Clinical training is the primary focus during the first year of fellowship. Fellows spend six months on the pediatric infectious diseases consultation service, one month on the adult infectious diseases consultation service, one month in the clinical microbiology lab, two months in research and one month in a variety of outpatient settings. Throughout the year, fellows attend a weekly pediatric infectious diseases clinic, which sees approximately 60 new inpatient consults each month. Fellows are supervised by an attending physician who is board certified in pediatric infectious diseases and also have the opportunity to supervise one or more residents and fourth-year medical students.

Fellows have the opportunity to give lectures to pediatric residents on a variety of infectious diseases topics. In their second and third years, fellows participate in a small group session for the microbiology course for second-year medical students at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Finally, all fellows are required to participate in a quality improvement project under the supervision of a faculty member and have the opportunity to review our fellowship curriculum annually.

During years two and three of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship, research is the fellow’s primary focus for 10 to 11 months each year. Fellows work with the fellowship director to select a research focus during their first year of training, choosing from a wide range of basic and clinical activities at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). Second- and third-year fellows also spend two months on the pediatric infectious diseases consultation service and attend a weekly half-day infectious diseases clinic. During the second year of training, fellows work in the HIV and STD clinic, and in the third year they work in the pediatric infectious diseases ambulatory clinic at CHAM.

Our fellows’ education comes from a variety of sources, ranging from direct supervision by an infectious diseases attending physician to research mentors. Fellows can partake in various educational experiences, including a core introductory infectious diseases lecture series, weekly grand rounds and a regularly scheduled research series sponsored by the Department of Pediatrics. Fellows participate in a weekly clinical care conference, a monthly journal club conference and weekly board-style question-and-answer sessions with the fellowship director. Fellows may also attend research conferences and meetings focused on infectious diseases, as well as online courses and a yearly in-service exam offered by the American Board of Pediatrics.