, MD

Graduation Year: 2014

Medical Degree: MD, USC

Residency: St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University

Career: UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego; Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, Ohio)

AMARAN MOODLEY, MD

Graduation Year: 2012

Medical Degree: Postgraduate Diploma in Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ; MD, University of Cape Town South Africa

Residency: Cleveland Clinic

Career: Outpatient Medical Director, UCSD Pediatric Infectious Diseases

CHRIS CANNAVINO, MD

Graduation Year: 2009

Medical Degree: MD, UC San Diego

Residency: UC San Diego, Combined Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship

Career: UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

Clerkship Director, UCSD SOM

Director, Pediatric Medical Student Education, UCSD SOM

Associate Director, UCSD Pediatric Residency Program

Fellowship Director, UCSD Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Section Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, RHCSD

Associate Director, Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion

Director, UCSD Center for Mentorship in Medicine

Director, UCSD Master Clinician Program

ERIC STERN, MD

Graduation Year: 2009

Medical Degree: Boston University

Residency: UC San Diego,

Career: Georgetown University (Washington DC)

WALTER DEHORITY, MD MS

Graduation Year: 2008

Medical Degree: MS, University of London; MD, UCSF SOM

Career: University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

Associate Residency Program Director,

Human Research Review Committee Chair

Chair, New Mexico Immunization Practice Advisory Council

JOHN ARNOLD, MD

Graduation Year: 2006

Medical Degree: MD, USUHS

Residency: Naval Medical Center San Diego

Career: Naval Medical Center San Diego

IRB Chair, Navy

Residency Program Director, Navy

Department Chair, Navy

ADRIANA TREMOULET, MD MAS

Graduation Year: 2006

Medical Degree: MAS, UCSD; MD, UCLA

Residency: Cedars Sinai

Career: UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

Associate Director, Kawasaki Disease Research Center, UCSD

GEORGE LIU, MD PHD

Graduation Year: 2004

Medical Degree: PhD, Cambridge; MD, UC San Diego

Residency: UC Davis

Career:

UCLA/Cedars Sinai Medical Center\

Associate Director, Infectious and Immunologic Diseases Research Center, Cedars-Sinai

UCSD/RCHSD

Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, UCSD

AKIHIKO SAITOH, MD PHD

Graduation Year: 2003

Medical Degree: PhD, Niigata University; MD, Niigata University

Residency: USC; St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo

Career:

UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

National Research Institute for Child Health and Development (Tokyo, Japan)

Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases

Niigata University (Niigata, Japan)

Professor and Chair of Pediatrics

Vice Dean, School of Medicine

JOHN LEAKE, MD MPH

Graduation Year: 2000

Medical Degree: MD, UC San Diego; MPH, UCLA

Residency: UC San Diego

Career: UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

Quest Diagnostics, Medical Director, Infectious Diseases

ROLANDO VIANI, MD MSC

Graduation Year: 1998

Medical Degree: MD, Cayetano Heredia University; MSc, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Residency: SUNY Buffalo

Career:

UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

Associate Medical Director, Global ID Development, AbbVie Biopharmaceutics

Medical Director, Clinical Development, Cidara Therapeutics

ROBERT REID, MD

Graduation Year: 1997

Medical Degree: MD, Instituto Technologico De Santo Domingo

Residency: SUNY Buffalo

Career: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital (Hollywood, Florida)

DOUGLAS PRATT, MD MS MPH

Graduation Year: 1994

Medical Degree: MPH, University of Hawaii; MS, Tropical Medicine and Medical Microbiology, University of Hawaii; MD, University of Hawaii

Residency: University of Hawaii

Career: Food and Drug Administration (Rockville, Maryland)

Branch Chief, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research/Office of Vaccines Research and Review/Division of Vaccines and Related Product Applications

NECTAR AINTABLIAN, MD

Graduation Year: 1994

Medical Degree: MD,

American University of Beirut

Residency: University of Buffalo

Career: Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (Tallahassee, Florida)

NORM WAECKER, MD

Graduation Year: 1989

Medical Degree: MD, Rutgers New Jersey

Residency: Naval Medical Center San Diego

Career: Naval Medical Center San Diego

Residency Program Director, Navy

Outpatient Medical Director, Navy

WAYNE DANKNER, MD

Graduation year: 1978

Medical Degree: MD, New York Medical College

Residency: Stanford University

Career: UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

PAREXEL International

Global Therapeutic Area Lead for Infectious Diseases & Pediatrics

Atox Bio

Chief Medical Officer

RUSS VAN DYKE, MD

Graduation Year: 1983

Medical Degree: MD, Medical College of Wisconsin

Residency: UC San Diego

Career: Tulane University (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Section Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases

RICHARD STRAUBE, MD MSC

Graduation Year: 1982

Medical Degree: MD, University of Chicago ; MSc, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Residency: University of Chicago

Career:

UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

Director of Clinical Investigations, Centocor, Inc.

Senior Director, Ohmeda Pharmaceuticals

Founding Chief Medical Officer, INO Therapeutics

Chief Medical Officer, Stealth Peptides, Inc.

Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Soligenix

STEPHEN SPECTOR, MD

Graduation year: 1980

Residency: UCSF

Medical Degree: Tufts University

UCSD/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, UCSD

Vice Chairman for Research, UCSD Department of Pediatrics

Senior Advisor, William J. Clinton Foundation, Pediatric HIV/AIDS Initiative

Senior Advisor, President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

Principle Investigator & Chair Pediatric Executive Committee, Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group (PACTG)

WHO Interagency Task Team (IATT), Paediatric HIV Working Group

WHO IATT, Prevention of HIV Infection in Pregnant Women, Mothers and

their Children

Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study (PHACS) Scientific Leadership Group

MARGARET KELLER, MD

Graduation year: 1976

Medical Degree: MD, Albert Einstein

Residency: UC San Diego

Career: Harbor-UCLA

Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Director, Program for Pediatric HIV

Chair, Bioethics Committee

YVONNE BRYSON, MD

Graduation Year: 1974

Medical Degree: MD, University of Texas Southwestern

Residency: UC San Diego

Career: UCLA

⁻ Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases

⁻ Director, Los Angeles Brazil AIDS Consortium

Current Fellows/Alumni

KRISTINA BOGUSLAWSKI, MD, PHD

SARA BRENNER, MD (MED/PEDS ID FELLOW)

ADRIANA GIULIANI, MD (MED/PEDS ID FELLOW)

LILY OSTRER, MD (MED/PEDS ID FELLOW)

BEN REDPATH, MD, MPH (MED/PEDS ID FELLOW)

YARON FIREIZEN, MD

MICHAEL GRACIA, MD

​LESLIE CHIANG, MD

​NANDA RAMCHANDAR, MD, MPH

​LAUGE FARNAES, MD, PHD

​JUAN CHAPARRO, MD

​AMARAN MOODLEY, MD

​CHRIS CANNAVINO, MD

​ERIC STERN, MD

WALTER DEHORITY, MD MS

​JOHN ARNOLD, MD

​ADRIANA TREMOULET, MD MAS

​GEORGE LIU, MD PHD

​AKIHIKO SAITOH, MD PHD

​JOHN LEAKE, MD MPH

​ROLANDO VIANI, MD MSC

​ROBERT REID, MD

​DOUGLAS PRATT, MD MS MPH

​NECTAR AINTABLIAN, MD

NORM WAECKER, MD

​WAYNE DANKNER, MD

​RUSS VAN DYKE, MD

​RICHARD STRAUBE, MD MSC

​STEPHEN SPECTOR, MD

​MARGARET KELLER, MD

YVONNE BRYSON, MD

LESLIE CHIANG, MD

NANDA RAMCHANDAR, MD, MPH

LAUGE FARNAES, MD, PHD

JUAN CHAPARRO, MD

AMARAN MOODLEY, MD

CHRIS CANNAVINO, MD

ERIC STERN, MD

JOHN ARNOLD, MD

ADRIANA TREMOULET, MD MAS

GEORGE LIU, MD PHD

AKIHIKO SAITOH, MD PHD

JOHN LEAKE, MD MPH

ROLANDO VIANI, MD MSC

ROBERT REID, MD

DOUGLAS PRATT, MD MS MPH

NECTAR AINTABLIAN, MD

WAYNE DANKNER, MD

RUSS VAN DYKE, MD

RICHARD STRAUBE, MD MSC

STEPHEN SPECTOR, MD

MARGARET KELLER, MD