Meet the Fellows in Infectious Diseases

Trevor Elwell-Cuddy, M.D.

• Medical School: University of Kansas
• Residency: Baylor University Medical Center
• Career Interests: Critical Care, Transplant

Andy Grimbergen, M.D.

• Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
• Residency: Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple
• Career Interests: Health policy & legislative advocacy, transplant ID, HIV, tropical medicine

Pawandeep Kaur, M.D.

• Medical School: Government Medical College, Patiala
• Residency: Hamilton Medical Center
• Career Interests: Tropical Medicine, Critical Care ID, Antibiotic Stewardship and Infection Prevention

Adrian Peña, M.D.

• Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical Center
• Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
• Career Interests: HIV, transplant, tropical medicine

Georgios Tavoulareas, M.D.

• Medical School: Athens School of Health Sciences
• Residency: Indiana University (Southwest Indiana)
• Career Interests: Host-pathogen interactions, antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial stewardship

Rawad Abi Assaad, M.D.

• Medical School:  Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine - Lebanese American University
• Residency:   Boston Medical Center Brighton
• Career Interests:  Transplant and immunocompromised hosts, HIV medicine and health equity advocacy, medical education and mentorship.

Zaynab Amin, M.D.

• Medical School:  Ohio State University
• Residency:  UT Southwestern
• Career Interests:  Transplant ID, global health.

Anay Hindupur, M.D.

• Medical School:  University of Toledo
• Residency:  Wright State University
• Career Interests:  Neuroinfectious Disease, Tropical Medicine, Drug Development, Transplant ID, and Medical Education

Burton Mandrell, M.D.

• Medical School:  University of Tennessee Health Science Center
• Residency:  University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences
• Career Interests:  General ID, Fungal infections, HIV

Reshma Narain, M.D.

• Medical School:  UT Southwestern Medical Center
• Residency:  UT Southwestern Medical Center
• Career Interests:  Health equity/advocacy, Social and structural determinants of health, Medical education, HIV

Collin Telchik, M.D., M.P.H.

• Medical School:  Texas Tech University HSC School of Medicine
• Residency:  Baylor Scott & White Temple
• Career Interests:  Wound care, General inpatient ID, HIV, Research, and Transplant.

Syed Nissar Hussain Shah, M.B.B.S.

HIV Medicine Fellow

• Medical School: Faisalabad Medical University, Pakistan
• Residency: Allied Hospital Faisalabad, Pakistan
• Career Interests: Outpatient HIV care, comprehensive HIV management across all age groups, and caring for underserved and vulnerable populations, preventive medicine, continuity of care, and community-focused infectious diseases care.

James Tran, M.D.

Transplant ID Fellow

• Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
• Residency: Loyola University Medical Center
• Fellowship UT Health Sciences Center, McGovern - Infectious Diseases
• Career Interests: Medical education, diagnostic stewardship, and transplant ID