Our Infectious Disease Fellows
Diversity, Equity, Belonging and Inclusion
Fellows are able to learn amongst a diverse population of patients and fellow house staff physicians. All continents (except Australia and Antarctica) have been represented by fellows we’ve trained in the past 20 years. Both Sunni and Shia (and Alawite and Ismaili) communities as well as Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, and Christian traditions have been represented in the roll of Creighton-trained fellows.
2023-2024 Current Fellows
Amanda Corey Yeates, DO
Residency: Oklahoma State University
Medical School: Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine at New Mexico State University
Second Year
Raul Isern III MD
Residency: Las Palmas Del Sol Medical Center
Medical School: Universidad Rafael Landívar
Recent Fellow Awards
Faran Ahmad, MBBS
- Received an ID Week Trainee Travel Award both years of his fellowship
Ahad Azeem, MBBS, Fellow
- Received an ID Week Trainee Travel Award second year of his fellowship
Post-fellowship Careers of Recent Graduates
- Basic science faculty, Augusta University/University of Georgia partnership
- Critical care fellowship, Creighton University
- Critical care fellowship, Mayo Rochester
- Infectious Disease faculty, Creighton University
- Private practice, Arizona
- Private practice, Los Angeles
- Private practice, Illinois
- Telemedicine faculty, Creighton University (Grand Island, Nebraska)
- Transplant Infectious Disease faculty, University of Nebraska Medical Center
2022-2023 Graduates
Dr. Julie Jerabek, MD
Residency: San Antonio Uniformed Service Health Education Consortium
Medical School: F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
Dr. Richard Swaney, DO
Residency: University of Missouri-Columbia
Medical School: Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
2020-2022 Graduate
Ahad Azeem, MBBS
Critical Care Medicine Fellow
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, NE<
2019-2021 Graduates
Faran Ahmad, MBBS
Faculty
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, NE
Sanu Rajendraprasad, MBBS
Critical Care Medicine Fellow
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
2018-2020 Graduate
Ali Eskandar, MBBCh
Private Practice
Phoenix, AZ
2017-2019 Graduates
Anum Abbas, MBBS
Transplant ID Faculty
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Michael Petzar, MD
Faculty
Augusta University/Medical College of Georgia
Athens, GA
2016-2018 Graduate
Richard Paguia, MD
Private Practice
Winfield, IL
2015-2017 Graduates
Manasa Velagapudi, MBBS
Faculty
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, NE
Allen Ameri, MD
Private Practice
Los Angeles, CA
2013-2015 Graduates
Leo Dobronski, MD
Private Practice
Easley, SC
John Horne, MD
Faculty
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, NE
2012-2014 Graduate
Mir Akbar Ali, MD
Chief of Infectious Diseases
John Randolph Medical Center
Hopewell, VA
2011-2013 Graduates
Cezarina Mindru, MD
Faculty
Baylor University School of Medicine
Houston, TX
Renuga Vivekanandan, MD
Faculty
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, NE
2010-12 Graduate
Kari Neemann, MD
Faculty
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Previous Infectious Diseases Fellow Faran Ahmad, MBBS
Contact Us
Program Director
Manasa Velagapudi, MBBS
Associate Professor
Phone: 402.717.0759
Fellowship Coordinator
Renee Hall
Phone: 402.280.4675
reneehall@creighton.edu