Current Fellows & Program Graduates


Current Fellows

Class of 2026

Kevin Ferriter, MD

Kevin Ferriter, MD

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


 


Alissa Ali, MD

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

Mohammad Selim, MBBCh

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

 


 


Tianyi Swartz, MD

Tianyi Swartz, MD

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

 

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

Featured Videos

Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship – Interviews with Fellows