Our Fellows

Nermine Abdelwahab, MD
Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency

Esther Chen Etchison, MD
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Residency: Loyola University Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency

Rebecca Kummer, MD
Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: Hennepin Healthcare Internal Medicine Residency

Joshua Trujeque, MD
Medical School: University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Residency: University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency

Gabriel Guzman, MD

Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency
Research Mentor: Charlene McEvoy, MD, Regions Hospital

Jeffrey Larson, MD

Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: Hennepin Healthcare Internal Medicine Residency
Research Mentor: Roy Cho, MD, University of Minnesota

Rachel Starcher, MD

Medical School: Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
Residency: Providence Portland Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency
Research Mentor: Adams Dudley, MD, Minneapolis VA Medical Center

Lauren Thornton, DO

Medical School: A.T. Still University of Health Sciences
Residency: Hennepin Healthcare Internal Medicine Residency
Research Mentor: John Marini, MD, Regions Hospital

Katie Capp, MD

Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Residency: Brown University Internal Medicine Residency
Research Mentor: Roy Cho, MD, University of Minnesota 

Alejandra Gutierrez, MD

Medical School: Universidad de los Andes
Residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation Internal Medicine Residency
Fellowship: University of Minnesota Cardiovascular Fellowship

Aiham Jbeli, MD

Medical School: University of Tishreen Faculty of Medicine
Residency:  University of South Dakota Internal Medicine Residency, Sioux Falls
Research Mentor: Craig Henke, MD, University of Minnesota 

Alex Schwegman, MD

Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Residency
Research Mentor: Wajahat Khalil, MBBS, Minneapolis VA

John Selickman, MD

Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University
Residency: University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency
Research Mentor: John Marini, MD, Regions Hospital

Jennifer Keen, MD

Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Residency: Indiana University Internal Medicine Residency
Research Mentor: Kurt Prins, MD, PhD, University of Minnesota

Camille Robichaux, MD

Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency
Research Mentor: Charlene McEvoy, MD, Regions Hospital

Pierre Tawfik, MD

Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency
Research Mentor: John Marini, Regions Hospital

Alexander Zanotto, MD

Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency
Research Mentor: Chris Wendt, MD, University of Minnesota

Christine Lambert, MD, PhD

Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency
Research Mentor: Anne Joseph, MD, MPH, University of Minnesota
Primary Research: Use of Tobacco Biomarkers in Lung Cancer Risk Assessment

Shujaat Khalil, MBBS

Medical School: Dow Medical College
Residency: St Elizabeth's Medical Center Program (Internal Medicine) - St Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston MA
Research Mentor: Craig Henke, MD, University of Minnesota
Primary Research: Cross Talk Between IPF MPC and Macrophages Drives Fibrosis

David MacDonald, MD

Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency
Research Mentor: Ken Kunisaki, MD, MS, Minneapolis VA
Primary Research: Biomarkers of Lung Function in Well Controlled and Untreated HIV

Nicholas Ingraham, MD

Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency
Research Mentor: Adams Dudley, MD, University of Minnesota
Primary Research: Describing Provider Variation and its Effect on ICU Outcomes and How Race Mediates Provider-Level Factors Contributing to Critical Care Delivery

Benjamin Henkle, MD
Medical School: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Minnesota Internal Medicine, Twin Cities

Muhammad Hayat Syed, MBBS
Medical School: King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan
Residency: Columbia University at Harlem, New York

Michael Thorp, MD
Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Residency: New York University Internal Medicine

Jennifer Wong, MD
Medical School: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Residency: University of Minnesota Internal Medicine

William Amundson, MD
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Residency: University of Rochester Internal Medicine, Rochester, NY
Research Mentor: Hyun Kim, MD, University of Minnesota
Primary Research: Using Precision Medicine and pharmacogenomics in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis to Guide Treatment
Research Mentor: Christine Wendt, MD, Minneapolis VA Health Care System
Primary Research: Peri-nodular Emphysema as a Risk Factor for Malignant Lung Nodules

Andrew Caraganis, MD
Medical School: America University of the Caribbean
Residency: Roger Williams Medical Center Internal Medicine, Providence, RI
Research Mentor: Matthew Prekker, MD, Hennepin County Medical Center
Primary Research: My research will focus on out of hospital cardiac arrests at Hennepin County Medical Center. I will be looking at whether we are able to predict neurological outcomes based on early head CT imaging (obtained within 4 hours of arrest) as well as looking at respiratory failure incidence and causes after out of hospital cardiac arrest.

Katherine Janssen, MD
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Residency: University of Minnesota - Internal Medicine
Research Mentor: Hyun Kim, MD, University of Minnesota
Award: Abstract Scholarship Award, ATS 2017. Washington DC. "Gender Gap in Critical Care Literature Authorship and Task Force Participation." PI: Dr. Sara Erickson
Abstracts: ATS May 14, 2017, Washington, DC "Gender Gap in Critical Care Literature Authorship and Task Force Participation." Oral Presentation. PI: Dr. Sara Erickson; ATS May 17, 2016, San Francisco, CA "Assessing the Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Survival in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis." Poster Presentation. PI: Dr. Hyun Kim

Kathleen Mahan, MD
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Residency: Hennepin County Medical Center Internal Medicine, Minneapolis MN
Research Mentor: Mikael Elias, PhD, University of Minnesota 
Primary Research: I am working to characterize the ability of engineered quorum quenching lactonases to control some of the most problematic bacterial pathogens affecting CF patients, namely Pseudomonas sp.and Burkholderia sp. in order to coordinate and regulate the formation of biofilms and the expression of virulence factors.
Grant Award: Investigating the efficacy of potent quorum quenching inhibitors on human pathogens relevant to CF patients. Second Year Clinical Fellowship, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 2017 - 2018.

Arianna Baldomero, MD
Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medical and Public Health, Madison, WI
Residency: University of Minnesota - Internal Medicine
Primary Research: NHLBI T32 Training Program The Relationship between Oral Health Status and COPD Exacerbations
Primary Research Mentor: Christine Wendt, MD
Abstracts: ATS 2017 poster presentation: A Woman with Celiac Disease and Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage, Washington DC.

Oksana Bohn, MD
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Residency: University of Minnesota Internal Medicine
Primary Research: Translating Research into Practice: COPD Health Coaching for Hospitalized Patients
Primary Research Mentor: Charlene McEvoy, MD
Abstracts: ATS 2017 poster presentation: A Case of Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis Transformation to Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of The Lung, Washington DC; ATS 2016 poster presentation. A Case of Hypercalcemia due to Granulomatous Inflammation in Acute Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis. San Francisco, CA.
Publications: Ken M. Kunisaki, Oksana A. Bohn, Erin E. Wetherbee, Thomas S. Rector. High-resolution wristworn overnight oximetry has high positive predictive value for obstructive sleep apnea in a sleep study referral population. Sleep Breath (2016) 20:583; doi 10.1007/s11325-015-1251-6
Grants: Red Fund Grant via Health Partners Research Institute (funded)

Steve Skolasinski, MD
Medical School: Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan
Residency: University of Minnesota - Internal Medicine
Primary Research: NHLBI T32 Training Program Novel Cell Sprayer Device for Lung Bioengineering and Directed Cell Therapy
Primary Research Mentor: Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari PhD
Grant Submitted: F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service "Pulmonary Bioengineering: New methods for recellularizing and assessing lung scaffolds using a novel cell sprayer device and MRI airflow mapping"
Abstracts:  ATS 2016 poster presentation "Hyperammonemia in the ICU", San Francisco, CA; American College of Physicians 2013 poster presentation "Compressive Subcutaneous Emphysema", Minneapolis, MN

Takehide Umeda, MD
Medical School: Akita University, Akita, JAPAN
Residency: Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island/Brown University Internal Medicine, Pawtucket RI
Primary Research: Candida Colonization Improves Survival after Lung Transplant; Pronton Pump Inhibitor Treatment in IPF Patient (Mentor: Rade Tomic, MD); Successful Weaning and Extubation Parameter (Mentor: John Marini, MD)
Abstracts: ATS 2017 case report "Dendriform Pulmonary Ossification" Tomic R, Umeda T; ATS 2017 poster presentation "Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis"; ISHLT 2017 "Candida Colonization Improves Survival after Lung Transplant?" Green J, Brown R, Umeda T, Rudser K, Hertz M, Loor G, Young J, and Tomic R