FELLOWS

Current Fellow Highlight

“There are a lot of reasons for you to consider the pulmonary and critical care fellowship program at UIC; the immense learning opportunities, the diversity of the patient population, the renowned faculty members, and the ample research prospects. The most important factor for me, besides all of these, was the fact that my education and my future are treated as a number one priority by this program. I have felt it is a place where learning and growth are nurtured and celebrated. I hope you will feel the same.”

Zaid Shakir, Third Year Fellow

Former Fellow Highlight

“UIC is the place where I became the kind of doctor that I looked up to during medical school and residency. A world-class clinical experience paired with research opportunities second to none; my fellowship experience was peppered with the kinds of opportunities I didn’t know were out there. I was able to review articles for major publications, attend national meetings, cultivate a myriad of publications (peer-reviewed manuscripts, reviews, editorials, and book chapters), network with internationally recognized experts, and attain the skills and achievements necessary to write successful grant proposals. The close-knit group of faculty and fellows allows personalization of your fellowship, ensuring that you meet the goals that you envision. I know I have!”

Dustin Fraidenburg, Former Fellow Class of 2016

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

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