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    COD Fellows

    Current 2026-2027 COD Fellows

    COD Fellow – Irfan Asif

    Irfan M. Asif, MD 

    Dr. Irfan Asif is the Associate Dean for Primary Care and Rural Health and Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine.

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    COD Fellow – Brian Bateman

    Brian T. Bateman, MD, MSc 

    Dr. Brian Bateman is the Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine Endowed Professor and Chair 
    at Stanford University School of Medicine.

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    COD Fellow – Azra Bihorac

    Azra Bihorac, MD, MS, FCCM, FASN

    Dr. Azra Bihorac is the Senior Associate Dean for Research and R. Glenn Davis Professor of Medicine, Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida College of Medicine.

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    COD Fellow – Miriam Bredella

    Miriam A. Bredella, MD, MBA, FACR

    Dr. Miriam Bredella is the Associate Dean for Translational Science and Director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at NYU Langone Health and NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

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    COD Fellow – Theodore Corbin

    Theodore J. Corbin, MD, MPP

    Dr. Theodore "Ted" Corbin is the Carol A. and Leo M. Henikoff, MD, Presidential Endowed Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center.

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    COD Fellow – Patricia Sime

    Patricia J. Sime, MD (Hons), FRCP, FACP, ATSF

    Dr. Patricia Sime is the William Branch Porter Professor and Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.

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