Graduates of the A&I Fellowship Program

2024

Ozge Aktas, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Children’s National Medical Center
NIH Mentor: Pamela Guerrerio, M.D., Ph.D.

Maxwell Norris, M.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Rochester
NIH Mentor: Lesia Dropulic, M.D. (VRC)

Stella Hartono M.D., Ph.D.
Allergist-Immunologist
Fresno, CA
NIH Mentor: Pamela Guerrerio, M.D., Ph.D.

2023

Sebastian Ochoa Gonzalez 
Assistant Professor
Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor 
NIH Mentor: Mihalis Lionakis, M.D., Ph.D.

Alyssa James, M.D, M.A. 
Federal Drug Agency (FDA)
NIH Mentor: Jonathan Lyons, M.D.

Muhammad Bilal Khalid, M.D. 
Allergist-Immunologist
Rhode Island
NIH Mentor: Pamela Guerrerio, M.D., Ph.D.

Stephanie A. Kubala, M.D.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
NIH Mentor: Pamela Guerrerio, M.D., Ph.D.

2021

Seemal Awan, M.D.
Allergist/Immunologist
Meritus Health
NIH Mentor: Julie Ledgerwood, D.O. (VRC)

2020

Diana Nichols-Vinueza
Medical Officer
Federal Drug Agency (FDA)
NIH Mentors: Gigi Notarangelo, M.D. (LCIM) and Pamela Guerrerio M.D.,Ph.D. (LAD)

Pavle Mulitinovic, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Penn Medicine
NIH Mentor: Ted Pierson, Ph.D. (LVD)

Keith Sacco, M.D.
Allergist and Clinical Immunologist
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
NIH Mentor: Gigi Notarangelo, M.D.

Jessica R. Durkee-Shock, M.D. 
Staff Clinician, Assistant Research Physician
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, NIAID, NIH
CNHS Mentors: Mike Keller M.D. and Catherine Bollard M.D.

2019

Gregory M. Constantine, M.D.
Staff Clinician, Assistant Research Physician
Human Eosinophil Section, NIAID, NIH
NIH Mentor: Michail Lionakis, M.D.,Sc.D.,

Alicia Widge, M.D.
Patient Safety Physician
Boehringer-Ingelhem
NIH Mentor: Julie Ledgerwood, D.O.

Nathan Boggs, M.D, Ph.D.
Physician
Walter Reed Military Medical Center
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
NIH Mentor: Amy D. Klion, M.D.

2018

Rachel Bean, M.D. 
Medical Officer, FDA
NIH Mentor: Michael Memoli, M.D.

Christina Carter M.D. 
Allergy / Immunology
Nashville,TN

Djuro Karanovic, M.D. 
Senior Medical Director 
AstraZeneca
NIH Mentors: Steve Holland, M.D and Gulbu Uzel, M.D

2017

Martin Gaudinski, M.D.
Medical Director
Vaccine Research Clinical Trials Program, NIH
NIH Mentor; Julie Ledgerwood, M.D.

Rekha Jhamnani, M.D. 
Medical Officer
Federal Drug Agency (FDA)
NIH Mentor; Pam Guerrerio, M.D., Ph.D.

Michael Weinreich, M.D
VP & Head of Immunology & Inflammation Clinical Development
Apollo Therapeutics
NIH Mentor: Joshua Milner, M.D.

2016

Katherine Clarridge, M.D.
Medical Officer
Federal Drug Agency (FDA)
NIH Mentor: Tony Fauci, M.D.

Dimana Dimitrova, M.D. 
Staff Clinician
National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH
NIH Mentor: Dennis Hickstein, M.D.

Akilah Jefferson Shah, M.D., MSc. 
Assistant Professor/Physician
Allergy/Immunology at UAMS
NIH Mentor: Steven Pearson, M.D, M.Sc.

Rachel Sparks, M.D. 
Experimental Medicine Physician
AstraZeneca
NIH Mentor: John Tsang, M.D., Ph.D.

2015

Adam Dezure, M.D. 
Vice President, Clinical Development
Atea Pharmaceuticals
NIH Mentor: Julie Ledgerwood, M.D.

Fei-Li Kuang, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University 
NIH Mentor: Amy Klion, M.D.

Adora Lin, M.D, Ph.D.
Medical Officer
Extramural NIAID
Attending Physician
Children’s National Health System
NIH Mentor: Thomas Nutman, M.D.

Ki Lee Milligan, M.D.
Director Pediatric Center of Excellence
Novartis 
NIH Mentor: Dr. Cohen M.D.

2014

Juan Ravell, M.D. 
Chief, Allergy/Immunology
Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ 
NIH Mentor: Micheal Leonardo, M.D.

Corrine Savides Happel, M.D. 
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
NIH Mentor: Helen Su, M.D., Ph.D.

Kelli Williams, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor, Section Chief of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Medical University of South Carolina
NIH Mentor: Sandip Kumar Datta, M.D.

2013

Johee Lee, M.D.  
Medical Officer
CBER, FDA
NIH Mentor: Philip Murphy, M.D.

Jonathan Lyons, M.D.  
Lasker Scholar, Chief
Translational Allergic Immunopathology Unit, Laboratory of Allergic Diseases, NIAID, NIH
NIH Mentor: Joshua Milner, M.D.

Amanda Rudman Spergel, M.D.
Moderna
NIH Mentor: Harry Malech, M.D.

2012

Lee-Jah Chang, M.D. 
Head of Clinical Development, Microbial Sciences
Astra Zeneca
NIH Mentors: Julie Ledgerwood, M.D and Barney S Graham, M.D., Ph.D.

Monica Lawrence, M.D. 
Designated Institutional Official, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
University of Virginia Health Systems
NIH Mentor: Joshua Milner, M.D.

Katherine Sowerwine, M.D. 
Physician
Renewal Dermatology
NIH Mentor: Steven Holland, M.D.

2011

Michelle Crank, M.D. 
Physician
Institute for Allergy & Asthma
NIH Mentor: William Paul, M.D.

Jennifer Leiding, M.D.
Associate Professor, Medical Director USF Multidisciplinary Immunology and Newborn SCID Program
University of South Florida
NIH Mentor: Steve Holland, M.D.

Frank Lichtenberger, M.D. Ph.D. 
Allergist, Immunologist
Piedmont Healthcare
NIH Mentor: Dean Metcalfe, M.D.

2010

Paneez Khoury, M.D., M.H.Sc. 
Senior Clinician
Laboratory of Allergic Diseases, NIAID, NIH
Head
Eosinophil Clinical Research Unit, Human Eosinophil Section
Program Director
Allergy & Immunology Clinical Fellowship Program
NIH Mentor: Amy Klion, M.D.

Irene J. Mikhail, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Physician
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
NIH Mentor: Colleen Hadigan, M.D.

Ian A. Myles, M.D.
Chief
Epithelial Therapeutics Unit
Chief Medical Research Officer, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
Laboratory of Clinical Immunology & Microbiology – NIH
NIH Mentors: Steve Holland, M.D. and Sandip Kumar Datta, M.D.

2009

Soule Benjamin, M.D.
Senior Medical Director, NASH Clinical Development and Research
Novo Nordisk
NIH Mentor: John I Gallin, M.D.

Sofia Chaudhry, M.D.
Clinical Advisor 
Office of New Drugs Policy
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (FDA)
NIH Mentor: Calman Prussin, M.D.

Jennifer Heimall, M.D. 
Elizabeth Paige Lavin Endowed Chair in Research and Clinical Care in Immunology
Director, Allergy/Immunology Training Program
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
NIH Mentors: Steve Holland, M.D., Alexandra Freeman, M.D., and Joshua Milner, M.D.

2008

Rosalyn Baker, M.D, M.H.S .
Prime Allergy And Asthma Care, Llc.
Temple Hills, Maryland
NIH Mentor: Peter Pinto, M.D.

Abigail Harada, M.D. 
Allergy & Immunology
Honolulu, HI
NIH Mentor: Elizabeth Kang, M.D.

Brian Porter, M.D., Ph.D. 
Vice President, Clinical Development Head, Immunology, Hepatology, & Dermatology
Novartis
NIH Mentor: Irini Sereti, M.D.

2007

NaYoung Kim, M.D.
Allergist, Immunologist
Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento, CA
NIH Mentor: Calman Prussin, M.D.

Vickie Lee, M.D.
Allergist
ENT & Allergy Specialists of VA
NIH Mentors: Calman Prussin, M.D. and Helen Rosenburg, M.D.

Princess Ogbogu, M.D.
Chief, Division of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
NIH Mentor: Amy Klion, M.D.

2006

Milad Pooran, M.D.
Physician
University of Maryland Medical Center
NIH Mentor: Joseph Kovacs, M.D.

Dat Tran, M.D. 
CEO
Physician at Innovative Allergy, PLLC
NIH Mentor: Ethan Shevach, M.D.

Janine Van Lanker M.D.
Clinician
Allergy and Asthma Center
NIH Mentor: Thomas Nutman, M.D.

Todd Wilson, D.O.
Director, Early Clinical Development GSK Vaccines
GSK 
NIH Mentor: Dean Metcalfe, M.D.

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