Virginia Commonwealth University

Medical College of Virginia
Division of Infectious Diseases
PO Box 980049
Richmond, VA 23298-0049

Phone: 804 828 9711
Fax: 804 828 3097
Website: http://www.medschool.vcu.edu/
Email: cecilj@vcu.edu

Training Program Director

Jane Cecil MD

Research Interests:

Participating Hospitals

Medical College of Virginia Hospital : 900
McGuire VA Hospital : 700

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
Hands-on Experiences

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
Attendence

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

Are there citizenship requirements?

Types of visas accepted:

Number of fellows accepted each year:

Duration of the Fellowship (years):

2-3 years

The Program has a training grant (T32):

Average number of infectious diseases consults per trainee per year:

345

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

Additional Training/Faculty Resources (optional):

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

Timeframe when applications are accepted:

Timeframe when interviews are done

Gordon L. Archer MD, Prof

Research Interests: Antibiotic resistance, especially in Staphylococci and bacterial genetics

Faculty

Michael Climo MD, Asst. Prof.

Research Interests: Molecular basis of antibiotic resistance

Michael B. Edmond MD, MPH, Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: Hospital epidemiology of VRE

Ana Espinel-Ingroff PhD, Asst. Prof.

Research Interests: Antifungal susceptibility and resistance

Evelyn J. Fisher MD, Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: AIDS clinical trails

Eric S. Jacobson MD, PhD, Prof.

Research Interests: Molecular basis of virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans

Lisa G. Kaplowitz MD, Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: AIDS clinical trials and health policy

Thomas M. Kerkering MD, Prof.

Research Interests: AIDS clinical trials and antifungal clinical trials

Suzanne Levoie MD, Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: AIDS Clinical trials

Dan Nixon, DO Asst. Prof.

Research Interests: Mechanisms of cytomegalovirus latency and replication

Robert Orenstein DO, Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: AIDS and anti-infective clinical trials

Belinda Ostrowsky MD

Research Interests: Hospital epidemiology

Ronald E. Polk PharmD, Prof.

Research Interests: Drug-drug interactions of antiinfective agents

Richard P. Wenzel MD, MSc, Prof.

Research Interests: Hospital epidemiology, hospital infection outcomes and anti-infective clinical trials

Edward S. Wong MD, Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: Hospital epidemiology

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