First Year Fellows
Sean Conley, DO
Medical School: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Cleveland Clinic Florida
Favorite Antimicrobial?
Going against the grain a bit here by choosing a non-antibacterial, but I’d have to say quinine. Not for its robust clinical use (you’re more likely to encounter it in your gin and tonic nowadays) but for its fascinating history. From its discovery in cinchona bark in South America (isolated before penicillin might I add) to the ways it shaped geopolitics during the colonial era, it really is an incredible drug.
Allison Giuffre, MD
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine – Rockford
Residency: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Favorite Antimicrobial?
Doxycycline, Broad-spectrum, orally available, and a champion against everything from rickettsial disease to MRSA. It also once saved my dog from a tick-borne illness, so it’s personal.
Philip Jurasinski, DO
Medical School: Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: University of Missouri-Kansas City
Adult/Peds Combined Program
Favorite Antimicrobial?
The most baller antimicrobial is cefepime! Fun to say and spell, gobbles up the gram positives and negatives, eats up AmpC producers, punches out Pseudomonas, and is the go-to for empiric coverage for febrile neutropenia!
Ian Motie, MD
Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine
Residency: Florida State University
Favorite Antimicrobial?
I have to go with ceftriaxone as my favorite. It’s the middle child of the cephalosporins, and while some might call it overrated, I’d say it is for all the right reasons.
Second Year Fellows
Chad Hinkle, MD
Medical School: Cooper Medical School
Residency: Boston University Medical Center
Favorite Antimicrobial?
Cefazolin! Because that R1 side chain is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before.
Kaylie Miller, MD
Medical School: University of Maryland
Residency: University of Pittsburgh
Favorite Antimicrobial?
As a recent hospitalist, I have to say amp-sulbactam. Frequently started by the ED for patients coming in “infection NOS.” Not too broad and an easy oral transition. Ends up being pneumonia? We’re good. Intra-abdominal source? Great. SSTI? Should be fine. Urinary tract infection? We’re covered
Kritos Vasiloudes, MD
Medical School: USF Morsani College of Medicine
Residency: USF Morsani College of Medicine
Favorite Antimicrobial?
My favorite Antibiotic is Bactrim. UTIs, transplant prophylaxis, MRSA, PJP, and more. Great bioavailability. Unique mechanism of action. One of the most versatile and interesting antibiotics in the game.
Third Year Fellow
Christopher Kaperak, MD
Medical School: University of Virginia
Residency: University of Chicago
T32 PTCH Fellow
Favorite Antimicrobial?
Don’t overthink it! Penicillin. First identified and still in use.