Program Leadership & Key Clinical Faculty
![Wood Emily](https://assets.mainehealth.io/s3fs-public/styles/natural/public/imported_images/Wood-Emily.jpg)
Emily V. Wood, MD
Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Department of Medicine, Maine Medical Center
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: Maine Medical Center
Fellowship: Maine Medical Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Infectious Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
Interests: Transplant Infections
![Daniel J. Diekema, MD](https://assets.mainehealth.io/s3fs-public/styles/natural/public/imported_images/Daniel-Diekema.jpg)
Daniel J. Diekema, MD
Vice Chair of Research, Department of Medicine
Division Director, Infectious Disease
Medical School: Vanderbilt University
Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Medical Microbiology
Fellowship: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Infectious Disease, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Medical Microbiology
Board Certification: Infectious Disease
![Edward F Pilkington III, MD](https://assets.mainehealth.io/s3fs-public/styles/natural/public/imported_images/1164862074.jpg)
Edward Pilkington, MD
Associate Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, 2013
Residency: Brigham & Women's Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2016
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Infectious Disease, 2019
Board certification: Infectious Disease, 2019
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Leyla Azis, MD
Medical School: University of Medicine and Pharmacy Targu - Mures, Romania
Residency: Pulmonary Medicine, Clinical Hospital of Pulmonology, Constanta, Romania; Internal Medicine, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Fellowship: Boston Medical Center
Board certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; Infectious Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
Interests: Hepatitis C & B; Viral Hepatitis, Tuberculosis
![Stephen Rawlings](https://assets.mainehealth.io/s3fs-public/styles/natural/public/imported_images/1861888984.jpg)
Stephen Rawlings, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Residency: UC San Diego School of Medicine
Fellowship: UC San Diego School of Medicine
Board Certifications: Infectious Disease and Internal Medicine
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Kinna Thakarar, DO, MPH
Assistant Professor Tufts School of Medicine
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Cambridge Health Alliance
Fellowship: Boston Medical Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
Interests: Health systems research focused on homeless patients, IVDU, HIV
![Sophie Woolston, MD](https://assets.mainehealth.io/s3fs-public/styles/natural/public/imported_images/1659699742.jpg)
Sophie Woolston, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor Tufts School of Medicine
Medical School: University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine, 2010
Residency: Hospital of The University Of Pennsylvania, Internal Medicine, 2013
Fellowship: University of Washington Medical Center, Infectious Disease, 2016
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
Board Certification: Infectious Disease, 2016
Other Faculty
Kristina E. Connolly, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Infectious Diseases
Maine Medical Center
Pharmacy School: South Carolina College of Pharmacy (SCCP), Doctorate of Pharmacy
Pharmacy Practice Residency: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Pharmacy Specialty Residency: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Interests: HIV, Clostridium difficile infection, antimicrobial stewardship
Christina DeMatteo, DO, MPH
Assistant Professor Tufts School of Medicine
Medical School: University of New England
Residency: Maine Medical Center, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Maine Medical Center Infectious Disease & Maine Medical Center Public Health and General Preventive Medicine
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Interests: Infectious Disease, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine
Amanda Goddard, MD
Pediatric Infectious Diseases & Pediatrics
Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Residency: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Washington Medical Center Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Board Certification: Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics
Interests: Antimicrobial Resistance, Arthropod-Borne Infections, Bone and Joint Infections, Chronic Infections, Infections in Immunocompromised Individuals
Jennifer K. Jubulis, MD
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Department of Pediatrics, Maine Medical Center
Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Residency: Carolinas Medical Center, Levine Children’s Hospital
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Board Certification: Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics
Interests: Tuberculosis and refugee / immigrant health, antibiotic stewardship
Carol A. McCarthy, MD
Director, Pediatric Infectious Disease Department of Pediatrics, Maine Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine
Medical School: University of Rochester
Residency: University of Rochester
Fellowship: University of Rochester
Board Certification: Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Infectious Disease, American Board of Pediatrics
Interests: Congenital & Perinatal Infections, Lyme arthritis
Nicholas Mercuro, PharmD, BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacists, Infectious Disease
Pharmacy School: University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, Wayne State University Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy
Residencies: Henry Ford Hospital, Maine Medical Center
Fellowship: Antimicrobial Stewardship Outcomes Research: Wayne State University
Board Certifications: Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy
Mongkon Minkey Wungwattana, PharmD, BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Co-Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Infectious Diseases
Maine Medical Center Pharmacy School
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN – Doctor of Pharmacy
Pharmacy Practice Residency: Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN
Pharmacy Specialty Residency: Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, IN
Interests: Antimicrobial stewardship, including process improvement; Antimicrobial resistance and its impact on empiric and targeted antimicrobial selection; Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics.
Carlysle Schenk, PharmD, BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacists, Infectious Disease
Pharmacy School: Samford University, McWhorter School of Pharmacy; Birmingham, AL
Residencies: University of South Carolina Prisma Health, Intermountain Healthcare
Board Certifications: Board Certified Infectious Diseases Pharmacist
Clinical Interests: HIV, opportunistic infections, transitions of care