People | ID Fellowship

Program Leadership

Erin Bonura, MD

Program Director – Dr. Erin Bonura
Favorite Hobby: Skiing! 
Favorite Restaurant: Pip’s Doughnuts
Favorite Microbe: Bartonella
Book currently reading: Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Luke Strnad, MD

Associate Program Director - Dr. Luke Strnad
Favorite Hobby: Hiking/camping or watching ice hockey
Favorite Restaurant: OK Omens
Favorite Microbe: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Book currently reading: Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe 

2023-2024 OHSU Infectious Diseases fellows

First Year Fellows

Ellen Earle, MD

Ellen Earle, MD

MD: Drexel University College of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Favorite Hobby: Hiking with my dog
Favorite Restaurant: Ilona in Boston
Favorite Microbe: Clostridioides difficile
Book currently reading: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Kate Finneran, MD, MPH

Kate Finneran, MD, MPH

MD/MPH: Emory University School of Medicine
Residency: Washington University/Barnes Jewish Hospital

Favorite Hobby: All things (musical) theatre 
Favorite Restaurant: Sugar Shack in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina 
Favorite Microbe: T. Palladium 
Book currently reading: D&D Players Handbook, 5th Edition (2024)

Patrick Mallea, MD

Patrick Mallea, MD

MD: University of Utah School of Medicine
Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Favorite Hobby: Fly fishing
Favorite Restaurant: Favorite restaurants in Iowa City/Cedar Rapids: Pullman in Iowa City and Cobble Hill in Cedar Rapids
Favorite Microbe: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Book currently reading: "This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism and Corruption are Ruining the American West" by Chris Ketcham

Second Year Fellows

Brian Carpenter, DO

Brian Carpenter, DO

DO: Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix

Favorite Hobby: Traveling and playing with my pups 
Favorite Restaurant: Dick's Hideaway in Phoenix AZ 
Favorite Microbe: Coccidioides immitis 
Book currently reading: "Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari

Samara Levine, MD

Samara Levine, MD

MD: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Residency: University of Colorado

Favorite Hobby: Skiing
Favorite Restaurant: Eem
Favorite Microbe: Treponema pallidum
Book currently reading: Wild Swans by Jung Chang

Ahmad Mismar, MD

Ahmad Mismar, MD

MD: University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Detroit Medical Center/Sinai-Grace Hospital

Favorite Hobby: Cooking and baking
Favorite Restaurant: Leila restaurant/Detroit, Michigan
Favorite Microbe: Staph Aureus
Book currently reading: Koolaids by Rabih Alameddine

Third Year Fellow

Pie Pichetsurnthorn, MD

Pie Pichetsurnthorn, MD

MD: University of Kansas School of Medicine- Wichita
Residency: University of Kansas School of Medicine- Wichita Internal Medicine Program

Favorite Hobby: Creating an indoor jungle oasis with my plants, exploring local eateries and breweries, and spending time with my puppy Taco. 
Favorite Restaurant: Dempsey Burger in Wichita, KS
Favorite Microbe: Treponema Pallidum
Book currently reading: "Fever, Feuds, and Diamonds" by Paul Farmer

Recent Fellowship Graduates

  • Julieta Madrid Morales - Oregon Infectious Disease Specialists, Salem, Oregon
    • Primary mentor: Marissa Maier & Kristina Bajema
    • Primary area of focus: Correlation between pathology and surgical cultures in patients with diabetes
  • Radhika Sheth - Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
    • Primary mentor: Christopher Evans
    • Primary area of focus: Infection incidence in Gender Affirming Surgical Procedures

  • Tuan Dung Nguyen - Medical Consultant, San Diego County TB program
    • Primary mentor: Timothy Menza
    • Primary area of focus: HIV U=U trends in Oregon
  • Jose Rivera Sarti - Private practice, Vancouver, WA (Vancouver Clinic)
    • Primary mentor: Morgan Hakki
    • Primary area of focus: Anaerobic bacteremia in febrile neutropenia
  • James Zou - Swedish Infectious Diseases, Seattle, WA
    • Primary mentor: Ellie Sukerman and Jim Lewis
    • Primary area of focus: Antibiotic stewardship of SSTIs: Implementation of a MRSA swab protocol

  • Mike Conte - Private practice, Vancouver, WA (Vancouver Clinic)
    • Primary mentor: Monica Sikka
    • Primary area of focus: Management of infections in individuals with substance use disorder
  • Fabian Dammann - Transplant ID fellowship at the University of Miami followed by clinical practice in Baltimore, MD
    • Primary mentor: Tim Menza and Lynne Strasfeld
    • Primary area of focus: Syphilis trends in the heterosexual population in Oregon; Infectious complications in renal transplant patients with ADPKD
  • Hiro Park - Private practice, Las Vegas, NV (Infectious Diseases Partners of Nevada)
    • Primary mentor: Jessina McGregor and Jina Makadia
    • Primary area of focus: Secondary infections in patients admitted with COVID-19; Diabetic foot infections

  • Sujeet Govindan - OHSU, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious diseases
    • Primary mentor: Luke Strnad
    • Primary area of focus: Stewardship of blood culture testing
  • Brenton Schneider - Private practice, St. Paul, Minnesota
    • Primary mentor: Monica Sikka
    • Primary area of focus: OPAT in vulnerable populations

  • Sara Gore - Private practice, Denver, Colorado (Rocky Mountain Infectious Disease Specialists)
    • Primary mentor: Monica Sikka
    • Primary area of focus: bacterial infections in individuals with substance use disorders
  • Cara Varley - OHSU, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious diseases
    • Primary mentor: Kevin Winthrop
    • Primary area of focus: epidemiology and clinical predictors of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease
  • Holly Villamagna - OHSU, Assistant Professor of Medicine, SHEA LEAP fellowship/Infectious Diseases
    • Primary mentor: Erin Bonura
    • Primary area of focus: ​Medical Education with a focus on pedagogical techniques in Infectious Diseases

  • Lauren Fontana - University of Minnesota, Transplant Infectious Diseases
    • Primary mentors: Morgan Hakki & Lynne Strasfeld
    • Primary area of focus: Transplant infectious diseases and opportunistic infections in patients with stem cell transplants and hematologic malignancies 
  • Cami Hilsendager - Private practice, Portland (Kaiser Permanente)
    • Primary mentor: Luke Strnad
    • Primary area of focus: Infectious disease consultation for and clinical outcomes in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia
  • Imran Mohamedy - Private practice, Portland (Providence St. Vincent's Medical Center)
    • Primary mentor: Graeme Forrest
    • Primary area of focus: Procalcitonin and antimicrobial stewardship, non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections

  • Sui Kwong Li - University of Pittsburgh, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
    • Primary mentor: ​Jessina McGregor
    • ​Primary area of focus: Hospital-based antimicrobial stewardship
  • Jonathan Salberg - Private practice, Boise, Idaho (Sawtooth Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases)
    • Primary mentor: Bill Messer
    • Primary area of focus: Clinical practice and immunology of Zika virus infection

  • Andrea Caballero - Private practice, Anchorage, Alaska (St. Elias Specialty Hospital and Alaska Regional Hospital)
    • Primary mentor: ​Anne Thomas
    • ​Primary area of focus: Group A Streptococcus – public health
  • Denise Kirsch - Private practice, Dearborn, Michigan (Beaumont Hospitals)
    • Primary mentor: ​Chris Pfeiffer
    • ​Primary area of focus: Antimicrobial stewardship – statewide antibiogram
  • Nicholas Stucky - Private practice, Portland (Providence Medical Center, Eastside)
    • Primary mentor: ​David Lewinsohn
    • ​Primary area of focus: Immunology of tuberculosis infection