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Leadership

Meet Our Team

Our faculty and staff are dedicated to providing fellows with the support and guidance they need to succeed.

Steve Thacker, M.D., FAAP

Associate Chief Quality Officer
Medical Director, Pediatric Antibiotic Stewardship
Program Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Co-Director, Antibiotic Stewardship
Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
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Medical School: University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Residency: Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital - Vanderbilt University

Fellowship: Texas Children's Hospital

Allison Eckard, M.D.

Division Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Director, Pediatric HIV Clinic
Director, HIV Transition Clinic
Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
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Medical School: University of Pittsburgh

Residency: Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital - Case Western Reserve University

Fellowship: Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital - Case Western Reserve University

Faculty

Ellie Bittle, M.D., MSc

Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
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Medical School: St. George's University

Residency: Texas Tech University - Amarillo

Fellowship: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital & Le Bonheur Children's Hospital - University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Markus Buchfellner, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
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Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)

Residency: Tampa General Hospital & John Hopkins All Children's Hospital - University of South Florida

Fellowship: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Additional Training: Infectious Diseases of Immunocompromised Children and Adolescents Fellowship - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Adeline Koay, MBBS, MSc

Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
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Medical School: University of Melbourne, Australia

Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch

Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University

Additional Trainings: Master of Science in Bacteriology - University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Jason Lake, M.D., MPH

Medical Director, Pediatric Infection Prevention and Control
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
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Medical School: Emory University

Residency: Internal Medicine - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

Residency: Pediatrics - St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University

Fellowship: Washington University

Additional Training: Epidemic Intelligence Service Fellowship - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Master of Public Health in Epidemiology - Emory University

Lauren Powell, D.O.

Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
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Medical School: Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic

Medicine Residency: Children's Hospital of New Orleans - Louisiana State University

Fellowship: Children's National Medical Center