Infectious Disease Board
The Specialty Boards and Advisory Committees aim to maintain a composition that reflects the diversity and complexity of the physician and patient populations that certification serves. They include both practicing physician members and public members representing interdisciplinary healthcare professionals, patients and caregivers.
Dr. Bonura is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Program Director of the Infectious Disease Fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), as well as Director of the Microbiology and Immunology Thread for Undergraduate Medical Education. She serves as Chair of the Education Committee and Vice-Chair of the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s Medical Education Community of Practice.
She is also one of the founding members of the Educators' Collaborative which brings together faculty from all schools at OHSU (Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Public Health) dedicated to education and furthering this mission at OHSU. In 2019 she became a co-director for the Education Scholars Program, a year-long course dedicated to training the next generation of scholars in health sciences education.
Dr. Bonura received her medical degree from Georgetown University in 2006. Following medical school, she completed her internship and residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and New York University where she was also named chief resident. She completed a second fellowship at OHSU in internal medicine and completed her master's degree in clinical research with a focus on medical education methods and outcomes in the undergraduate and graduate settings. Subsequently, Dr. Bonura completed fellowship training at OHSU. She is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease.
As of September 2024, Dr. Bonura reported the following external relationships:
Dr. Bonura serves in significant roles with the following organizations, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:
- The Infectious Diseases Society of America, Director, Board, receiving reimbursement for travel expenses.
- The National Board of Medical Examiners, IRC Committee Member, receiving reimbursement for travel expenses and honoraria.
Dr. Bonura is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Program Director of the Infectious Disease Fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), as well as Director of the Microbiology and Immunology Thread for Undergraduate Medical Education. She serves as Chair of the Education Committee and Vice-Chair of the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s Medical Education Community of Practice.
She is also one of the founding members of the Educators' Collaborative which brings together faculty from all schools at OHSU (Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Public Health) dedicated to education and furthering this mission at OHSU. In 2019 she became a co-director for the Education Scholars Program, a year-long course dedicated to training the next generation of scholars in health sciences education.
Dr. Bonura received her medical degree from Georgetown University in 2006. Following medical school, she completed her internship and residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and New York University where she was also named chief resident. She completed a second fellowship at OHSU in internal medicine and completed her master's degree in clinical research with a focus on medical education methods and outcomes in the undergraduate and graduate settings. Subsequently, Dr. Bonura completed fellowship training at OHSU. She is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease.
As of September 2024, Dr. Bonura reported the following external relationships:
Dr. Bonura serves in significant roles with the following organizations, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:
- The Infectious Diseases Society of America, Director, Board, receiving reimbursement for travel expenses.
- The National Board of Medical Examiners, IRC Committee Member, receiving reimbursement for travel expenses and honoraria.
Dr. Caballero is the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship at St. Elias Specialty Hospital (Providence Health System) and a consultant at Providence Alaska Medical Center; she also treats infectious diseases at her private practice in Anchorage. Dr. Caballero is the Head of Denali College at the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI Program, the Alaska-based student mentorship program, and co-Lead of the Foundations of Clinical Medicine course. She is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease.
Previously, Dr. Caballero worked at a critical care access hospital in a small Alaskan community, collaborating with the local health department and providing both inpatient and outpatient consultation in infectious diseases along with primary care services. As Physician Lead of the Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship committees, she helped bolster and expand both programs.
As one of just a few infectious disease specialists in Alaska during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Caballero was an integral part of developing infection prevention and treatment guidelines for the local hospitals and providing expert advice to medical providers around the state.
Prior to medical school, Dr. Caballero worked as a Spanish-language medical interpreter and community outreach advocate and educator in post-Katrina New Orleans. She completed her medical education and internal medicine residency at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans and her infectious disease fellowship at Oregon Health and Sciences University.
As of September 2024, Dr. Caballero reported no ongoing external relationships.
Dr. Caballero is the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship at St. Elias Specialty Hospital (Providence Health System) and a consultant at Providence Alaska Medical Center; she also treats infectious diseases at her private practice in Anchorage. Dr. Caballero is the Head of Denali College at the University of Washington School of Medicine WWAMI Program, the Alaska-based student mentorship program, and co-Lead of the Foundations of Clinical Medicine course. She is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease.
Previously, Dr. Caballero worked at a critical care access hospital in a small Alaskan community, collaborating with the local health department and providing both inpatient and outpatient consultation in infectious diseases along with primary care services. As Physician Lead of the Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship committees, she helped bolster and expand both programs.
As one of just a few infectious disease specialists in Alaska during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Caballero was an integral part of developing infection prevention and treatment guidelines for the local hospitals and providing expert advice to medical providers around the state.
Prior to medical school, Dr. Caballero worked as a Spanish-language medical interpreter and community outreach advocate and educator in post-Katrina New Orleans. She completed her medical education and internal medicine residency at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans and her infectious disease fellowship at Oregon Health and Sciences University.
As of September 2024, Dr. Caballero reported no ongoing external relationships.
Dr. Choi is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease, and provides clinical care in internal medicine, infectious diseases and HIV medicine in greater Boston. She is a recent past regent of the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the immediate past governor of the Massachusetts Chapter of ACP and a past chair of the ACP Board of Governors.
Dr. Choi was the first woman, and the only Asian American female, elected to serve as Governor of the Massachusetts Chapter of ACP in its nearly 100-year history, and is the first woman of Asian descent to be elected as Chair of the ACP Board of Governors. She has been re-elected to her second term on the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Women Physician Section (WPS) Governing Council as a Member At-Large, and has also been re-elected to serve as Chair of the AMA-WPS.
Dr. Choi is a physician leader and a Chief of Internal Medicine in her practice, and also serves as faculty at Harvard Medical School, providing education, precepting and mentorship of medical students and physician trainees of Harvard Medical School-affiliated teaching hospitals. Dr. Choi’s areas of clinical interest include infectious diseases, HIV, health disparities of women and communities of color, and health equity. In the Massachusetts Asian American community, Dr. Choi was recognized with the Unsung Hero Award at the Fourth Annual Massachusetts Asian American Pacific Islander Civil Rights Forum (2019) and the Leadership in Health Policy Award (2015). She has held national leadership roles for ACP, AMA, AMWA and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Dr. Choi is a fellow of ACP, AMWA and IDSA. She is a past recipient of the Massachusetts ACP Chapter Leadership Award and the Helen Taussig Women in Medicine Award and has received the Exceptional Mentor Award and Inspire Award from AMWA, and the Inspiration Award from AMA. Dr. Choi was awarded the ACP 2024 Richard Neubauer Award for Advocacy in Internal Medicine, for her sustained and enduring efforts on behalf of ACP’s advocacy and legislative priorities.
Dr. Choi received a medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (now New Jersey Medical School). She completed internal medicine residency and a fellowship in infectious disease at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
As of June 2025, Dr. Choi reported the following external relationships:
Dr. Choi serves in significant roles with the following organizations, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:
- The American College of Physicians, Regent, Political Action Committee Member, Invited Speaker, without compensation.
- The American Medical Association, Women Physicians Section Chair, without compensation.
- The American Medical Women’s Association, Awards Committee Member, without compensation.
- ATASK, Board of Directors, without compensation.
- Massachusetts Medical Society, Interspecialty Committee Member, Communications Committee Member; House of Delegates Member, without compensation.
Dr. Choi is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease, and provides clinical care in internal medicine, infectious diseases and HIV medicine in greater Boston. She is a recent past regent of the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the immediate past governor of the Massachusetts Chapter of ACP and a past chair of the ACP Board of Governors.
Dr. Choi was the first woman, and the only Asian American female, elected to serve as Governor of the Massachusetts Chapter of ACP in its nearly 100-year history, and is the first woman of Asian descent to be elected as Chair of the ACP Board of Governors. She has been re-elected to her second term on the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Women Physician Section (WPS) Governing Council as a Member At-Large, and has also been re-elected to serve as Chair of the AMA-WPS.
Dr. Choi is a physician leader and a Chief of Internal Medicine in her practice, and also serves as faculty at Harvard Medical School, providing education, precepting and mentorship of medical students and physician trainees of Harvard Medical School-affiliated teaching hospitals. Dr. Choi’s areas of clinical interest include infectious diseases, HIV, health disparities of women and communities of color, and health equity. In the Massachusetts Asian American community, Dr. Choi was recognized with the Unsung Hero Award at the Fourth Annual Massachusetts Asian American Pacific Islander Civil Rights Forum (2019) and the Leadership in Health Policy Award (2015). She has held national leadership roles for ACP, AMA, AMWA and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Dr. Choi is a fellow of ACP, AMWA and IDSA. She is a past recipient of the Massachusetts ACP Chapter Leadership Award and the Helen Taussig Women in Medicine Award and has received the Exceptional Mentor Award and Inspire Award from AMWA, and the Inspiration Award from AMA. Dr. Choi was awarded the ACP 2024 Richard Neubauer Award for Advocacy in Internal Medicine, for her sustained and enduring efforts on behalf of ACP’s advocacy and legislative priorities.
Dr. Choi received a medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (now New Jersey Medical School). She completed internal medicine residency and a fellowship in infectious disease at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
As of June 2025, Dr. Choi reported the following external relationships:
Dr. Choi serves in significant roles with the following organizations, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:
- The American College of Physicians, Regent, Political Action Committee Member, Invited Speaker, without compensation.
- The American Medical Association, Women Physicians Section Chair, without compensation.
- The American Medical Women’s Association, Awards Committee Member, without compensation.
- ATASK, Board of Directors, without compensation.
- Massachusetts Medical Society, Interspecialty Committee Member, Communications Committee Member; House of Delegates Member, without compensation.
Dr. de Sanctis is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease. Currently, she is the Program Director of the Infectious Disease Fellowship at Spectrum Health/Michigan State University (MSU) in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Previously, Dr. de Sanctis served as Associate Hospital Epidemiologist and staff member of the Infectious Disease Division at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. She also served as Associate Staff at the Infectious Disease Department of the Cleveland Clinic.
Her research and clinical interests are transplant infectious disease, neuro infectious disease, cardiovascular and device infectious disease, and bone and joint infections.
Dr. de Sanctis earned her medical degree from Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina, and master's degree in HIV/AIDS from Universidad de Barcelona in Spain. She completed her internal medicine residency at Hospital Provincial de Rosario in Argentina and the Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center/MSU in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She completed her infectious disease fellowship at William Beaumont Hospital.
As of April 2025, Dr. de Sanctis reported no ongoing external relationships.
Dr. de Sanctis is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease. Currently, she is the Program Director of the Infectious Disease Fellowship at Spectrum Health/Michigan State University (MSU) in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Previously, Dr. de Sanctis served as Associate Hospital Epidemiologist and staff member of the Infectious Disease Division at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. She also served as Associate Staff at the Infectious Disease Department of the Cleveland Clinic.
Her research and clinical interests are transplant infectious disease, neuro infectious disease, cardiovascular and device infectious disease, and bone and joint infections.
Dr. de Sanctis earned her medical degree from Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina, and master's degree in HIV/AIDS from Universidad de Barcelona in Spain. She completed her internal medicine residency at Hospital Provincial de Rosario in Argentina and the Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center/MSU in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She completed her infectious disease fellowship at William Beaumont Hospital.
As of April 2025, Dr. de Sanctis reported no ongoing external relationships.
Ms. Gbedemah is an Infection Prevention Program Manager for Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-Bedford (HEB). Her current role at Texas Health HEB includes overseeing the Infection Prevention Program in the acute care hospital setting, as well as a standalone inpatient behavioral hospital, and an additional five satellite behavioral health campuses. She also serves as an infection prevention consultant for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network. Prior to her current position in infection prevention and control she worked as a critical care nurse in various nursing specialties. She is board certified by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology.
She serves on the Board for the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology – Dallas-Fort-Worth Chapter. Prior to her current role as Board Member, she was Conference Chair for two consecutive years.
Ms. Gbedemah’s interest in infectious disease and epidemiology is ongoing in her current practice. She was recently awarded Frontline Worker of the Year from the Colleyville Chamber of Commerce for all the efforts she put forth during the COVID-19 pandemic for the hospital and the community. She has acquired international experience after completion of a preceptorship in Ghana at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, the largest teaching hospital in the country.
Ms. Gbedemah received her Bachelor of Arts in Biology at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Midwestern State University and a Master of Science in Nursing Informatics at Walden University.
As of March 2025, Ms. Gbedemah reported no ongoing external relationships.
Ms. Gbedemah is an Infection Prevention Program Manager for Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-Bedford (HEB). Her current role at Texas Health HEB includes overseeing the Infection Prevention Program in the acute care hospital setting, as well as a standalone inpatient behavioral hospital, and an additional five satellite behavioral health campuses. She also serves as an infection prevention consultant for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network. Prior to her current position in infection prevention and control she worked as a critical care nurse in various nursing specialties. She is board certified by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology.
She serves on the Board for the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology – Dallas-Fort-Worth Chapter. Prior to her current role as Board Member, she was Conference Chair for two consecutive years.
Ms. Gbedemah’s interest in infectious disease and epidemiology is ongoing in her current practice. She was recently awarded Frontline Worker of the Year from the Colleyville Chamber of Commerce for all the efforts she put forth during the COVID-19 pandemic for the hospital and the community. She has acquired international experience after completion of a preceptorship in Ghana at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, the largest teaching hospital in the country.
Ms. Gbedemah received her Bachelor of Arts in Biology at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Midwestern State University and a Master of Science in Nursing Informatics at Walden University.
As of March 2025, Ms. Gbedemah reported no ongoing external relationships.
Dr. Khole is an infectious disease physician at Atrium Health in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he provides inpatient and outpatient consultative services. He is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease.
Previously, he worked as an infectious disease physician at Cheshire Medical Center, part of Dartmouth Health in Keene, New Hampshire, where he also served as Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship and led the Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Program. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Khole played a pivotal role in formulating, planning and operationalizing key policies to tackle the effects of the pandemic on infection prevention, employee health, patient safety and relations, and coordinating testing and treatment strategies. His contributions earned him several honors, including the 2022 TrendSetters Award, the 2022 Monadnock Community Health Impact Award and the 2023 New Hampshire Forty Under 40 Award. He was regularly featured on several media platforms, offering evidence-based guidance during the crisis.
In pursuit of his passion for leadership and academics, he has been intricately involved with national organizations such as the American College of Physicians (ACP), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and ABIM, having served as the Co-Chair of the ACP Resident and Fellows Council (Massachusetts Chapter), and sat on an ABIM Standard-Setting Committee. He has been an abstract reviewer and poster judge for ACP and IDSA at the state and national levels. In recognition of this work, he has been granted honorary fellowships by ACP and IDSA.
Dr. Khole earned his medical degree from King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College in India, followed by residency and chief residency in internal medicine at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachussetts, and a fellowship in infectious diseases and immunology at UMass Memorial Health.
As of April 2025, Dr. Khole reported no ongoing external relationships.
Dr. Khole is an infectious disease physician at Atrium Health in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he provides inpatient and outpatient consultative services. He is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease.
Previously, he worked as an infectious disease physician at Cheshire Medical Center, part of Dartmouth Health in Keene, New Hampshire, where he also served as Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship and led the Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Program. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Khole played a pivotal role in formulating, planning and operationalizing key policies to tackle the effects of the pandemic on infection prevention, employee health, patient safety and relations, and coordinating testing and treatment strategies. His contributions earned him several honors, including the 2022 TrendSetters Award, the 2022 Monadnock Community Health Impact Award and the 2023 New Hampshire Forty Under 40 Award. He was regularly featured on several media platforms, offering evidence-based guidance during the crisis.
In pursuit of his passion for leadership and academics, he has been intricately involved with national organizations such as the American College of Physicians (ACP), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and ABIM, having served as the Co-Chair of the ACP Resident and Fellows Council (Massachusetts Chapter), and sat on an ABIM Standard-Setting Committee. He has been an abstract reviewer and poster judge for ACP and IDSA at the state and national levels. In recognition of this work, he has been granted honorary fellowships by ACP and IDSA.
Dr. Khole earned his medical degree from King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College in India, followed by residency and chief residency in internal medicine at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachussetts, and a fellowship in infectious diseases and immunology at UMass Memorial Health.
As of April 2025, Dr. Khole reported no ongoing external relationships.
Dr. Spieldenner is a Professor of Communication at California State University, San Marcos with more than 30 years of experience in the HIV movement. He is a community-engaged researcher who works with gay, bisexual, queer and trans communities in over 30 countries. Openly living with HIV, Dr. Spieldenner is currently on the Developed Countries Delegation to the Global Fund to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria and directs MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights. He is the author of multiple articles and book chapters, and coeditor of the books Intercultural Health Communication (Peter Lang, 2020), Post-AIDS Discourse in Health Communication (Routledge, 2022) and A Pill for Promiscuity (Rutgers, 2023).
Dr. Spieldenner earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Communication and Culture from Howard University.
As of June 2025, Dr. Spieldenner reported no ongoing external relationships.
Dr. Spieldenner is a Professor of Communication at California State University, San Marcos with more than 30 years of experience in the HIV movement. He is a community-engaged researcher who works with gay, bisexual, queer and trans communities in over 30 countries. Openly living with HIV, Dr. Spieldenner is currently on the Developed Countries Delegation to the Global Fund to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria and directs MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights. He is the author of multiple articles and book chapters, and coeditor of the books Intercultural Health Communication (Peter Lang, 2020), Post-AIDS Discourse in Health Communication (Routledge, 2022) and A Pill for Promiscuity (Rutgers, 2023).
Dr. Spieldenner earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Communication and Culture from Howard University.
As of June 2025, Dr. Spieldenner reported no ongoing external relationships.
Dr. Tirupathi is the Medical Director of Keystone Infectious Diseases/HIV and Keystone Community Health Services in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He also serves as the Chair of the Infection Prevention Committees of both WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital and WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital. He has a teaching appointment at the Pennsylvania State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania, as Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine. He serves as the clinical consultant at CURE ID/CURE Drug Repurposing Collaboratory, a joint initiative of the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Tirupathi has many peer-reviewed publications to his credit. His research interests include antimicrobial drug repurposing, infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship and COVID-19. He has received several honorary fellowships, including from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Royal College of Physicians and the American College of Physicians. He has also received several prestigious regional and national awards including the Clinical Practice Innovation Award from IDSA.
Dr. Tirupathi completed an internal medicine residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morristown Medical Center and completed an infectious disease fellowship at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease.
As of April 2025, Dr. Tirupathi reported no ongoing external relationships.
Dr. Tirupathi is the Medical Director of Keystone Infectious Diseases/HIV and Keystone Community Health Services in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He also serves as the Chair of the Infection Prevention Committees of both WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital and WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital. He has a teaching appointment at the Pennsylvania State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania, as Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine. He serves as the clinical consultant at CURE ID/CURE Drug Repurposing Collaboratory, a joint initiative of the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Tirupathi has many peer-reviewed publications to his credit. His research interests include antimicrobial drug repurposing, infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship and COVID-19. He has received several honorary fellowships, including from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Royal College of Physicians and the American College of Physicians. He has also received several prestigious regional and national awards including the Clinical Practice Innovation Award from IDSA.
Dr. Tirupathi completed an internal medicine residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morristown Medical Center and completed an infectious disease fellowship at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease.
As of April 2025, Dr. Tirupathi reported no ongoing external relationships.