Steven D. Burdette, M.D., Director
The Infectious Disease Fellowship program is fully accredited and two years in duration. The primary emphasis is on training infectious disease experts in clinical infectious diseases. As part of the fellowship, trainees will study a wide variety of infectious diseases at the primary teaching institutions, including the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), a 338-bed referral facility, and Miami Valley (MVH) and Good Samaritan (GSH) Hospitals, large community teaching hospitals affiliated with Wright State University. In addition, fellows rotate at the Children's Medical Center of Dayton (CMC) to gain experience in pediatric infectious diseases.
Fellowship Documents
Sample Rotation Schedule
Month |
Fellow (1) |
Fellow (2) |
|
July |
Research/Clinical microbiology |
VAMC |
|
Aug |
VAMC |
Research |
|
Sept |
GSH |
Research |
|
Oct |
VAMC |
MVH |
|
Nov |
CMC (pediatric Infectious Diseases) |
VAMC |
|
Dec |
Research |
MVH |
|
Jan |
MVH |
VAMC |
|
Feb |
VAMC |
Research |
|
Mar |
MVH |
GSH |
|
Apr |
Research |
Transplant (external - Ohio State University) |
|
May |
GSH |
Research |
|
June |
VAMC |
GSH |
- Clinical rotations are divided between the VAMC, MVH and GSH. One month of pediatrics is done during the first year at the CMC.
- During the first month, the fellow will have a four week clinical microbiology/research rotation.
- The fellow has three months dedicated to research in the first year and four months in the second year.
- During the second year, a one month transplant rotation is scheduled at the Ohio State University Medical Center.
- There are two continuity clinics each year, encompassing two half days per week. In the first year, it will be comprised of an HIV clinic and four consecutive months in each of the following: TB clinic, burn clinic and VA ID clinic. In the second year, the TB clinic will be replaced by a clinic at the VA which is about 60 percent HIV and 40 percent general infectious diseases.
- There are two main conferences each month: a journal club and a citywide clinical conference. Fellows present at both.
- Faculty are divided between the main training sites. There are 10 adult medicine fully-affiliated faculty and one pediatric infectious diseases physician.