Current Fellows

First Year Fellows

Christopher Erb, M.D., Ph.D.  
Residency:Yale-New Haven Hospital - Yale Residency

Advisor:Lynn Tanoue, M.D. 

Jason Heavner, M.D.   
Residency:Yale-New Haven Hospital - Yale Residency  
Advisor:H. Klar Yaggi, M.D., M.P.H.

Cyrus Kholdani, M.D.
Residency:University of Virginia   
Advisor:Charles Dela Cruz, M.D. Ph.D

Sreelatha Naik, M.D.   
Residency:University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Advisor:Erica Herzog, M.D., Ph.D

Megan Panico, M.D.  
Residency:Yale-New Haven Hospital - Yale Residency

Advisor:Shyoko Honiden M.D.

Second Year Fellows

Kyle Bramley, M.D. 
Residency:  Yale-New Haven Hospital - Yale Residency

Mentor:Erica Herzog, M.D., Ph.D., and Gaëtane Michaud, M.D., M.S.

Research Project: The Role of Fibrocytes in Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary Sarcoidosis 

Lauren Ferrante, M.D.  
Residency:  New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University
Mentor:Margaret Pisani, M.D., M.P.H.

Research Project: Frailty as a predictor of chronic critical illness in an aging population.

Chad Marion, D.O.
Residency:  Cleveland Clinic Foundation 
Mentor:  Charles Dela Cruz, M.D. Ph.D.

Research Project:Esophageal Cancer Related Gene-4 role as an Immune Modulator in Pneumonia

Meagan Moore, M.D., Ph.D 
Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital - Yale Residency

Mentor:  Erica Herzog, M.D., Ph.D.

Research Project: Investigating the Role of Profibrotic Monocyte Subsets and Netrin-1 in the pathogenesis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Lauren Tobias, M.D. 
Residency:Yale-New Haven Hospital - Yale Residency

Mentor:Henry Klar Yaggi, M.D., M.P.H.  

Research Project: CPAP Adherence in Patients with Sleep Apnea and Stroke: The Impact of a Behavioral Intervention in the Sleep Apnea in TIA/Stroke: Reducing Cardiovascular Risk with Positive Airway Pressure (“SLEEP TIGHT”) study

Third Year Fellows

Geetinder Goyal, M.D.
Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

Mentor:  David Rimm, M.D. (Pathology)

Research Project: "Biomarker in NSCU"

Grants & Awards:1. Nominated and accepted for GNYHA three-day workshop on ultrasonography 2010.  2. Yale/Stanford Johnson & Johnson Global Health Scholars Program in Uganda, Africa- April - May 2013

Kusum Mathews, M.D., M.P.H. 
Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital - Yale Residency
Mentors:Elisa Long, MBA, PhD & Margaret Pisani, M.D., M.P.H.
Research Project:"Subacute patients in the acute care unit: Understanding impact of short-stays on ICU resource utilization, quality of care, and health care delivery".

Aditi Mathur, M.D.
Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital - Yale Residency
Mentor:  Erica Herzog, M.D., Ph.D.

Research Project:"Plexin CI in Pulmonary Fibrosis"

Grants & Award: 1. 2011 Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation’s IPF Summit  Travel Award  2. Third place prize - IPF Summitt, Chicago 2011

Jessica Freyer Most, M.D.
Residency: Drexell University College

Mentor:Carrie Redlich, M.D. & Geoffrey Chupp, M.D.

Research Project:"Pilates-Type Breathing and Exercise to Control Asthma: A Randomized Controlled Intervention Study"

Grants & Award:1. ACCP Chest 2010-Case Report Award Winner  2. Introduction to Interventional Pulmonology course 2012, Beth Israel

3. Chief fellow 2012-2013

Maor Sauler, M.D.
Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital - Yale Residency

Mentor:Patty Lee, M.D.

Research Project: "MIF in COPD"

Sleep Medicine  Fellow

Melissa Knauert, M.D.,Ph.D.
Ph.D Degree (Genetics): Yale University School of Medicine
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Mentor:Margaret Pisani, M.D., M.P.H.

Research Project: 1. "Characterization of heme oxgyenase-1's role in modulating inflammatory response: an influenza model"  2."The Effect of Sleep Deprivation on MICU Patient Outcomes"

Cystic Fibrosis Fellow

Clemente Britto-Leon, M.D.
Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Chief Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Mentor: Lauren Cohn, MD

Research Project: 1."Study of the PLUNC protein in animal models of Th2 airway inflammation"  2. "Immunodulatory effects and regulation of the PLUNC protein"

Grants & Awards:1. Fifth Asthma Fellows Conference Chest 2010 Travel Award. 2. Seventh Annual Respiratory Disease Young Investigators' Forum-2010 3. 2012 American Lung Association Senior Research Training Fellowship  4. 2011 Cystic Fibrosis Award

Yale/Norwalk Critical Care Fellows

Paul Arkless, M.D.

Residency:Atlanticare Regional Medical Center Residency Program
Fellowship: Norwalk Hospital-Yale University Pulmonary Fellowship Program

Sabrina Roberts, M.D.

Residency:Norwalk Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program

Fellowship: Norwalk Hospital-Yale University Pulmonary Fellowship Program