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Faculty

Program Leadership & Key Clinical Faculty

Wood Emily

Emily V. Wood, MD

Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Department of Medicine, Maine Medical Center
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: Maine Medical Center
Fellowship: Maine Medical Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine 
Infectious Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
Interests: Transplant Infections


Daniel J. Diekema, MD

Daniel J. Diekema, MD

Vice Chair of Research, Department of Medicine 
Division Director, Infectious Disease 
Medical School: Vanderbilt University 
Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Medical Microbiology 
Fellowship: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Infectious Disease, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Medical Microbiology 
Board Certification: Infectious Disease


Edward F Pilkington III, MD

Edward Pilkington, MD

Associate Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, 2013
Residency: Brigham & Women's Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2016
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Infectious Disease, 2019
Board certification: Infectious Disease, 2019


Azis Leyla

Leyla Azis, MD

Medical School: University of Medicine and Pharmacy Targu - Mures, Romania
Residency: Pulmonary Medicine, Clinical Hospital of Pulmonology, Constanta, Romania; Internal Medicine, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Fellowship: Boston Medical Center
Board certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Infectious Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
Interests: Hepatitis C & B; Viral Hepatitis, Tuberculosis


Stephen Rawlings

Stephen Rawlings, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine 
Residency: UC San Diego School of Medicine 
Fellowship: UC San Diego School of Medicine 
Board Certifications: Infectious Disease and Internal Medicine


Thakarar Kinna

Kinna Thakarar, DO, MPH

Assistant Professor Tufts School of Medicine
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Cambridge Health Alliance
Fellowship: Boston Medical Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
Interests: Health systems research focused on homeless patients, IVDU, HIV


Sophie Woolston, MD

Sophie Woolston, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor Tufts School of Medicine
Medical School: University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine, 2010
Residency: Hospital of The University Of Pennsylvania, Internal Medicine, 2013
Fellowship: University of Washington Medical Center, Infectious Disease, 2016
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
Board Certification: Infectious Disease, 2016


Other Faculty

Kristina E. Connolly, PharmD, BCPS

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Infectious Diseases
Maine Medical Center
Pharmacy School: South Carolina College of Pharmacy (SCCP), Doctorate of Pharmacy
Pharmacy Practice Residency: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Pharmacy Specialty Residency: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC 
Interests: HIV, Clostridium difficile infection, antimicrobial stewardship


Christina DeMatteo, DO, MPH

Assistant Professor Tufts School of Medicine
Medical School: University of New England
Residency: Maine Medical Center, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Maine Medical Center Infectious Disease & Maine Medical Center Public Health and General Preventive Medicine
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Interests: Infectious Disease, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine
 


Amanda Goddard, MD

Pediatric Infectious Diseases & Pediatrics
Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Residency: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Washington Medical Center Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Board Certification: Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics
Interests: Antimicrobial Resistance, Arthropod-Borne Infections, Bone and Joint Infections, Chronic Infections, Infections in Immunocompromised Individuals


Jennifer K. Jubulis, MD

Pediatric Infectious Disease
Department of Pediatrics, Maine Medical Center
Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Residency: Carolinas Medical Center, Levine Children’s Hospital
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Board Certification: Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics
Interests: Tuberculosis and refugee / immigrant health, antibiotic stewardship


Carol A. McCarthy, MD

Director, Pediatric Infectious Disease Department of Pediatrics, Maine Medical Center 
Associate Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: University of Rochester
Residency: University of Rochester
Fellowship: University of Rochester
Board Certification: Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Infectious Disease, American Board of Pediatrics
Interests: Congenital & Perinatal Infections, Lyme arthritis 


Nicholas Mercuro, PharmD, BCIDP

Clinical Pharmacists, Infectious Disease
Pharmacy School: University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, Wayne State University Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy
Residencies: Henry Ford Hospital, Maine Medical Center
Fellowship: Antimicrobial Stewardship Outcomes Research: Wayne State University
Board Certifications: Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy


Mongkon Minkey Wungwattana, PharmD, BCIDP

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Co-Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Infectious Diseases
Maine Medical Center Pharmacy School
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN – Doctor of Pharmacy
Pharmacy Practice Residency: Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN
Pharmacy Specialty Residency: Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN
Interests: Antimicrobial stewardship, including process improvement; Antimicrobial resistance and its impact on empiric and targeted antimicrobial selection; Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics.


Carlysle Schenk, PharmD, BCIDP

Clinical Pharmacists, Infectious Disease
Pharmacy School: Samford University, McWhorter School of Pharmacy; Birmingham, AL 
Residencies: University of South Carolina Prisma Health, Intermountain Healthcare
Board Certifications: Board Certified Infectious Diseases Pharmacist
Clinical Interests: HIV, opportunistic infections, transitions of care