FELLOWS
2022-2023 Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows
Current Fellow Highlight
Coming into UIC for pulmonary critical care fellowship at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic was an interesting experience. The program leadership adapted the curriculum to both provide for the patient’s needs and ensure we were receiving the subspecialty training we needed. We get experience with a variety of unique pulmonary clinics, including pulmonary hypertension, lung cancer, interstitial lung disease, tuberculosis, COPD/asthma, sleep/NIV clinics. We see patients admitted with unique pulmonary disease states as UIC has a large population of patients with connective tissue disease, liver disease, sickle cell disease, solid organ and stem cell transplant. Within the ICU world, we rotate through medical ICU, neuro ICU, tele ICU and see a variety of cardiac and surgical ICU patients as well. The faculty are invested in trainee’s success both during training and beyond. There is no shortage of inspirational mentors with diverse career experiences and research interests.
Former Fellow Highlight
“While looking for the best ‘fit’ for me for fellowship, my primary criteria was people, because people make places and experiences! I am grateful that I matched at UIC because it provided me with the most humble, learned, renowned and wise attendings with a vested interest in my education and well being. The clinical experience, research opportunities and mentorship created the foundation of my training that made me into a physician I have always aspired to be! Not only did UIC provide me with opportunities to further my career but also with long lasting friendships with my co-fellows and attendings that I will cherish forever! As I part, I leave a piece of my heart behind and carry with me UIC’s legacy.”
At UIC I had the opportunity to train under world class researchers and clinicians. This provided invaluable experience in critically evaluating the ever changing landscape of pulm and critical care. It was particularly useful for navigating the explosion of weak data that plagued the early months of the global pandemic Providing care for the complex population of inner city Chicago allowed ample opportunity to develop the skills needed to resuscitate and stabilize the incredibly sick. The community that is forged in the challenges of fellowship training has left me with lifelong friends amongst well respected colleagues. However the most important lesson that was continuously reinforced is the need to be a lifelong student and resist settling for easy answers.
Former Fellows
Graduation year | Name | Location | |
2005 | Kamran Mahmood, MD | Assistant Professor, Duke University, Durham, NC | |
2005 | Min Joo, MD, MPH | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director UIC PFT Laboratories, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL | |
2005 | Gita Patel, MD, DO | MultiCare Pulmonary Specialists, Puyallup, WA | |
2006 | Michael Bommarito, MD | Hammond Clinic, Munster, IN | |
2006 | Carolina See, MD | University of Wisconsin Health Clinics, Madison, WI | |
2006 | Todd Sheppard, MD | Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY | |
2007 | Bharati Prasad, MD, MS | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director UIC Sleep Science Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL | |
2007 | Syed Zaki Ahmed, MD | Chief, Internal Medicine, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center, Thunder Bay, Ontario | |
2007 | Ana Negron, MD | James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, Tampa, FL | |
2008 | Faisal Bhutta, MA | North Fulton PUlmonary, Roswell, GA | |
2008 | Rafiq Kutty, MD | Director of Respiratory and Sleep Lab, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, Maywood, IL | |
2009 | Rohit Beri, MD | St Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, CT | |
2009 | Venkatesh Donty, MD | Pulmonary & Critical Care Associate of Garland, Longview, TX | |
2009 | Khaled Nazzal, MD | Midwest Sleep Institute/Lung Care Group, Indianapolis, IN | |
2009 | Corey O’Brien, DO | Pulmonary & Crtical Cardiology Consultants, Lansing, MI | |
2010 | Humam Farah, MBBS | Hannibal Clinic, Hannibal MO | |
2010 | Fatema Photowala, MD | Advocate Dreyer Medical Group, Aurora, IL | |
2010 | John Shanley, MD | Northwest Community Healthcare, Arlington Heights, IL | |
2011 | Funlola Famuyiwa,MD | University of Maryland Community Medical Group, Easton, MD | |
2011 | Walid Hadid, MD | Goshen Heart & Vascular Center, Goshen, IN | |
2011 | Matas Morkevicius, MD | Community Memorial Pulmonology, Hamilton, NY | |
2011 | Adnan Pervez, MD | University of North Carolina HealthCare, Raleigh, NC | |
2012 | Bassel Ericsoussi, MD | Franciscan Health, Hammond, IN | |
2012 | Vibhu Sharma, MD | Assistant Professor, John H. Stroger Jr Hospital, Chicago, IL | |
2012 | Joanne McKell, MD | Clinical Assistant Professor, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH | |
2013 | Daisuke Takekoshi, MD | Medical researcher, Tohoku University, Japan | |
2013 | Kamran Javaid, MD | Beacon Health System, Elkhart, IN | |
2013 | Michael Markos, MD | Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Training Program at Mercy Hospital, Chicago, IL | |
2014 | Jessie Moja, MD | Springfield Clinic, Springfield, IL | |
2014 | Patrick Belvitch, MD | Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
2014 | Sarah Usmani, MD | Christ Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL | |
2015 | Kevin Haas, MD | Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
2015 | Tirsa Ferrer Marrero, MD | Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI | |
2015 | Giovanni Infusino, MD | Franciscan St Margaret Health, Hammond IN | |
2015 | Mehdi Mirsaeidi, MD | Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL | |
2015 | N. Ivone Ramey, MD | Porter Health Care System, Valparaiso, IN | |
2016 | Bartosz Buchcic, MD | Northwestern Medicine Health System Clinician, Chicago, IL | |
2016 | Dustin Fraidenburg, MD | Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
2016 | Valentin Prieto Centurion, MD | Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
2016 | Travis Yamanaka, MD | Mercy Hospital, Chicago, IL | |
2016 | Valentin Prieto Centurion, MD | Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
2016 | Dustin Fraidenburg, MD | Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
2016 | Bartosz Buchcic, MD | Northwestern Medicine Health System Clinician, Chicago, IL | |
2017 | Paul Lederer, MD | North Texas VA Health Care System | |
2018 | Farhan Zaidi, MD | Pulmonary Medical Associates, Melrose Park, IL | |
2018 | Ashar Usmani, MD | Piedmont Hospitals, Atlanta, GA | |
2018 | Jimmy Doumit, MD | West Virginia University/United Health Center, Bridge Port, WV | |
2018 | Ashvini Damodaran, MD | Mercy Hospital, Chicago, IL | |
2018 | Christian Ascoli, MD | Instructor of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
2019 | Christie Brillante, MD | University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
2019 | Mateo Tole, MD | Northwestern Medicine, Lake Forest, IL | |
2019 | John Willoughby, MD | Pulmonary Critical Care Associates, Shelby Township, MI | |
2020 | Ai-Yui Tan, MD | Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago IL | |
2020 | Ikuyo Imayama, MD | University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
2021 | Mariam Anis, MBBS | Northwestern Lake forest Hospital | |
2021 | Yu Maw Htwe, MBBS | NYU Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship | |
2021 | Jawad Hussain, MBBS | Insight Chicago | |
2021 | Solomon Krow, MD | Midwest Pulmonary Critical Care Sleep Consultants LLC | |
2021 | Stephanie LaBedz, MD | University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
2021 | Maidah Yaqoob, MBBS | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
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2022 | Salil Kalra, MD |
Locum Tenens Intensivist | |
2022 | Malvika Kaul, MBBS | Insight Hospital and Medical | |
2022 | Trinh Pham, MD | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | |
2022 | Manasa Reddy, MD | Holy Redeemer Hospital | |
2022 | Christen Vagts, MD | University of Illinois Chicago | |
2023 | Israel Acosta Sanchez, MD | Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA | |
2023 | June Mbae, MD | Ochsner Rush Health, Meridian, MS | |
2023 | Sarung Kashyap, DO | Advocate Good Shepherd & Sherman Hospitals, Chicago, IL |
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