Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases Mentors
Career and Research Mentor
Medical School: Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan | Residency: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Harlem Hospital Center, New York | Fellowship: East Carolina University
Career Interests: Infection control and antimicrobial stewardship in all healthcare settings with a special focus on long-term care facilities |
Personal Interests: Spending time with families; I have completed fellowship in both geriatrics and infectious diseases
![Dr. Muhammad Saiman Ashraf](https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/_images/mentor/id/msa_.png)
Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine | Residency: University of Chicago | Fellowship: University of Chicago
Career Interests: Infectious Diseases, HIV, Medical Education
Personal Interests: Ballet, cooking, time with kids/family
![Dr. Sara Bares](https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/_images/mentor/id/sb.jpg)
Research Mentor
Medical School: Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania | Residency: Texas Tech University | Fellowship: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Career Interests: Tuberculosis ( CDC Center of Excellence Consultant), Infectious Disease in Clinical Community, Telehealth and AI in Healthcare
Personal Interests: Volunteering to officiate sports, chess, artificial intelligence
![Dr. Daniel Brailita](https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/_images/id/faculty/brailita.jpg)
Medical School: University of Minnesota | Residency: University of Minnesota | Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Career Interests: Prevention and treatment of infections in the ICU, faculty development
Personal Interests: Traveling, reading/writing, spending time with family outdoors
![Dr. Kelly Cawcutt](https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/_images/mentor/id/kc.jpg)
Career & Research Mentor
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine | Residency: Baylor College of Medicine | Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine
Career Interests: Medical education, clinical ethics, prosthetic device infections, (professional use of) social media
Personal Interests: Home brewing, gardening and permaculture, spending time with kids; I am one of the newer/younger ID faculty and a recent transplant from outside the Midwest
![Dr. Nicolas Cortes-Penfield](https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/_images/mentor/id/ncp.jpg)
Career and Research Mentor
Medical School: University of Khartoum, Sudan | Residency: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign | Fellowship: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center & University of Texas Houston
Career Interests: HIV clinical care and research, HIV prevention research, health disparities, HIV testing, general infectious diseases clinical care and research, mentorship of under-represented minorities in medicine
Personal Interests: Reading, writing, traveling, spending time with family, community volunteerism
![Dr. Nada Fadul](https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/_images/mentor/id/nf_.png)
Career & Research Mentor
Medical School: American University of Antigua (Caribbean) | Residency: Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) | Fellowship: Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)
Career Interests: Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Underrepresented minorities in medicine, Implementation Science
Personal Interests: Spending time with kids, reading, mentoring women and URM, cooking, entertaining guests; I’m especially interested in mentoring URM and women
![Dr. Jasmine Marcelin](https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/_images/mentor/id/jm.jpg)
Career & Research Mentor
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine | Residency: Virginia Commonwealth Univ | Fellowship: Virginia Commonwealth Univ
Career Interests: Healthcare Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Stewardship
Personal Interests: Gardening, Reading/history, Soccer
![Dr. Mark Rupp](https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/_images/mentor/id/mr_.png)
Career Mentor
Medical School: UNMC | Residency: Washington University in St. Louis | Fellowship: Washington University in St. Louis
Career Interests: Non-tuberculous Mycobacterial infections, Community Infectious Disease, Employee Health
Personal Interests: Traveling, sports
![Dr. Richard Starlin](https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/_images/mentor/id/rs_.png)
Career & Research Mentor
Medical School: UNMC | Residency: University of Arizona-Phoenix / Phoenix Children’s | Fellowship: University of Washington – Seattle
Career Interests: Antimicrobial stewardship, immunocompromised patients, vaccines
Personal Interests: Yoga, hiking, raising my 2 young kids, visiting my Peruvian family; I’m a proud Med-Peds alum, MPH advocate and Spanish speaker
![Dr. Erica Stohs](https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/_images/mentor/id/es_.png)
Career & Research Mentor
Medical School: UNMC | Residency: UNMC | Fellowship: Creighton
Career Interests: Antibiotic stewardship, infection control, mycobacterial infections, education
Personal Interests: Spending time with my 5 children, reading, computer and board games
![Dr. Trevor Van Schooneveld](https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/_images/mentor/id/tvs_.png)
Career or Research Mentor
Medical School: University of Kansas | Residency: University of Florida | Fellowship: Vanderbilt University, Mayo Clinic
Career Interests: Medical student education, graduate medical training, infections in cancer patients, infections in immunocompromised patients
Personal Interests: Traveling, spending time with my twin toddlers
![Dr. Andrea Zimmer](https://www.unmc.edu/intmed/_images/mentor/id/az_.png)