Transplant ID Fellowship

UT Southwestern's Transplant ID Fellowship is a fully-funded one year training program that provides advanced subspecialty training in the management of infections in Solid Organ Transplant, Bone Marrow Transplant, Lymphoma/Myeloma and Hematologic Malignancy patients. The curriculum provides a strong foundation in the management of these unique infections as well as in the core knowledge necessary to provide programmatic support for consulting services.

Summary of UTSW transplant activity for 2022

Summary of UT Southwestern Medical Center transplant activity for 2022

Mission Statement:

Provide state-of-the-art clinical training in the management of infections in patients with solid organ transplants, hematopoietic stem cell transplants, lymphoma/ myeloma, and CAR T cell recipients.
Educate all trainees in the practical skills required to support collaborating medical and surgical teams.
Perform clinical and translational research that will further the care of infections in all immunocompromised patients.

Application Process

Salaries

Fellowship Year	Program Year	Salary
Fellowship Year 1	PGY4	$71,552
Fellowship Year 2	PGY5	$74,256
Fellowship Year 3 or more	PGY6	$77,646
Fellowship Year 4*	PGY 7	$80,558

*Restricted to programs that offer advanced training certification that can only be accomplished with a fourth year of clinical training.

Training

Clinical Training

Inpatient Care:
The bulk of training occurs on the Transplant Infectious Diseases inpatient consulting service at Clements University Hospital. By training at the largest transplant center in North Texas, fellows encounter a range of pathology on the Solid Organ, Lymphoma/Myeloma, and BMT services. On-service learning focuses on graded autonomy and allows for opportunities to participate in donor calls.
Fellows join an inpatient consulting team that includes Transplant ID faculty, a physician assistant, a pharmacist, and a General ID fellow.
Outpatient Training:
While on the consulting service, fellows have clinic onw half-day per week working with the Oncology Infectious Diseases Clinic or in Abdominal or Thoracic Transplant ID clinics.
Collaborating Services:
The program emphasizes learning in core areas of transplant medicine/surgery as well as oncology. To this end, fellows may spend time working in the outpatient setting in UT Southwestern Bone Marrow Transplant; Lymphoma/Myeloma; and Kidney, Liver, Heart and Lung Transplant clinics.
Elective Tx Rotation:
Transplant ID fellows are expected to complete three months of elective rotations. They can choose to spend from one week to one month in any of these rotations. Example rotations include inpatient or outpatient time with collaborating medical or surgical services, the Southwest Transplant Alliance, and the Microbiology Lab.

Didactics

Fellows participate in weekly didactics and monthly conferences designed to provide reenforced learning of core topics in the field of Transplant ID. Opportunities may be tailored to the interests of incoming fellows. Additionally, fellows are allotted time to attend regional and national conferences related to the field.

Weekly Sessions:
Core Transplant ID Curriculum
Transplant ID Journal Club

Research

Fellows are permitted up to three blocks of time to dedicate to research. Our Transplant ID faculty represent a range of expertise in clinical and translational research. Our faculty are internationally recognized for their work on Donor Derived Infections, Norovirus and Multidrug Resistant Organisms. Opportunities for research include access to the UT Southwestern Transplant Infectious Diseases Database as well as through a genomic database of MDR organisms.

Training Opportunities