General ID Fellow Education
The Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center provides world-class, comprehensive training in the clinical management of infectious diseases and research. Since its inception in 1957, the program has maintained a rich tradition of training clinical and scientific thought leaders in the field of ID.
Program Aims
- Train fellows for excellence in the clinical knowledge
- Develop a diverse workforce of future leaders in academics, community practice, or industry
- Advance scientific knowledge and practice
- Prvide the opportunity to see an unsurpassed breadth and variety of clinical cases
- Promote individualized training pathways
- Access to faculty with excellence in clinical and translational research
What Our Program Offers
Our clinical training is centered at four major teaching sites: Parkland Health and Infectious Diseases Clinic, UT Southwestern University Hospitals and clinics, Dallas VA Medical Center and outpatient clinics, and the ACCESS HIV clinic. Each offers a unique blend of diverse patient populations and clinical pathology across the breadth of the disciplines within ID.
The Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine division boasts research strength in diverse areas of scientific inquiry including pathogenesis and treatment of HIV and its complications, TB, hepatitis C, and multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogens. Translational and clinical patient-outcomes research expertise is offered in the areas of healthcare epidemiology, infection prevention and control, antimicrobial stewardship, correctional health, transplant ID, musculoskeletal infections and diagnostic microbiology.
The HIV Medicine Fellowship is a one-year, Texas Medical Board-approved program that provides comprehensive, rigorous training in both inpatient and outpatient HIV medical care. The focus of this training is HIV primary care but also includes training experiences in HIV PrEP care, sexually transmitted infections, perinatal HIV management, hepatitis C co-infection, and other chronic complications of HIV medicine. The primary target audience for this fellowship are graduates from an internal medicine, family medicine, or medicine/pediatrics residency seeking additional training in HIV primary care.
