She is the Associate Program Director of the Rush Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program. Dr. Proia serves as an Attending Physician for the Division of Infectious Diseases and as a voluntary physician at John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County . Dr. Proia received her medical degree from Rush Medical College. She then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Chicago Medical Center and her fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Rush University Medical Center. Dr. Proia specializes in general infectious diseases with a special interest in invasive fungal infections and HIV. Her research interests include clinical mycology and antifungal therapy.