LEADERSHIP
The leadership of NETIDS is elected by the membership at large. They volunteer their time and energy and serve for a one, two or several year term. We welcome your nominations of NETIDS members in the leadership positions. Contact the secretary for more information.

Maricar Malinis
Chair
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Transplant and Oncology Infectious Diseases
Yale School of Medicine
maricar.malinis@yale.edu

Melissa Gitman
Diagnostic Sub-group Lead
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine,
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY
melissa.itman@mountsinai.org

Samantha Jacobs
Stem-cell Transplant and Oncology Sub-group Lead
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Icahn School of medicine at Mount Sinai, NY
samantha.jacobs1@mssm.edu

Sarah Taimur
Founding Co-chair and Webmaster
Associate Professor of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY
sarah.taimur@mssm.edu

Marwan Azar
Diagnostic Sub-group Lead
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Yale School of Medicine at Yale University
marwan.azar@yale.edu

Faiqa Cheema
Solid-organ Transplant Sub-group Lead
Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut School Of Medicine
Director, Transplant Infectious Disease, Hartford Hospital
faiqa.cheema@hhchealth.org

Rosy Priya Kodiyanplakkal
Co-Chair
Associate Professor of Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
rlk9005@med.cornell.edu

Peggy McCort
Stem-cell Transplant and Oncology Sub-group Lead
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, Montefiore Medical Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY
mnewmanmcc@montefiore.org

Inci Yildirim
Solid-Organ Transplant Sub-group Lead
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology
Yale School of Medicine and Public Health
Medical Director, Transplant
Infectious Diseases
Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital
inci.yildirim@yale.edu