Our Infectious Disease Fellows
Diversity, Equity, Belonging and Inclusion
Fellows are able to learn amongst a diverse population of patients and fellow house staff physicians. All continents (except Australia and Antarctica) have been represented by fellows we’ve trained in the past 20 years. Both Sunni and Shia (and Alawite and Ismaili) communities as well as Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, and Christian traditions have been represented in the roll of Creighton-trained fellows.
Current Fellows
Nirpeksh Jain, MBBS
Residency: Marshfield
Medical School: Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital
![Amanda Corey Yeates, DO](/sites/default/files/2022-12/Yeates.jpg)
Amanda Corey Yeates, DO
Residency: Oklahoma State University
Medical School: Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine at New Mexico State University
Recent Fellow Awards
Faran Ahmad, MBBS
- Received an ID Week Trainee Travel Award both years of his fellowship
Ahad Azeem, MBBS, Fellow
- Received an ID Week Trainee Travel Award second year of his fellowship
Post-fellowship Careers of Recent Graduates
- Basic science faculty, Augusta University/University of Georgia partnership
- Critical care fellowship, Creighton University
- Critical care fellowship, Mayo Rochester
- Infectious Disease faculty, Creighton University
- Private practice, Arizona
- Private practice, Los Angeles
- Private practice, Illinois
- Telemedicine faculty, Creighton University (Grand Island, Nebraska)
- Transplant Infectious Disease faculty, University of Nebraska Medical Center
2023-2024 Graduates
![Raul Isern III MD](/sites/default/files/2022-12/isern3.jpg)
Raul Isern III MD
Residency: Las Palmas Del Sol Medical Center
Medical School: Universidad Rafael Landívar
2022-2023 Graduates
![Julie Jerabek, MD](/sites/default/files/2022-12/juliej.jpg)
Dr. Julie Jerabek, MD
Residency: San Antonio Uniformed Service Health Education Consortium
Medical School: F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
![Richard Swaney, DO](/sites/default/files/2022-12/swaney.jpg)
Dr. Richard Swaney, DO
Residency: University of Missouri-Columbia
Medical School: Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
2020-2022 Graduate
![Ahad Azeem, MBBS](/sites/default/files/2022-07/AhadAzeem.jpg)
Ahad Azeem, MBBS
Critical Care Medicine Fellow
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, NE
2019-2021 Graduates
![Faran Ahmad](/sites/default/files/2021-12/faran-ahmad.png)
Faran Ahmad, MBBS
Faculty
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, NE
![Sanu Rajendraprasad](/sites/default/files/2021-12/sanu-rajendraprasad.jpeg)
Sanu Rajendraprasad, MBBS
Critical Care Medicine Fellow
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
2018-2020 Graduate
![Ali Eskandar](/sites/default/files/2021-12/ali-eskandar.jpeg)
Ali Eskandar, MBBCh
Private Practice
Phoenix, AZ
2017-2019 Graduates
![Anum Abbas](/sites/default/files/2021-12/anum-abbas.jpeg)
Anum Abbas, MBBS
Transplant ID Faculty
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
![Michael Petzar](/sites/default/files/2021-12/micheal-petzar.jpeg)
Michael Petzar, MD
Faculty
Augusta University/Medical College of Georgia
Athens, GA
2016-2018 Graduate
![Richard Paguia](/sites/default/files/2021-12/richard-paguia.jpeg)
Richard Paguia, MD
Private Practice
Winfield, IL
2015-2017 Graduates
![Manasa Velagapudi](/sites/default/files/2021-12/manasa-velagapudi.jpeg)
Manasa Velagapudi, MBBS
Faculty
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, NE
![Allen Ameri](/sites/default/files/2021-12/allen-ameri.png)
Allen Ameri, MD
Private Practice
Los Angeles, CA
2013-2015 Graduates
![Leo Dobronski](/sites/default/files/2021-12/leo-dobronski.jpeg)
Leo Dobronski, MD
Private Practice
Easley, SC
![John Horne](/sites/default/files/2021-12/john-horne.jpeg)
John Horne, MD
Faculty
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, NE
2012-2014 Graduate
![Mir Akbar Ali](/sites/default/files/2021-12/mir-akbar-ali.jpeg)
Mir Akbar Ali, MD
Chief of Infectious Diseases
John Randolph Medical Center
Hopewell, VA
2011-2013 Graduates
![Cezarina Mindru](/sites/default/files/2021-12/cezarina-mindru.png)
Cezarina Mindru, MD
Faculty
Baylor University School of Medicine
Houston, TX
![Renuga Vivekanandan](/sites/default/files/2021-12/renuga-vivekanandan.jpeg)
Renuga Vivekanandan, MD
Faculty
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, NE
2010-12 Graduate
![Kari Neemann](/sites/default/files/2021-12/kari-neemann.jpeg)
Kari Neemann, MD
Faculty
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Previous Infectious Diseases Fellow Faran Ahmad, MBBS
![Faran Ahmad, MBBS](/sites/default/files/styles/video_player/public/2021-10/Ahmad.jpg?itok=m8tFG-hC)
Contact Us
Program Director
Marvin J . Bittner, MD
Special Professor
Phone: 402.977.5606
Fellowship Coordinator
Renee Hall
Phone: 402.280.4675
reneehall@creighton.edu