Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellows
Meet our current fellows
Current Fellow Highlight
What struck me about UIC during my fellowship interview was the faculty’s genuine interest in learning about my goals and helping me achieve them even before I matched. I knew I wanted to pursue medical education alongside my clinical training, and as soon as I matched, one of the associate program directors began connecting me with mentors and opportunities. Within three months of starting fellowship, I applied to the Master’s in Health Professions Education program at UIC and have received overwhelming support from the department over the past two years. The program has helped me balance a full-time PCCM fellowship with graduate training, adjusted schedules when needed, and connected me with mentors within our division, across UIC, and across national societies. And in talking to my co-fellows, I’ve realized that this level of support is not unique to me or to medical education. Our faculty are involved in basic science research, clinical trials, national societies, quality improvement, and hospital leadership, and I have watched nearly every fellow develop their own niche with the support of mentors in the division.
The clinical and educational training at UIC is outstanding, but what truly sets the program apart is our faculty and the culture they have built. From my interview day until now, I have never gotten the sense of “this is how it is.” Instead, the attitude has always been, “This is the goal. What’s the best way to get there?” That flexibility, investment, and commitment to our success is what makes UIC so special.
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
Former Fellows
Quinn, Hosler, MD (2026) Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Chicago, IL
Tishena Lloyd, MD (2026) West Virginia University Medicine, Morgantown, WV
Mandeep Sidhu, MD (2026) Lake Erie Medical Services New York, NY
William Brumley, MD (2025), TBD
Michael Freedman, MD (2025), Illinois Lung and Interventional Pulmonary Associates
Janae Gonzales, MD (2025), Northwestern University for Advanced Lung Disease fellowship
Ahmed Mahgoub, MD (2025), Brigham and Women’s Faulker Hospital
Taylor Stringer, MD (2025), Ohio State University
Sylvia Yong, MD (2025), Vanderbilt University for IP fellowship
Nicholas Barreras, MD (2024), Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Chelsi Green, MD (2024), Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Preeti Gupta, MD MPH (2024), The Scripps Research Institute, LA Jolla, CA
Rami Naaman, MD (2024), Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship, MSK, New York, NY
Israel Acosta Sanchez, MD (2023), Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA
June Mbae, MD (2023), Ochsner Rush Health, Meridian, MS
Sarung Kashyap, DO (2023), Advocate Good Shepherd & Sherman Hospitals, Chicago, IL
Salil Kalra, MD (2022), Locum Tenens Intensivist
Malvika Kaul, MBBS (2022), Insight Hospital and Medical
Trinh Pham, MD (2022), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Manasa Reddy, MD (2022), Holy Redeemer Hospital
Christen Vagts, MD (2022), University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
Mariam Anis, MBBS (2021), Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital
Yu Maw Htwe, MBBS (2021), NYU Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship
Jawad Hussain, MBBS (2021), Insight Chicago
Solomon Krow, MD (2021), Midwest Pulmonary Critical Care Sleep Consultants LLC
Stephanie LaBedz, MD (2021), University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
Maidah Yaqoob, MBBS (2021), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Ai-Yui Tan, MD (2020), Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago IL
Ikuyo Imayama, MD (2020), University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
John Willoughby, MD (2019), Pulmonary Critical Care Associates, Shelby Township, MI
Mateo Tole, MD (2019), Northwestern Medicine, Lake Forest, IL
Christie Brillante, MD (2019), University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
Christian Ascoli, MD (2018), University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
Ashvini Damodaran, MD (2018), Mercy Hospital, Chicago, IL
Jimmy Doumit, MD (2018), West Virginia University/United Health Center, Bridgeport, WV
Ashar Usmani, MD (2018), Piedmont Hospitals, Atlanta, GA
Farhan Zaidi, MD (2018), Pulmonary Medical Associates, Melrose Park, IL
Paul Lederer, MD (2017), North Texas VA Health Care System
Bartosz Buchcic, MD (2016), Northwestern Medicine Health System Clinician, Chicago, IL
Dustin Fraidenburg, MD (2016), University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
Valentin Prieto Centurion, MD (2016), University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
Travis Yamanaka, MD (2016), Mercy Hospital, Chicago, IL
Kevin Haas, MD (2015), University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
Tirsa Ferrer Marrero, MD (2015), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Giovanni Infusino, MD (2015), Franciscan St Margaret Health, Hammond, IN
Mehdi Mirsaeidi, MD (2015), University of Miami, Miami, FL
N. Ivone Ramey, MD (2015), Porter Health Care System, Valparaiso, IN
Jessie Moja, MD (2014), Springfield Clinic, Springfield, IL
Patrick Belvitch, MD (2014), University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
Sarah Usmani, MD (2014), Christ Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL
Daisuke Takekoshi, MD (2013), Tohoku University, Japan
Kamran Javaid, MD (2013), Beacon Health System, Elkhart, IN
Michael Markos, MD (2013), Mercy Hospital, Chicago, IL
Bassel Ericsoussi, MD (2012), Franciscan Health, Hammond, IN
Vibhu Sharma, MD (2012), John H. Stroger Jr Hospital, Chicago, IL
Joanne McKell, MD (2012), University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH
Adnan Pervez, MD (2011), University of North Carolina HealthCare, Raleigh, NC
Matas Morkevicius, MD (2011), Community Memorial Pulmonology, Hamilton, NY
Walid Hadid, MD (2011), Goshen Heart & Vascular Center, Goshen, IN
Funlola Famuyiwa, MD (2011), University of Maryland Community Medical Group, Easton, MD
John Shanley, MD (2010), Northwest Community Healthcare, Arlington Heights, IL
Fatema Photowala, MD (2010), Advocate Dreyer Medical Group, Aurora, IL
Humam Farah, MBBS (2010), Hannibal Clinic, Hannibal, MO
Corey O’Brien, DO (2009), Pulmonary & Critical Cardiology Consultants, Lansing, MI
Khaled Nazzal, MD (2009), Midwest Sleep Institute/Lung Care Group, Indianapolis, IN
Venkatesh Donty, MD (2009), Pulmonary & Critical Care Associate of Garland, Longview, TX
Rohit Beri, MD (2009), St Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, CT
Rafiq Kutty, MD (2008), Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, Maywood, IL
Faisal Bhutta, MA (2008), North Fulton Pulmonary, Roswell, GA
Ana Negron, MD (2007), James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, Tampa, FL
Syed Zaki Ahmed, MD (2007), Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Bharati Prasad, MD (2007), University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
Todd Sheppard, MD (2006), Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY
Carolina See, MD (2006), University of Wisconsin Health Clinics, Madison, WI
Michael Bommarito, MD (2006), Hammond Clinic, Munster, IN
Gita Patel, MD (2005), MultiCare Pulmonary Specialists, Puyallup, WA
Min Joo, MD (2005), University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
Kamran Mahmood, MD (2005), Duke University, Durham, NC