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University of Kansas

University of Kansas

University of Kansas

University of Kansas Medical School
3901 Rainbow Boulevard, 6096 Delp, Mail Stop 1028
Division of Infectious Diseases
Kansas City, KS 66160

Phone: 913 588 6035
Fax: 913 945 6916
Website: http://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/internal-medicine/infectious-diseases.html
Email: jspeer@kumc.edu

Training Program Director

University of Kansas Daniel R. Hinthorn MD

Research Interests: Antibiotic therapy, viral infections, immunizations, pneumococcus and HIV

Participating Hospitals

University of Kansas Hospital: 800
Kansas City VA Hospital: 300
Research Medical Center: 590

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 LecturesHands-on Experience

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 childrenTransplant patients, infections in burn unit, orthopedic infections, neurosurgery infections, level one trauma center

This Program provides training in STD management through:

Didactic LecturesCourses Elsewhere

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?

250

Training is for:

MDDOMBBS

Are there citizenship requirements?

false

Citizenship Requirements:

Types of visas accepted:

J1, H1B

Number of fellows accepted each year:

3

Duration of the Fellowship (years):

2

The Program has a training grant (T32):

false

Average number of infectious diseases consults per trainee per year:

200

Number of Fellows completing the Program in the last 5 years:

15

Additional Training/Faculty Resources (optional):

Pediatric infectious diseases elective is available at the Program Director's discretion.  

Applications accepted via Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS®)?

true

Timeframe when applications are accepted:

July through October

Timeframe when interviews are done

August through October

Daniel R. Hinthorn MD

Daniel R. Hinthorn

Faculty

Michael Luchi MD

Michael Luchi

Stephen Waller MD

Stephen Waller

Lisa Clough MD

Lisa Clough

Albert Eid MD

Albert Eid

Fernando Merino MD

Fernando Merino

Kassem Hammoud MD

Kassem Hammoud

Wissam El Atrouni MD

Wissam El Atrouni

Dana Hawkinson MD

Dana Hawkinson

Jessica Newman DO

Jessica Newman

Nathan Bahr MD

Nathan Bahr

Vinutha Kumar MD

Vinutha Kumar

David McKinsey MD

David McKinsey

Joel McKinsey MD

Joel McKinsey

Paul Brune MD

Paul Brune