Joy Fesen, MD - 2025-2027
Hometown: Hutchinson, Kansas
Clinical Interests: Tropical disease, low resource medicine, travel medicine, antibiotic stewardship.
Why Tulane ID: New Orleans was described to me as the place that most feels like you're outside of the United States. This manifests from the culture down to the microbes. I love being surprised and awed by my patients. Tulane Infectious Disease commits to supporting the independent needs of each fellow. For me, that allows me to continue work in Central and South America during fellowship.
Yonatan Tamene, MD - 2025-2027
Hometown: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Clinical Interests: Tropical Medicine, Hepatitis B & C, medical education.
Why Tulane ID: Tulane offers the opportunity to care for a diverse patient population while learning from highly experienced and genuinely supportive mentors.
William Hahn, MD - 2024-2026
Hometown: Santa Barbara, California
Clinical Interests: Tropical medicine, transplant, medical education.
Why Tulane ID: Tulane provides the opportunity to see a unique patient population within the lively area of New Orleans and features a historical focus on public health and tropical medicine.
Jacob Khoury, MD - 2024-2026
Hometown: Dallas, TX
New Orleans Faves: Jazz and food
Clinical Interests: General Infectious Diseases, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety.
Why Tulane Infectious Diseases: At Tulane, I have seen a huge breadth of infectious diseases, and get to work with the best faculty!
Molly McCoy, DO - 2024-2026
Hometown: Columbus, OH
New Orleans Faves: Oysters, live music, Audubon Zoo, pastel houses, Spanish moss and old oak trees.
Clinical Interests: HIV, Travel & Tropical Medicine, bloodstream infections.
Why Tulane Infectious Diseases: Great colleague and friendly work atmosphere, fabulous location, ideal case-mix from rare to common and will see all stages of HIV, strong ties with school of public health and tropical medicine, focus on under-served populations, excellent mentorship with early engagement in research and career objectives.
