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Current Fellows/Alumni

 

  • QUYNH NGUYEN, MD, PhD

    QUYNH NGUYEN, MD, PhD

    • Graduation Year: 2030
    • Residency: UC San Diego
    • Medical Degree: MD/PhD, UC San Diego
  • AMBUR STAAB, MD

    AMBUR STAAB, MD

    • Graduation Year: 2029
    • Residency: UC San Diego
    • Medical Degree: MD, University of Utah School of Medicine
  • SANDRA (SARITHA) BEAUCHAMP, MD, MPH

    SANDRA (SARITHA) BEAUCHAMP, MD, MPH

    • Graduation Year: 2028
    • Residency: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children - Philadelphia
    • Medical Degree: MD/MPH, Tulane University School of Medicine
  • MICHAEL (DREW) CRAWFORD, MD

    MICHAEL (DREW) CRAWFORD, MD

    • Graduation Year: 2028
    • Residency: UC Irvine/Children's Hospital of Orange County
    • Medical Degree: MD, University of Utah School of Medicine
  • KRISTINA BOGUSLAWSKI, MD, PHD

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    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

    YARON FIREIZEN, MD

    • Graduation Year: 2025
    • Additional Training: Pediatric Pulmonology, UC Irvine/Miller Children's Hospital
    • Residency: Flushing Hospital Medical Center
    • Medical Degree: MD, St. George's University
    • Fellowship Research:
      • Experimental Investigation of Bacteriophage-Antibiotic Synergy
      • Investigation of Plasma Microbial Cell-Free DNA Sequencing in the Diagnosis of RMSF
      • Longitudinal Study of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Susceptibility in Children with CF in the CFTR Modulator Era
      • Pulmonary Exacerbations and Outcomes in Tracheostomized, Ventilator-Dependent Children: Impact of Chronic Airway Colonization and Nebulized Antibiotic Prophylaxis
    • Career:
      • Emory University School of Medicine, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Pulmonology
      • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Pulmonology
  • MICHAEL GRACIA, MD

    MICHAEL GRACIA, MD

    • Graduation Year: 2025
    • Residency:  UC San Diego
    • Medical Degree:  MD, University of Colorado
    • Fellowship Research:
      • Prospective Exploratory Evaluation of Cepheid Xpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis Host Response Cartridge:  A Focus on Adolescents and Young Adults
      • Host gene expression during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease:  insights across the lifespan
      • Emerging Role of Plasma Microbial Cell-free DNA in the Diagnosis of Pediatric Mucormycosis
      • Increasing Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Testing for Adolescents in the Pediatric Emergency Department
    • Career:  
      • UC San Diego/Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Hospital Medicine
  • LESLIE CHIANG, MD

    LESLIE CHIANG, MD

    • Graduation Year: 2022
    • Residency: UC San Diego
    • Medical Degree: MD, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
    • Fellowship Research:
      • Successful treatment of invasive MRSA infections in children using Bayesian modeling to calculate vancomycin exposure by AUC/MIC
      • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Children along the US‒Mexico Border, 2017-2023
      • SARS-CoV-2 detection status associates with bacterial community composition in patients and the hospital environment
      • Feasibility of using alternative swabs and storage solutions for paired SARS-CoV-2 detection and microbiome analysis in the hospital environment
      • Microbial context predicts SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in patients and the hospital built environment
      • Detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from Joint Aspirate by Metagenomic Sequencing in Disseminated Gonococcal Infection
    • Career:
      • Kaiser-Permanente, UC San Diego/Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
      • UC Davis Health, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
  • NANDA RAMCHANDAR, MD, MPH

    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, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
        • Associate Program Director, Pediatric Residency Program, Naval Medical Center San Diego
      • UC San Diego/Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
  • LAUGE FARNAES, MD, PHD

    LAUGE FARNAES, MD, PHD

    • Graduation Year: 2018
    • Additional Training:   Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, UC San Diego/Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
    • Residency: UC San Diego
    • Medical Degree: MD/PhD, UC San Diego
    • Career:
      • UC San Diego/Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
      • 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

    JUAN CHAPARRO, MD

    • Graduation Year: 2014
    • Additional Training:  Fellowship in Medical Informatics, UC San Diego/Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
    • Residency: St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University
    • Medical Degree: MD, USC
    • Fellowship Research:  
      • Identification of New Drug Candidates Targeting Cathepsins for Toxoplasma gondii Infection
    • Career:
      • UC San Diego/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
      • The Ohio State University College of Medicine/Nationwide Children’s Hospital
        • Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Clinical Informatics
        • Medical Informatics Director for Clinical Decision Suport
        • Associate Program Director, Clinical Informatics Fellowship
  • AMARAN MOODLEY, MD

    AMARAN MOODLEY, MD

    • Graduation Year: 2012
    • Additional Training:  Postgraduate Diploma in Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    • Medical Degree: MD, University of Cape Town South Africa
    • Residency: Cleveland Clinic 
    • Career:
      • University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Blank Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
      • UC San Diego/Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
      • Outpatient Medical Director, UC San Diego Pediatric Infectious Diseases
  • CHRIS CANNAVINO, MD

    CHRIS CANNAVINO, MD

    • Graduation Year: 2009
    • Additional Training:  Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship, UC San Diego/Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
    • Residency: UC San Diego
    • Medical Degree: MD, UC San Diego
    • Fellowship Research:  
      • Genetic structure of community acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300
      • Acute bacterial osteoarticular infections: eight-year analysis of C-reactive protein for oral step-down therapy
      • Fulminant myocarditis associated with pandemic H1N1 influenza A virus in children
      • Diagnostic value of immature neutrophils (bands) in the cerebrospinal fluid of children with cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis
      • Effect of antibiotic pretreatment on cerebrospinal fluid profiles of children with bacterial meningitis
      • Clinical prediction rule for identifying children with cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis at very low risk of bacterial meningitis
    • Career:
      • UC San Diego/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
        • Fellowship Director, UC San Diego Pediatric Infectious Diseases
        • Clerkship Director, UC San Diego School of Medicine
        • Director, Pediatric Medical Student Education, UC San Diego School of Medicine
        • Associate Program Director, UC San Diego Pediatric Residency Program
        • Section Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
        • Associate Director, Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion
        • Director, UC San Diego Center for Mentorship in Medicine
        • Director, UC San Diego Mentor Clinician Program
  • WALTER DEHORITY, MD MS

    WALTER DEHORITY, MD MS

    • Graduation Year: 2008
    • Additional Training:  MS, University of London
    • Medical Degree: MD, UC San Francisco School of Medicine
    • Fellowship Research: 
      • Malaria
      • HIV-1 phenotypic drug resistance testing among highly treatment experienced and poorly adherent youth
      • Effect of HIV genotypic drug resistance testing on the management and clinical course of HIV-infected children and adolescents
    •  Career:
      • University of New Mexico School of Medicine
        • Pediatric Infectious Diseases
        • Associate Residency Program Director
        • Human Research Review Committee Chair
        • Chair, New Mexico Immunization Practice Advisory Council
      • Vanderbilt University School of Medicine:
        • Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
        • Pediatric ID Fellowship Director, Vanderbilt University
        • Associate Pediatric Clerkship Director, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
        • Deputy Editor, Pediatrics in Review
  • JOHN ARNOLD, MD

    JOHN ARNOLD, MD

    • Graduation Year: 2006
    • Residency: Naval Medical Center San Diego
    • Medical Degree: MD, USUHS
    • Career:
      • Naval Medical Center San Diego
        • Pediatric Infectious Diseases
        • IRB Chair, Navy
        • Residency Program Director, Navy
        • Department Chair, Navy
      • UC San Diego/Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
  • ADRIANA TREMOULET, MD MAS

    ADRIANA TREMOULET, MD MAS

    • Graduation Year: 2006
    • Additional Training:  MAS, UC San Diego
    • Residency: Cedars Sinai
    • Medical Degree: MD, UC Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
    • Fellowship Research:
      • Population pharmacokinetics of lamivudine in human immunodeficiency virus-exposed and -infected infants
        • Novel therapies for rheumatoid arthritis
    • Career:
      • UC San Diego/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
      • Associate Director, Kawasaki Disease Research Center, UC San Diego
      • Co-Director, UCSD ACTRI Workforce Development & K12
      • Assistant Vice Chancellor, Faculty Affairs
  • GEORGE LIU, MD PHD

    GEORGE LIU, MD PHD

    • Graduation Year: 2004
    • Residency: UC Davis
    • Medical Degree: PhD, Cambridge; MD, UC San Diego
    • Career:
      • UCLA/Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
        • Associate Director, Infectious and Immunologic Diseases Research Center, Cedars-Sinai
      • UC San Diego/Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
        • Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, UC San Diego
  • AKIHIKO SAITOH, MD PHD

    AKIHIKO SAITOH, MD PHD

    • Graduation Year: 2003
    • Residency: USC; St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo
    • Medical Degree: PhD, Niigata University; MD, Niigata University
    • Fellowship Research:
      • Treatment of infants coinfected with HIV-1 and cytomegalovirus with combination antiretrovirals and ganciclovir
      • An MDR1-3435 variant is associated with higher plasma nelfinavir levels and more rapid virologic response in HIV-1 infected children
      • Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis associated with enteroviral infection
      • Longitudinal analysis of lymphocyte ratios and HIV-1 intracellular DNA levels in children
      • Persistence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 DNA in peripheral blood despite prolonged suppression of plasma HIV-1 RNA in children
      • Fulminant bacterial meningitis complicating sphenoid sinusitis
    • Career: 
      • UC San Diego/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
      • 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

    JOHN LEAKE, MD MPH

    • Graduation Year: 2000
    • Additional Training:  Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    • Residency: UC San Diego
    • Medical Degree: MD, UC San Diego; MPH, UC Los Angeles
    • Fellowship Research:
      • Early detection and response to meningococcal disease epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa: appraisal of the WHO strategy
      • Pediatric acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis: report of a surviving patient and review
      • Risk factors for acute symptomatic coccidioidomycosis among elderly persons in Arizona, 1996-1997
      • An outbreak of acute bartonellosis (Oroya fever) in the Urubamba region of Peru, 1998
      • Mycobacterial peritonitis in pediatric peritoneal dialysis patients
    • Career: 
      • UC San Diego/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
      • Medical Director, Infectious Diseases, Quest Diagnostics
  • ROLANDO VIANI, MD MSC

    ROLANDO VIANI, MD MSC

    • Graduation Year: 1998
    • Additional Training:  MSc, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
    • Residency: SUNY Buffalo
    • Medical Degree: MD, Cayetano Heredia University
    • Career: 
      • UC San Diego/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
      • Associate Medical Director, Global ID Development, AbbVie Biopharmaceutics 
      • Medical Director, Clinical Development, Cidara Therapeutics
  • ROBERT REID, MD

    ROBERT REID, MD

    • Graduation Year: 1997
    • Residency: SUNY Buffalo
    • Medical Degree: MD, Instituto Technologico De Santo Domingo
    • Career:
      • Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital (Hollywood, Florida), Pediatric Infectious Diseases
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    DOUGLAS PRATT, MD MS MPH

    • Graduation Year: 1994
    • Residency: University of Hawaii
    • Medical Degree: MPH, University of Hawaii; MS, Tropical Medicine and Medical Microbiology, University of Hawaii; MD, 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

    NECTAR AINTABLIAN, MD

    • Graduation Year: 1994
    • Residency: University of Buffalo
    • Medical Degree: MD, American University of Beirut
    • Career:
      • Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (Tallahassee, Florida)
  • NORM WAECKER, MD

    NORM WAECKER, MD

    • Graduation Year: 1989
    • Residency: Naval Medical Center San Diego
    • Medical Degree: MD, Rutgers New Jersey
    • Career:
      • Naval Medical Center San Diego
        • Pediatric Infectious Diseases
        • Residency Program Director, Navy
        • Outpatient Medical Director, Navy
  • RUSSELL VAN DYKE, MD

    RUSSELL VAN DYKE, MD

    • Graduation Year: 1983
    • Residency: UC San Diego
    • Medical Degree: MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
    • Career:
      • Tulane University (New Orleans, Louisiana) 
        • Pediatric Infectious Diseases
        • Section Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
  • RICHARD STRAUBE, MD MSC

    RICHARD STRAUBE, MD MSC

    • Graduation Year: 1982
    • Additional Training:  MSc, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    • Residency: University of Chicago
    • Medical Degree: MD, University of Chicago
    • Career:
      • UC San Diego/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
      • 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

    STEPHEN SPECTOR, MD

    • Graduation year: 1980
    • Residency: University of California San Francisco
    • Medical Degree: Tufts University School of Medicine
    • Residency: University of California San Francisco
    • Career:
      • UC San Diego/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
        • 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 
  • WAYNE DANKNER, MD

    WAYNE DANKNER, MD

    • Graduation year: 1978
    • Residency: Stanford University
    • Medical Degree: MD, New York Medical College
    • Career:
      • UC San Diego/Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
      • PAREXEL International
      • Global Therapeutic Area Lead for Infectious Diseases & Pediatrics
      • Atox Bio
      • Chief Medical Officer
  • MARGARET KELLER, MD

    MARGARET KELLER, MD

    • Graduation year: 1976
    • Residency: UC San Diego
    • Medical Degree: MD, Albert Einstein
    • Career:
      • Harbor-UCLA, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
        • Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
        • Director, Program for Pediatric HIV
        • Chair, Bioethics Committee
  • YVONNE BRYSON, MD

    YVONNE BRYSON, MD

    • Graduation Year: 1974
    • Residency: UC San Diego
    • Medical Degree: MD, University of Texas Southwestern
    • Career:
      • UC Los Angeles, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
        • Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
        • Director, Los Angeles Brazil AIDS Consortium