Current Fellows

First Year Fellows

A. Christine Argento, M.D.

Medical School: St. George's University, Grenada

Residency: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Mentor: Lynn Tanoue, M.D.

Darragh Brady, M.D.
Medical School:University College, Dublin Ireland
Residency:Washington Hospital Center, University of Washington School of Medicine
Mentor: John McArdle, M.D.

Melissa Knauert, M.D., Ph.D.

Medical School:Yale University School of Medicine
Ph.D Degree (Genetics): Yale University School of Medicine
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Mentor: Shyoko Honiden, M.D.

Robyn Scatena, M.D.
Medical School: University of California at Davis School of Medicine
Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital - Yale University
Mentor: Jonathan Siner, M.D.

Catalina Teba, M.D.
Medical School: West Virginia University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Mentor: Mark Siegel, M.D.

 

Second Year Fellows

Clemente Britto-Leon, M.D.
Medical School: Universidad Central de Venezuela School of Medicine
Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Chief Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Research Interests: Airway Inflammation, Asthma
Mentor: Lauren Cohn, M.D.

Jose Gomez-Villalobos, M.D.
Medical School: Pontifilia Universidad Javerieana, Bogota, Columbia
Residency: Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, CT
Research Interests: Critical Care, Systems Biology, TB
Mentor: Geoffrey Chupp, M.D.

Behrouz Jafari, M.D.

Medical School: Shahid Beheshti Medical Sciences University, Iran
Residency: SUNY, Buffalo, NY
Research Interests: Sleep disorders
Mentor: Vahid Mohsenin, M.D.

Ronald Reilkoff, M.D.

Medical School: University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Residency: Yale New Haven-Hospital, New Haven, CT
Research Interests: Sepsis, Epigenetics

Mentor: Erica Herzog, M.D.

Michael Vest, D.O., M.A.

Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Portland, ME
Residency: William Beaumont Army Medicial Center, El Paso, TX
M.A. degree: Boston University, MA
Mentor: Margaret Pisani, M.D., M.P.H

 

Third Year Fellows

Charles (Randy) Lane, M.D.
Medical School: University of Massachusettes, Worchester, MA
Residency: Brown University Rhode Island Hospital, RI
Research Project: NADPH oxidase signaling in acute lung injury and sepsis
Mentor: Patty Lee, M.D.

Mario Perez, M.D.

Medical School: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Residency: University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT
Research Project: Relationship between Asthma Severity and Chitinase Genetic Polymorpisms in Patient with Severe Asthma
Mentor: Geoffrey Chupp, M.D.

Bernardo Selim, M.D.

Medical School: Facultad Medicine Argentina
Residency: Boston University, Boston, MA
Mentor: Klar Yaggi, M.D., M.P.H.
Research Project: Arrhythmias and Cardiovascular Morbi-Mortality in Obstructive Sleep Apnea - DREAM (determining risk of vascular events by apnea monitoring) Study

Seyedtaghi (Sherwin) Takyar, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical School: Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Ph.D. degree (Microbiology/Molecular Biology): University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Postdoctoral Fellowship (Molecular Biology/Biochemistry): University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
Residency: State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Research Interests: RNA Interference in Lung Disease
Research Project: MiR-1 is a Critical Regulator of VEGF-Induced Angiogenesis
Mentor: Jack Elias, M.D.

 

Fourth Year Fellows

Won-Kyung Cho, M.D.
Medical School: Ewha Womans University, College of Medicine, Seoul Korea
Residency: Saint Mary’s Health Center, St. Louis, MO
Research Interests: Pulmonary Hypertension
Research Project: IL-13 Induces Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling and Pulmonary Hypertension
Mentor: Chun Geun Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

Praveen Mannam, M.D., M.S.
Medical School: Stanley Medical College, India
M.S. degree: Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Residency: Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Research Interests: Sepsis, Critical Care
Research Project: Endothelial MKK3 Mediates Sepsis and Lung Injury
Mentor: Patty Lee, M.D.

Alexander Panda, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical School: Medical Faculty of the Alexander von Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Jacobi Medical Center
M.P.H. degree: Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Fellowship: Infectious Diseases, New York University School of Medicine
Research Interests: Tuberculosis, Influenza
Research Project: TLR Expression and Function of Peripheral Blood Immunce Cells in Preeclamsia
Mentor: Albert Shaw, M.D., Ph.D.

 

Yale/Norwalk Critical Care Fellows

Sharad Chandrika, M.D.
Medical School: Coimbatore Medical College, India
Residency: Guthrie/Robert Packer Hospital

Andrew Seevaratnam, M.D.
Medical School: St.George's University School of Medicine, Grenada
Residency: Danbury Hospital