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UCLA-Affiliated Infectious Disease Program

UCLA-Affiliated Infectious Disease Program. http://www.infectiousdiseases-ucla-affiliated.org/. UCLA-Affiliated Infectious Disease Program. Sponsor The VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System “Wadsworth VA” 3 main training sites VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

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UCLA-Affiliated Infectious Disease Program

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  1. UCLA-Affiliated Infectious Disease Program http://www.infectiousdiseases-ucla-affiliated.org/

  2. UCLA-Affiliated Infectious Disease Program • Sponsor • The VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System “Wadsworth VA” • 3 main training sites • VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center • Olive View-UCLA Medical Center • Over 800 beds combined • Wide range of patients and infectious disease • Approximately 15 full-time faculty

  3. UCLA Affiliated Infectious Disease ProgramCareer Tracks • Clinical Infectious Disease • HIV Medicine • Laboratory research • Health Services Research & Delivery

  4. VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Systemhttp://www.gla.med.va.gov/ Matthew B Goetz (Chief): HIV/AIDS David Beenhouwer: Cryptococcus, MRSA Sidney Finegold: Anaerobic infections Jacob Fleischmann: Fungal infections and host defense W Lance George: Clostridium difficile, other enteric pathogens David Haake: Leptospirosis, rapid diagnostics David Rhew: Evaluating quality of care, medical informatics William Schwartzman: Infection Control, hospital epidemiology

  5. Cedars-Sinai Medical Centerhttp://www.cedars-sinai.edu/ W David Hardy (Chief): HIV clinical trials & vaccine development Paula Gaut: HIV therapeutics Rehka Murthy: Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance Peter Ruane: AIDS Phil Zakowski: Transplant infectious diseases

  6. Olive View-UCLA Medical Centerhttp://www.uclasfvp.org/ Glenn Mathisen (Chief): Tropical medicine; CNS infections Suzanne Donovan: Infection Control; HIV in women Arthur Jeng: Skin/soft tissue infection Gregory Moran: Bioterrorism; ER infections David Talan: ER infections; animal bite wounds

  7. UCLA Affiliated Infectious Disease ProgramTypical Fellowship Schedule • Year One • VA inpatient ID: 2 months • CSMC inpatient ID: 2 months • OVMC inpatient ID: 2 months • Outpatient ID: 2 months • Transplant infectious diseases 1 month • Micro Laboratory & Hospital epidemiology 1 month (1/2 day each) • Continuity clinic & research: 1 month • Vacation 1 month • Year Two • Inpatient ID: 3 – 4 months • Continuity clinic & research: 7 – 8 months • Vacation: 1 month

  8. UCLA Affiliated Infectious Disease ProgramEducational activities • Program wide conferences: • Case conference (1.5 hours, weekly) • Core curriculum lecture (1 hour, 2 out of 4 weeks) • Hospital-based conferences • Intramural case conferences • Core curriculum lectures/ID Grand Rounds • Journal clubs • Research conferences • Mandell reading club

  9. UCLA Affiliated Infectious Disease ProgramResearch training • Areas of laboratory research • HIV/AIDS clinical trials & laboratory research • Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, anaerobic infections, S. aureus • Rapid diagnostics and molecular epidemiology: uropathogens • Clinical infectious diseases • Case reports & clinical series • Other training opportunities • Hospital epidemiology • LAC-DHS acute communicable disease unit & TB control • Outcomes research/Health Services Research & Development

  10. UCLA Affiliated Infectious Disease ProgramOther activities • Support of attendance at national conferences • IDSA • ICAAC • SHEA • ASTMH • Department social activities • Meet-the-faculty picnic • End of year lunch

  11. UCLA Affiliated Infectious Disease Program • Affiliation with Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA • Broad clinical training at 3 hospitals • Research training • Laboratory projects • Hospital epidemiology • Public Health • Health Services Research • Clinical infectious disease • Post-fellowship opportunities Visit our website at http://www.infectiousdiseases-ucla-affiliated.org/

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