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Past Fellows

Meredith Parsons, portrait

Meredith Parsons, MD
(2021-2022)

BS:  University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, 2007-2011
MD:  University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 2013-2018
Residency:  CP, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 2018-2021
Current Position:  Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Hasan Samra, portrait

Hasan Samra, MD
(2020-2021)

Medical School: MD, Syrian Private University, Syrian Arab Republic, 2007-2014
Residency: AP/CP, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, Wisc., 2016-2020
Current Position:  Faculty, Augusta University, Augusta, Ga.

Harry Porterfield, DO

Harry Porterfield, DO
(2016-2017)

Medical School: Rocky Vista University, Parker, CO, 2007-2012
Residency: Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, 2012-2016
Additional Training: Fellowship, General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, 2017-2019
Fellowship, Molecular Genetic Pathology, UI Hospitals & Clinics, 2018-2019
Current Position: Staff Clinician, Department of Laboratory Medicine, NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, Md.


Daniel Marko, BMBS
(2010-2012)

Medical School: Flinders University of South Australia; 2001-2004
Residency: AP/CP, University of California, Davis; 2005-2009
Additional Training: Hematopathology/Immunopathology Fellowship, University of California, Davis; 2009-2010 and Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship, University of Iowa; 2012-2013
Current Position: Hematopathologist, Diagnostic Services of Manitoba
Transfusion Medicine Consultant, Canadian Blood Services
Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba, Department of Pathology, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada


Sophie Arbefeville, MD
(2008-2010)

Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies, 2002
Residency: AP/CP, Stony Brook University Medical Center, 2004-2008
Additional Training: Clinical Microbiology Fellowship, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2008-2009 and Research Clinical Microbiology Fellowship, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2009-2010
Current Position: Assistant Medical Director of Clinical Microbiology & Virology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN


Alan Junkins, PhD
(2007-2009)

Medical School: University of Wisconsin, 1991
Additional Training: Clinical Microbiology Fellowship, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 2007-2009
Current Position: Chief of Microbiology, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY