Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Section of Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine One Baylor Plaza N1319
Houston,
TX
77030
Phone: 713 798 8918
Fax: 713 798 8948
Website: http://www.bcm.edu/medicine/infectious
Email: jaserpaa@bcm.edu
Training Program Director
Jose A. Serpa-Alvarez MD
Participating Hospitals
Ben Taub General Hospital : 578
MD Anderson Cancer Center : 550
Methodist Hospital : 885
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center : 825
St. Luke's Hospital : 594
Program Training Offerings
How does this program meet the ABIM requirements for training in clinical microbiology?
Didactic LecturesHands-on Experience
The Program provides training in hospital epidemiology through:
Didactic LecturesContinuity ClinicHands-on Experiences
The Program provides clinical experience for fellows in the following:
Infections in marrow transplantInfections in solid organ transplant patientsInfections in travelers and tropical medicineInfections in children
This Program provides training in STD management through:
Didactic LecturesCourses ElsewhereAttendence
The Program has a didactic lecture course for fellows:
true
If yes, what is the average number of lectures provided over a two-year period?
100
Training is for:
MD
Are there citizenship requirements?
false
Citizenship Requirements:
Types of visas accepted:
Number of fellows accepted each year:
4
Duration of the Fellowship (years):
2-3
The Program has a training grant (T32):
false
Average number of infectious diseases consults per trainee per year:
300-400
Number of Fellows completing the Program in the last 5 years:
14
Additional Training/Faculty Resources (optional):
Infections in children elective.
Beginning in 2009, Baylor will have 2 tracks for adult ID fellowship training. The first track is the Baylor Traditional ID Fellowship. The second, new track is the Baylor/ MD Anderson Fellowship Track, a joint training program between Baylor College of Medicine and MD Anderson Cancer Center. Two fellows per year will be accepted into each track. Prospective fellows can apply to both tracks simultaneously.
The Baylor adult ID fellowship program offers a fully-funded, 1 month clinical elective in international health. Fellows can choose from a variety of locations with academic affiliations to Baylor College of Medicine, including Africa, Mexico, Honduras, Romania, Thailand, and Peru.
Baylor adult ID fellows can do electives in outpatient management of sexually transmitted diseases, travel medicine, and inpatient pediatric infectious diseases.
Applications accepted via Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS®)?
true
Timeframe when applications are accepted:
Timeframe when interviews are done