Pediatric Infectious Diseases Current Fellows and Alumni

1st Year Fellows

  • Anna Brameli, MD

    1st Year Fellow
    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Undergraduate: Ben Gurion University of Negev Faculty of Health Sciences
    Medical School: Ben Gurion University of Negev Faculty of Health Sciences
    Residency: Schneider Children's Medical Center, Petach Tikvah, Israel

2nd Year Fellows

  • Adam Gailani, MD

    2nd Year Fellow
    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin - Madison
    Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
    Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

  • Kimberly Chidubem Okafor, MD

    2nd Year Fellow
    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Undergraduate: James Madison University
    Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
    Residency: Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Prisma Health-Upstate/USC Greenville

3rd Year Fellows

  • Natalya Beneschott, MD

    3rd Year Fellow
    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Undergraduate: University of Nevada Reno
    Medical School: University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine
    Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin

  • Matthew Peworchik, MD

    3rd Year Fellow
    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    Undergraduate: College of William and Mary, BS Biology and Psychology
    Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
    Residency: Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Alumni (2020-2024)

2024

  • Cara Charnogursky, MD, MPH – Assistant Professor and Director of Infection Prevention, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Brittany Lehrer, MD, MPH – Assistant Professor and Director of the Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

2023

  • Margaret Free, MD – Assistant Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Sanford USD Medical Center & Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD
  • Hope Hendricks, MD – Assistant Professor & Associate Director, Pediatric Transplant/Immunocompromised, Duke University, Raleigh, NC

2022

  • Stephanie Rolsma, MD, PhD – Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Kaitlin Williamson, MD – Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician, Cook Children’s, Fort Worth, TX

2021

  • Hillary Spencer, MD, MPH – Infection Prevention Medical Advisor at Illinois Department of Public Health and Lead of Regional Infection Prevention Program, Springfield, IL
  • Ricardo Castillo-Galvan, MD, MPH – Medical Director, Medical Affairs, Karius/Attending, Advent Health, Winter Garden, FL

2020

  • Keerti Dantuluri, MD, MPH – Assistant Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Levine Children’s, Charlotte NC
  • Matt Vogt, MD, PhD – Assistant Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  • Varvara Probst, MD, MPH – Assistant Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Florida College of Medicine