Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

110 Francis Street
Suite GB
Boston, MA 02215

Phone: 617 632 0760
Fax: 617 632 0766
Website: www.BIDMC.org/IDFellowship
Email: rcolman@bidmc.harvard.edu

Training Program Director

Wendy Stead MD

Research Interests:

Participating Hospitals

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center : 631

Program Training Offerings

How does this program meet the ABIM requirements for training in clinical microbiology?

Didactic Lectures
Hands-on Experience

The Program provides training in hospital epidemiology through:

Didactic Lectures
Continuity Clinic
On-Line Training

The Program provides clinical experience for fellows in the following:

Infections in marrow transplant
Infections in solid organ transplant patients
Infections in travelers and tropical medicine
Infections in children

This Program provides training in STD management through:

Didactic Lectures
Courses Elsewhere

The Program has a didactic lecture course for fellows:

Yes

If yes, what is the average number of lectures provided over a two-year period?

Training is for:

MD
DO
PhD

Are there citizenship requirements?

Yes

Citizenship Requirements:

U.S. Preferred

Types of visas accepted:

J1, H1B

Number of fellows accepted each year:

Duration of the Fellowship (years):

2 with option for additional years if funding available

The Program has a training grant (T32):

Yes

Average number of infectious diseases consults per trainee per year:

350

Number of Fellows completing the Program in the last 5 years:

Additional Training/Faculty Resources (optional):

If applicable, funding for courses at Harvard School of Public Health.

Applications accepted via Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS®)?

Yes

Timeframe when applications are accepted:

Aug- Sept

Timeframe when interviews are done

Sept- Nov

Prof.

Peter F. Weller , MD , Prof.

Research Interests: Immunobiology of eosinophilic leukocytes, intracellular regulation of arachidonic acid metabolism in leukocytes, mechanisms of host parasite interaction in human filarial diseases

Faculty

Mary A. Albrecht , MD , Asst. Prof.

Research Interests: Antiviral chemotherapy and clinical trials in HIV infected patients

Carolyn D. Alonso , MD , Instr.

Research Interests: HIV and co-pathogen infections; Solid Organ Transplantation in HIV+ patients

Rachel P. Baden , MD , Instr. Assistant Program Director

Research Interests: Clinical infectious diseases

Dan Barouch , MD , Assoc. Prof

Research Interests: Basic investigations related to HIV vaccines

Sigall K. Bell , MD , Asst. Prof

Research Interests: Acute and early HIV infection; Human dimensions of medical error; Reflective and academic writing in medical education; Tropical and travel medicine

Clyde S. Crumpacker, III , MD , Prof.

Research Interests: Antiviral chemotherapy, antiviral targets in herpes viruses and HIV, and antiviral mechanisms of antiviral resistance in HIV

Erika D'Agata , MD , Assoc. Prof

Research Interests: Hospital epidemiology, epidemiology of antibiotic resistance

Raphael Dolin , MD , Prof

Research Interests: Laboratory and clinical studies of HIV vaccines and biodefense vaccines

John P. Doweiko , MD , Asst. Prof.

Research Interests: Clinical research in AIDS, particularly AIDS-related malignancy and hematologic disorders

George M. Eliopoulos , MD , Prof

Research Interests: Mechanisms of antibiotic action and resistance

Joyce D. Fingeroth , MD , Asst. Prof.

Research Interests: Viruses associated with human cancer

Howard S. Gold , MD , Instr.

Research Interests: Antimicrobial resistance and virulence factors in Enterococci

Adolf W. Karchmer , MD , Prof

Research Interests: Antibiotic chemotherapy, endocarditis, infections of foreign bodies, infections in diabetics and immunocompromised patients

Igor J. Koralnik , MD , Assoc Prof

Research Interests: Pathogenesis of JC virus in Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy

Norman L. Letvin , MD , Prof.

Research Interests: Immune response to HIV in non-human primate models and man

Kenneth H. Mayer , MD , Prof.

Research Interests: Clinical HIV research, including HIV Prevention Research Clinical Trials Unit, as well as more innovative approaches to HIV prevention

Robert C. Moellering Jr. , MD , Prof.

Research Interests: Mechanisms of antibiotic action and resistance; streptococci, particularly enterococci, in vitro and in vivo activity of new antimicrobials

Anne Nicholson-Weller , MD , Prof.

Research Interests: Biology of the complement system; Role of human neutrophils in host defense and inflammation

Lori A. Panther , MD , Assit Prof

Research Interests: Women and HIV, HIV and HPV, cervical and anal dysplasia in HIV infected persons, HIV shedding in the genital track as related to inflammation and immune status

Nira Pollock , MD, PhD , Asst. Prof.

Research Interests: Molecular diagnostics, Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Christopher F. Rowley , MD , Instr.

Research Interests: International HIV (Botswana), mother-to-child HIV transmission, HIV vaccine trials in Boston and Botswana.

Roger Shapiro , MD , Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: International HIV (Botswana), mother-to-child HIV transmission, HIV vaccine trials in Boston and Botswana.

Wendy Stead , MD , Instr. Assistant Program Director

Research Interests: Clinical infectious diseases

Chen Sabrina Tan , MD , Instr.

Research Interests: Viral central nervous system infection in immunosuppressed patients

Claudie Thauvin-Eliopoulos , MD , Asst. Prof.

Research Interests: Antibiotic activity and resistance: animal models of infections

Robin Wigmore , MD , Instr.

Research Interests: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Michael T. Wong , MD , Asst. Prof.

Research Interests: Antifungal clinical trials; HIV operational programs; HIV and co-pathogen infections; Solid Organ Transplantation in HIV+ patients

Sharon B. Wright , MD , Asst. Prof.

Research Interests: Hospital epidemiology/infection control, nosocomial and neonatal infections

David Yassa , MD , Instr.

Research Interests: Associate Hospital Epidemiologist, infection control, nosocomial infections

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