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The Clinical Scholar Track of the UCLA Multicampus Program in Infectious Diseases is a two year program designed to prepare fellows for clinically-oriented careers in general and transplant infectious diseases, HIV medicine, viral hepatitis, public health, epidemiology, antibiotic stewardship, and infection control. 

The first year consists of approximately 7-8 months of inpatient consultation rotations at all affiliated inpatient sites: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.  Fellows will also rotate on clinical microbiology and hospital epidemiology rotations.  Fellows will also rotate at a wide variety of clinics.

The second year consists of approximately 3-4 months of inpatient consultation rotations with more exposure to transplant infectious diseases, as well as a rotation on the tuberculosis inpatient unit at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center.  Much of the second year is devoted to outpatient rotations and completion of scholarly projects.

Concentration areas for clinical scholars

Upon arrival to UCLA, clinical scholars are asked to identify a concentration area.

Concentration areas provide opportunities for career mentorship and mentorship to pursue scholarly projects in an area of interest specialized to each fellow. Each concentration area has a unique set of offerings ranging from clinical experiences to opportunities for research including, but not limited to, secondary data analysis, quality improvement projects, systematic reviews, case reports or case series, or primary data collection.  All fellows are encouraged to embark on scholarly activities early in the first year and submit an abstract to ID Week (typically due late Spring each year). Fellows with accepted abstracts are funded to attend ID Week during their second year of fellowship. Opportunities to pursue focused clinical work and/or scholarly activities are available during outpatient blocks (several ½ days of protected time to be utilized for this purpose), a half-month elective block in the first year, and, as scheduling permits, up to one month of elective time in the second year of fellowship.

Current concentration areas are listed below, with links to detailed information (PDF Files) about each area and email addresses for Faculty Directors.

  • Transplant Infectious Diseases
  • Underserved Infectious Diseases
  • HIV/STI Prevention and Treatment
  • Hospital Epidemiology and Antibiotic Stewardship
  • Viral Hepatitis
  • Medical Education
  • Clinical Microbiology Diagnostic Testing and Antibiotic Resistance

All fellows participate in weekly multihospital case conferences and textbook chapter reviews as well as attend core curriculum lectures, intramural case conferences, grand rounds, journal clubs, and research seminars.

Examples of scholarly projects completed by clinical scholar track fellows

  • Emerging technologies for rapid identification of bloodstream pathogens (CID review)
  • The role of beta-hemolytic streptococci in causing diffuse, nonculturable cellulitis (Medicine)
  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV infection: results of a survey of HIV healthcare providers (AIDS Patient Care STDs)
  • Complications of HIV infection in an aging population (JAC review)
  • Coccidioidal meningitis: clinical presentation and management in the fluconazole era (Medicine)
  • Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy at a large Veterans Administration medical center (Am J Managed Care)
  • Limitations of antibiotic options for invasive infections caused by MRSA (JAC review)
  • Comparison of clinical severity score indices for Clostridium difficile infection (ICHE)
  • Implications for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus colonization associated with Clostridium difficile infections (AJIC)
  • Detection and quantification of Panton-Valentine leukocidin in Staphylococcus aureus cultures by ELISA and Western blotting (J Immunol Methods)
  • Capnocytophaga canimorsus sepsis with associated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (Am J Med Sci)
  • Human immunodeficiency virus in an aging population, a complication of success (JAGS review)
  • Serum ivermectin levels after enteral and subcutaneous administration for Strongyloides hyperinfection: a case report (Scand J Infect Dis)
  • Book chapters: Aspiration Pneumonia, Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy

Fellows graduating from the Clinical Scholar Track have been successful in obtaining clinical academic positions within the United States and overseas as well as positions within the private sector and in public health.

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