1. Your Career in Pediatric
Infectious Diseases

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What does it mean to be a pediatric infectious diseases
specialist?
What career opportunities are available for those
trained in pediatric infectious diseases?
How does the fellowship program at Baylor College of
Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital prepare you for
a career in pediatric infectious diseases?

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What does it mean to be a pediatric
infectious diseases specialist?

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Coccidioides
Actinomyces
Malaria
Congential herpes simplex

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Time allocation for
pediatric ID specialists
15%
14%
13%
7%
7%
*Patient safety, quality,
infection prevention,
public health, advocacy
*

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8. Sheldon Kaplan, M.D.
Head, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section
Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Service

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How does the fellowship program at Baylor College of Medicine
and Texas Children’s Hospital prepare you for a career in a
pediatric infectious diseases specialist?

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652 beds
4th largest city
#1 ethnically diverse

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Pediatric ID Fellowship Clinical Schedule
Year 1
5-6 months
Inpatient
Outpatient
experience
Year 2
3-4 months
Inpatient
Outpatient
experience
Year 3
2-3 months
Inpatient
Outpatient
experience

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Develop clinical
expertise
Supervise
Lead

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Year 1
5-6 months
Inpatient
Outpatient
experience
Year 2
3-4 months
Inpatient
Outpatient
experience
Year 3
2-3 months
Inpatient
Outpatient
experience
TB clinic photo, retrovirology, id clinic

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Laboratory Medicine Rotation

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Research and Scholarship

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Fellows’
College
Success
During
Fellowship
Academic
Career
Development
Demystifying
the Job
Search
Process
Research
&
Scholarship
Forum
Quality
Improvement
&
Patient Safety
Professionalism
&
Communication
Fellows
As
Educators
Formal Didactic and Instructional Curriculum

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Conferences
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Journal Club
Ben Taub
Nursery
Lecture
CityWide ID
Case
Conference
Fellows’ Core
Lecture
Pediatric
Grand Rounds
Managing
Clinical
Problems
Fellows’
College
Sessions
ID Research
Conference
ID Elective
Lectures
Fellows Case
Conference
Fellows’
College
Sessions
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Journal Club
Ben Taub
Nursery
Lecture
CityWide ID
Case
Conference
Fellows’ Core
Lecture
Pediatric
Grand Rounds
Managing
Clinical
Problems
Fellows’
College
Sessions
ID Research
Conference
ID Elective
Lectures
Fellows Case
Conference
Fellows’
College
Sessions
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Journal Club
Ben Taub
Nursery
Lecture
CityWide ID
Case
Conference
Fellows’ Core
Lecture
Pediatric
Grand Rounds
Managing
Clinical
Problems
Fellows’
College
Sessions
ID Research
Conference
ID Elective
Lectures
Fellows Case
Conference
Fellows’
College
Sessions
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Journal Club
Ben Taub
Nursery
Lecture
CityWide ID
Case
Conference
Fellows’ Core
Lecture
Pediatric
Grand Rounds
Managing
Clinical
Problems
Fellows’
College
Sessions
ID Research
Conference
ID Elective
Lectures
Fellows Case
Conference
Fellows’
College
Sessions
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Journal Club
Ben Taub
Nursery
Lecture
CityWide ID
Case
Conference
Fellows’ Core
Lecture
Pediatric
Grand Rounds
Managing
Clinical
Problems
Fellows’
College
Sessions
ID Research
Conference
ID Elective
Lectures
Fellows Case
Conference
Fellows’
College
Sessions
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Journal Club
Ben Taub
Nursery
Lecture
CityWide ID
Case
Conference
Fellows’ Core
Lecture
Pediatric
Grand Rounds
Managing
Clinical
Problems
Fellows’
College
Sessions
ID Research
Conference
ID Elective
Lectures
Fellows Case
Conference
Fellows’
College
Sessions

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Infectious
Diseases
Physicians
Around the
World

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There are diverse career opportunities within the
specialty of pediatric infectious diseases
A career in pediatric infectious diseases is rewarding
Fellowship training in pediatric infectious diseases at
Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s
Hospital is specifically structured to meet the goals of
each learner
Our program offers superb training and provides a
wealth of experience and opportunity in the field

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Judith Campbell, MD
-Fellowship Director
judithc@bcm.edu
Deb Palazzi, MD
- Associate Fellowship Director, Curriculum
dpalazzi@bcm.edu
Jesus Vallejo, MD
-Associate Fellowship Director, Research
jvallejo@bcm.edu
Cindy Gaskill
-Fellowship Coordinator
cgaskill@bcm.edu
Visit our website: http://www.bcm.edu/pediatrics/infectiousdiseases/
Call us: 832-824-1780