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Infectious Disease Faculty

Program Directors

Armando Paez, MD, FACP, FIDSA

  • Chief, Infectious Disease Division
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate 

Durane Walker, MD

  • Associate Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship
  • Residency Teaching Coordinator
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate

Other Faculty

Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division

Daniel J. Skiest, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Director, Adult HIV/AIDS Program
Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Medicine
Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate

Sarah D. Haessler, MD, MS
Vice Chair, Department of Medicine
Hospital Epidemiologist, Baystate Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate

Esteban Del Pilar-Morales, MD
Attending Physician, Infectious Disease Division
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate 

Megan C. Gallagher, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Infectious Disease Division
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate 

Sophia Hayward, CNP

Veronica Hull, CNP

Karen Hogan, PA-C
Inpatient Consult Service

Claire E. Magauran, MD
Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate 

Urmee Saha, MD

Jennifer Schimmel, MD
Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate 
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine

Jacob Smith, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Hospital Epidemiology
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate 

Department of Nursing

Ashley Fisher, RN

Mary Lee Bertrand, RN

Angelica Escobar, RN