Meet the Fellows
Current Fellows

James M. McCluskey, III, MD (2024-2028)
- Program: Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
- Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
- Residency: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Elizabeth Nagel, MD (2024-2028)
- Program: Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
- Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
- Residency: Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

Corinne Thornton, MD (2025-2028) Corinne Thornton's NameDrop
- Program: Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
- Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
- Residency: Indiana University School of Medicine Program

Katherine Douglas, DO (2026-2029)
- Program: Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
- Medical School: Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Residency: BayCare Health System/St. Joseph's Children's Hospital

Rebecca Kruc, MD MPH (2026-2029)
- Program: Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
- Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
- Residency: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) Program
Past Fellows
Charlie Boyle, MD (2023-2026): Facuty, Columbia University, NY
Dannielle Grayer, MD, MPH (2022-2026): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine / Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Nabgha Farhat, MD (2021 – 2024): Clinical Instructor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Simon Lev Parzen-Johnson, MD (2020–2023): Attending Physician, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Priya Edward, MD (2019 - 2022): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles,CA
Alexander Newman, MD (2018-2021): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland, CA
Taylor Heald-Sargent, MD, PhD (2017-2020): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Zacharoula Oikonomopoulou, MD, MSCI (2016-2020): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
Maulin Soneji, MD (2016-2019): Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Caroline Reuter, MD (2014-2017): Global Safety Physician, Moderna Therapeutics
Marielle J. Fricchione, MD (2013-2016): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Rush University Children’s Hospital, JHS Cook County Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases
Leena Bhattacharya Mithal, MD, MSCI (2012-2015): Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL