Program Details
Curriculum
Over the course of 2 years, fellows will be exposed to a diverse population of immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients with a variety of infectious diseases in the inpatient and outpatient setting, in addition to regularly scheduled conferences and rotations in the diagnostic microbiology/virology/
First Year
- Infectious Diseases Consultation Service- 28 weeks
- Antimicrobial Stewardship- 2 weeks
- Infection Prevention and Control- 4 weeks
- Microbiology/Virology Lab- 2 weeks
- Research – 6 weeks
- Elective - 4 weeks
- Vacation- 4 weeks
- Infectious Disease Consultation Service- 24 weeks
- Immunocompromised Host Consultation Service- 6 weeks
- Research 14 weeks
- Elective 4 weeks
- Vacation- 4 weeks
Educational Conferences
- Clinical case conference
- Interdisciplinary conference
- Journal Club
- Pharmacy presentation
- Antibiotic stewardship presentation
- Infection control and prevention presentations
- Interesting cases conferences (presented by attendings)
- Research conferences
- Weekly one on one board review questions/answer sessions with attendings
In addition, fellows will attend conferences on:
- Performance Improvement
- Bioethics
- Resident/fellow as educator
Research and Innovation
We believe that scholarly pursuit is important in the training of fellows, and can be accomplished such that it is meaningful and rewarding for the fellow. Protected time and educational conferences will be provided to help maximize this experience. Fellows may devise their own research project with the clinical faculty, work on a clinical or QI project, or take advantage of the unique opportunities for translational and basic science research at the Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI). CDI has attracted top researchers from academia and industry where a focus is drug resistant bacterial, fungal and mycobacterial infections. With the advent of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the lab quickly changed gears and came to the forefront developing early diagnostic tests, collaborating in treatment trials, and tracking viral mutations.
Our Campus
- Modern 775 bed teaching and research hospital
- Major teaching affiliate of Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine with internal medicine residents and medical students
- Located in suburban Bergen County, New Jersey, less than 10 miles from New York City
- An academic flagship hospital of Hackensack Meridian Health, a 13 hospital network across New Jersey, with referrals from network hospitals
- Nationally ranked with many awards for excellence
- New 9- floor building with modern ICUs under construction, scheduled to open in 2022
- Home to John Theurer Cancer Institute- one of the largest cancer and bone marrow transplant programs in the country
- Large renal transplant program
- Collaboration with Center for Innovation and Discovery
- Collaboration with other fellows and infectious disease Pharm Ds and residents
- Outpatient Ryan White HIV program
- Hospital Infusion Center