Clinical Training:
Inpatient clinical service will be at Comer Children’s Hospital. Additionally, fellows will have the opportunity to do a few weeks of service each year at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn, IL, gaining valuable experience treating infections in patients with complex cardiac disease, including those in patients who have undergone a heart transplant.
6 months of inpatient pediatric clinical consultation service, 1 month in the Clinical Diagnostic Microbiology Laboratory, and 1 month on Infection Control/Antimicrobial Stewardship. The remaining time is dedicated to developing a scholarly project(s) that will be carried out during the 2nd and 3rd years of training.
Clinic: 1st year fellows work with Dr. Lilly Cheng-Immergluck ½ day per week in the Comer Children’s Hospital Outpatient General ID Clinic.
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3 months of inpatient clinical consultation service. The remaining time is dedicated to carrying out scholarly activities, +/- participation in a Pediatric Transplant ID Elective under the direction of Dr. Madan Kumar.
Clinic: 2nd year fellows work with Dr. Julia Rosebush ½ day per week at the Friend Health Center Outpatient ID Clinic that focuses almost exclusively on HIV/STI treatment and prevention services.
3 months of inpatient clinical consultation service. The remaining time is dedicated to carrying out scholarly activities, +/- participation in a Pediatric Transplant ID Elective under the direction of Dr. Madan Kumar.
The fellowship experience is supplemented with didactic lectures and learning experiences that will assist in the preparation of fellows to sit for the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Pediatric Infectious Diseases Certifying Examination at the completion of the training program.
Educational/Conference Curriculum
- Pediatric ID Fellows Core Curriculum [weekly]
- Pediatric ID Noon Conference [weekly]
- Pediatric Grand Rounds [weekly]
- Combined Adult/Peds Didactic Conferences [thrice weekly]
- Pediatric ID Board Review/Case Conference [weekly]
- Microbiology Rounds [monthly]
