Board of Directors

Ronald G. Nahass, MD, MHCM, FIDSA, is the director of medical research for ID Care, the largest health care organization providing infectious diseases specialty services in New Jersey, with 100 clinicians practicing across more than 130 sites. Dr. Nahass has served IDSA as chair of the Quality Committee and served as a member of several other groups, including the Clinical Affairs Committee, the Value and Governance Task Force and the IDSA/American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Hepatitis C Guidelines Committee. He was awarded the Distinguished Physician Humanitarian Award in 2008 by the Princeton HealthCare System for his work with patients with HIV/AIDS and received IDSA’s Watanakunakorn Clinician Award in 2020.

Dr. Nahass is a clinical professor of medicine at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and serves as a mentor for medical students in their patient-centered medical home experience and for clinical research. He is also a preceptor for the residents’ medical clinic and has received the Volunteer Faculty Award from RWJMS several times for his service and commitment to teaching. Dr. Nahass is passionate about the value and importance of the infectious diseases specialty and the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective care to promote health. Throughout his career, he has been a leader and advocate of promoting these issues, not only as an engaged member of society and the community but also in numerous publications and public presentations. He looks forward to fostering and advancing the message of clinical excellence, collegiality, competitive compensation and career opportunities he has vigorously championed at ID Care.

Wendy S. Armstrong, MD, FIDSA, is an active clinician providing inpatient general and transplant ID care and outpatient HIV care. She has been part of the vibrant community of infectious diseases/HIV physicians for more than 25 years. Dr. Armstrong is head of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and is a passionate advocate for addressing the ID/HIV workforce, including clinicians, educators, physician-scientists and public health experts.

Maximo O. Brito, MD, MPH, FIDSA, is a professor of medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the chief of infectious diseases at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. He served as program director for the ID fellowship at the University of Illinois for over 10 years.

Rana Chakraborty, MD, PhD, FIDSA, is professor of pediatrics and division chief in pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. He is also a director for the Center for AIDS Research at that institution. He is an experienced physician-scientist and educator in perinatal, pediatric and adolescent infectious diseases. His lab has unique expertise in placental and fetal immunology. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he expanded his research portfolio to SARS-CoV-2 infection in the mother-infant dyad. Dr. Chakraborty is committed to addressing health equity and diversity in medicine, having served as chair of the Diversity Committee in Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics and as the former chair for the Section of International Medical Graduates at the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Erin M. Bonura, MD, FIDSA is professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases/Department of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. She serves as the ID fellowship program director and as the undergraduate medical education thread director for microbiology & immunology. She has been a member of the IDSA Board of Directors since 2023 and was IDSA Education Committee chair from 2019 to 2021. She was also a co-founder of and chaired the Medical Education Community of Practice Leadership Group from 2021 to 2023. Dr. Bonura has been deeply engaged in tackling ID workforce issues for over 10 years, and she looks forward to helping IDSA members navigate challenging times to continue to serve patients and grow the field of ID. 

Tina Tan, MD, FIDSA, FPIDS, FAAP, is a professor of pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, medical director of the International Patient and Destination Services Program, medical director of the International Adoptee Clinic and medical co-director of the Travel Medicine Clinic at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She has been a member of the Antibiotic Use and Clinical Trials Committee and served in leadership roles on the IDWeek Program Committee, which has helped her lead the way in how IDSA addresses issues of compensation and workforce shortages.

Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN

University of South Florida
Tampa, FL

Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

St. Louis, MO

Trinity Health
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Georgia Metro Infectious Disease Consultants
Atlanta, GA

South Texas Veterans Health Care System
San Antonio, TX

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY