Faculty and Fellows
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Our faculty recognize that being mentors and training future pediatric infectious diseases specialists is a privilege. Our fellows gain confidence and independence as they progress through training while surrounded by a collegial, educational environment.
Program Director
Christelle Ilboudo, MD
Associate Program Director
Jennifer E. Schuster, MD, MSCI
Fellows
Gabriela Henrique Luthje, MD
Kedar Tilak, MBBS
Program Coordinator
Sarah King, MS, C-TAGME
Faculty and staff
Meet the team from the Division of Infectious Diseases.
Recent Alumni
2024 Dr. Edward Lyon - Children's Mercy Kansas City
2023 Dr. Aaron Shaw – Children's Hospital Orange County, Orange, CA
2022 Dr. Megan Hamner – University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
2021 Dr. Kathryn VanderVelde – Heartland Community Health Center, Lawrence, KS
2020 Dr. Steven Dahl – Arkansas Children’s Hospital-University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
2019 Dr. Katherine Richardson – Prisma Health, Greenville, SC
2019 Dr. Joel Waddell – UnityPoint Health – Blank Children's Hospital, Des Moines, IA
2016 Dr. Sanet Torres-Torres – San Jorge Children's Hospital, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2015 Dr. Christelle Ilboudo – Children's Mercy Kansas City
Our Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship team
Christelle Ilboudo, MD
Program Director
(816) 234-3061
cilboudo@cmh.edu
Jennifer Schuster, MD, MSCI
Associate Program Director
(816) 234-3061
jeschuster@cmh.edu
Sarah R. King, MS
Fellowship Coordinator
srking@cmh.edu