Achievements

I am an active member of the infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). I have served as an abstract reviewer for IDWeek, the national annual meeting of the IDSA. Specifically, I graded abstracts related to transplant infectious diseases, helping to determine which would be accepted for oral abstract, accepted for a poster, or rejected for presentation.

I am an active member of the American Society of Transplantation (AST), specifically within the Infectious Diseases Community of Practice (IDCOP). I have helped creased educational videos for patients as part of my work for the AST. I am also an active member of the Medical Education Working Group, which is sub-committee within the IDCOP. This group is actively working to understand and improve the current landscape of education within the field of transplant infectious diseases.

I serve as a peer-review of abstract submissions for IDWeek, the national annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). Specifically, I have reviewed abstract related to transplant infectious diseases to determine if they should be accepted for presentation at IDWeek and if so, if they should be presented as a poster or oral presentation.

Committee that creates and implements curricular content regarding diversity, equity, and antiracism in medicine. I have been a committee member since 2020 and was elected as treasurer in 2022.

I serve as a committee member on the Department of Medicine Diversity Committee. I am also on the Early Pipeline Sub-Committee.

I serve on the internal medicine intern selection committee, where I interview internal medicine residency applicants and provide input on their ranking for the residency match

I am a member of the Laboratory Medicine Stewardship Committee, which meets regularly to make sure that laboratory tests in the hospital are appropriately utilized. This helps improve diagnostics, efficiency, and clinical care throughout the system.

I am a member of the Yale COVID-19 Ad Hoc Treatment Team, which is the committee that created and updates the institutional treatment algorithm for inpatients with COVID-19. This treatment algorithm is followed by providers caring for COVID-19 patients throughout the YNHH System.

I collaborated with another Infectious Disease physician to create educational videos fo regarding safe living after transplant. These are available to transplant recipients to view through the AST web resources.

Member of the committee that monitors the progress of infectious disease fellows in order to make sure they are gaining the necessary skills to graduate from fellowship.