Harbor-UCLA Pediatrics

Description of the Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

The Department of Pediatrics offers a three year fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases for physicians who have completed a primary residency and are eligible for certification by the American Board of Pediatrics. The goal of the program is to train physicians for academic careers with extensive training in research, teaching and clinical infectious diseases. The Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and the UCLA Center for Vaccine Research at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute support adult, pediatric and neonatal vaccine-related research, vaccine safety studies, and studies of vaccine delivery and access to vaccines. The Division also has supported many epidemiologic studies. The Division is an active site for HIV research, particularly magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the brain, and is an HIV clinical trials unit for the International Maternal, Pediatric, and Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials group.

The 12 months of clinical training are spent mainly at Harbor-UCLA with some clinical rotations at the UCLA Medical Center and a rotation on the Internal Medicine Infectious Disease service at Harbor-UCLA; laboratory rotations are at both Harbor-UCLA and UCLA Medical Center. There are many joint conferences with the Internal Medicine Infectious Disease specialists at Harbor-UCLA, including weekly ID Grand Rounds, case conferences, and Journal Club. Research opportunities are also available in the Internal Medicine Infectious Diseases Division.

For more information contact:

Margaret Keller, M.D.
Division Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Fellowship Training Program

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
1000 W. Carson Street, Box 467, RB3
Torrance, CA 90509
(310) 781-3636

Faculty:

Kenneth Zangwill, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics

Sylvia Yeh, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

Susan Partridge
Adjunct Associate Professor

ChrisAnna Mink, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Clinical Professor

Jag Batra, M.D.
Clinical Instructor

Joel Ward, M.D.
Adjunct Professor

Michael Marcy, M.D.
Clinical Professor (volunteer research faculty)

Victor Wong, M.D.
Clinical Professor (volunteer faculty)

Bradley K. Ackerson, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor (volunteer faculty)