The UTSW Division of Infectious Diseases offers a three year Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training Program, which has a primary goal of training outstanding academic physicians. Fellows obtain extensive clinical experience and have an opportunity for in-depth study in clinical or basic research with the division's 18 full-time faculty members, and in collaboration with faculty from other UTSW divisions and departments.

Fellows and faculty participate in teaching and patient care at the UTSW affiliated hospitals - Parkland Hospital, Zale Lipshy University Hospital, and the Veteran's Administration (VA) North Texas Health Care System.  They also see outpatients in the Parkland Infectious Diseases clinic, the Amelia Court HIV clinic and the VA Infectious Diseases clinic.

As part of their preparation for successful careers in academic medicine, fellows also conduct in-depth mentored clinical or basic science research that is expected to result in peer-reviewed publications and presentations at regional and national meetings.
 

Program Description

During their clinical rotations, Infectious Diseases fellows become experienced in the management of a wide variety of infectious diseases in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. There are two inpatient rotations: one at the Parkland Hospital and another at the Dallas Veteran's Administration Hospital.  These rotations are complementary to each other, as they expose the fellows to different patient populations. A total of 12 months is devoted to clinical consult rotations.  The ambulatory experience consists of outpatient clinics at the Amelia Court HIV continuity clinic, the Parkland general Infectious Diseases Clinic, and the HIV/ID Clinic at the Veteran's Administration Hospital.  Fellows can also do clinical electives in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, transplant Infectious Diseases, or Infection Control; clinical or basic science research electives; and electives in the Clinical Microbiology or Clinical Virology Laboratory.

During their first year of training, fellows will familiarize themselves with the wide range of research programs run by the faculty within and outside of the Infectious Diseases division, and select a mentor among those faculty.  Mentored clinical and basic science activities occur throughout the fellows training, but mostly during the second and third year.