Our Infectious Disease Fellows
Current Fellows
Dominic Betancourt, MD
Residency: Texas Tech University Internal Medicine Program
Medical School: Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University
Omar Fakhoury, DO
Residency: Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Internal Medicine Program
Medical School: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University
Ummarah Jaffar, MD
Residency: Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Internal Medicine Program
Medical School: Oman Medical College
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
2025-2026 Graduates
Dominic Betancourt, MD
Residency: Texas Tech University HSC El Paso, TX
Medical School: Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University
2023-2024 Graduates
Raul Isern III, MD
Residency: Las Palmas Del Sol Medical Center
Medical School: Universidad Rafael Landívar
2022-2023 Graduates
Julie Jerabek, MD
Residency: San Antonio Uniformed Service Health Education Consortium
Medical School: F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
Richard Swaney, DO
Residency: University of Missouri-Columbia
Medical School: Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
2020-2022 Graduate
Ahad Azeem, MBBS
Critical Care Medicine Fellow
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, NE
2019-2021 Graduates
Faran Ahmad, MBBS
Faculty
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, NE
Sanu Rajendraprasad, MBBS
Critical Care Medicine Fellow
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
2018-2020 Graduate
Ali Eskandar, MBBCh
Private Practice
Phoenix, AZ
2017-2019 Graduates
Anum Abbas, MBBS
Transplant ID Faculty
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Michael Petzar, MD
Faculty
Augusta University/Medical College of Georgia
Athens, GA
2016-2018 Graduate
Richard Paguia, MD
Private Practice
Winfield, IL
2015-2017 Graduates
Manasa Velagapudi, MBBS
Faculty
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, NE
Allen Ameri, MD
Private Practice
Los Angeles, CA
2013-2015 Graduates
Leo Dobronski, MD
Private Practice
Easley, SC
John Horne, MD
Faculty
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, NE
2012-2014 Graduate
Mir Akbar Ali, MD
Chief of Infectious Diseases
John Randolph Medical Center
Hopewell, VA
2011-2013 Graduates
Cezarina Mindru, MD
Faculty
Baylor University School of Medicine
Houston, TX
Renuga Vivekanandan, MD
Faculty
Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, NE
2010-12 Graduate
Kari Neemann, MD
Faculty
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
Previous Infectious Diseases Fellow Faran Ahmad, MBBS
Contact Us
Fellowship Manager
Lia Washington
Phone: 402.280.4194
liawashington@creighton.edu
