Infectious Disease Staffing Solutions
Meet the specialists
behind IDSS.
A physician-owned team of infectious disease specialists delivering expert care by telemedicine to hospitals and clinics across the country.
Moamen Al Zoubi, MD
Dr. Moamen Al Zoubi is a board-certified infectious disease physician with IDSS. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford, where he teaches internal medicine residents and medical students.
He completed his internal medicine residency at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago and his infectious disease fellowship at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. He provides inpatient, outpatient, and telemedicine consultations. His clinical interests include:
- bloodstream infections
- endocarditis
- osteomyelitis
- prosthetic joint and hardware-associated infections
- complex bacterial, fungal, and opportunistic infections
His practice emphasizes individualized, evidence-based care and antimicrobial stewardship. He has published more than a dozen case reports and research articles and has presented his work at national meetings, including IDWeek.
Dr. Al Zoubi joined IDSS to expand access to infectious disease expertise for hospitals and communities without local specialist coverage. He enjoys caring for patients across different states and managing the diverse infections each community brings. Through telemedicine, he works closely with local physicians, nurses, and pharmacists to provide timely specialty care while helping patients stay close to home and their families. He values building relationships with local teams, sharing knowledge, and supporting thoughtful antibiotic use.
He is fluent in English and Arabic. Outside of medicine, he enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, and working on real estate projects. An avid fragrance enthusiast with a collection of more than 100 fragrances, he also occasionally tries to convince his colleagues that infectious disease is the most interesting specialty in medicine.
Omobosola Akinsete, MBBS, MPH
Dr. Akinsete is board certified in Infectious Disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Akinsete earned a medical degree from the University of Lagos and an MPH from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, completed internal medicine residency at Brown University/Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, and completed her infectious diseases fellowship at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Akinsete’s clinical focus includes antimicrobial stewardship, HIV medicine, and long-acting antimicrobial therapy that supports safe transitions of care for complex infections. Dr. Akinsete is especially interested in how digital tools and AI can improve patient care, from smoother care transitions to stronger stewardship programs, and has spent two decades working to reduce HIV stigma and improve care for African immigrant communities.
With more than 28 years in practice, Dr. Akinsete has cared for patients in community and academic hospital settings and in outpatient clinics, served as chair of an infectious diseases department, and holds a faculty appointment as Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota.
Originally from Nigeria, Dr. Akinsete has trained and worked in medicine across three countries: Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States. Outside of medicine, Dr. Akinsete is the parent of two children and loves spending time with her family, along with music and dancing, reading, trying new restaurants and cuisines, and traveling to new countries.
Gadiel R. Alvarado, DO
Dr. Gadiel Alvarado is a board-certified infectious disease physician with IDSS and an infectious disease physician with AdventHealth Medical Group in Orlando, Florida. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Loma Linda University School of Medicine.
He earned his DO from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He trained in internal medicine at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon, Georgia, where he served as chief resident. He then completed his infectious disease fellowship at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. He is board certified in both internal medicine and infectious disease.
Dr. Alvarado spent much of his career as an Army physician. He served as Chief of the Infectious Disease Service at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso and as Public Health Emergency Officer for Fort Bliss. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he deployed as the infectious disease subject matter expert for the outbreak response aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, work he later published in JAMA Network Open. His service earned him the Meritorious Service Medal and the Joint Service Commendation Medal.
His clinical interests include HIV medicine, antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention, and tropical medicine, with field training in Peru and Thailand. He has extensive experience in inpatient tele-ID and co-founded a clinical telemedicine company before joining IDSS.
Aerie Chung, MD, MSCP, DipABLM
Dr. Aerie Chung is a board-certified internist and infectious disease physician with IDSS, with extensive experience diagnosing and managing complex infections. She completed her internal medicine residency at Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan, and her infectious diseases fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas.
Practicing infectious disease since 2013, she has broad expertise in managing infectious conditions, antimicrobial stewardship, and hospital epidemiology. Her clinical interests include HIV medicine, travel medicine, and tick-borne illnesses.
Dr. Chung is passionate about lifelong learning. While staying current with advances in evidence-based medicine, she also explores approaches to health beyond conventional practice. Her special interests include longevity, menopause care, and integrative medicine, with an emphasis on supporting long-term health and quality of life. She is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner and a diplomate of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine.
She is also a certified acupuncturist trained in Japanese-style acupuncture, reflecting a longstanding appreciation for where traditional healing practices and modern medicine meet.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Chung enjoys spending time outdoors, traveling, and exploring other cultures, especially Japanese culture, traditions, and cuisine.
Folake J. Kofo-Idowu, MD, MPH
Dr. Folake Kofo-Idowu is a board-certified infectious disease physician with IDSS. She has more than a decade of experience caring for hospitalized and outpatient patients, much of it through telemedicine.
She earned her medical degree from Lagos State University College of Medicine and an MPH in health policy and management from the University of California, Berkeley. She completed internal medicine residency at the University of Maryland in Baltimore and her infectious disease fellowship at the Medical College of Georgia. She is board certified in both internal medicine and infectious disease.
Dr. Kofo-Idowu served as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia, caring for patients with HIV and hepatitis and teaching medical students, residents, and fellows. She later worked as a Medical Officer at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), helping oversee clinical research programs. She has been a co-investigator on numerous clinical trials, including studies of long-acting HIV therapy and new antifungal treatments, and has published research on using telemedicine to manage HIV in rural Georgia.
Her clinical interests include HIV medicine, antimicrobial stewardship, and complex inpatient infections. She has served on the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s Digital Strategy and Global Health advisory groups, and volunteered with the CDC-IDSA On-Call Clinician Program during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Angela Veesenmeyer, MD, MPH
Dr. Angela Veesenmeyer is a board-certified pediatric infectious disease physician with IDSS. She practices pediatric infectious disease with District Medical Group at Valleywise Health Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. She is also a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Child Health at the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Phoenix.
She earned her medical degree and a Master of Public Health from the University of Arizona and completed her pediatric residency at the University of Arizona Affiliated Hospitals. She then completed pediatric infectious disease fellowship training at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the University of Utah/Primary Children’s Hospital. She is board certified in both general pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases.
Earlier in her career, she served as Associate Program Director of the Stanford-affiliated pediatric residency at Valley Children’s Healthcare and as an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at the University of Wisconsin. Licensed in nine states, she provides telehealth and locum pediatric ID coverage to hospitals across the country.
Her clinical and academic interests include antimicrobial stewardship, rapid diagnostics for bloodstream infections, congenital and perinatal infections, and medical education. Her work has appeared in JAMA, the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, and Pediatrics in Review.
Outside of clinical practice, she is a certified physician career and life coach.
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