Meet Our Fellows
2024-2026
Michaela Barry, MD
Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Michaela is from just north of Boston. She moved to upstate New York to complete undergraduate studies at Cornell University, and medical school at the University of Rochester. She credits her undergrad and medical school communities with helping her to develop a passion for health equity, with specific interests in reducing barriers to care for patients experiencing homelessness, serious mental illness, and substance use disorders. She further developed her interests in endovascular infection during her residency training at UPMC. She is excited to train in Infectious Diseases and Addiction Medicine at BMC, where she looks forward to developing her knowledge in both fields, and learning advocacy skills along the way. Outside of the hospital, she enjoys container gardening, spending time outside and writing.
Scott Fabricant, MD, PhD
Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Residency: NYP Weill Cornell
Scott is originally from Syosset NY, and moved west to attend undergrad at Washington University in St Louis. He then moved further west to Macquarie University in Australia to study evolutionary ecology, and got involved in organizing campus sexual health programming. He later returned to the US to attend medical school at Rutgers NJMS, where he led student initiatives enhancing the continuity of care for people with substance use disorders in the emergency department and local homeless shelters. He did his internal medicine residency at NYP Weill Cornell, where his interests in ID grew (“it’s still ecology!” he says), and implemented a project assessing resident attitudes towards PICC use for PWID. His academic interests include medical education, substance use disorders, HIV prevention and sexual health. His personal interests include his dog, other people’s dogs (with permission), eating new food, traveling to new places, and long naps.
Stephanie Lafollette, MD
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: UMass Memorial
2023 – 2025
Roshni Singh, MD
Medical School: Drexel University
Residency: Boston Medical Center Boston, MA, United States of America, ACGME Residency
Roshni is from Pleasantville, NY and attended Boston University as an undergraduate, then went to medical school at Drexel University where she was first introduced to HIV medicine. She returned to Boston University for Internal Medicine residency where she further developed an interest in Infectious Disease while on the dedicated inpatient ID service. Roshni has worked closely with faculty particularly in the area of HCV research. Her interests include HIV/viral hepatitis, general ID and health equity. When she’s not at work, she loves taking laps around Jamaica Pond, scoping out dance classes around the city, scrolling through French baking videos on Instagram or daydreaming about a good New York bagel.
Traci Mikasa, DO, MA
Medical School: Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
Residency: Legacy Emanuel Internal Medicine Residency, Portland, OR.
Traci Mikasa, DO, MA is from Seattle, WA. She attended Seattle University as an undergraduate and worked in vaccine development at the Infectious Diseases Research Institute in Seattle before going on to medical school at the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences. Traci finished her resident in the Legacy Emanuel Internal Medicine Residency program in Portland, OR. Traci’s medical interests include HIV, Tropical Medicine, Transplant medicine, POCUS, Women’s Health, Underserved populations. When she’s not at work, Traci loves dogs (especially her Corgi), hikes, the coast/beach, exploring new restaurants and neighborhoods, reading non-medical books, cooking/baking/grilling, sleeping in, wine/beer/liquor, Netflix binging, and online shopping.
Alyssa Bacay, DO
Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: University of Connecticut
Alyssa is originally from Manchester, CT and received her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College. Her academic interests focus on HIV primary care and health equity. In her spare time she enjoys baking, discovering new music and attending concerts with her husband, walking around Jamaica Plain and trying new restaurants around the city, anything Costco/Kirkland-related, and reading novels.
Katherine Anne Reifler, MD
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
Residency: Boston Medical Center Boston, MA, United States of America, ACGME Residency
Katherine grew up in Chicago, studied history of science an undergrad at Harvard University, attended medical school at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and completed an internal medicine residency at Boston Medical Center. During college, she lived and worked abroad in Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and Peru, and developed an interest in health in low-resource settings and migrant health care. In medical school, she worked in Kisumu, Kenya on improving HIV diagnosis in the emergency care setting. In residency, she was involved in the Refugee and Immigrant clinic and Global Health pathway. Most recently, she has worked on research and education to improve detection of and treatment for Chagas disease. Outside of the hospital she enjoys running, spending time with friends and family, and hanging out with other people’s dogs.
