Programs Global Health Corps Physicians

2023 GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS

Jason Bacha, MD  
Dr. Bacha has served in Mbeya, Tanzania.

Liane Campbell, MD 
Dr. Campbell has served in Mbeya, Tanzania.

2021 GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS

Lorato Anderson, M.D.  
Dr. Anderson has served in Botswana.

Mackenzie DuPont, M.D. 
Dr. DuPont has served in Malawi.

2019 GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS

Jason Choi, M.D. 
Dr. Choi served in Malawi with the PACHIMAKE program.

Francesca Basile, M.D. 
Dr. Basile served in Uganda.

Kajal Hirani, M.D. 
Dr. Hirani has served in Malawi.

2018 GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS

Vicki Ip, M.D. 
Dr. Ip served in Tanzania (Mwanza).

Kirk Scirto, M.D. 
Dr. Scirto served in Tanzania (Mwanza).

Amy Benson, M.D. 
Dr. Benson served in Malawi.

2017 GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS

Jessica Cataldi, M.D. 
Dr. Cataldi served in Tanzania (Mwanza)

Christina Kozycki, MD 
Dr. Kozycki served in Malawi.

Matthew Leroue, M.D. 
Dr. Leroue served in Tanzania (Mwanza).

Salina Mostajabian, M.D. 
Dr. Mostajabian served in Botswana.

2016 GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS

Bradley Holmes, M.D. 
Dr. Holmes served in Malawi.

Jessica Kumar, D.O., M.P.H. 
Dr. Kumar served in Swaziland.

Alexandra Coria, M.D. 
Dr. Coria served in Mwanza, Tanzania

Suzanna Attia, M.D. 
Dr. Attia served in Colombia.

Kamusisi Chinyundo, M.D. 
Dr. Chinyundo served in Botswana.

2015 GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS

Silvina Kahan, M.D.

Dr. Kahan accepted an assignment in Angola.

2014 GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS

Susan Alisanski, M.D., M.S.C.I.

Dr. Alisanski is a graduate of Allegheny College in Meadville, PA, and State University of New York Upstate Medical University at Syracuse, NY.  She trained in pediatrics and pediatric palliative care and hospice at Akron Children’s Hospital in Akron, Ohio.   She received a Masters in Clinical Investigation while completing a pediatric hematology-oncology fellowship at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Nashville, TN.  While working at the University of Virginia, she volunteered in Liberia.  She is interested in advancing pediatric hematology-oncology and pediatric palliative care programs in low-resource countries.

Dr. Alisanski accepted an assignment with the Global Health Corps in Botswana in March 2014. 

David Holtzman, M.D.

Dr. Holtzman is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine with a Certificate in Global Health and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine with a Masters of Science in Control of Infectious Diseases. He trained in internal medicine and pediatrics at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as well as adult infectious diseases at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

During his training, he has worked in Botswana, Rwanda, and Kenya in clinical, research, and consulting capacities. Dr. Holtzman has accepted a position with the Global Health Corps in Maseru, Lesotho beginning in July 2014.

Tina Lin, M.D.

Dr. Lin is a graduate of University of California- San Diego with a BS in Biochemistry and completed her MD at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She trained in Pediatrics at University of California- Irvine.

During her medical school, she volunteered in rural Uganda through Doctors for Global Health (DGH) where she partnered with village health workers doing health screening, community teaching and home visits. While in residency, she volunteered on several medical missions in Kenya and Cambodia. Prior to joining Global Health Corps, she worked as a general Pediatrician at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Her interests in global health include public health, community development and medical education.

Dr. Lin has accepted a position with Global Health Corps in Colombia beginning in July 2014.

Tamria Matondo, R.N., B.S.N., P.N.P.

Mrs. Matondo graduated with high honors from Howard University in Washington, D.C. where she earned a degree in nursing.  She worked as a Pediatric Nurse in the Washington metropolitan area at Howard University Hospital for 4 years and then Johns Hopkins University Hospital for 2 years.

She returned home to Houston, Texas where she continued to care for children in a variety of settings, including Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and HealthBridge Children’s Hospital.   While doing so, she served as a preceptor for new employees and Nursing students, as well as committee member for numerous organizations at both the local and National level.

She soon decided to pursue a Master’s degree in Nursing at Texas Woman’s University Medical Center.  Afterwards, in which she worked in a clinic setting as Pediatric Nurse Practitioner for several years, while also at Houston Baptist University as a Clinical Instructor.  She fervently mentors future health care providers at the High School for Health Professions (Michael E. DeBakey), her alma mater. Throughout her Nursing Career she has continued to engage in volunteer services for underserved youth throughout inner cities.

Mrs. Matondo served in Angola from March 2014 through March 2016.

Damian Nirenberg, M.D.

Dr. Nirenberg is a graduate of the Maimónides University, Buenos Aires, Argentina.  After completing Pediatrics Residency at the Argentinian National Children's Hospital, "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", he completed his training in Pediatrics Hematology and Oncology after a 3 years fellowship at the same institution.

After training's completion, Dr. Nirenberg worked several years at the Hematology and Oncology Department and Radiation Oncology Unit as a faculty member, always at that same national reference hospital.

Since 2005 he has been working on the development of websites providing childhood hematology and oncology educational multimedia resources to users all around the world.

Dr. Nirenberg has accepted a position as with the Global Health Corps in Luanda, Angola, to be the Country Director for the Angolan Sickle Cell Initiative, beginning in March 2014.

Paz Noli, M.D.

Dr. Noli graduated from Medical School, UBA (Universidad Buenos Aires), Buenos Aires, Argentina, had completed her pediatric residency at the Argentinian National Children's Hospital, "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan", 

Afterwards she was involved in the pharmaceutical area, developing in Clinical Research field during 9 years. After 3 years as a Project Manager in a French lab, she decided to become part of this new challenge in BIPAI.

Dr. Noli accepted a position with the Global Health Corps in Cabinda, Angola beginning December 2014.

John Parks, M.D.

Dr. Parks is a graduate of Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas and Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. He completed postgraduate training in family medicine at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill where he served as Co-Chief Resident.

During  medical training he spent a year in Kabul, Afghanistan working with that countries first family medicine training program teaching evidence-based medicine, assisting in research projects, and evaluating program graduates in practice in rural Afghanistan. Through that experience he observed the value that well trained, and broadly health-workers can bring to health service delivery for a population. His professional interests include postgraduate medical education, quality improvement, and investing in people.

Dr. Parks accepted a position with the Global Health Corps in Lilongwe, Malawi beginning July 2014.

Palka  Patel, M.D.

Dr. Patel completed her undergraduate degree at Washington University in St. Louis, followed by medical school and residency at Indiana University School of Medicine.  During her residency in combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, she joined the global health residency track.

She has been interested in international travel and culture for a long time. During medical school and residency she took the opportunity to do two away rotations in Kenya which motivated her to pursue a job in international health.  With this in mind she have joined BIPAI to help broaden her international experience.

Dr. Patel has accepted a position with Global Health Corps in Angola beginning in July 2014.

David Sullivan, M.D.

Dr. Sullivan’s interest in the Baylor Global Health Corps and work in developing countries started while I was working at a community health center in rural Washington State. From the early months of residency (He finished his pediatrics residency at Yale New Haven Hospital in 2011) Dr. Sullivan knew he wanted to work with the underserved and viewed his in the Pacific Northwest and now in Malawi as opportunities to practice medicine where the need is great and to continue to build his skills as a clinician. Dr Sullivan mentions that he is fortunate to have excellent mentors and colleagues along the way and look forward to what the coming years will bring, in terms of patients served, experiences gained, and adventures for hiss whole family.

Dr. Sullivan has accepted a position with Global Health Corps in Malawi from July 2014 – May 2016.

2013 GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS

Bitencourt, M.D.

Dr. Bitencourt is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University where she earned a degree in public health studies. She completed medical school at the Georgetown University School of Medicine and finished a combined residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at the Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. She lived in Brazil for several years and has spent time doing medical rotations in Lesotho with the Global Health Corps and in Belize.

Dr. Bitencourt has accepted a position with the Global Health Corps in Angola beginning July 2013.

James Carlucci, M.D.

Dr. Carlucci is a graduate of Santa Clara University and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He continued on at Vanderbilt for his residency training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. His past research has focused on barriers to adherence to antiretroviral therapy in rural Zambia. He has also volunteered in Guatemala and is currently involved in an investigation of gastrointestinal parasites there.

Dr. Carlucci has accepted a position with the Global Health Corps in Lesotho beginning in July 2013.

Debra Lugo. M.D.

Dr. Lugo is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles with a BS in Anthropology, and completed her MD with Ross University School of Medicine. She trained in Pediatrics at Maimonides Infants and Children's Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. During her undergraduate studies she became interested in international health and volunteered with multiple medical trips to Huehuetenango, Guatemala. She worked as a research assistant at UCSD and tutored on a local reservation prior to starting medical school to pursue her interests in infectious diseases and improving global health.

Dr. Lugo has accepted a position with the Global Health Corps in Swaziland beginning in July 2013. 

Shaanan Meyerstein, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Meyerstein is completing his Pediatric Residency at the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and a M.P.H. at Hofstra University School of Medicine and Public Health. He holds a B.A. in Religion and Pre-medical studies from Columbia University in NYC, and a MD from Ben Gurion/Columbia University Medical School for International Health in Israel. He has a particular interest in healthcare policy and the healthcare of under-served populations, in particular, immigrant communities. Dr. Meyerstein is excited about working with BIPAI in Botswana, and will be traveling there with his wife Rachel, a registered dietician, who will be coordinating nutrition projects with HIV infected adolescents at a local NGO.

Michele Montandon, M.D.

Dr. Montandon is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine with an Area of Concentration in Global Health. She trained in family medicine at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez, California and received a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

During her medical training, she volunteered clinically and conducted HIV research in Kenya and Uganda. After residency, she worked with Médecins Sans Frontières/MSF (Doctors without Borders) in Lagos, Nigeria. She recently completed a two-year Global Health Leadership Fellowship through the Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Global Health and Human Rights. During this fellowship, she worked on medical education programs in Juba, South Sudan and western Kenya. Her interests internationally include medical education and building human resources for health.

Dr. Montandon has accepted a position with the Global Health Corps in Mbeya, Tanzania beginning in July 2013.

2012 GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS

Magnus Benéus, M.D.

Dr. Benéus is a graduate of the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. He trained in Pediatrics at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm where he has also been a member of the Pediatric HIV Team. He worked for two years in a rural district hospital in South Africa. During the course of his specialist training he also worked in Kenya.

Dr. Benéus has accepted an assignment in the Pediatric Global Health Corps in Mbabane, Swaziland beginning in August 2012.

Shelli Bein, M.D.

Dr. Bein is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Medical School for International Health. She trained in Pediatrics at Jacobi Medical Center affiliated with Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York. Prior to joining the Pediatric Global Health Corps, she worked as a community pediatrician at La Clinica de la Raza in Oakland, California.  Dr. Bein has a long-standing interest in international health.  During the course of her training, she completed medical clerkships in Sao Paulo, Brazil and Iquitos, Peru.

Dr. Bein has accepted an assignment with the Global Health Corps in Mwanza, Tanzania beginning in July, 2012.

Yvonne Butler, M.D.

Dr. Butler is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. She trained in obstetrics and gynecology at Henry Ford Health System, in Detroit, MI, where she served as chief resident. Prior to joining the Global Health Corps, she trained as a University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill fellow in International Women’s Health and Clinical Epidemiology based at the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia. Dr. Butler was the recipient of the 2011 Hippocrates Award given to a resident who “best practices the art of medicine.” Her hobbies include extreme sports, running, reading, travelling and more recently Zumba in Zambia.

Dr. Butler has accepted an assignment with the Texas Children’s Global Health Corp in Monrovia, Liberia.

Christine Casas, M.D.

Dr. Casas is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she studied biology and writing, and the Baylor College of Medicine, where she earned her medical degree and completed residency in pediatrics.  She first became interested in working abroad after participating in Baylor’s international health track and completing an elective in rural Honduras.

Dr. Casas has accepted a position with the Global Health Corps in Angola beginning July 2012.

Melissa del Castillo, M.D.

Dr. Del Castillo holds degrees from Texas A&M University (BS) and the University of Texas Medical Branch (MD).  She completed a combined residency in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine and Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center and Phoenix Children’s Hospital.   Dr. Del Castillo has participated in Medical Mercy trips to Ethiopia, Kenya, Haiti, and Nicaragua, and is a native Spanish speaker.

Dr. del Castillo has accepted an assignment in Mbeya, Tanzania beginning July 2012.

Alicia Genisca, M.D.

Dr. Genisca completed her BA in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University and her MD at Cornell.   She recently completed her residency in Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.  Dr. Genisca has spent time abroad in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, France, and in Botswana and Swaziland with BIPAI.  She is fluent in both Spanish and French.  Dr. Genisca is dedicated to serving low-income communities.

Dr. Genisca has accepted an assignment with the Global Health Corps in Gondar, Ethiopia beginning July 2012.

Rachel Golin, M.D.

Dr. Golin is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University School of Medicine.  She trained in pediatrics at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas.  She holds a Master’s in Health Sciences with an emphasis in Public Health, having completed her Master’s thesis project on the topic of diabetes education for patients and healthcare professionals in the Gambia, West Africa. Throughout her medical education, she has had the opportunity to travel to China and multiple countries throughout Africa.

Dr. Golin served with the Texas Children’s Health Global Corps in Swaziland.

Shubhada  Hooli, M.D.

Dr. Hooli is a graduate of the University of Florida and the University of Florida College of Medicine.  She completed her pediatrics training at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC within the Community Health Track.  Through leadership roles within the American Medical Association she has advocated on behalf of domestic and global health issues at the national level.  After residency she completed a Masters in Public Health with a concentration in Global Health & Population at the Harvard School of Public Health.  Most recently Dr. Hooli was a Critical Care Hospitalist at Children's Hospital Boston.

Dr. Hooli served with the Texas Children's Global Health Corps in Malawi.

Susan Hrapcak, M.D.

Dr. Hrapcak is a graduate of the University of Chicago, and the Weill Cornell Medical College. She trained in pediatrics at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC.  During her training, she has completed medical elective rotations in Moshi, Tanzania; Vienna, Austria; Vientiane, Laos; and Lilongwe, Malawi (with BIPAI).

Dr. Hrapcak has accepted an assignment with the Texas Children's Global Health Corps in Lilongwe, Malawi beginning in August 2012

Sarah Labuda, M.D.

Dr. Labuda is a graduate of Texas A&M University and the Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine. She began her training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston, and completed her pediatric residency at the University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas.  She also holds a Master of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.  Prior to joining the Global Health Corps, Dr. Labuda worked as a general pediatrician at Acute Kids Urgent Care facilities in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.  She has completed a medical elective rotation in Machame, Tanzania, and has volunteered in Bonito Oriental, Honduras; Trujillo, Honduras; and Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Dr. Labuda has accepted an assignment in the Global Health Corps in Angola beginning in July, 2012.

Ariadne Le, M.D.

Dr. Le graduated from Harvard University with an honors degree in Biochemical Sciences.  She went on to complete her MD at Wayne State University School of Medicine and her residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in Rochester, NY.  Since 2010, Dr. Le has been working both as an internist and pediatrician in Denver, CO.

Dr. Le has accepted a position with the Global Health Corps in Mwanza,Tanzania at Sekou Toure District Hospital beginning November 2012.

Kelli Lund, M.S., M.D.

Dr. Lund holds a BS, MS, and MD from the University of Utah.  She completed her residency in Pediatrics at the University of Vermont, where she then worked as a Clinical Instructor.  Dr. Lund has spent time working with HIV-positive patients and is eager to apply her skills to the benefit of vulnerable populations.  Dr. Lund has accepted an assignment with the Global Health Corps in Cabinda, Angola beginning July 2012.

Anne Morrison, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Morrison holds a BA in Biology from Rice University and an MD from the Medical University of South Carolina, where she was a member of Junior Alpha Omega Alpha.  In addition, she holds an MPH in Global Health and Health Managament from the University of Texas School of Public Health.  Dr. Morrison recently completed her residency in General Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine.  Dr. Morrison has spent time in Rwanda, Tanzania, and Kenya, and is proficient in French, Spanish, and Kiswahili.

Dr. Morrison has accepted an assignment with the Global Health Corps in Sengarema, Tanzania.

Neel Naik, M.D.

Dr. Naik graduated with honors from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas and completed his MD at Baylor College of Medicine, where he enrolled in the International Health track.  He recently completed his residency in Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine.  Dr. Naik has spent time abroad both in India, where he conducted a research project on ready-to-use therapeutic food, and in Swaziland, where he completed a rotation with BIPAI.

Dr. Naik has accepted an assignment with the Global Health Corps in Mwanza, Tanzania beginning July 2012.

Josephine Reece, M.D.

Dr. Reece is a graduate of West Virginia University and West Virginia University School of Medicine.  She trained in internal medicine and pediatrics at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV.  She has completed medical elective rotations in Kitwe, Zambia; Kampala, Uganada at Mulago Hospital and in Ocote Paulino, Honduras. She also spent a month during her final year of residency with BIPAI in Gaborone, Botswana.

Dr. Reece has accepted an assignment with the Texas Children’s Global Health Corps in Liberia.

Peter Rowinsky, M.D.

Dr. Rowinsky graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Anthropology and a certificate in German. After working as a Spanish medical interpreter at Boston Children's Hospital, he attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He then completed pediatrics residency at the University of Washington, and has worked for the last 2 years as a pediatric hospitalist, urgent care physician, and clinical effectiveness consultant at Group Health

Cooperative and Seattle Children's Hospital, where he was also a clinical instructor. He has worked internationally in Botswana, South Africa, Belize, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and Germany.

Dr. Rowinsky has accepted an assignment with the Global Health Corps in Gaborone, Botswana beginning July 2012.

Johanna Rubin, M.D.

Dr. Rubin is a graduate of the Karolinska Institute Medical School, Stockholm Sweden. She trained in pediatrics at the Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge where, after residency, she stayed on for work and to finish her PhD in pediatric hematology/stem cell transplantation. In Stockholm she is a member of the pediatric HIV-team at the Karolinska University Hospital. She has experience from work in the Democratic Republic of Congo and from visiting the Swaziland BIPAI Clinic during her residency in 2006.

Dr. Rubin has accepted an assignment in the Global Health Corps in Mbabane, Swaziland beginning in July, 2012.

Katie Simon, M.D.

Dr. Simon is a graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.  She studied medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the University of Washington in Seattle, where she participated in the global health track. During the course of her training, Dr. Simon has worked in Gabon, Rwanda, and Kenya. Prior to joining the Pediatric AIDS Corps, she worked as an urgent care physician at Seattle Children's Hospital and Group Health.

Dr. Simon has accepted an assignment with the Texas Children’s Global Health Corps in Malawi.

Liz Triche, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Triche trained in Pediatrics  at the University of California, San Francisco and studied medicine at Cornell University. She also obtained a Master of International Public Health from the University of Sydney in Australia. She was a Peace Corps Health Volunteer in a rural Honduran village for two years prior to her medical training and has done medical elective rotations in Moshi, Tanzania; Mbabane, Swaziland; Santiago, Guatemala, and Paris, France.

Dr. Triche has accepted an assignment in the Global Health Corps in Gonder, Ethiopia beginning in July 2012.

Henry Welch, M.D.

Dr. Welch holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (BS) and the Ben-Gurion/Columbia University Medical School for International Health (MD).  He completed his internship and combined residency in Internal Medicine-Pediatrics at the Tulane University School of Medicine, where he also served as Chief Resident.  From 2009-2011 he was the David N. Pincus Global Health Africa Fellow at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. During his fellowship, Dr. Welch split his time between Botswana and Philadelphia.  Since 2011, Dr. Welch has worked as a Clinical Associate in Pediatrics at CHOP and as an Internal Medicine Hospitalist at Temple University Hospital.

Dr. Welch has accepted an assignment with the Global Health Corps in Gondar, Ethiopia beginning January 2013.

Emily White, M.D.

Dr. White is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (BA) and East Caroline University (MD).  She completed her residency in Pediatrics at the University of Utah/Primary Children’s Medical Center.  Dr. White has committed much of her time to volunteering with her local community and has spent time in Samoa, India, Uganda, and South Africa.

Dr. White has accepted an assignment in Mbeya, Tanzania beginning July 2012.

Leslie White, M.D.

Dr. White holds degrees from the University of Virginia (BA) and the Ben-Gurion/Columbia Medical School for International Health (MD).  She recently completed her residency in Pediatrics at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to her time in Israel, Dr. White has spent time in Haiti, Tanzania, Jordan, and Ethiopia, and speaks Arabic, Hebrew, French, and Swahili.

Dr. White has accepted an assignment with the Global Health Corps in Cabinda, Angola beginning July 2012.

Marcia Wong, M.D., M.P.H

Dr. Marcia Wong is a graduate of Duke University and the University of California, Davis School of Medicine. She trained in a combined  internal medicine and pediatrics residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in  New York, NY. During residency she also completed her Masters of  Public Health at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and spent time in  Cameroon doing clinical work and research.

Dr. Wong has accepted an assignment in the Global Health Corps in Maseru, Lesotho beginning in July 2012.

2011 GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS

Anu Agrawal, M.D.

Dr. Agrawal is a graduate of the University of Texas in Austin, and the Baylor College of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital and Research Center in Oakland, California. Dr. Agrawal joined the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative’s Pediatric AIDS Corps program in 2007, and worked for a year in Lesotho. He left the Pediatric AIDS Corps to pursue fellowship training in pediatric hematology/oncology at the Children’s Hospital and Research Center in Oakland, California, but he retained a passion for applying his skills to the benefit of children globally. Dr. Agrawal plans to contribute to both the HIV program and the hematology/oncology program as a member of the Texas Children’s Global Health Service Corps.

Dr. Agrawal has accepted an assignment with the Texas Children’s Global Health Corps in Botswana.

Elizabeth Fitzgerald, M.D.

Dr. Fitzgerald is a graduate of SUNY Geneseo, and she studied medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She trained in pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She worked for one year as the medical co-director of a free clinic in Belize serving the indigenous Mayan population. Dr. Fitzgerald also has worked for several years as a primary care pediatrician.

Dr. Fitzgerald has accepted an assignment with the Texas Children’s Global Health Corps in Malawi.

Lauren Hall, M.D., M.Sc.

Dr. Hall is a graduate of Emory University, where she also studied medicine and trained in pediatrics. She also has a Masters in Science degree from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the control of infectious disease. Her Masters dissertation is titled: “An Analysis of infant mortality within the mother and baby study in Entebbe, Uganda”.

Dr. Hall has accepted an assignment with the Texas Children’s Global Health Corps in Swaziland.

Mogomotsi Matshaba, M.B., Ch.B.

Dr. Matshaba is a graduate of University College of Dublin.  He worked as a medical officer in Botswana from 2005-2008, during which time he spent one year as a physician-in-training at the Botswana Baylor Children's Clinical Center of Excellence. He also has postgraduate training in HIV management, trauma management, and fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery and completed his residency training in pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine.

Dr. Matshaba has accepted an assignment with the Texas Children's Global Corps in Botswana.

Allyson McKenney, M.D.

Dr. McKenney is a graduate of Texas A&M University and the University of Texas Medical School. She trained in both medicine and pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center, where she served as chief resident. She is the recipient of the 2010 Monica Barrett award given to a resident or faculty member who “exemplifies the professional attributes of integrity, excellence in patient care, leadership in community service, and kindness of spirit”.

Dr. McKenney has accepted an assignment with the Texas Children’s Global Corps in Malawi.

Nicole Salazar-Austin, M.D.

Dr. Salazer-Austin is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She studied medicine at Harvard University, and trained in pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. During the course of her training, Dr. Salazar-Austin worked in Nkomazi, South Africa and in Francistown, Botswana where she performed a needs assessment of the Nyangabgwe hospital’s infection control program.

Dr. Salazer-Austin has accepted an assignment with the Texas Children’s Global Health Corps in Swaziland.

Shannon Shea, M.D., M.P.H

Dr. Shea is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. She studied medicine at Johns Hopkins University, where she also obtained a Masters in Public Health degree with a concentration in child and adolescent health. She trained in pediatrics at the University of California San Francisco. Prior to studying medicine, Dr. Shea worked for ten years as a certified public accountant in Georgia and Florida. An international volunteer experiences as a teacher and in an orphanage in Bolivia inspired her to change careers and pursue medicine.

Dr. Shea has accepted an assignment with the Texas Children’s Global Health Corps in Tanzania.

Elizabeth Weiner, M.D., M.F.A.

Dr. Weiner is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the Massachusetts General Hospital for Children. She also holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry from Boston University. During the course of training, Dr. Weiner traveled to Niger, Bolivia, Mali, and Liberia, where she worked in the delivery room and neonatal intensive care. These experiences have inspired many of her poems.

Dr. Weiner has accepted an assignment with the Texas Children’s Global Health Corps in Gondar, Ethiopia.

2010 GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS

Avni Bhalakia, M.D.

Dr. Bhalakia is a graduate of the George Washington University, and the George Washington University School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at Brown University in Providence, New York. Prior to joining the Pediatric AIDS Corps, she was a member of the faculty at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She has completed medical elective rotations in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, and in Lilongwe, Malawi (with BIPAI

Dr. Bhalakia has accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Lilongwe, Malawi beginning in July, 2010.

Eric Dziuban, M.D.

Dr. Dziuban is a graduate of Western Michigan University, and the Duke University School of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He also has completed a one-year fellowship in applied epidemiology with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Dziuban has completed medical electives in Krakow, Poland; Tamale, Ghana; and, Mafraq, Jordan.

Dr. Dziuban has accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Mbabane, Swaziland beginning in July, 2010.

David Gordon, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Gordon is a graduate of the Dartmouth College, and the University of Vermont medical school, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society. He trained in pediatrics at the University of California in San Francisco. He also holds an Masters of Public Health degree from Boston University, where he was elected to the Delta Omega Honor Society. Before joining the PAC, Dr. Gordon completed medical elective rotations in Mumbai, India, Maseru, Lesotho (with BIPAI), and Migori, Kenya. He also worked for the United States Peace Corps as a health extension volunteer in 2000-2001 in Turkmenistan.

Dr. Gordon has accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Gondar, Ethiopia, beginning in July, 2010.

Nader Kim El-Mallawany, M.D.

Dr. Kim El-Mallawany is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Toledo College of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He first joined the Pediatric AIDS Corps in 2006, and spent a year working as a PAC doctor in Lilongwe, Malawi. He returned to the United States in 2007 to undertake fellowship training in pediatric hematology/oncology/ blood, and marrow transplantation at Columbia University in New York. He speaks English, Spanish, Arabic, and Korean.

Dr. Kim El-Mallawany has accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Lilongwe, Malawi beginning in July, 2010.

Maya Maxym, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Maxym is a graduate of Yale University and the Yale University School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at Seattle Children's Hospital. She also holds a PhD in comparative literature from Emory University in Atlanta. She speaks English, French, Spanish, German, and Italian.

Dr. Maxym has accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Moshi, Tanzania beginning in July, 2010.

Leah Nchama, M.D., M.S.c.

Dr. Nchama is a graduate of McGill University and the Washington University School of Medicine in St, Louis, where she also trained in pediatrics. She also holds a Masters of Science degree from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her father is from Malawian physician.

Dr. Nchama has accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Lilongwe, Malawi beginning in July, 2010.

2009 GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS

Ijeoma ("IJ") Anosike, M.D.

Dr. Anosike is a graduate of Brown University and the Stony Brook University School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the Brown University Pediatric Residency Program at Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence Rhode Island. In 2008 she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society.

Dr. Anosike is Nigerian by heritage. Her first name means "safe journey" in the Nigerian language. She has traveled regularly to Nigeria, as well as to Ghana and Guatemala. Dr. Anosike accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Mbeya, Tanzania beginning in July, 2009.

Douglas Blank, M.D.

Dr. Blank is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. He trained in pediatric at the Children's Hospital of Orange County.

Dr. Blank has traveled extensively as a volunteer member of the Peruvian-American Medical Society and as the co-founder of the Honduras Outreach Medical Brigade Relief Effort (HOMBRE). He also completed an elective rotation at the Botswana-Baylor College of Medicine Children's Clinical Center of Excellence in Gaborone, Botswana. Dr. Blank accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Swaziland beginning in July, 2009.

David Bowe, M.D.

Dr. Bowe is a graduate of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington and the University of Washington School of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at the University of Arizona, where he also served as Chief Resident.

Since completing residency training in 2000, Dr. Bowe has worked in private practice in Washington State. He speaks Spanish and French and has traveled extensively and worked in Central America. He accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Moshi, Tanzania beginning in July, 2009.

Jessica Bradford, M.D.

Dr. Bradford is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, and the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She completed residency in medicine and pediatrics at the University of Rochester.

During residency, Dr. Bradford completed a one-month elective rotation at the Botswana-Baylor Children’s Clinical Center of Excellence in Gaborone, Botswana. She writes that this experience changed her career plans, and helped her to decide that international medicine was something she could pursue on a full-time basis. She accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Mbeya, Tanzania beginning in July, 2009.

Stephanie Davis, M.D.

Dr. Davis is a graduate of Princeton University and the Baylor College of Medicine. She trained in both medicine and pediatrics at the University of Michigan. During medical school, Dr. Davis participated in an elective rotation at the BIPAI Center of Excellence in Gaborone, Botswana. She accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Botswana beginning in July, 2009.

Akash Devendra, M.B.Ch.B., M.S.c.

Dr. Devendra is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh Medical School in Scotland. He completed postgraduate training in both Internal Medicine and General Practice and holds a Masters Degree in international health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is Malaysian/Indian in origin.

Prior to joining the Pediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Devendra worked as a consultant physician at the Nyangabwe Referral Hospital in Francistown, Botswana. He accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps to work in Lesotho, beginning in April, 2009.

Sahera Dirajlal-Fargo, D.O., M.S.

Dr. Dirajlal-Fargo is a graduate of Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, Maine. She trained in Pediatrics at the Phoenix Children's Hospital. She also holds a Master of Science degree in neurobiology and anatomy from the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Dr. Dirajlal-Fargo grew up in France as a member of a family of Indian descent. She is fluent in French, English, and Spanish. She has worked previously in Swaziland, and also completed an elective rotation at the BIPAI site in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso in March, 2008. She accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps to work in Malawi, beginning in July, 2009.

Sarah Frenning, M.D.

Dr. Frenning is a graduate of Carleton College on Northfield, Minnesota, and the University of Minnesota Medical School, where she also trained in pediatrics. Before medical school, she completed a one-year fellowship in early childhood development and education at Yale University.

During medical school, Dr. Frenning participated in two elective rotations in Ghana. Her undergraduate degree includes a concentration in French and Francophone studies, and she lived for several months in Paris. Dr. Frenning accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Ethiopia beginning in July, 2009.

Rajni Gunnala, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Gunnala is a graduate of the University of Arizona, Tucson, and the University of Arizona College of Medicine & College of Public Health dual degree program . She completed residency training in pediatrics at the Phoenix Children's Hospital/Maricopa Medical Center.

Prior to starting medical school, Dr. Gunnala worked as an Americorps volunteer on a project to improve healthcare access for migrant farm workers in the central valley of California. During medical school and residency, she participated in clinical rotations in Africa, Asia, and Central America. Dr. Gunnala accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Lesotho beginning in July, 2009.

Duncan Hau, M.D.

Dr. Hau is a graduate of Cornell University and the Tufts University School of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at the New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City, New York.

Prior to starting medical school, Dr. Hau worked as a science teacher in Shanghai, China, and traveled extensively in East and Southeast Asia. He also completed an international elective at the Bugando Medical Center in Mwanza, Tanzania in March, 2008. Dr. Hau accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Mwanza, Tanzania beginning in July, 2009.

Leigh Howard, M.D.

Dr. Howard is a graduate of Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. She trained in Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Dr. Howard has participated in elective rotations in Mexico, India, and Zambia. She has accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Botswana beginning in July, 2009.

Ayesha Kadir, M.D.

Dr. Kadir is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Kadir pursued postgraduate study of the Danish health care system. She is fluent in English and Danish, and proficient in French. She has traveled previously to Uganda for a two-month elective during residency. Dr. Kadir accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Mwanza, Tanzania beginning in July, 2009.

Michele Kautzman M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Kautzman is a graduate of the University of Oregon and the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. She trained in both medicine and pediatrics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Kautzman also holds an MPH degree from the University of Alabama, Birmingham, with concentrations in epidemiology and international health.

Dr. Kautzman worked in Zambia for two years preceding her PAC position. She worked first as a medical officer in a child sexual abuse clinic, and then as the site director for the Zambia-Emory HIV Research Project in Lusaka, Zambia. Dr. Kautzman accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Malawi, beginning in February, 2009.

Alex Kay, M.D.

Dr. Kay is a graduate of Cornell University, and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He trained in both medicine and pediatrics at the Maine Medical Center, where he also served as Chief Resident.

Dr. Kay has traveled previously to Tanzania, and to Zambia for a six-week elective during residency. He accepted an assignment for the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Lesotho beginning in July, 2009.

Brianna Kirk, M.D.

Dr. Kirk is a graduate of Baylor University in Waco, Texas and Texas Tech Medical School in Lubbock. She trained in pediatrics at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dr. Kirk speaks both English and Spanish, and completed elective rotations during residency in Honduras and Ecuador. She is the co-coordinator of the international journal club at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. Dr. Kirk accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Botswana beginning in July, 2009.

Rachel Kreps-Falk, M.D.

Dr. Kreps-Falk is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Davis School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital and Research Center in Oakland, California.

Before joining the Pediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Kreps-Falk participated in medical delegations in Mexico, Guatemala, and the Indian Himalayas. She is fluent in both Spanish and French. Dr. Kreps-Falk accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Malawi, beginning in July, 2009.

Francisco Maldonado, M.D.

Dr. Maldonado is a graduate of the Cordoba National University in Argentina. He trained in pediatrics with the Argentine Ministry of Health. He also holds a diploma in tropical medicine and public health from the Charite Institute of Tropical Medicine at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany.

Prior to joining the PAC, Dr. Maldonado worked for five years for Doctors Without Borders in Kenya, Tanzania, Liberia, Sudan, and finally in Swaziland. He accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps to work in Swaziland, beginning in January, 2009.

Matthew Markowski, M.D.

Dr. Markowski is a graduate of Middlebury College and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at the Maine Medical Center. He has worked extensively in rural communities and with the resettled refugee population in Portland, Maine. Dr. Markowski accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Swaziland beginning in July, 2009.

Carl Nosek, M.D.

Dr. Nosek is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Wisconsin Medical School. He trained in Pediatrics at the University of California in San Francisco.

Dr. Nosek is the 2006 winner of the UCSF resident teaching award. He served for two years as a Cub Scout Leader for homeless boys in the Madison, WI Unified School District. Dr. Nosek accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Malawi, beginning in July, 2009.

Premal Patel, M.D., M.S.c.

Dr. Patel is a graduate of the University of Houston at Clear Lake, and the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Brown University. Dr. Patel also holds a Masters of Science degree with a focus on human rights from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dr. Patel is the recipient of a McLaughlin Award for Infection and Immunity. This award funded her travel to the University of KwaZulu-Natal for a clinical elective in HIV/AIDS; an experience which solidified her interest in working in global health. Her MSc graduate thesis was titled "The Consumer Approach to Health Care: Critiques and Alternative Perspectives". Dr. Patel accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps to work in Botswana, beginning in July, 2009.

Julia Rosebush, D.O.

Dr. Rosebush is a graduate of Michigan State University and the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the Nationwide Children's Hospital/The Ohio State University and Doctor's Hospital, where she also served as Chief Resident.

Dr. Rosebush has participated in elective rotations in Ghana, Malawi, India, and Honduras. She has accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Botswana beginning in July, 2009.

Leah Scherzer, M.D.

Dr. Scherzer is a graduate of Brown University and the Brown University School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

During residency, Dr. Scherzer completed a one-month elective rotation in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala; an experience which promoted her desire to work internationally. She has accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Botswana beginning in July, 2009.

Kimberly Slusser, M.D.

Dr. Slusser is a graduate of Bucknell University and the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the Western Reserve Care System in Youngstown, Ohio, completing residency in 2004. Since that time, she has worked as a pediatrician in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Dr. Slusser has participated in several short-term mission trips in Africa previously. She accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps to work at the Francistown outreach site in Botswana, beginning in January, 2009.

Thu Bao Trung Vu, M.D.

Dr. Vu is a graduate of Washington University in St Louis, and the Louisiana State University School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at Seattle Children's Hospital.

Dr. Vu escaped from Vietnam on a fishing boat as a child, and later immigrated to the United States. She speaks Vietnamese, French, Kiswahili, and English. She completed a one-month elective rotation in Mombassa, Kenya. She accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps to work in Moshi, Tanzania beginning in July, 2009.

Cecily Wait, M.D.

Dr. Wait is a graduate of the University of California San Diego, and received her medical degree from the Oregon Health and Science University. She trained in both medicine and pediatrics at the University of Minnesota. She has also participated in the Global Health Course at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Wait has traveled and worked previously in Arusha, Tanzania. She accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps to work in Mwanza, Tanzania, beginning in July, 2009.

Amy Williams, M.D.

Dr. Williams is a graduate of New Mexico State University, and the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

Dr. Williams holds a Bachelor of Science degree in nutrition, and has been a registered dietician since 2000. Prior to attending medical school, she worked for two years as a nutrition supervisor and dietician at the Los Lunas branch of the Women, Infant, and Children clinic, a section of the New Mexico Department of Health. She accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Lesotho beginning in July, 2009.

Gelane Workneh, M.D.

Dr. Workneh is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Illinois School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital.

Dr. Workneh was born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, coming to the United States in 1996 when she was in her early twenties. Dr. Workneh accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Botswana beginning in July, 2009.09 Global Health Corps

2008 GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS

John Bahling, M.D.

Dr. Bahling is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Wayne State University Medical School in Detroit. He trained in pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Bahling has worked previously as a medical educator for the Princeton Review company. He has traveled extensively in Europe, China, Mexico, and Africa. Dr. Bahling served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Malawi from July, 2008 through August, 2009 when he accepted a position as a PICU hospitalist at Chidren's Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

Rajesh Daftary, M.D.

Dr. Daftary is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, and the Texas A&M College of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC.

Dr. Daftary has served previously as the Co-Founder and Director of Health Circus - a long-term volunteer effort designed to promote preventative health care and improve health insurance coverage for poor children in the Brazos Valley. In conjunction with the United Way and the Texas Department of Health, Health Circus program provided comprehensive health services including immunizations, TexCare (CHIP/Medicaid) insurance enrollment, dental care, healthy child screenings, and health education.

Lindy Fenlason, M.D.

Dr. Fenlason is a graduate of Taylor University and the Indiana University School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University.

Dr. Fenlason has traveled extensively and worked previously in Latin America, beginning in 1997 when she served as a certified nursing assistant on a medical and surgical team in the Dominican Republic. Since then, she also has traveled and worked in Guatemala and Ecuador.

Dr. Fenlason accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Lesotho, beginning in July, 2008.

Andres Gomila, M.D.

Dr. Gomila is a graduate of the medical university in Cordova City, Argentina. He trained in pediatrics at the Clinica Universitaria Reina Fabiola, and has completed a fellowship in infectious diseases at the Hospital de Ninos "Ricardo Gutierrez" in Buenos Aires.

Dr. Gomila accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Botswana, beginning in July, 2008.

Flor Lucia Gonzalez Fernandez, M.D.

Dr. Gonzalez is a graduate of the Oviedo University in Spain. She finished her training in Family Medicine by 2005 in Gijon, Spain. Prior to joining the Paediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Gonzalez spent a year and a half working in Dowa, Malawi. There, she supported the Ministry of Health plans for scaling up integrated care and treatment for HIV-infected people; she also focused her task on capacity building for clinicians and nurses.

Dr. Gonzalez holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine and International Health from the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp (Belgium, 2008).Dr. Gonzalez accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Swaziland, beginning in April, 2008.

Hiwot Hiruy, M.D.

Originally from Ethiopia, Dr. Hiruy immigrated to the United States with her family when she was sixteen years old. In 2002, she had the opportunity to return to Ethiopia as a medical student to assist with an NIH-funded research project investigating the use of nevirapine for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV.

Dr. Hiruy served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Moshi, Tanzania, from July, 2008 through August, 2009, at which time she transferred to serve as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Gondar, Ethiopia on a special program funded by the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. She left the Pediatric AIDS Corp in May, 2010 to pursue fellowship training in pediatric infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins University.

Erin Hummert, M.D.

Dr. Hummert is a graduate of the University of Kansas, and the University of Kansas Medical School. She trained in medicine and pediatrics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she also served as Chief Resident.

Dr. Hummert's interest in the Pediatric AIDS Corps was sparked when she travelled to Malawi on an elective rotation during her residency training. Working at the Malawi-Baylor Children's Clinical Center of Excellence, she was able to learn about the many aspects of the PAC doctor's role, and was strongly motivated to return.

Dr. Hummert accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Swaziland, beginning in July, 2008.

Smita Kumar, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Kumar is a graduate of Columbia University and the St. Georges School of Medicine in Grenada. She completed residency training in pediatrics at the State University of New York at Downstate. Dr. Kumar also holds an MPH degree from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. She has also completed fellowship training in Preventive Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Since completing her training, Dr. Kumar has worked in the field of international HIV/AIDS. She served as an HIV/AIDS consultant for UNICEF in 2005 and 2006, and subsequently has worked as a Senior Technical Officer on HIV Care and Treatment for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

Dr. Kumar accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Lesotho, beginning in July, 2008.

Terri Litty, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Litty is a graduate of Indiana University and the Indiana University School of Medicine. She completed residency in family medicine at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. She also holds an MPH degree from Indiana University.

Since completing residency training, Dr. Litty has worked as Medical Director of the Blackburn Health Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. This health center serves primarily African American and Hispanic patients.

Dr. Litty accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Swaziland, beginning in July, 2008.

Stephanie Marton, M.D.

Dr. Marton is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the Eastern Virginia Medical School, where she also trained in pediatrics and served as Chief Resident.

Prior to joining the Pediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Marton lived abroad and traveled extensively. She spent two years in rural Japan teaching English and cultural awareness to children, farmers, and University Professors.

Dr. Marton accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Swaziland, beginning in July, 2008.

Norma Perez, D.O.

Dr. Perez is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed residency training in pediatrics at the Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas. She has also completed a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.

Dr. Perez accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Botswana, beginning in July, 2008.

Jeff Robison, M.D.

Dr. Robison is a graduate of the Brigham Young University, and the University of Utah School of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at Columbia University in New York.

During college, Dr. Robison co-founded the University of Utah student chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility. He also has extensive experience working with native American communities.

Dr. Robison accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Malawi, beginning in July, 2008.

Jill Sanders, M.D.

Dr. Sanders is a graduate of the University of Texas, and the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston. She trained in pediatrics at the University of Arkansas and Arkansas Children's Hospital, where she also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Sanders is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

Dr. Sanders served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Lesotho from July, 2008 through June, 2009, at which time she transferred to assist in the scale-up of the new BIPAI facility in Mwanza, Tanzania.

Andrew Smith, M.D.

Dr. Smith is a graduate of Northwestern University, and the Johns Hopkins University School ofMedicine. He completed his residency in pediatrics at the University of Utah, where he was the recipient of the medical student teaching award. Since completing residency training in 2005, Dr. Smith has served as an attending pediatrician at the Pocatello Children's Clinic in Pocatello, Idaho.

Prior to joining the Pediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Smith studied trachoma in Kongwa, Tanzania. It was through this experience that he developed a passion for international medicine. He has also worked on projects in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Soddo, Ethiopia.

Dr. Smith worked as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Malawi from in July, 2008 through June, 2009. Of his time in the PAC, Dr. Smith writes the following: "Since returning from Malawi, my daughter Scout comments once or twice a week, "I miss Malawi. I want to go back to Africa." She is three and certainly does miss her time in Malawi. But mostly Scout is a great observer, and she is sharing a reflection of her parent's emotions.

I can't say that everything about my job in Malawi was perfect. And many nights as I reflect on my time serving with the Pediatric AIDS Corps, I feel regret that I didn't do more. But most people never get to touch their dream. I did. For that I will always be thankful to Baylor.

This is the work that lands in the pages of Time. From the distance of a glossy story, the doctor always succeeds. The child always lives. And in most ways this is true. Children, who would have otherwise died, are thriving because of BIPAI and the Pediatric AIDS Corps. But one of the things I am most grateful for is that I learned it takes great effort to achieve even the smallest success. I was there for the failure and the triumph. And because of those experiences, I am a better doctor today.

I have now returned to the life I left, that of a small town Idaho pediatrician. (My dog was waiting when we pulled into the driveway.) As a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician, I was able to touch my dream but not completely fulfill it. So on those sleepless nights, I also long to serve again. Someday I will; I hope it is with BIPAI."

Meena Srivastava, D.O.

Dr. Srivastava is a graduate of Ohio University and the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children in Falls Church, Virginia, where she also served as Chief Resident.

Dr. Srivastava has worked previously with the Honduras Outreach Medical Brigada Relief Effort, and with Child Family Health International in Mumbai, India.

Dr. Srivastava accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Lesotho, beginning in July, 2008.

Pilar Ustero Alonso, M.D.

Dr. Ustero is a graduate of the Complutense University in Madrid, Spain. She trained in Family and Community Medicine in Segovia.

Prior to joining the Paediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Ustero spent one year in Busia (Kenya) and eighteen months in Dowa (Malawi), working in different HIV programs. She supported the implementation of National comprehensive HIV programs together with the Ministries of Health, including training of Health Care Providers and Community Volunteers.

Dr. Ustero has completed a six-month course in International and Tropical Medicine, in Antwerp, Belgium.

Dr. Ustero accepted an assignment in the Paediatric AIDS Corps in Swaziland, beginning in April, 2008.

Daniel Vostrejs, M.D., M.H.S.

Dr. Vostrejs is a graduate of the University of Colorado, Boulder, and the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Vostrejs also holds a Master of Health Science degree from Johns Hopkins University. His field of study in the MHS program was international health systems management.

Prior to joining the Pediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Vostrejs served in the United States Peace Corps as a science teacher and trainer in St. Vincent. He has also worked as an analyst in support of USAID health programs. Dr. worked as a Pediatric AIDS Corps in Swaziland from July, 2008 through December, 2009.

Paul Young, M.D.

Dr. Young is a graduate of the University of Georgia, and the Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Georgia. He trained in pediatrics at the Children's National Medical Center/Howard University Hospital.

Dr. Young accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps in Lesotho, beginning in July, 2008.

2007 GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS

Manna Adegbite, MB.BS

Dr. Adegbite is a graduate of the medical school at the University of Lagos in Nigeria. She trained in pediatrics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Since finishing residency training in 2000, Dr. Adegbite has worked in community pediatrics and emergency medicine. She has a special interest in neonatal medicine. She is fluent English and in Yoruba.

Dr. Adegbite served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Botswana from October, 2007 through August, 2008.

Michelle Adler, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Adler is a graduate of Brown University, and the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. She completed a dual residency in family medicine and preventive medicine from the Oregon Health and Science University, and received her Masters of Public Health degree at Portland State University.

Dr. Adler has special expertise in the field of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. She spearheaded the effort that changed Oregon's law to allow for "opt-out" rather than an "opt-in" prenatal HIV testing. She also served as the co-chair of a committee that planned and implemented a rapid HIV testing program on labor and delivery at Oregon Health and Science University hospital targeted toward women who had not been tested for HIV before giving birth.

Dr. Adler is fluent in both English and Spanish. She accepted an assignment in the Pediatric AIDS Corps, beginning in July, 2007.

Anu Agrawal, M.D.

Dr. Agrawal is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and the Baylor College of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland.

Before starting medical school, Dr. Agrawal worked for a year at Dell Computers, where he managed forecasting of input/output devices in order to maintain an efficient supply chain. He has worked previously in Calcutta, India, and Roatan, Honduras. He is fluent in both Hindi and Spanish.

Dr. Agrawal accepted an assignment as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Lesotho, beginning in July, 2007. On July 1, 2008, Dr. Agrawal began a fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland, California.

Of his time serving with the Pediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Agrawal writes the following: "Spending a year working with BIPAI in Lesotho was truly a dream fulfilled for me. There are few organizations that you will come across overseas that are as well organized and well resourced as BIPAI and this makes an incredible difference in the amount you can accomplish and your general overall well-being while working in Africa. Nothing you can expect to do as a physician in the United States can compare to the work in Africa. Every day you very palpably are saving the lives of children. It is hard to sum up the year and its effects on me in a short paragraph. Needless to say, I feel like I am a better clinician, better suited to handle many things with a stethoscope alone, better able to handle death and dying, but much more important, the patients, families and staff impart something more, something intangible to each of us as a person. They are all the epitome of resilience, determination and self-sacrifice. What I will remember most is the very elderly grandmothers who were often the ones bringing in their young grandchildren for care. Many times this would be the only family tie left. What the grandmothers understood and what I only began to understand as the year progressed, was how important our work was to them not only from a familial standpoint but also from a societal one--we were part of a team trying to save a generation and a culture. There is no limit with what you can do after working with BIPAI, either here in the States or overseas, although you may find it difficult to leave! If and when you do, you will miss the work, the patients and the people to a far greater extent than you might imagine. Only when you are back and able to retrospect can you fully appreciate what your time with BIPAI and the people of your particular African community impart on you as a person. I find even now a great desire to go back and do more."

Anouk Amzel, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Amzel is a graduate of the College of William and Mary, and the Medical College of Virginia. She trained in pediatrics at the New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus, and also holds a masters degree in public health, with a focus on policy and management, from Columbia University.

Dr. Amzel currently serves as an Assistant Professor in Clinical Pediatrics at Columbia University. In this capacity, she delivers pediatric outpatient care at the Charles B. Rangel Health Center in West Harlem, New York. She has worked previously in Kenya, Guyana, and St. Lucia.

Dr. Amzel accepted an assignment as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Swaziland, beginning in July, 2007. She left BIPAI in October, 2008.

Jonathan Bernheimer, M.D.

Dr. Berheimer is a graduate of Harvard University and the Tufts University School of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at Children's Memorial Hospital at Northwestern University. After residency, Dr. Bernheimer completed a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University. He also holds a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene from the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Dr. Berheimer accepted an assignment as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Botswana, beginning in July, 2007. He left the Pediatric AIDS Corps in January, 2009 to work at the Children's Research Unit at Tygerburg Hospital and Stellenbosch University in Capetown, South Africa. He will also be pursuing a Masters in Public Health degree with a concentration in Health Services Management from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Of his experience in the Pediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Bernheimer writes:

"As for my experience with BIPAI, in short it was great. For a long time I had wanted to live and work in Africa, and BIPAI gave me an amazing opportunity to do that. The program was excellent for many reasons, not the least of which was the flexibility of the job and the fact that the work was multi-faceted. Between the pediatric HIV work, pediatric cardiology, outreach work, and ward work, there was never a week that was the same. I enjoyed the variety, and especially appreciated the opportunity to travel throughout the entire country while representing BIPAI.

How did this experience change me? Difficult to say, and I will probably answer this question better after some time has passed. One thing I can definitely say is that I feel more confident in my abilities as a doctor, and even as a person, after my experience in Botswana. From a work standpoint, the job challenged me and forced me to trust my instincts when it came to patient care. In my situation, this experience was most certainly compounded by the fact that I spent a significant amount of my time doing pediatric cardiology, a subspecialty that is woefully under-represented in Botswana. In fact, as the only practicing pediatric cardiologist in the entire country, I was forced to rely entirely on myself and my (limited) past experience. This was a real challenge, but one that enabled me to grow and (I think) become a better doctor.

From a personal standpoint, living in a foreign country (as we all know) presents challenges. And everything from dealing with loneliness to the myriad of cultural differences often makes life difficult. However, I shared this experience with a great group of colleagues, and there was always someone around to help me out when things became perplexing or unclear. Moreover, I made some incredible friendships in Botswana - friendships with caring and dedicated individuals who have courage and a sense of adventure - all things that I believe are needed to take a post with BIAPAI. In this way, I really think that the program is "self-selecting". So many of my colleagues possessed these characteristics. It was amazing to get to know them, and I hope to remain friends with them for a long, long time."

Christopher Buck, M.D.

Dr. Buck is a graduate of Wake Forest University, and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at the University of California in San Francisco. Dr. Buck is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society.

Dr. Buck worked previously for SmithKline Beecham healthcare services with a focus on healthcare informatics and disease management. In March, 2006, he completed a one-month rotation with BIPAI at the Children's Clinical Center of Excellence in Maseru, Lesotho, and also has worked briefly in Columbia and Peru. Dr. Buck is a fluent Spanish speaker.

Dr. Buck accepted an assignment as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Malawi, beginning in July, 2007. In July, 2009 he was promoted to the position of Associate Director of the Baylor College of Medicine-Abbott Fund Children's Clinical Center of Excellence-Malawi.

Seema Chandra, M.D.

Dr. Chandra is a graduate of Rice University and the Baylor College of Medicine. She trained in internal medicine and pediatrics at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University of Miami, where she also served as Chief Resident.

Dr. Chandra is an investigator on the Life Skills Educational Project. In this capacity, she assisted in the creation and implementation of a course that assists young adults with vertically acquired HIV infection in transitioning to the adult health care system. She has been awarded a grant through the Dyson foundation to continue this project.

Dr. Chandra accepted an assignment as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Lesotho, beginning in July, 2007. She left BIPAI in October, 2008, to return to work at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University of Miami.

Kevin Clarke, M.D.

Dr. Clarke is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at the University of California in San Francisco. Dr. Clarke is a member of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society.

During medical school, Dr. Clarke took a year off to work on a research training fellowship as a medical team leader at a couples HIV research clinic in Lusaka, Zambia. His responsibilities included medical staff management and treatment protocol development for tuberculosis, malaria, diarrheal illness, and HIV post-exposure prophylaxis.

Dr. Clarke served in the Pediatric AIDS Corps beginning in July 2007 until December 2009 where he was seconded to Zomba Central Hospital in Malawi. Along with BIPAI colleagues and in partnership with Clinton Foundation and UNICEF, Dr. Clarke helped launch the Malawi Pediatric HIV/AIDS Treatment Support & Outreach (MPHATSO) program which aims to build pediatric HIV/AIDS care capacity at district and primary healthcare levels. He left BIPAI to pursue a position as Pediatric HIV Clinical Advisor with the South-to-South Partnership for Comprehensive Family HIV Care based at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa.

Carrie Cox, M.D.

Dr. Cox is a graduate of Duke University and the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine. She trained in both internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, where she served as Chief Resident.

Dr. Cox has a long-standing interest in international health, and has worked previously in Zambia and Guatemala. She accepted an assignment as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Malawi, beginning in July, 2007.

Kara DuBray, M.D.

Dr. DuBray is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill. She trained in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital and Research Center of Oakland. Dr. DuBray is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society.

Before starting medical school, Dr. DuBray worked for a year as an Americorps volunteer, tutoring sixth graders with learning disabilities and behavior problems in San Jose, California. She also has served as a home habilitation worker and a camp counselor for children and adults with autism. Dr. DuBray has worked previously in Guatemala (various cities) and in Santiago, Chile. She is a fluent Spanish speaker.

Dr. DuBray served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Lesotho from July, 2007 to July, 2008.

Michelle Eckerle, M.D.

Dr. Eckerle is a graduate of the University of Louisville, where she also received her medical training. She trained in pediatrics at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital medical center. Dr. Eckerle is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society.

Before joining the Pediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Eckerle worked as a clinical staff physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital medical center. She served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Botswana from beginning in July, 2007 through December, 2008, when she returned to work at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Dr. Eckerle also is pursuing an online MPH through Johns Hopkins University, and is actively involved in the planning and implementation of an expansion of the Cincinnati Children's Global Health program. Of her experience as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician, Dr. Eckerle writes: "As far as reflections, I can say that it was the most meaningful professional experience of my life. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to work long term in a program that works in concert with the country governments/public health structures - it definitely gives a different perspective than one would otherwise gain from short term work. I hope that I can continue to work internationally, particularly on improving training and health care delivery systems in developing countries."

Satish Gopal, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Gopal is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Duke University School of Medicine. He trained in both pediatrics and internal medicine at the University of Michigan, where he also served as Chief Resident in 2004 and 2005. Dr. Gopal has Masters of Public Health degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Before joining the Pediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Gopal served as a hospitalist and clinician educator at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Connecticut. He served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Moshi, Tanzania, from July, 2007 through June, 2009.

George Han, M.D.

George Han is a graduate of Harvard University and the Baylor College of Medicine, where he also completed training in pediatrics. He has worked previously in Botswana, Honduras, and Guatemala. Dr. Han is fluent in English, Spanish, and Taiwanese.

Dr. Han served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Botswana from July, 2007 through July, 2008. After leaving the PAC, Dr. Han accepted a position with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer, Global Immunization Division. After two years as an EIS Officer assigned to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Dr. Han began the MPH program at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in June 2010. After completion of the MPH, he plans to begin a preventive medicine residency with CDC in June 2011. Reflecting on his time with BIPAI, Dr. Han reflects: "Working with BIPAI for an extended period of time in Africa allows you to see the realities of HIV/AIDS care on the ground, which can be discouraging once the magnitude of the problem sets in. Because ARV treatment is lifelong, you quickly understand the importance of sustainability; that alone distinguishes BIPAI from much international aid work. How can we make what we are doing sustainable? One of the joys of the job is teaching children and adolescents about their condition and explaining the ways they can contribute to ensuring their own health. The knowledge that those few minutes spent in a clinic visit might positively impact a child's life for years to come was incredibly fulfilling and gave me hope for the future--and sustainability--of HIV/AIDS care in Africa."

Fiona Henderson, M.D., F.A.A.P.

Dr. Henderson is a graduate of UCLA and the US Davis School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital and Research Center in Oakland, California. Since completing residency in 2003, Dr. Henderson has worked as an inpatient pediatric attending and as a pediatric hospitalist.

Dr. Henderson has worked previously in rural Costa Rica, and has traveled extensively in Southeast and Central Asia. She accepted an assignment with as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Swaziland, beginning in July, 2007.

Michelle Kiang, M.D.

Dr. Kiang is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She trained in pediatrics at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC. Dr. Kiang currently serves as a pediatric hospitalist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Connection at Shore Memorial Hospital in Somers Point, New Jersey. Dr. Kiang is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society. Dr. Kiang has volunteered previously as a pediatrician at Ekwendeni Mission Hospital in Ekwendeni, Malawi. She worked as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Botswana from July, 2007 through December, 2008. Dr Kiang now lives in Santa Clara, California. She is working as a general pediatrician for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center doing both primary care and urgent care.

Parth Mehta, M.D.

Dr. Mehta is a graduate of Simon's Rock College, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook medical school, where he also trained in pediatrics. After residency, Dr. Mehta completed a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at the Baylor College of Medicine.

He accepted an assignment as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Botswana, beginning in July, 2007.

Paul Mullan, M.D.

Dr. Mullan is a graduate of Columbia University and the Weill-Cornell Medical College of Cornell University. He trained in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. During medical school, Dr. Mullan completed a three-month summer rotation at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center in Moshi, Tanzania. He is the Founder and President of Camp Phoenix, which is a free children's camp for pediatric burn survivors and their families.

Dr. Mullan served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Botswana from July, 2007 through June, 2009, when he left the Pediatric AIDS Corps to pursue a combined pediatric emergency medicine and global health fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine with Texas Children's Hospital. Of his service as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor, Dr. Mullan writes: "My two years working in Botswana were an incredibly enriching experience. Prior to BIPAI, I had a number of shorter international experiences that were meaningful but whose impact was limited by their vertical outlook on addressing a single issue, often using a system that acted in parellel to the local public system that was already in place. As opposed to these medical missions, the longer term commitment of BIPAI promotes more complete acceptance into the local society and more colllaboration with permanent healthcare professionals. This collaboration encourages participation in projects which are more sustainable and feasible than would otherwise occur in short medical missions. Ideally, these BIPAI projects worked in conjunction with the local ministry of health with the ultimate goal of building the capacity of the local health system. Resource-limited settings, such as those in which BIPAI operates, provide a exciting opportunity for a young physician to be active in a senior position in many different areas that would otherwise take decades to realize in a resource-rich setting. If every physician in America spent at least one year working in a resource-limited setting, our profession would probably have less financial waste, less polypharmacy, more compassion, and an improved American image abroad. I highly recommend the Pediatrics AIDS Corp, or other similar organizations, to any new physician who is considering international work.

Alina Olteanu, M.D.

Dr. Olteanu is a graduate of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj, Romania. She trained in pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Olteanu also hold a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is fluent in English, German, and Romanian.

Dr. Olteanu served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Lesotho, from July, 2007 through June, 2008. She now serves as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Section of General Academic Pediatrics at Tulane School of Medicine in New Orleans, where she works on a Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) funded by the Children's Health Fund. Of her year in the PAC, Dr. Olteanu writes: "Working for BIPAI in Lesotho was an excellent hands-on experience in international pediatrics, in a very well-organized setting. Being a PAC physician is a great starting point for anyone interested in a career in international health. I enjoyed having a very diverse experience, from clinical work to being involved in public health projects. I can not imagine a better first job!"

Jeffrey Pierce, M.D.

Dr. Pierce is a graduate o the University of Texas - Pan American, and the Baylor College of Medicine. He trained in family practice medicine at the Santa Rosa Family Practice residency program. Dr. Pierce holds a Certificate of Knowledge from the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Dr. Pierce has worked previously in Guatemala, Peru, Honduras, and Mexico. He is a fluent Spanish speaker.

Dr. Pierce served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Lesotho, from July, 2007 through September, 2008. He currently is working in a variety of positions that allow him to practice between the US and the developing world (teaching residents at the UCSF/Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency, locum tenens at La Clinica Alianza, International work via Baylor Shoulder To Shoulder and other groups). Of his time with the Pediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Pierce writes:

"Working in Lesotho as a PAC doctor was phenomenal, and I'm grateful for having had the opportunity. The work was often challenging but always rewarding. I am better skilled to work internationally, and after seeing what is possible in such settings, am energized to keep that commitment strong. I am thankful for the chance to have worked alongside amazing, impassioned doctors, and to be a part of the lives of our patients - people often sick, tired, and neglected, but quick to offer a genuine smile and a warm greeting. I strongly recommend working as part of the PAC to those who want to improve themselves as physicians, help truly disadvantaged populations, and have an active role in curbing the premier epidemic of our time."

Richard Pittman, M.D.

Dr. Pittman is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and pursued his medical training at the University of Mississippi medical center. He trained in internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, where he currently serves a Chief Resident.

Before starting medical school, Dr. Pittman taught eighth grade biology, ninth and tenth grade chemistry, and eleventh grade English. He has worked previously in Patagonia, Chile.

Dr. Pittman accepted an assignment as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Swaziland, beginning in July, 2007. He left the PAC in December, 2008, to accept a position as Assistant Professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Goergia. He works at the Grady Health System, and has a special focus in palliative care.

Guadalupe Richter, M.D.

Dr. Richter is a graduate of Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge), and the Louisiana State University (New Orleans) School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the University of Tennessee, Memphis.

Dr. Richter has lived previously in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Germany, and the United States. She has worked previously in both the Philippines and El Salvador.

Dr. Richter served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Lesotho from July, 2007 through October, 2008, when she transferred to assist in the scale-up of the new BIPAI facility in Mwanza, Tanzania. She left the Pediatric AIDS Corps in March, 2009.

Janell Routh, M.D., M.H.S.

Dr. Routh is a graduate of the University of Colorado in Boulder, and the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at UCSF, and also holds a Master of Health Science degree from the University of California Berkeley. Dr. Routh is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society.

Before starting medical school, Dr. Routh served for two years as a teacher and health educator in Malawi. She also worked for eighteen months as a volunteer at the Chiedza Home of Hope in Harare, Zimbabwe, and later returned to Zimbabwe for seven months to serve as Project Director for a mobile voluntary HIV testing and counseling project.

Dr. Routh served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Malawi from August, 2007 through May, 2010 when she left the PAC to serve as an Epidemic Intelligence Officer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Dr. Routh serves in their food/waterborne division investigating outbreaks internationally and domestically. Of her time in the Pediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Routh writes:

"I never grow tired of talking to people about our amazing organization (BIPAI) and the work we do. It is wonderful to see from a different perspective how truly unique BIPAI is. A commitment to clinical work in these countries without the research strings attached is a rare and wonderful gift to be able to give to us, and speaking with people who were amazed by this reminded me not to take it for granted. I have enjoyed every single minute of this experience, and even the frustrating moments will seem nostalgic when I look back over the past three years. In particular, I want to say thank you to Dr. Kazembe, for giving me the flexibility in Malawi to work, not just with BIPAI but with Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital. I have had a unique experience among my BIPAI colleagues in being able to work for this institution. The opportunities to see bread and butter tropical medicine and work with world-renowned physicians have shaped my understanding of being a clinician and given me insight about my future career. I feel like I have been able to contribute to pediatric ART care in Malawi at a different, yet complimentary level to the BIPAI clinic in Lilongwe and the opportunities to teach medical students at the College of Medicine will leave a lasting impression of our impact on the country."

Sebastian Strigl, M.D.

Dr. Strigl received his MD from Humboldt University in Berlin. He trained in pediatrics at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, where is also served as Chief Resident. After residency, Dr. Strigl completed a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at the Children's Hospital of New York at Columbia University, and a fourth year of fellowship in cardiac imaging at Children's Hospital in Boston.

Dr. Strigl served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Malawi from September through December, 2007. After the PAC, he accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine Yeshiva University, in New York, and as an Attending Physician in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at Children's Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx, NY, and Director, Division of Pediatric Cardiology at Jacobi Medical Center.

Omolara Thomas, M.D.

Dr. Thomas is a graduate of the City University of New York and the New York University School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the Boston Combined Residency Program.

Dr. Thomas has worked previously in Kisumu, Kenya, and in Mapoteng, Lesotho. She has traveled regularly to Nigeria with her family. Dr. Thomas accepted an assignment as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Malawi, beginning in July, 2007. In August, 2008, Dr. Thomas returned to the United States, where she accepted a position as a primary care clinical research fellow in urban community health, and as an assistant attending physician in clinical pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center in New York.

Dr. Thomas writes of her PAC experience:

"Working with BIPAI in Malawi allowed me to learn about the joys and challenges of working overseas on a long-term basis. During my time, after working primarily in the outreach setting to improve HIV/AIDS care for Malawian children living in rural areas, I decided that I wanted to focus my career on public health to learn more about working to improve existing systems to improve pediatric healthcare. I am currently at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health pursuing my Masters' in Public Health Degree in the Population and Family Health under the Global Health Track, as well as completing a fellowship to improve my research skills. As part of the degree, I will have the opportunity to return to Africa for 6 months to work on a research project. Upon completion, I hope to base my career in Nigeria, where my parents are originally from, to improve access to healthcare for children in that region."

2006 GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS

Eileen Birmingham, M.D.

Dr. Birmingham is a graduate of Amherst College and the Brown University School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the University of California at San Francisco, where she served as Chief Resident.

Dr. Birmingham was the recipient of the Rudolph Award from the University of California at San Francisco in 2004 for the resident "who has been most supportive of, and empathetic towards, nurses, faculty and fellow residents." She has worked in Cambodia and Honduras, and is a Spanish speaker.

Dr. Birmingham served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Swaziland from July, 2006 through April, 2008. She is currently working towards a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with a focus on preventive medicine. During her service with the PAC, Dr. Birmingham became very interested in learning to work with data to monitor and evaluate programs. She will pursue this interest after completion of her public health training.

Annie Buchanan, M.D., M.P.H.

A native of North Carolina, Dr. Buchanan is a graduate of North Carolina State University and the East Carolina University School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the University of Rochester, where she served as Chief Resident. Dr. Buchanan holds a degree in public health from the University of North Carolina and a diploma in tropical medicine from the Gorgas Hospital in Lima, Peru.

Dr. Buchanan was the recipient of the Meg Colgan Award at Rochester University in 2004-2005 for "outstanding dedication to her patient population, with sensitivity to the special needs of vulnerable children and their families." She spent two years on assignment for the U.S. Peace Corps in Thailand. She also has worked in Bolivia, Nicaragua and Tibet. She speaks Spanish and Thai. Regarding her career goals, Dr. Buchanan says, "I imagine myself working in a community or migrant health center with indigent populations, where I would still have exposure to infectious diseases and tropical medicine and get to work with the patient population I love. In short, the Pediatric AIDS Corps is exactly what I have been looking for, in what I hope will be a lifelong career incorporating HIV and tropical medicine with primary care, both at home and abroad."

Dr. Buchanan served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Malawi from August, 2006 through June, 2007, and as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Tanzania from June, 2007 through June 2008. After Pediatric AIDS Corps service, Dr. Buchanan moved to North Carolina to pursue a fellowship in infectious diseases from Duke University. She plans to return to Moshi, Tanzania in July, 2009 for eighteen months to pursue fellowship research looking at rates of mycobacteremia in febrile HIV+ children.

Ellie Click, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Click is a graduate of Wellesley College and the Stanford University School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the University of Washington in Seattle. Dr. Click holds a Ph.D. in genetics from Stanford University.

Dr. Click was the recipient of the Ann E. Dyson Award for Child Advocacy from the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2004. She has worked in El Salvador, Thailand, New Guinea and India. She speaks German and Spanish.

Dr. Click served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Malawi from July, 2006 through December, 2008. After leaving the PAC, Dr. Click accepted a position with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer.

Anjalee Dave, M.D.

Dr. Dave is a graduate of Boston University and SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. She trained in Pediatrics at Columbia University and the Children's Hospital of New York. She also holds a Master of Science degree from the Medical College of Philadelphia/Hahnemann University.

Dr. Dave has a lengthy history of volunteer and extracurricular activities, which includes working at a homeless women's shelter, working in an alcohol and substance abuse treatment program, and serving as a teaching assistant for a medical ethics course at Hahnemann University.

Dr. Dave served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Malawi from July, 2006 through December, 2007. She currently serves as an Instructor of Clinical Pediatrics for Columbia University. She works as a hospitalist in the pediatric intensive care unit.

Sachin Desai, M.D.

A native of Rochester, New York, Dr. Desai is a graduate of Bowling Green State University, and the Medical College of Ohio. He trained in Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Michigan.

Dr. Desai served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Swaziland from January, 2006 through March, 2007, when he left to pursue a fellowship in infectious diseases from Yale University. We greatly appreciate Dr. Desai's service as a founding member of the Pediatric AIDS Corps, and wish him all the best with fellowship and beyond.

Daniel Dewey, M.D.

Dr. Dewey is a graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, and the University of Minnesota School of Medicine. He trained in Family Practice at the Santa Rosa Family Practice residency program.

Dr. Dewey is a former Peace Corps volunteer. He worked as a high school science teacher in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies, from 1994-1996. He has traveled widely throughout Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean, and is fluent in Spanish.

Dr. Dewey served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Swaziland from August, 2006 through December, 2007. He then left the PAC to pursue an emergency medicine fellowship at the University of Tennessee in Jackson, TN. He writes of his PAC experience: "Participating in the PAC has greatly broadened my perspective on the state of international medicine, medical philanthropy, world poverty, pharmaceutical access, health care access, public health and economic inequalities in Africa. It has inspired me to continue working to right some of these imbalances throughout my career. I plan to continue working in international medicine and HIV care in some capacity throughout my career".

Clarissa M. Dudley, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Dudley is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She trained in Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Alabama at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She also holds a Master's Degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University (International Health track).

Dr. Dudley has worked previously in Vietnam, the Philippines, and in Kenya, and as the Clinical Director of Outpatient Pediatrics at the Virginia Hospital Center/Georgetown University.

Dr. Dudley served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Lesotho from August, 2006 through June, 2007. She currently serves as a pediatrician at a community based health center affiliated with Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC.

Dana Duncan, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Duncan is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco. She trained in pediatrics at Stanford University, and has a Masters Degree in Public Health, with a focus in epidemiology, from the University of California at Berkeley.

Dr. Duncan's high school diploma is from the Lycee International de Los Angeles, where all coursework was taught in French from 6th through 12th grade. She has previously worked for eight months as a Field Researcher in Cameroon. Her most recent position was as an attending pediatrician at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, department of pediatrics.

Dr. Duncan served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Burkina Faso from July, 2006 through December, 2007, before transferring to Swaziland, where she served through July, 2008.

Nader Kim El-Mallawany, M.D.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. El-Mallawany is a graduate of Princeton University and the Medical College of Ohio. He trained in pediatrics at Brown University.

In 2005, Dr. El-Mallawany served as a guest lecturer at a summer program in Jerusalem, which seeks to unite Israeli and Palestinian youth with common interests in the medical profession. He has also worked previously in Egypt, Honduras, and Peru. He speaks Spanish, Egyptian Arabic, and Korean.

Dr. El-Mallawany served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Malawi from August, 2006 through July, 2007. He left the PAC to purse a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology and bone marrow transplant at Columbia University/Babies and Children's Hospital of New York. Of his experience in the PAC, Dr. El-Mallawany writes the following: "My experience with BIPAI has and will forever shape my career trajectory and goals. As a fellow in hematology/oncology, I hope to finish my training and then return to BIPAI as an HIV clinician with a focus on HIV associated malignancies. The clinical experience I gained in Malawi was forever enriching to my current clinical practices, not only because of the commonality shared in the immunesuppressed patients but in a more general appreciation for the great diversity of patients and pathologies encountered during my experience with BIPAI."

Chelsea Forbes, M.D.

Dr. Forbes is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles, where she studied as an undergraduate, a medical student, and where she completed her residency in pediatrics. Dr. Forbes has worked previously in Mexico, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and Honduras.

Dr. Forbes served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Botswana from July, 2006 through December, 2008. She now works as a pediatrician in an outpatient clinic in Carlsbad, a northern coastal city in San Diego. Of her experience in the Pediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Forbes writes: "My experience with BIPAI was phenomenal, and I think about the kids in Botswana a lot during my clinic days here. I returned to the States to live closer to my family, and for now, I plan to stay working in San Diego. I still feel a drive toward international medicine though, and I do know I will be working internationally again in the future, though I am not sure yet in what capacity that will be."

Anthony Garcia-Prats, M.D.

A native of Houston, Dr. Garcia-Prats is a graduate of St. Louis University and the Baylor College of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, where he served as chief resident

Dr. Garcia-Prats was the recipient of McNamara Award presented by the Pele Chandler Endowment for contributions to child health and safety in 2004, and the Drs. Ralph and Judith Feigin Outstanding Resident Award at the Baylor College of Medicine in 2004-2005.

Dr. Garcia-Prats served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Lesotho from August, 2006 through February, 2009. He currently is leading scale-up of the new BIPAI facility in Mbeya, Tanzania.

Suzanne Gaudreault, M.D., M.S.

Dr. Gaudreault is a graduate of Loyola University in New Orleans and the Louisiana State University School of Medicine with a masters degree from Oregon State University. She completed residency in family medicine (international health track) at the University of Cincinnati.

Dr. Gaudreault served for three years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali, West Africa. She has also worked as a physician in Mali and Honduras. She is fluent in French and Spanish, and also speaks Dioula, one of the predominant languages spoken in Bobo-Dioulasso. Prior to joining PAC, she was on the family medicine department faculty at Emory University in Atlanta, working in an immigrant health clinic.

Dr. Gaudreault served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Burkina Faso from July, 2006 through August, 2009. She currently works as a Senior Advisor for HIV/AIDS for USAID's Health Care Quality Improvement program with the Center for Human Services in Washington DC.

Annu Goel, M.D.

Dr. Goel is a graduate of Lehigh University and Drexel University medical school (formerly known as The Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahneman University). She trained in pediatrics at Jefferson University/DuPont Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Goel has worked for the past four years as a pediatrician at the Fort Defiance Hospital for the Indian Health Services on a Navajo reservation in Arizona. She also spent a year (June 2001 July, 2002) as Director of Pediatrics at the Chiri Health Center in Ethiopia. Together with one internist, the team was the sole providers for a population of approximately 100,000 in rural southwest Ethiopia.

Dr. Goel served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Lesotho from August, 2006 through April, 2008.

Heidi Gomes, M.D.

Dr. Gomes is a graduate of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and the University of Alabama School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the Tulane/Oschner Pediatric Residency Training Program.

Dr. Gomes served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Lesotho from August, 2006 through September, 2007.

Carrie Golitko, M.D.

A native of Indialantic, Florida, Dr. Golitko is a graduate of the University of Florida at Gainesville and the Creighton University School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at Brown University.

Dr. Golitko developed a passion for international health while on rotation at the Angkor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia. She has volunteered previously with Habitat for Humanity, Kid's Explore Youth Mentor Program, and Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention Program.

Dr. Golitko served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Swaziland from July, 2006 until March, 2008, and she currently works as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Malawi.

Matt Gralewski, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Gralewski is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and the Medical College of Pennsylvania. He trained in internal medicine at Drexel University (formerly known as The Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahneman University). He is currently completing his MPH degree at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

Dr. Gralewski has worked for the past four years as an internist at the Fort Defiance Hospital for the Indian Health Services on a Navajo reservation in Arizona. He also spent a year (June 2001 July, 2002) as the Medical Director at the Chiri Health Center in Ethiopia. Together with one pedaitrician, the team was the sole providers for a population of approximately 100,000 in rural southwest Ethiopia.

Dr. Gralewski served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Lesotho from August, 2006 through April, 2008. After his PAC service, he accepted a position with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Hanoi, Vietnam as the Chief of the PEPFAR Care and Treatment technical working group.

Laura Guderian, M.D.

A native of Louisiana, Dr. Guderian earned undergraduate and medical degrees from the Louisiana State University. She trained in internal medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City.

Dr. Guderian says, "My initial encounter with the devastating effects of HIV was as an undergraduate volunteer for Community Hospice of Louisiana. During my three years providing respite care for hospice patients, I witnessed overwhelming tragedy and loss endured by individuals and families as a result of AIDS. I saw in them incredible strength and courage in the face of suffering and death. The experience inspired me to devote my career to improving the lives of those living with HIV and AIDS."

Dr. Guderian served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Botswana from August, 2006 through July, 2007. After leaving the Pediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Guderian accepted a position as an Infectious Diseases Fellow (Internal Medicine) and Preventive Medicine Resident at UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Medicine. In 2008, Dr. Guderian wrote: "I am in the process of completing my fellowship in infectious diseases in addition to a residency in preventive medicine. I am also studying for an MPH in epidemiology. My current research includes monitoring response to antiretroviral therapy in resource-constrained settings and management of antiretroviral therapy following completion of TB treatment. My goal is to care for patients in an antiretroviral clinic, conduct clinical research, and assist in training and education of local health workers. My experience as a PAC doctor gave me a better understanding of the challenges faced when working in a new culture and a new environment." In 2010, Dr. Guderian accepted the position of Director of HIV Care at a federally qualified community health center in the south Bronx, New York. Her responsibilities include educating primary care/social medicine residents about HIV care, quality improvement measures for HIV patients receiving care at the clinic, as well as serving as the ID consult and general medicine ward attending periodically."

Eric Gustafson, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Gustafson is a graduate of Georgetown University and the Tulane University School of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics and internal medicine at Tulane, where he served as chief resident. Dr. Gustafson holds a degree in public health and tropical medicine from Tulane University.

Dr. Gustafson worked as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Botswana from January, 2006 through August, 2006, and then as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor in Tanzania through March, 2007. After leaving the Pediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Gustafson accepted a position as a hospitalist with Sutter Solano Medical Center in Vallejo, CA.

Megan C. Harkless, M.D.

Dr. Harkless is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the University of Vermont.

Dr. Harkless says, "The Pediatric AIDS Corps offers the opportunity to be on the front lines in stopping the current devastation of HIV. This has the potential to change lives and, as a result, countries and the world through facilitating and cooperating in education, prevention and treatment. That is exciting to me. I want to be a part of bringing back hope to children and their communities."

Dr. Harkless served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps doctor from August, 2006 to December, 2007 in Botswana, and from January, 2008 through July, 2009 in Lesotho.

Adrian Hazbun, M.D.

Dr. Hazbun is a graduate of Yale University and the Temple University School of Medicine. He trained in family medicine at the Ventura County (California) Medical Center. Dr. Hazbun worked for three years as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania, where he taught chemistry to Tanzanian youth. He speaks Swahili, French, Spanish and Arabic.

Dr. Hazbun served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Botswana, Uganda, and Tanzania from October, 2005 through November, 2007.

Heather Hindo, M.D.

Dr. Hindo is a graduate of the University of San Francisco and the Collegium Medicum at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. She trained in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital in Akron, Ohio, and finished Fellowship training in pediatric infectious diseases at the Eastern Virginia Medical School/Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. Hindo's research during Fellowship focused on Staphylococcus aureus infection.

Dr. Hindo served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Botswana from July, 2006 through December, 2007. Dr. Hindo currently works as an attending pediatrician at Cottage Children's Hospital in Santa Barbara, CA.

Mandeep S. Jassal, M.D., M.P.H.

A native of northern New York, Dr. Jassal is a graduate of Stony Brook University and the Stony Brook University School of Medicine. He has an MPH degree from Harvard University. Dr. Jassal completed his residency in pediatrics at New York University.

Dr. Jassal has worked previously in an HIV/AIDS clinic in the South Bronx, on a protocol to asses adherence to antiretroviral therapy. He is co-founder and co-president of the Stony Brook University chapter of Physicians for Human Rights.

Dr. Jassal served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Botswana from August, 2006 through July, 2007. After leaving the PAC, Dr. Jassal began a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Pediatric Pulmonology at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Jassal writes of his PAC service: "My key area of research is in the field of tuberculosis. I am investigating TB lung cavitation - the key means of disease transmission to children. My underlying desire and almost all of my insight into this field stems from my PAC experience in Botswana. The vast amounts of cases of TB I had seen in the inpatient and outpatient setting has provided me with an incredibly valuable approach to research and clinical care. In all honesty, I think I am a far better doctor now given the experience that PAC offered. Thanks!"

Kebba Jobarteh, M.D., M.P.H.

Born in Kenya, Dr. Jobarteh grew up in New York City. He is a graduate of Princeton University and the Yale University Medical School. He trained in pediatrics at Columbia University and the Children's Hospital of New York. Dr. Jobarteh holds a public health degree from Harvard University.

Dr. Jobarteh is co-founder of Speak Up Young Africa, which has produced a documentary film highlighting the positive responses of young people to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Burkina Faso. He has worked in a number of African countries and speaks French, Spanish and Italian.

Dr. Jobarteh served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Malawi from September, 2005 through August, 2007

Leah Kern, M.D.

Dr. Kern is a graduate of Yale University and the Harvard Medical School. She completed residency in pediatrics at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC.

Dr. Kern served for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guinea, West Africa. She also has worked previously is The Gambia, Guatemala, and Thailand. She is fluent in both Spanish and French.

Dr. Kern served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Burkina Faso from July, 2006 through June, 2008. She left the Pediatric AIDS Corps to pursue a Masters Degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Kern writes of her PAC experience: "The experience with BIPAI in Burkina Faso confirmed my desire to work in global child health both clinically and in public health. Clinical practice in Burkina made me realize the importance of the link between nutrition and child survival in west Africa, and I hope to continue work in this particular area. I plan to obtain an MPH and then to work in academic clinical pediatrics working on global child health issues."

Sarah Kidd, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Kidd is a graduate of Amherst College and the University of Washington School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics in the Boston Combined Residency Program. Dr. Kidd also holds a Master of Public Health degree in health policy and management from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Dr. Kidd previously served as the Assistant Medical Director of the University Health System Consortium in Oak Brook, Illinois. In this role, she provided assistance to academic medical centers to improve clinical processes and systems for delivery of patient-centered care that is safe, effective, efficient, timely, and equitable. She also assisted with the management of a national database of inpatient clinical and administrative patient data, analyzed comparative data, and surveyed the literature and member hospitals to identify best practices in patient care and management systems.

Dr. Kidd served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Malawi from July, 2006 through June, 2007, and then in Swaziland until June, 2008. After leaving the PAC, Dr. Kidd accepted a position with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Global Immunization Division.

Julia Kim, M.D.

A native of Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Kim is a graduate of Amherst College and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She completed residency in pediatrics at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where she also served as fourth year Chief Resident. She previously served as an attending physician within the Division of Emergency Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Dr. Kim has worked internationally in Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and South Korea. She speaks both Spanish and Korean. Dr. Kim served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Swaziland from July, 2006 through April 2008.

Maria Kim, M.D.

Dr. Kim is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at Columbia Presbyterian Children's Hospital of New York. She is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honor society.

During medical school and training Dr. Kim worked in Inner Mongolia, Honduras, and Botswana, and speaks both Korean and Spanish.

Dr. Kim started as a member of the Pediatric AIDS Corps in 2006 and worked in Malawi from 2006 until March 2010. During this time, Dr. Kim became very interested in the relationship between HIV infection and malnutrition, and helped to start an outpatient nutritional rehabilitation program for HIV infected children. In addition, along with Dr. Saeed Ahmed, she started a community outreach program called Tingathe (meaning "Yes we can" in the local Chichewa), which uses community health workers to improve EID, PMTCT, and Pediatric HIV Care and Treatment Outcomes. Dr. Kim has now joined the Retrovirology department at Texas Children's Hospital, and will be assisting with the new Global Health Residency. However, she will continue to be involved with Malawi and the Tingathe program.

Sarah S. Kim, M.D.

A native of Dallas, Dr. Kim is a graduate of Austin College and the Baylor College of Medicine. She was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society, in 2002. She was named the top student in pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine in 2003. She trained in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Boston, Boston Medical Center, and Harvard University.

Dr. Kim has worked in Mexico, India and Zambia. Dr. Kim served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician inLesotho from August, 2006 through July, 2007. She worked as a pediatric hospitalist at the Medical City Children's Hospital in Dallas, Texas from August, 2007 through July, 2008. She currently is pursuing a Masters of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Of her experience in the PAC, Dr. Kim writes: "The year I spent in Lesotho with the first class of the PAC 2006-2007 was a life-changing, amazing experience. Having participated in several short-term international health electives, I already knew I enjoyed working in developing countries, but this experience taught me the incredible value of establishing long-term relationships with national colleagues and our patients. Here we were able to directly witness children come back from extreme illness to running around the waiting room of the COE and caregivers who were so impacted by their children's recovery that they became active treatment supporters in their communities. I feel very lucky to have been part of such a cadre of energetic committed PAC docs who aimed to improve child health on so many different levels. During my year there, I was particularly moved by the dual burden of HIV and malnutrition and wanted to study interventions targeting malnutrition and food insecurity which brought me to public health school. I hope to use what I learn to help developing countries work toward effective and sustainable interventions for improving child health and nutrition."

JoAnna  Leyenaar, M.D., M.P.H., F.R.C.P.C.

A native of Ontario, Canada, Dr. Leyenaar is a graduate of the University of Guelph and the McMaster University Medical School. She trained in pediatrics at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Dr. Leyenaar holds a public health degree from Harvard University.

Dr. Leyenaar has worked in Uganda, Kenya and Romania. She served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Lesotho from September, 2005 through May, 2007. After leaving the Pediatric AIDS Corps. Dr. Leyennar accepted a position as the Director of Monitoring and Evaluation for the Consortium for Strategic HIV Operations Research with the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative.

Helga Loeffler, M.D.

Dr. Loeffler is a graduate of the Albert Ludwig University and College of Medicine in Freiburg, Germany. She completed her pediatric training at the Children's University Hospital in Freiburg. She also studied medicine for one year at the University Rene Descartes, Faculte Necker Enfants Malades in Paris, financed by a scholarship of the German Academic Exchanges Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst). Dr. Loeffler has experience providing care and treatment for HIV-infected children at the outpatient clinic at the University Childrens' Hospital in Freiburg.

Dr. Loeffler served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Swaziland from August, 2006 through June, 2007. After leaving the Pediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Loeffler accepted a position as a senior intern in the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and the Department of General Pediatrics at the University Childrens Hospital in Freiburg, Germany.

Amy E. McCollum, M.D.

Dr. Amy McCollum is a graduate of Rhodes College and the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. Dr. McCollum trained in pediatrics at the Children's Medical Center in Dallas, part of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where she served as chief resident. She did some of her undergraduate coursework in Zimbabwe, and has traveled to Ethiopia to assist with an HIV program under development in Addis Ababa.

Dr. McCollum served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Swaziland from August, 2006 through June, 2010. After leaving Swaziland, Dr. McCollum enrolled in the MPH program in Epidemiology at the University of Alabama.

David L. McCollum, M.D.

Dr. McCollum went to college at Rhodes College in Memphis and then to medical school at the University of Missisippi. He did his residency in internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern. He spent four years as PAC physician in Swaziland. After leaving the PAC in June, 2010, Dr. McCollum began an infectious disease fellowship at the University of Alabama Birmingham. He is married to PAC doctor Amy McCollum. They have three children.

Dr. McCollum describes his experience in the PAC as follows: "I spent four years working in Swaziland as a pediatric AIDS Corps Doctor. The experience was more intense, more rewarding, more frustrating, more joyous, more tragic...in general more real, than any experience I have previously had. It has given clarity to my career...which is to continue doing similar work. After the PAC, I am starting an infectious disease fellowship at UAB, with the intent of moving back to Southern Africa in the near future."

Eric D. McCollum, M.D.

Dr. McCollum earned his doctorate in medicine from Medical College of Virginia in 2003 where he received the Alpha Omega Alpha distinction. Subsequently, he completed residency training in pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center in 2006. During residency Dr. McCollum developed a community youth program named STREET BALL that introduced anatomy and physiology principles to youth through basketball. After residency training, Dr. McCollum moved to Malawi in July 2006 as a founding member of the Pediatric AIDS Corps and worked for the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative until May 2010.

In Malawi, Dr. McCollum cared for HIV-infected and HIV-exposed hospitalized children in a referral hospital in Lilongwe, gaining clinical experience in a setting with complex patient pathology but limited diagnostic and treatment options. Furthermore, Dr. McCollum implemented and supervised a routine inpatient pediatric HIV testing program that tested more than 30,000 mothers and children for HIV and enrolled more than 1,000 children into HIV care at the Malawi Center of Excellence in two years. This program is currently being implemented throughout Malawi at other government hospitals, and Dr. McCollum has produced one first-author publication from this work. Additionally, he supported the Malawian Ministry of Health in the development and expansion of a national early infant HIV diagnosis program and contributed to the 2008 national Malawi antiretroviral therapy guidelines.

After the PAC, Dr. McCollum will remain in Malawi as a Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellow to conduct clinical research on p24 antigen point-of-care infant HIV diagnostics. Upon completion of his clinical research fellowship, Dr. McCollum will begin a pediatric fellowship in pediatric intensive care and anesthesia at Children's Hospital Boston in 2011, during which he intends to further his clinical and research interests in global child health.

"Undoubtedly, my experiences in Malawi with Baylor have forever changed my life. I experienced first-hand the challenges of providing healthcare in a severely resource-constrained setting, and I know that I will look back upon my time with Baylor as some of my most exciting and life-shaping years both professionally and personally. I am extremely grateful to BIPAI for having had this opportunity."

Monica McGrann, M.D., M.Sc.

Originally from Bryan, Texas, Dr. McGrann is a graduate of Texas A&M University, and the Texas A&M School of Medicine. She holds a Master of Science degree in health policy, which she obtained from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the London School of Economics. Her Masters degree was supported by a Fulbright scholarship. She trained in pediatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Dr. McGrann has volunteered previously for the AIDS Support Organization for Uganda (TASO), and has worked as an NIH research assistant on a study of health resources in Kampala. She previously has served as a pediatrician in a Federally Qualified Health Center, providing care for the medically underserved in rural Texas.

Dr. McGrann served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Botswana from January, 2006 through December, 2007. In January, 2008 she accepted a position as a general pediatrician with Bootin & Savrick Pediatric Associates in Houston, Texas.

John K. Midturi, D.O., M.P.H.

Raised in Texas, Dr. Midturi is a graduate of Texas A&M University and the University of North Texas Health Science Center. He trained in both pediatrics and internal medicine at the Scott & White Memorial Hospital at Texas A&M University, where he served as internal medicine chief resident. He completed fellowship training in infectious diseases and a Master of Public Health at the same institution.

Dr. Midturi was born and spent the first six years of his life in India. He has a longstanding interest in international health and has worked previously in Nigeria.

Dr. Midturi served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Malawi from July, 2006 through July, 2008.

Timothy D. Minniear, M.D., M.P.H.

A native of Battle Creek, Michigan, Dr. Minniear is a graduate of Albion College and the Wayne State University School of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at the University of Tennessee.

Dr. Minniear has been interested in international medicine for many years, but previously had planned to wait until later in his career. He writes, "The Pediatric AIDS Corps has presented an interesting and unique opportunity that will allow me to reorganize my plan to include overseas work at the beginning to a much greater extent. I think it will build a foundation which will strengthen me for all my practice and provide me with contacts that would prove beneficial to working in Africa in the future".

Dr. Minniear served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Malawi from August, 2006 through July, 2007. After leaving the Pediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Minniear accepted a position as a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellow at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. He also is pursuing a Masters of Science in Epidemiology at the University of Tennessee.

Of his PAC experience, Dr. Minnear writes: "The effect that my participation in the Pediatric AIDS Corps has had on my life and my practice is difficult to describe. The year in Malawi was both trying and amazing, and I'm incredibly glad that I was one of the fortunate people selected to experience it. Since it was my first job after residency, I was as uncertain of myself and what I could do when I began. By the time I finished, I knew that there was an awful lot that I could handle: challenges that only my colleagues from outside the USA really understand. This served me well as a Pediatric Infectious Diseases fellow, as I am much more confident in my practice and decisive in my clinical decision making. I feel I have gained a better understanding of what is important both in life and in the practice of medicine which, among other things, helps me to relate better to the families for which I care and better utilize resources in the hospital. Any description of what I gained from my time with the PAC cannot leave out the very good friends I made; it was a powerful bonding experience. Also, I must admit that I miss the sunny skies and friendly smiles of Malawi, and while not discounting the impact of practicing in the USA, my work in Malawi brought with it a sense of significance that I have not yet experienced anywhere else and which carries me through to this day."

Jean M. Mulcahy Levy, M.D.

A native of Oregon, Dr. Mulcahy is a graduate of the University of Portland and the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center. She trained in pediatrics at the University of Arizona.

Dr. Mulcahy is interested ultimately in a career in hematology/oncology. She writes that she had always planned to take time after residency to work in a service position, giving back to the world for the opportunities she has received.

Dr. Mulcahy served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Malawi from August, 2006 through July, 2007.

B. Ryan Phelps, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Phelps is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the Duke University School of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at the University of California at San Francisco. He holds a degree in public health from the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Phelps has worked previously in Mexico, Brazil, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Mozambique, and South Africa. He is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish. Dr. Phelps served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Swaziland from August, 2006 through January, 2008, when he left the PAC to accept a position as the Associate Director of the Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Center of Excellence. He left that role in October, 2009 to accept a position as Senior Pediatric Care/PMTCT Advisor for USAID, in the Office of HIV/AIDS. In this role, he provides technical assistance to USAID-funded programs, primarily in Africa and Latin America. Dr. Phelps also serves on the intra-agency Technical Working Group for PMTCT and Pediatric HIV.

Eric H. Raabe, M.D., Ph.D.

A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Dr. Raabe attended Brown University and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He also was awarded a PhD in molecular and developmental biology from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Raabe trained in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society, in 2002.

He served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Swaziland from August, 2006 through April, 2007. After leaving the Pediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Raabe accepted a position as a post doctoral fellow in pediatric hematology/oncology at Johns Hopkins University. Of his PAC experience, Dr. Raabe writes: "While there were many frustrations in working in Swaziland, I think overall it was the most useful I have ever been to anyone, in my life. I would highly recommend it to those interested in using their heart and head and hands to help make the lives of some of the worst-off people in the world a little better. How has working overseas changed me? It has made me more likely to try to develop collaborations overseas, and more interested in developing research projects that will be relevant to the world's poor and underserved. Working with UNICEF and other global international health organizations gave me a better sense of the scope of the problem of HIV and TB in Southern Africa, and a better understanding of how the explosion of problems (such as XDR TB) there relates to our security in the United States."

Thresia Sebastian, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Sebastian is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC, and holds a Masters in Public Health from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

Dr. Sebastian has previously worked with HIV/AIDS patients in Guatemala, where she collected and reported opportunistic infection morbidity and mortality data. She also has worked in Sri Lanka, where she investigated maternal and child health of an internally displaced population in two rural districts. She is fluent in Spanish and the South Indian language of Malayalam.

Dr. Sebastian served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Swaziland from July, 2006 through October, 2007, and as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician "on loan" to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in Mozambique thereafter.

Laura Sauve, M.D., M.P.H., D.T.M. & H.

A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, Dr. Sauve is a graduate of the University of Victoria's School of Health Information Science and the University of Calgary School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the University of Calgary, and completed a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. She has a Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.

Dr. Sauve earned a diploma in tropical medicine from the Gorgas Hospital in Lima, Peru. She has worked previously in New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna and Uganda. She speaks French and Spanish.

Dr. Sauve served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Burkina Faso from August, 2006 through July, 2007. After leaving the Pediatric AIDS Corps, Dr. Sauve accepted a position as an Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Infectious & Immunological Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia. Her major research project is a collaboration with University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch University, and University of British Columbia examining the multifactorial determinants of childhood infectious disease in South Africa; specifically lung health (TB, acute respiratory infection, wheezing illness).

Amy Sims, M.D.

Dr. Sims is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC.

Dr. Sims has worked previously in Kenya, Uganda, and Trinidad and Tobago. She is the founder of the Awamu Children's Fund, which is a partnership between pediatric residents at Mulago Hospital in Uganda and Children's Hospital in Washington DC. In January, 2006, Dr. Sims was awarded the AAP Resident International Health Award for work in Uganda.

Dr. Sims served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Malawi from July, 2008 through June, 2008. In July, 2008 she began a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC.

Nandita S. Sugandhi, M.D.

Dr. Sugandhi is a graduate of Columbia University and the University of Michigan Medical School. She trained in pediatrics at New York University. Dr. Sugandhi has worked previously for three years as a rape crisis counselor. During this time she was trained and supervised by clinical psychologists on counseling survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse.

Dr. Sugandhi served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Swaziland for one year before transferring to Botswana for 15 months. Dr. Sugandhi served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Swaziland for one year before transferring to Botswana for 15 months. In October, 2008, she transferred to the new assist in the scale-up of the new BIPAI facility in Mbeya, Tanzania. In June, 2009 Dr. Sugandhi took on a new role as technical consultant on a BIPAI evaluation project with UNICEF in India.

Lineo K. Thahane, M.D.

Born in Washington, D.C., Dr. Thahane is a graduate of Princeton University and the Washington University School of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Dr.Thahane's parents were born and raised in Lesotho. Her mother, Dr. Edith Mohapi, is also a pediatrician who worked for about twenty years at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Mohapi recently accepted a new role as director of the Baylor College of Medicine-Bristol Myers Squibb Children's Clinical Center of Excellence in Maseru, Lesotho.

Dr. Thahane spent summers as a child in Lesotho, and is fluent in the local language (Sesotho). Dr. Thahane spent summers as a child in Lesotho, and is fluent in the local language (Sesotho). She currently serves as the Associate Director of the Baylor College of Medicine-Bristol Myers Squibb Children's Clinical Center of Excellence in Maseru, Lesotho.

M. Greg Thompson, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Thompson is a graduate of Iowa State University and the Yale University School of Medicine. He trained in pediatrics at the University of Washington in Seattle.

During residency, Dr. Thompson was a nominee for the AAMC Community Recognition Award for the Boost Kids! Project, which involved curriculum development for booster seat education and distribution among immigrant communities in Seattle. He has worked previously in India, Equatorial Guinea, Taiwan, China and Korea. He speaks Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and Korean.

Dr. Thompson served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Lesotho from August, 2006 through June, 2007. Since November, 2007 he has worked as a General pediatrician in private practice with Peace Health Medical Group in Bellingham, Washington.

Tamara Todd, M.D.

A native of Louisiana, Dr. Todd earned undergraduate and medical degrees from the Louisiana State University. She trained in pediatrics at the Maine Medical Center in Portland.

Dr. Todd lived in Jakarta, Indonesia during her high school years, an experience which sparked her interest in international work. She also has worked in Mexico and Belize, and has worked extensively during her residency with recently resettled immigrants and refugees in Portland, Maine.

Dr. Todd served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Botswana from August, 2006 to June 2007, and then in Swaziland from July, 2007 through July, 2008. She currently works as a general pediatrician with the Hilo Medical Center/Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

Michael A. Tolle, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Tolle is a graduate of Southern Methodist University and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society, in 1995. He trained in Family Practice at the Parkland Hospital at the University of Texas Southwestern, where he also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Tolle also holds a Certificate in Travel Health, granted by the International Society of Travel Medicine, and based on coursework completed is eligible to take the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene certification exam when it is next offered. He holds a Masters of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Tolle has worked previously throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as in the Balkans. He served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Lesotho from August, 2006 through August, 2007.

Dwight E. Yin, M.D.

A native of Clear Lake, Texas, Dr. Yin is a graduate of Duke University and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas. He trained in pediatrics at St. Louis Children's Hospital at Washington University in St. Louis.

During medical school, Dr. Yin made two trips to Zimbabwe. On these medical mission trips, he had the opportunity to witness the effects of heavy rain followed by droughts, political corruption and farm seizures on nutrition and other aspects of health. These experiences motivated him to seek a career in international medicine. He speaks Mandarin Chinese, French and Spanish.

Dr. Yin served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Botswana from July, 2006 through July, 2009.

Brian C. Zanoni, M.D.

A native of Trenton, New Jersey, Dr. Zanoni is a graduate of St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, and Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington DC. He trained in both internal medicine and pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine. He was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society, in 2001.

Dr. Zanoni has worked previously with Unity Care for the Homeless in Washington DC. He also has international experience working at the Hospital Infantil Rio Hondo, Zacapa, Guatemala. He served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Botswana through July, 2007, then moved to KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, where he served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician "on loan" to support a Harvard Medical School project. In October 2008, Dr. Zanoni left BIPAI to work with Harvard directly in South Africa.

Gretchen Zima, M.D.

Dr. Zima is a graduate of Boston College and the Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica, West Indies. She trained in both internal medicine and pediatrics at Penn State University. She has completed fellowship in pediatric infectious disease and immunology at the University of Miami. She also has a diploma in tropical medicine from the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Dr. Zima's Bachelor of Science degree is in nursing. She worked for three years as a Bone Marrow Transplant Nurse before enrolling in medical school. Dr. Zima has worked previously in Kenya, Cambodia, Swaziland, Uganda, Belize, Zaire, and Haiti.

Dr. Zima served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Swaziland from August, 2006 through April, 2007.

Jeffrey Zsohar, M.D.

A native of Dallas, Texas, Dr. Zsohar is a graduate of Texas Tech University and the University of Texas at Houston School of Medicine. He trained in both pediatrics and internal medicine at the University of Tennessee.

During medical school, Dr. Zsohar spent two months working in a government supported public health clinic in Guguletu, South Africa, which is an impoverished shanty town outside of Cape Town.

Dr. Zsohar served as a Pediatric AIDS Corps physician in Botswana from July, 2006 through December, 2008. In January, 2009 he began work for Christ Community Health Services in Memphis, Tennessee