University of Florida, Gainesville

Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine

College of Medicine
PO Box 100277

Gainesville, FL 32610

Phone: 352 294 5481
Fax: 352 392 6481
Website: http://id.medicine.ufl.edu/
Email: Shehla.Islam@medicine.ufl.edu

Training Program Director

Shehla Islam MD Program Director of Fellowship Program, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Research Interests:

Participating Hospitals

Shands at the University of Florida:
Shands Cancer Center Hospital:
VA Malcolm Randall Hospital:

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

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
Continuity clinic for HIV+ patients
Fungal infections, diagnostics, therapeutics
Infections in HIV/AIDS, including opportunistic
Viral Infections (non-HIV), including HSV, CMV, VZ
Emerging pathogens
International Health

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?

Types of visas accepted:

Number of fellows accepted each year:

1 - 2

Duration of the Fellowship (years):

The Program has a training grant (T32):

Yes

Average number of infectious diseases consults per trainee per year:

300

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

Additional Training/Faculty Resources (optional):

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

Yes

Timeframe when applications are accepted:

Timeframe when interviews are done

University of Florida, Gainesville

Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine

Training Program Director

Participating Hospitals

Program Training Offerings

Interim Chief of Infectious Disease and Global Medicine

Michael Lauzardo, MD , Interim Chief of Infectious Disease and Global Medicine

Faculty

Lennox Archibald, MD, PhD , Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hospital Epidemiologist

David Ashkin, MD , Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine

Bradley S. Bender, MD , Chief of Staff VA, Professor of Medicine

Caralee Caplan-Shaw, MD , Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor

Kevin Fennelly, MD , Associate Professor of Medicine

Asmita Gupte, MD , Assistant Professor of Medicine

Nicole Iovine , Assistant Professor of Medicine MD, PhD

Joanne Julien, MD , Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine

Kenneth Rand, MD , Professor of Medicine

Denise Schain, MD , Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, IMMS Clinic

Frederick Southwick, MD , Professor of Medicine

Donna Treloar, ARNP, PhD

Gaurav Trikha, MD , Assistant Professor of Medicine

Gary Wang, MD, PhD , Assistant Professor of Medicine

Infectious Diseases Society of America