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Program Description
The Transplantation Medicine: Infectious Diseases Transplant
Fellowship Program at Mayo Clinic in Rochester is designed to prepare
physicians with prior training in infectious diseases for a career
in academic medicine, subspecialty practice, and/or hospital epidemiology,
with special focus on transplantation. The training includes both
clinical and research components.
In this post-subspecialty fellowship you will acquire comprehensive
knowledge and competence in managing infectious disease-related
issues in bone marrow/peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
and solid organ transplantation, including liver, kidney, heart,
lung and pancreas transplantation.
This fellowship is offered in a medical center at which more than
1000 patients receive transplantation procedures annually including:
- Pre-transplantation assessment and prophylaxis
strategies
- Infectious diseases occurring at the time of
the transplant procedure
- Long-term infectious diseases issues following
transplantation
- Application of advanced molecular diagnostic
tools in the management of infection
You will be required to participate in a clinical/basic science
research project under faculty supervision and at the end of the
research training, will become conversant with basic aspects of
clinical or bench research. Additional training in research is available
for interested fellows.
The one-year Infectious Diseases Transplant Fellowship at Mayo
Clinic in Rochester offers you:
- Preparation for a successful career in infectious
diseases in a group practice or academic center where transplantation
is performed
- In-depth exposure to multidisciplinary approaches
to a large volume of patients with who require transplantation
- Exciting research opportunities in the field
of infectious diseases
Accreditation
The Infectious Diseases Transplant Fellowship Program is recognized
as an approved training program by the American
Board of Internal Medicine .
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