Education
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship at the University of Chicago is a three-year ACGME accredited program. Upon graduation, our fellows are poised to assume the role in the academic, clinical, or basic research field depending on their interests. Our program provides rigorous exposure to an extremely diverse and medically complex patient population in addition to research opportunities within the section and the University of Chicago at large.
Our program enthusiastically welcomes applications from Medicine/Pediatrics residents who wish to pursue a combined fellowship experience. Please contact Madan Kumar, DO, Fellowship Program Director, at mkumar@bsd.uchicago.edu for inquiries.
Madan Kumar, DO - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Program Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Education
Our Program
Our program provides exposure to a diverse and medically complex inpatient clinical consultation service at Comer Children's Hospital in addition to research opportunities within and outside of the Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Potential scholarly pursuits include Infection Prevention, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Quality Improvement, Pediatric/Adolescent HIV, and research involving immunocompromised hosts/pediatric transplant infectious diseases. Fellows gain exposure to ID practice in a variety of outpatient settings to include general pediatric ID and travel medicine at Comer Children’s Hospital, and a federally qualified health center that serves as the site of Care2Prevent, the comprehensive Pediatric/Adolescent HIV Program which also focuses on HIV/STI prevention and sexual wellness. In Year 1, fellows spend 6 months on inpatient clinical consultation service, 1 month in Microbiology, and 1 month on Infection Control/Antimicrobial Stewardship. Years 2 and 3 are dedicated to scholarly activity/research and the submission of a work product that meets the ABP requirements for successful fellowship completion. Three months of clinical service are required in each of these years. The fellowship experience culminates in approval to sit for the ABP Pediatric Infectious Diseases Certifying Examination at program completion.
David Zhang, MD - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Program AIMS
- To produce competent clinical leaders in the field of Pediatric Infectious Diseases who are capable of treating diverse and medically complex pediatric patient populations.
- To develop the next generation of Pediatric Infectious Diseases scholars through the creation of a collaborative and supportive academic mentorship network.
- To facilitate the growth and development of Pediatric Infectious Diseases medical educators through fellow participation in University, Department, and Section-wide learning initiatives.
- To enhance fellows' utilization and application of a public-health approach to the discipline of Pediatric Infectious Diseases in order to maximize the overall health and well-being of the individuals and communities that they serve.