Current Fellows in the Infectious Disease Fellowship

First Year

Kenneth Christian

Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Residency: Ascension St. Vincent

Zaynab Almothafer, MD, MBS

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

Second Year

Michael Pennella

Medical School: University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine
Residency: Creighton University
Professional Interest: Transplant infectious disease and critical care

Third Year

Michael Dieterle, MD, PhD

Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) Trainee

Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School

Residency: Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center/University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

Dr. Michael Dieterle's Scholarly Activity

Member of the ICU Data Science Lab with Dr. Matthew Churpek

Caroline Ewing, MD, MS

Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) Trainee

Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

Professional Interest: Transplant infectious diseases

Dr. Caroline Ewing's Scholarly Activity

Member of the ICU Data Science Lab with Dr. Matthew Churpek
Ewing CB, Siraj D, Lepak A. First Case of Neuroinvasive Oropouche Virus in Wisconsin: A Case Report. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025;12(9):ofaf402.
Mehrotra N, Ross MM, Chilukuri AS, Eljamri S, Ewing C, Patel S, Patel V, Siegel LB, Sistla D, Shariff RK, Fazeli PK. 8263 Long-term Imaging Follow-up of Non-functioning Pituitary Adenomas. J Endocr Soc. 2024;8(Suppl 1):bvae163.1268.
Presented abstract at Association of American Physicians/American Society for Clinical Investigation/American Physician Scientists Association Joint Meeting in Chicago, titled "Blastomyces dermatitidis titers decline rapidly in severe disease and azole monitoring levels stabilize over time with less variability in older patients"