Current Fellows & Program Graduates

Current Fellows

Class of 2029

Ali Al Dailaty

Residency: University of Connecticut

Medical School: LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine

Diane Casini

Residency: Wright State University

Medical School: Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Osama Kamal

Residency: Creighton University

Medical School: University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine

Alec Perrera

Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin

Fellowship: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine

Dhruv Sarwal

Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University

Medical School: Government Medical College Chandigarh India

Class of 2028

Tyler Boyd

Residency: University Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine

Medical School: Rush Medical College, Rush University

Rohit Munagala

Residency: Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia

James Qiao

Residency: Loyola University Medica Center

Medical School: Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University

Howard Yu

Residency: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Program

Fellowship: Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Class of 2027

Kristin Auge’-Bronersky

Residency: University of Illinois College of Medicine

Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine

Salman Elturki

Residency: Creighton University School of Medicine

Medical School: University of Tripoli

Frank Leuzzi

Residency: Rush University Medical Center

Medical School: Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University

Katherine Partyka

Residency: Indiana University School of Medicine

Medical School: Rush Medical School, Rush University

Class of 2026

Kevin Ferriter, MD

Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine
Residency: Dell Medical School at University of Texas at Austin

Alissa Ali, MD

Medical School: Saba University School of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

Amitha Avarasala, MBBS

Amitha Avasarala, MBBS

Medical School: Kakatiya Medical College
Residency: UPMC Mercy

Mohammad Selim, MBBCh

Medical School: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Creighton University School of Medicine

Tianyi Swartz, MD

Medical School: The University of Arizona College of Medicine
Residency: Loyola University Medical School

Recent Graduates

Program Graduates

Class of 2025

Nathalie Antonios	Academic Practice, University of Chicago
Meghan Hill	Sleep Fellowship, Northwestern
Kalli Sarigiannis	Academic Practice, Rush University Medical Center
Love Patel	Private Practice

Class of 2024

Jeff Bulger	Private Practice Chicago Suburbs
Amira Elshikh	Academic Practice, Northwestern
Safeer Shah	Private Practice, Chicago
Trevor Thompson	Hines VA, Maywood IL

Class of 2023

Jack Amja	Private Practice, Connecticut
Anila Khan	Academic Practice, University of Chicago
Kumar Lal	Private Practice, Chicago
Lilyana Nezirova	Private Practice, Northwestern System
Jacon Peng	Sleep Fellowship, Northwestern

Class of 2022

Colby Baker	Private Practice, Northwestern Palos Hospital
Swetha Gogineni	Sleep Fellowship, UCLA
Sandeep (Sunny) Jewani	Interventional Pulmonology, University of Colorado
Karen Sayad	Academic Practice, Indiana University Bloomington

Class of 2021

Paul Chung	Sleep Medicine Fellowship, Northwestern University – Chicago, IL
Krishnan Warrior	Assistant Professor, Loyola University Medical Center – Maywood, IL
Michal Reid	Interventional and Advanced Diagnostic Pulmonology Fellowship, Mayo Clinic – Rochester, MN
Ali Saeed	Private Practice – IA

Class of 2020

Perry Formanek	Assistant Professor, Loyola University Medical Center – Maywood, IL
Elizabeth Collins	Assistant Professor, Loyola University Medical Center – Maywood, IL
Sarika Chandiramani	Sleep Medicine Fellowship, Washington University – St. Louis, MO
Katherine Young	Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Fellowship, Duke University – Durham, NC
Ciaran Cunningham	Private Practice, Memorial Cornerstone Clinic – Yakima, WA

Class of 2019

Erum Arain	Private Practice, Suburban Pulmonary and Sleep Associates – Westmont, IL
Daniel Djondo	Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship, Chicago Chest Center – Chicago, IL
Syed Abdullah	Private Practice, Ocean Springs Hospital – Ocean Springs, MS
Jorge Sanchez	Sleep Medicine Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, WI

Class of 2018

Dinas Aleksonis	Private Practice, Palos Health – Palos Heights, IL
Juan Fernandez Castillo	Interstitial Lung Disease Fellowship, University of Toronto – Toronto, ON, CA
Jessica Johnson	Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship, Chicago Chest Center – Chicago, IL
Rishi Mehta	Assistant Professor, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital – Hines, IL

Class of 2017

Farbod Ghods	Sleep Medicine Fellowship, University of Chicago – Chicago, IL
Aaron Kirkpatrick	Sleep Medicine Fellowship, Rush University – Chicago, IL
Sashank Kolli	Private Practice, Bell Memorial Hospital – Muncie, IN
Mrunal Patel	Lung Transplant Fellowship, Indiana University – Indianapolis, IN

Class of 2016

Melita Igbokwe	Private Practice, NorthShore Hospital – IL
Edward Kessler	Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship, Duke University – Durham, NC
Asad Javed	Private Practice – Reno, NV
Srinath Sriram	Private Practice, Palos Health – Palos Heights, IL

Class of 2015

Rania Abdallah	Private Practice – Saudi Arabia
Salah Fares	Private Practice – Dallas, TX
Diego Heredia-Vintimilla	Private Practice – Elkhart, IN
Neha Jain	Attending Physician, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County – Chicago, IL
Veerana Maddipatti	Assistant Professor, Eastern Carolina University – Greenville, NC

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