Letter From The Director

Dear Fellow Applicants:

Welcome to the exciting world of Infectious Diseases!

As a subspecialty, Infectious Diseases (ID) is very intriguing because you have the opportunity to be a disease detective, searching for clues to unlock the mystery of the patient's illness.  ID specialists see a wide variety of patients and become familiar with a range of other disciplines, such as surgery, transplantation, orthopedics, ENT, ophthalmology, and even psychiatry.  ID specialists are often involved in infection control, antibiotic stewardship, public health, tropical medicine, indigent care, medicolegal consultation, foreign travel and international human rights.  Most ID docs specialize in specific areas, such as HIV/AIDS, Travel/Tropical Medicine, TB, Transplantation ID, etc.

The ID Fellowship at Tulane is a two year curriculum (12 months of clinical in the first year and 12 months of research, MPH coursework, advanced clinical, etc.)  A popular career path at Tulane has been for our 2^nd-year fellows to pursue an MPH in Tropical Medicine (MPH&TM) or Epidemiology (MPH).  Some of these fellows go on to join the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) at CDC after fellowship.  This is a 2-year program that has trained many of the top U.S. medical epidemiologists at CDC, WHO, state public health departments and academia.

Our philosophy emphasizes the importance of being an excellent clinician, an inquisitive thinker and a compassionate human being.  We seek to work with physicians who are not only smart, but also have excellent bedside manner.

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Sincerely,

David Mushatt, MD, MPH&TM, FIDSA
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Chief, Tulane Adult Infectious Diseases Section
Director, Adult Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training Program