Washington University

Division of Infectious Diseases
660 S. Euclid
Box 8051
St. Louis, MO 63110

Phone: 314 454 8354
Fax: 314 454 5392
Website: http://id.wustl.edu/
Email: nkirmani@im.wustl.edu

Training Program Director

Nigar Kirmani MD Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: Orthopedic infections

Participating Hospitals

Barnes Jewish : 1300
St. Louis VAMC : 400
St. Louis Children's Hospital : 250

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

This Program provides training in STD management through:

Didactic Lectures
Attendance at STD Clinic

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:

4 - 5

Duration of the Fellowship (years):

The Program has a training grant (T32):

Yes

Average number of infectious diseases consults per trainee per year:

400

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

Additional Training/Faculty Resources (optional):

Program offers an elective in infections in children

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

Timeframe when applications are accepted:

Timeframe when interviews are done

Prof.

Victoria J. Fraser , MD , Prof.

Research Interests: Healthcare epidemiology, patient safety, HIV/AIDS

Prof

Daniel Goldberg , MD , Prof

Research Interests: Malaria

Faculty

Hilary Babcock , MD , Instr.

Research Interests: Risks to healthcare workers, needlestick injuries, nosocomial influenza

Thomas C. Bailey , MD , Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: Medical informatics, guideline adherence, quality improvement, TB

Bernard Camins , MD , Instr.

Research Interests: Antibiotic resistance, antibiotic management

Michael Diamond , MD, PhD , Asst. Prof.

Research Interests: West Nile Virus and Dengue Virus pathogenesis, antiviral development

Erik Dubberke , MD , Instr.

Research Interests: Infections in BMT patients, C. difficile

Wm. Claiborne Dunagan , MD , Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: Health care quality, performance improvement, patient safety, medical informatics

Lawrence D. Gelb , MD , Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: HIV infection and varicella zoster virus

Richard Groger , MD, PhD , Instr.

Research Interests: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Clinical Trials Unit, metabolic and immunologic consequences of HIV

Robyn Klein , MD, PhD , Asst. Prof.

Research Interests: Central Nervous System infections, CNS inflammation

George S. Kobayashi , PhD , Prof.

Research Interests: Fungal infection

Steven Lawrence , MD , Instr.

Research Interests: Smallpox vaccine responsiveness, public health, bioterrorism

J. Russell Little , MD , Prof.

Research Interests: Hospital epidemiology

Kristin Mondy , MD , Instr.

Research Interests: HIV/AIDS, metabolic complications; AIDS Clinical Trials Unit

Turner Overton , MD , Instr.

Research Interests: HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis co-infection; AIDS Clinical Trials Unit, pregnancy & HIV, vaccine responses in HIV patients

Erin Quirk , MD , Instr.

Research Interests: HIV/AIDS, pharmacogenomics; Drug toxicity, AIDS Clinical Trials Unit

Samuel L. Stanley, Jr. , MD , Prof.

Research Interests: Amebiasis, Midwest Regional Center for Biodefense

Thomas H. Steinberg , MD , Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: Leukocyte biology

Bradley P. Stoner , MD, PhD , Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: Sexually transmitted diseases

Gregory Storch , MD , Prof.

Research Interests: Virology, Rapid molecular diagnostics, HIV

David Warren , MD , Asst. Prof.

Research Interests: Catheter associated bloodstream infections, MRSA, healthcare epidemiology

Gary Weil , MD , Prof.

Research Interests: Filariasis, tropical medicine

Keith Woeltje , MD, PhD , Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: Healthcare epidemiology, medical informatics, emerging infections preparedness

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