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.
Sarah Ali Bahnshal, MD - 2023-2025
Hometown: JEDDAH , SA.
New Orleans Faves: Food , Southern hospitality : NOLA residents are warm and welcoming , Rich cultural heritage.
Clinical Interests: Infectious Disease, tropical medicine , Antibiotic Stewardship
Why Tulane Infectious Diseases: Tulane University's Infectious Disease Program excels due to its renowned faculty, offering expertise and mentorship, a comprehensive curriculum covering microbiology, immunology, epidemiology, clinical management, and public health strategies, extensive clinical training in prestigious affiliated hospitals, a global health perspective integrated into the program, collaborations with prestigious institutions providing research opportunities, and a focus on community engagement to address local healthcare challenges and make a positive impact.
Overall , Tulane Infectious Disease Program providing students with a strong foundation, practical skills, and valuable research experience to tackle the complex challenges of infectious diseases.
Sobya Hashmi, MD - 2023-2025
Hometown: Los Angeles, California.
New Orleans Faves: The varied cuisines, French Quarters, Lakeshore Park.
Clinical Interests: Infection Control, Antibiotic stewardship, Public Health, HIV.
Why Tulane Infectious Diseases: The amazing learning opportunities including the renowned Tropical Medicine program, clinical-case diversity, and the ability to serve New Orleans's under-served population in three different hospital settings were some of the reasons I chose the prestigious Tulane University’s Infectious Diseases program. The faculty is highly knowledgeable and extremely supportive. The extensive clinical, research, and diverse socioeconomic exposure makes it an excellent Infectious Diseases fellowship program, along with the friendly faculty and co-fellows that make it a great learning experience.
Steven Ohnmacht, DO - 2023-2025
Hometown: Mesa, AZ
New Orleans Faves: The culinary scene, trekking through the local bayous.
Clinical Interests: Transplant, tropical medicine.
Why Tulane Infectious Diseases: Very solid research institution with plenty of opportunities to see both bread and butter as well as novel cases all while working with various under-served patient populations. The school of tropical medicine was also a very big draw not found at other programs. All of these coupled with one of the most humane schedules around and with extremely welcoming and friendly faculty made matching at Tulane a no brainier.
