FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Each year the Division of Infectious Diseases, jointly with MD Anderson Cancer Center, offers ACGME accredited fellowship training which includes a broad exposure to the complete spectrum of infectious diseases and the opportunity for investigation ranging from basic research to clinical studies conducted in hospitals or field stations in the United States and abroad.
Two ACGME accredited fellowship tracks are available:
   1. The traditional infectious diseases track.
       12 months clinical
       9 months at Memorial Hermann Hospital-Texas Medical Center or Lyndon
          Baines Johnson Hospital
       3 months at MD Anderson Cancer Center
       12 months research
   2. The immunocompromised host track.
       12 months clinical
       3 months at Memorial Hermann Hospital-Texas Medical Center or Lyndon
          Baines Johnson Hospital
       9 months at MD Anderson Cancer Center
       12 months research
     The fellowship program is designed to prepare trainees for academic careers and/or for infectious disease practice. Pathways are available for clinicians, clinical researchers and basic researchers. Together with faculty at the University of Texas School of Public Health, a combined Infectious Disease/Master of Public Health degree fellowship program is possible.

In addition to the ACGME accredited fellowship a one year fellowship in HIV medicine is also offered.

Fellow Graduates, 2000-present (includes HIV fellows*):

Graduation Year 2007
Danny Ghannam, Kevin Grimes, Andrea Holmes, Roshan Lewis, Harrys Torres, Souad Yousseff

Graduation Year 2006
Halim Aboufaycal, Cesar Arias, Mona Kapadia, Ghazi Ghanem, Charles Sims

Graduation Year 2005
Stephanie Lee, Lisa Armitige, Shoaib Ansari, Gabriel Aisenberg, Padma Kumashi, Mallika Kamana, Samuel Maghidman*

Graduation Year 2004
Annie Philip, Norio Ohmagari, Obiageli Objiofor, Essam Girgaway, Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy*, Owen McCormack*

Graduation Year 2003
Indra De, Roberto Andrade, Martin Montes, Esteban Nannini

Graduation Year 2002
Octavia Cieza*, Guy DeLeRosa, Rosa Infante, Alberto La Rosa, Madonna Matar, Maria Nguyen, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, Elphida Paphitou

Graduation Year 2001
Joseph Goodly*, Edgardo Li-Espino*, Julio Marcolini, Zakir Shaikh

Graduation Year 2000
Javier, Adachi, Claude Afif, H. Gomi, K. Malathum, I. Vaziri

Contact:
Internal Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases
UT Houston Medical School
6431 Fannin, MSB 2.112
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: (713) 500-6767
Fax: (713) 500-5495
Email: The ID fellowship coordinator: Lakecia.Quinney@uth.tmc.edu