Electives
Fellows receive 2-3 months of research time annually during their fellowship in which further electives may be pursued. A benefit of being a smaller program is the ability to individualize fellow education based off each fellow’s specific career goals and to ensure focused exposure throughout their fellowship.
All fellows rotate during their second year at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center consulting on the ID Transplant Consult Service for lung, heart, and liver transplant recipients. This supplements their 2-year exposure to renal transplant received at Harbor-UCLA while on the immunocompromised service. Throughout the year, fellows will present at a joint case conference with nephrology to share interesting or educating infectious complications in patients with transplantations. For fellows with interest in pursuing transplant medicine, additional time can be requested for further experience at Ronald Reagan during their second year.
Fellows have an amazing opportunity during their 2nd year for a 4-week elective with the LA County Department of Public Health in which they have focused experience through the subdivisions in HIV/STDs, TB, Vector Borne, Automated Surveillance, Bioterrorism/Special Investigation, Vaccine Preventable, Respiratory, Viral Hepatitis, HAI/MDR, and Foodborne infection outbreaks,
Additional outpatient DHS experiences include rotating through specialty clinics including Chagas disease (Olive View Medical Center) and leprosy (USC/LAC).
At Harbor-UCLA, fellows can utilize elective time with Pediatric ID, Infection Control, Microbiology, and additional Antibiotic Stewardship rotations.
