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FELLOWSHIP TRAINING IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The Infectious Diseases Fellowship is a 2 year program in the department of medicine
designed to provide specialized training for fellows. The program is directed by Nancy
Khardori, M.D., Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases.Introduction and Goals
The fellowship training in Infectious Diseases provided by the Department of Internal
Medicine at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine is designed to provide advanced
training in the subspecialty leading to eligibility for board certification in the subspecialty of
Infectious Diseases. The trainees are to follow the general policies and procedures outlined
by the Department of Medicine, the University, and the affiliated hospitals including those
mandated by the local, state, and federal health administration agencies. The goals of the
fellowship program are:
- Provide a comprehensive knowledge base to prepare the fellow to care for patients
suffering from infectious diseases due to bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic causes.
This includes specific management of these infections as well as supportive and
maintenance care needed for these diseases.- Provide experience with a wide variety of patients suffering from infections of
diverse organ systems to give the fellow experience in diagnosing and managing
patients suffering from common as well as unusual infectious diseases.- Provide a diverse experience through rotations outside the primary division including
pediatric infectious diseases; hospital epidemiology and infection control; public
health and preventive medicine and diagnostic microbiology and pathology.- Prepare the fellow to continue his/her education throughout his/her professional life
by providing training and experience in: a.) reading, interpretation and critical
evaluation of medical literature; b.) medical informatics and biostatistics; and c.)
medical decision making, practice management and outcomes assessment; medico
legal issues and medical humanities.- Provide training and experience in basic methods for clinical and laboratory research
including experimental designs and clinical trials.- Complete a project on clinical and/or laboratory research, present the work at a
regional or national meeting and write at least one manuscript for submission to a
peer reviewed journal before the end of the training period.Overview of Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
Required Rotations and Supervisors:
| Rotation | Supervisors | Length |
| 1) Adult ID inpatient and consultation service | Nancy
Khardori, MD |
10 months
(1st year) (1 mo. Diagnostic Microbiology) (1 mo. Research) 2 months (2nd year) (1 mo. Adult ID) (1 mo. Adult ID or Transplant Rotation) |
| 2) Adult ID outpatient and ambulatory clinics and travel medicine clinics | Nancy
Khardori, MD Janak Koirala, MD |
3
morning clinics per week for 12 months +2 morning clinics for
the next 12 months (Half clinic on Monday and Wednesday;
Full clinic on Friday) 2 evening travel clinics per month for 12 months |
| 3) Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic | Nancy
Khardori, MD Janak Koirala, MD Subhash Chaudhary, MD |
1 afternoon clinic (average) per week for 24 months |
| 4) Pediatric Infectious Diseases | Subhash Chaudhary, MD | 1 month (2nd year) |
| 5) Diagnostic Microbiology | Joan Barenfanger,
MD Edward Poje, MD |
1 month (1st year) |
| 6) Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control - MMC & same month | Nancy
Khardori, MD Subhash Chaudhry, MD |
1 month - a.m. (2nd year) |
| 7) Public Health - SCDPH | Jim Stone, MPH | 1 month - p.m. (2nd year) |
| 8) Research | Nancy Khardori, MD | 1 month (1st year) |
Elective Rotations
1) Tropical Medicine
2) Formal course work consisting of 28 hours of didactic and practical training in hospital
epidemiology equivalent to courses offered through the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology
of America (SHEA)
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