FELLOWS

Current Fellow Highlights

FIRST YEAR

Surina Kumar, MD

Medical School: Aureus University School of Medicine

Residency: West Suburban Hospital

Clinical Interest: Diabetes and Obesity

Surina Kumar, MD

FIRST YEAR

Melissa Cohen, MD

Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine

Residency: New York University Winthrop Hospital

Research Interest: Frequency of FNA and malignancy based on method of detection of thyroid nodules. Diabetes and oral hypoglycemics effect on obesity and improved insulin resistance, QI for adverse side effects. General Endocrinology quality improvement’s to assist in improvements in clinical care/treatments

Clinical Interest: General Endocrinology

Melissa Cohen, MD

SECOND YEAR

Yasser Haider, MD
Residency: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Medical School: Dow Medical College, Pakistan

Research Interest: Thyroid Nodules, Behavioral Aspects of Metabolic Syndromes

Clinical Interest: Diabetes, Obesity, Thyroid, Hypogonadism, Transgender endocrinology

Career Path: TBD

Yasser Haider , MD

SECOND YEAR

Vallari Kothari, MD
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI

Medical School: Rajiv Gandhi Medical College, India

Research Interest: Thyroid, Diabetes

Clinical Interest: Thyroid, Transgender Medicine, Bone, Adrenal, Diabetes

Career Path: TBD

Vallari Kothari, MD

THIRD YEAR

Joseph Zapater, MD, PhD
Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago
Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago

Research Interest: Diabetes, Glucose, and Lipid Metabolism

Clinical Interest: Diabetes, Glucose, and Lipid Metabolism

Career Path: Clinical Endocrinology

Joseph Zapater, MD, PhD

Former Fellow Highlight

2017-2019

Sara Matani, MD
Residency: University of Jordan
Medical School: University of New Mexico

Research Interest: Diabetes, Thyroid

Clinical Interest: Thyroid, Adrenal, Pituitary

Career Path: Academic

Sara Matani, MD

2016-2018

Shatha Murad, MD
Residency: University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX
Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport, LA

Research Interest: Neuroendocrinology

Clinical Interest: General Endocrinology

Career Path: Clinical Endocrinology

Shatha Murad, MD

2016-2018

Elias Tzelepis, MD
Residency: Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA
Medical School: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Medical School in Greece

Research Interest: How to improve tolerance and responsiveness of metformin, by altering gut microbiota

Clinical Interest: Diagnosing adrenal insufficiency in critically ill patients and using oral antidiabetic agents for Type 2 Diabetic patients in the inpatient setting

Career Path: Academic Medicine

Elias Tzelepis, MD

2016-2018

Leonid Vydro, MD
Residency: UCSF-Fresno Medical Education Program in Fresno, CA
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin

Research Interest: Thyroid Disease

Clinical Interest: General Endocrinology

Career Path: To Be Determined

Leonid Vydro, MD

Gina Mathew (2014-2016): Endocrine University, working with great co-fellows, Endocrine Society Conference

Gina Mathew, MD

Former Fellows

Sara Matani (2017-2019), TBD

Shatha Murad (2016-2018), Baton Rouge Clinic (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) 

Elias Tzelepis (2016-2018), Suburban Endocrinology & Diabetes Center (Arlington Heights, IL)

Leonid Vydro (2016-2018), Abrazo Medical Group (Phoneix, AZ)

Victoria Trendafilova (2015-2017), Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Gina Mathew (2014-2016), Abrazo Diabetes Care Center

Irina Ciubotaru (2013-2016), Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group

Joseph Shulan (2014-2016), DuPage Medical Group

INSTRUCTIONS: In order to add a sidebar anchor:

  1. Duplicate the existing item, listed as a 1/6 text field. (Or create a 1/6 column and add a text field, modify the class so it’s exactly “additionalAnchor”).
  2. Modify the text field inside the 1/6 column. Inside there, modify the HYPERLINK so that it would go to a corresponding section with a “#” in front of it. (Example, we have a “chief” section on the page, then it would make sense to have the hyperlink go to “#chief”)
  3. Then change the hyperlink TEXT to a appropriate label.
  4. IMPORTANT: If not done already, go into that CONTAINER that corresponds to your anchor (i.e. Meet The Chiefs), and add an ID matching the anchor’s HYPERLINK WITHOUT the “#”, i.e. “chief”.
  5. (If using side bar widget box, then there’s a saved copy of a widget box COLUMN, grab it in the column library, it should 1/6 of a length of a column.)

NOTE: Order added to the sidebar is from last to first.