Infectious Disease Fellowship Program

The mission of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program is to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infectious diseases throughout South Florida and the Caribbean region through physician education and training. Graduates of our fellowship program occupy many leadership positions in the clinical, academic, and public health arenas throughout the region.

Fellows are exposed to extensive inpatient and outpatient experience in general infectious diseases, travel and tropical diseases, infections in solid organ and stem cell transplant recipients, hospital epidemiology and infection control, antibiotic stewardship, and HIV disease and prevention.

In 2019 the State of Florida launched the Getting 2 Zero initiative in conjunction with national efforts to reach zero new infections for HIV/AIDS. As South Florida is the epicenter of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States, fellows have a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of the latest research and clinical efforts targeting HIV/AIDS.

Through careful mentoring, our faculty provides valuable education and insight to prepare fellows for vibrant careers as physicians and researchers.

Application Information

Our Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program participates in the NRMP match. We accept applications only through the ERAS system, a centralized application processing service. Match dates for the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program are listed at the Medical Specialties Matching Program (MSMP).

Due to the large volume of applications, we receive each year, the program will only contact candidates chosen for an interview. Please do not contact our program coordinator regarding the status of your application.

Requirements

Duration: 2 years
ACGME Accredited: Yes
Postgraduate Training Required: Yes 
U.S. Citizenship Required: No

Contact Us

Jose Gonzales-Zamora, M.D.
Program Director

Erica Cook
Sr. Program Coordinator
Email: ecm170@med.miami.edu

The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases and the Miami Transplant Institute offer 2 fully funded one-year fellowship positions in Transplant Infectious Diseases each year.

The fellowship includes 6 months of inpatient clinical rotations covering both the solid organ and malignant hematology/stem cell transplant infectious diseases services, as well as outpatient clinical care of pre- and post-transplant patients. Fellows will be exposed to rotations at the local organ procurement organization and have the option to spend focused time in the microbiology laboratories, antimicrobial stewardship and infection control programs.

The Transplant Infectious Diseases Fellowship also includes 6 months of research time with opportunities for mentorship in basic, translational, and clinical research with established investigators in hematology, transplant medicine, infection control, antimicrobial stewardship, tropical medicine, and opportunistic infectious diseases. Active clinical research programs in both solid organ and stem cell transplant and ongoing laboratory research projects focused on CMV infection and transplant immunology are available.

The Miami Transplant Institute (MTI) based at Jackson Memorial Hospital has more than 50 years of solid organ transplant experience, and is the highest volume transplant center in the United States with a total of 747 transplants performed in 2019. In addition, the stem cell transplant program at the University of Miami Hospital and Clinics performs over 200 hematopoietic stem cell transplants and over 25 CAR-T cell infusions annually giving fellows the rare opportunity to work in a high-volume, specialized transplant center.

Duration: 1 year
ACGME Accredited: No
Postgraduate Training Required: Yes
General Infectious Diseases Fellowship Required: Yes
U.S. Citizenship Required: No

Applications for fellowship positions in the 2021-2022 academic year will be accepted starting in April 2020. The application must include a letter of interest, updated CV, and 2 letters of recommendation on medical center letterhead. Applicants must be board eligible or board certified by July 1, 2021.

Contact Us

Michele Morris, M.D.
Program Director

Erica Cook
Sr. Program Coordinator
Email: ecm170@med.miami.edu

The long-term objective of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program is to prepare highly motivated candidates for a career in Pediatric Infectious Diseases in either the academic or private practice setting after successfully passing the Certifying Examination. In this fully accredited program, fellows will be challenged to develop knowledge and patient care skills at the Miller School of Medicine in partnership with Jackson Health System/Jackson Memorial Hospital. Past graduates of this program have gone on to obtain positions at Harvard University, University of South Florida, and Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Duration: 3 years
ACGME Accredited: Yes
Postgraduate Training Required: Yes
U.S. Citizenship Required: No

For more information click here or contact Christopher Garcia.

Through tele-education experts and students of limited resource areas can overcome the limitations of traditional face-to-face education. Dr. Gonzales Zamora, MD understood the value of tele-education and, in collaboration with Clinica Good Hope in Peru and Universidad Peruana Union, designed an international videoconferencing program for clinical case presentations.  

Whether a student or established physician, the videoconferences expand knowledge of low-prevalence infections with an emphasis on tropical medicine and immunocompromised hosts. Join the University of Miami and fellow participants from Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, Clinica Good Hope (Peru), Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas (Peru), Hospital 12 de Octubre (Spain), and Hospital Padre Hurtado (Chile), each month for a new session.  

For the monthly conference schedule, please visit here.

For the published medical journal regarding the experience with the conference, please click here.

Are you a student, junior faculty, or established physician looking for mentoring services? Our division works closely with mentoring programs provided through the University of Miami’s Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI); the Miami Center for AIDS Research (CFAR); Center for HIV and Research in Mental Health (CHARM); and the South Florida SE AIDS Education Training Center (SF SE AETC), the largest HIV education effort in Florida.

Whether continuing education, receiving grant writing support, discussing study design, or building clinical research networks, take the next step towards developing your career; and the HIV/AIDS and Emerging Infectious Diseases Institute (HEIDI).

Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI)

The CTSI accelerates research discoveries into solutions to improve the health of our community. It is critical the scientific and healthcare professionals of tomorrow have the skills to translate fundamental processes of health research and discoveries into treatments. To prepare this future workforce, a wide range of interdisciplinary clinical and translational research education, training, career development, and mentoring opportunities are offered for those seeking mentoring and skill development.

Miami Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)

The Miami CFAR is a national network focused on leading, innovative HIV/AIDS research and clinical efforts specialized in co-morbidities, HIV and women, AIDS malignancies, and prevention and cure efforts. Through the Miami CFAR mentoring program junior faculty, fellows, and students are advised on study design, grant writing, pre- and post-grant activities, recruitment strategies, IRB submissions, and general career development services.

Submit a mentor request here.

Center for HIV and Research in Mental Health (CHARM)

CHARM is a cross-campus collaboration to address mental health and minority health disparities in behavioral and bio-behavioral research approaches and to strengthen mental health-related HIV prevention and care. Established researchers and early-career investigators can seek support and mentorship to design, implement, and analyze culturally competent studies that address mental health disparities under the guidance of leading behavioral health-related HIV/AIDS researchers at the University of Miami.

Submit a mentor request here.

South Florida SE AIDS Education and Training Center (SF SE AETC)

The South Florida SE AETC Program is a national network of leading HIV experts who provide locally based, tailored education, clinical consultation, and technical assistance to healthcare professionals and healthcare organizations to integrate high quality, comprehensive care for those living with or affected by HIV.

Through web-based education, telehealth technologies, and the University of Miami training center, the AETC offers an easy and convenient way for participants to increase their knowledge and skills to provide quality HIV/AIDS patient care.

HIV/AIDS and Emerging Infectious Diseases Institute (HEIDI)

The HIV/AIDS and Emerging Infectious Diseases Institute (HEIDI) is dedicated to identifying and supporting highly innovative HIV/AIDS prevention and cure research with the goal of understanding, preventing, and treating HIV for a zero-transmissions future. Miami is the epicenter of the United States’ HIV/AIDS epidemic accounting for one third of new HIV diagnoses in the State of Florida (FLDOH). The Institute acknowledges support from the State of Florida Funding Initiative in line with state and national Ending the Epidemic efforts.