Endocrinology	Infectious Diseases	Neonatology	Nephrology

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program

Philosophy and Goals

The objective of the training program is to provide an educational opportunity in which the trainee is afforded a comprehensive background in Pediatric Infectious Disease (ID) as well as a thorough hands-on experience in management of critically-ill patients and patients with congenital and acquired immunodeficiency. We also seek to instill a working knowledge of basic research skills for future growth as well as develop excellent consultation skills.

Patient Care

Each fellow is expected to be responsible for attending two pediatric infectious disease clinics per week. In addition, they must attend weekly team meetings, and Pediatric ID team meetings. They are to be available 24 hours a day for emergency evaluations of patients requiring infectious disease consultations in the inpatient and outpatient service. In addition, the fellow is the primary care provider for the majority of HIV infected children in Suffolk County, who attend Pediatric ID clinic at Stony Brook University Medical Center and in those instances when such children are admitted to the hospital. The fellow must attend one morning report per week.

Teaching and Preceptors

Each fellow is assigned a preceptor who is one of the staff Pediatric ID attendings. This preceptor oversees the clinical and research progress of the fellow. In addition, the fellow may choose as his/her research advisor and investigator in an area relevant to pediatric ID medicine from the broad life sciences base of the Stony Brook University campus and its graduate schools. The subspecialty residents attend, in conjunction with residents in ID in the Department of Medicine, a structured curriculum of weekly lectures by pediatric and adult ID faculty. The topics cycle approximately every two years. Pediatric ID fellows are required to provide at least six lectures per year to the residents in the Department of Pediatrics. In addition, they are required to do one Grand Rounds per year, as well as on Journal Club focusing on Pediatric ID issues per year. The fellows are also responsible on a daily basis for educating the housestaff and medical students on all inpatient admissions requiring ID input.

Research

The research activities of the pediatric ID division embrace the broad area of HIV related and non-related issues. Specific areas of interest are:

• HIV activities:  Evaluation of new therapies, opportunistic infection prophylaxis and therapy
• Pharmacokinetic evaluation of new antibiotics
• Lyme disease and other tick borne infections
• New vaccines for pediatrics

The fellow is encouraged to develop a project plan in collaboration with a faculty member for either basic or clinical research by the end of the first year. Fellows who submit abstracts to national meetings that are accepted for presentation will have their travel expenses underwritten by the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

Seminar and Teaching Conferences

Participation in various teaching seminars is expected where appropriate. These include: Pediatric Grand Rounds (weekly), Pediatric Morning Report (four time per week), Joint Pediatric Adult Conference (weekly), Fellow's Education (weekly), Pediatric Journal Club (quarterly), L.I. Infectious Disease Society (bi-monthly), Medicine Grand Rounds (weekly), and Pediatric Noon Conference (weekly).

If you are interested in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship program at Stony Brook University, you can contact Dr. Sharon Nachman (Program Director) or Dr. Salma Syed (Assistant Program Director) at 631-444-7692 or Apply Online. 

 

 

Department of Pediatrics

Health Sciences Center
Stony Brook University Medical Center
Stony Brook, New York 11794-8111
631-444-2700
631-444-KIDS appointments