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• 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

UCLA Affiliated Infectious Disease ProgramCareer Tracks

Clinical Infectious Disease

HIV Medicine

Laboratory research

Health Services Research & Delivery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/