Division of Infectious Diseases
Current Fellows
First Year Fellows:
Second Year Fellows:
- Aparna Arun, MD (Pediatric-ID)
- Kumud Dahal, MD
- Hector Ojeda-Martinez, MD
- Dipi Sharma, MD
- My-Charllins Vilsaint, MD
Marie Abdallah – PGY-4
e-mail: marie.abdallah@downstate.edu
Education: Lebanese University School of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon
Residency: Internal Medicine Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York
Research Interests: Antimicrobial resistance, Transplant Infections
Shagufta Ahsan – PGY-4
e-mail: shagufta.ahsan@downstate.edu
Education: Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Residency: Internal Medicine Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Darby, Pennsylvania
Research Interest: Antimicrobial resistance, HIV, HCV
Aparna Arun – PGY-5
Email:aparna.arun@downstate.edu
Education: Medical School – Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Residency: Crozer Chester Medical Center/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Why I chose SUNY Downstate for my ID training: The diversity that Brooklyn has to offer in terms of patient population and the various pathology of disease seen here makes it a challenging environment to work in.
Research Interests: Chlamydia, HIV
Select Publications:
- Pediatric Academic Society, Guidelines for the prevention of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal diseases (GBS) Disease: Practices in a Community Hospital Nursery, 2010 PAS Annual Meeting, Publication number 421
Kumud Dahal, MD – PGY-4
Email: drkumuddahal@gmail.com
Education: Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal
Residency: Staten Island University Hospital Staten Island, NY
Research Interests: Antimicrobial resistance, immunology, PCR based diagnosis, Antimicrobial pharmacodynamics and kinetics, tumor virology, immunocompromised hosts and infection, Hepatitis C
Why I chose SUNY Downstate for my ID training: Solid training in general infectious disease in one of the most diverse and dynamic setting.
Ada Ene, MD – PGY-4
e-mail: ada.ene@downstate.edu
Education: Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
Residency: Internal Medicine SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Hector Ojeda-Martinez, MD – PGY-4
Email: Hector.Ojeda-Martinez@downstate.edu
Education: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Residency: PGY 1-2 St Vincent's Catholic Medical Center in New York, NY, PGY 3 The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY
Research Interests: STD, HIV, transplant
Why I chose SUNY Downstate for my ID training: I chose Downstate for its distinguished faculty, culturally and ethnically diverse population that would provide a broad exposure to different diseases
Olawole Olafisoye, MD – PGY-4
e-mail: olawole.olafisoye@downstate.edu
Education: University of Ibadan College of Medicine, Ibadan, Nigeria
Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Dipi Sharma, MD – PGY-4
Email: dipi76@gmail.com
Education: Saint Petersburg State Medical Academy, St- Petersburg, Russia
Residency: Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
Research Interests: HIV and TB co-infection, C- diff
Why I chose SUNY Downstate for my ID training: I get comprehensive training in both general ID and HIV
My-Charllins Vilsaint, MD – PGY-4
Email: my-charllins.vilsaint@downstate.edu
Education: University at Buffalo Medical School
Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Research Interests: TB, Hepatitis C, ICU-related infections
Why I chose SUNY Downstate for my ID training: Good volume and amazing variety of cases seen