Current Fellows - Infectious Diseases Fellowship
To set up a visiting rotation with the UMMC Infectious Disease Program, please email David Riedel at driedel@ihvumaryland.edu.
First Year

Ashish Ahuja, MD
Undergrad: University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Med School: American University of the Caribbean
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Mercy, Pittsburgh, PA

Anna Carmack, MD, MPH
Undergrad: University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Med School: Tufts University, Boston, MA
MPH: Tufts University, Boston, MA
Residency: (Chief Resident) University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Drew Charles, DO
Undergrad: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Med School: Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA
Residency: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Danica Palacio, MD
Undergraduate: Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Med School: Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: (Chief Resident) University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

Katherine Sittig, MD, MPH
Undergrad: Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
Med School: Penn State University, Hershey, PA
Residency: University of Iowa Des Moines, Des Moines, IA

Khadija Tayabali, MD
Med School: University of Nairobi, Kenya
Residency: (Chief Resident) Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Towson, MD

Jawad Zafar, MD
Undergrad: University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Med School: Virginia Tech Carilion SOM, Roanoke, VA
MHS: Johns Hopkins SPH, Baltimore, MD
Residency: University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Second Year

Talal Alkayali, MBBS
Med School: Jordan University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine, Jordan
Residency: (Chief) Florida State University at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL

Ashley Barnes, MD
Undergrad: Washington and Lee University
Med School: University of Maryland
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Hannah Canepa, DO, MPH
Undergrad: College of the Holy Cross
Med School: A.T. Still University of Health Sciences
Residency: UMass Memorial Medical Center

Mohammad Elbashabsheh, MBBS
Med School: Jordan University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine, Jordan
Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Harpreet Kaur, MD
Undergrad: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Med School: Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica
Residency: Carilion Clinic – Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA

Zachary Pek, MD
Undergrad: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Med School: State University of New York Downstate
Residency: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Christopher Smith, MD
Undergrad: The University of Texas of Austin
Med School: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Residency: University of Maryland