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Infectious Diseases

Meet Our Medical College of Wisconsin Infectious Diseases Fellows

Second Year Fellows

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Nicole McAlvany, DO

Division of Infectious Diseases Fellow, Class of 2025

Hometown: Roswell, GA | Undergraduate: Rhodes College, Memphis, TN | Medical School: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University | Residency: Swedish Hospital, Chicago, IL

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Patrick Mulligan, DO

Division of Infectious Diseases Fellow, Class of 2025

Hometown: Chicago, IL | Undergraduate: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL | Medical School: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University | Residency: University of Chicago (NorthShore) Program, Evanston, IL

First Year Fellows

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Shivum Patel, MD

Division of Infectious Diseases Fellow, Class of 2026

Hometown: Elk Grove Village, IL | Undergraduate: Illinois Wesleyan University | Medical School: Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine | Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin

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Christopher Wagner, MD

Division of Infectious Diseases Fellow, Class of 2026

Hometown: Cambridge, WI | Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin | Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin| Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin

Med-Peds

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Zachary Telfer, MD

Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellow, 2023-2027

Hometown: Fort Atkinson, WI | Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI | Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI | Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Other Past Graduates

The Infectious Disease Fellowship Program at the Medical College of Wisconsin was started in July 1969. Over the years, our program has grown and we have trained 87 Infectious Diseases physicians as of June 2024. At the end of two years of training, fellows from our program have been able to go out into any setting to continue their work as ID specialists. The following is a listing of where our most recent fellows have gone after graduation.
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2024

Trevor Birkey, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, MCW

Laila Mossa-Basha, DO
Private Practice, ID Physicians of Wisconsin

2023

Erin Guenther, DO
Private Practice, Advocate Aurora Health, Oshkosh, WI

2022

Jack Keegan, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, MCW

Zach Ciochetto, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Michigan State University

2021

Patrick Kennedy, DO
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, MCW

Kenneth Swanson, DO
Private Practice, Advocate Aurora Health, Milwaukee and SE Wisconsin

2020

Loren Nunley, MD, MBA
Private Practice, Metro Infectious Diseases Consultants, Chicago, IL

Haroon Shah, DO
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Toledo

2019

M. Bilal Abid, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Hematology/ Oncology, Department of Medicine, MCW

Jeremiah Stromich, MD
Private Practice, ProHealth Care, Milwaukee, and SE Wisconsin

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