pediatrics infectious disease doctors
Started by obiwan
Get help with your application
Use all the free resources available to you from SDN: articles, guides, expert advising, forums discussions, and school research.
Dr Feigin comes readily to mind.
Dr. Ellen Wald
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad
There are many well-known individuals active in pedi ID who are very highly respected throughout the country (Assuming you were interested in the US). Could you narrow your search down a bit? Any particular area of pedi ID? Do you want to work with them?
I always thought ID was pretty cool: you're the hospital exterminator and an expert on bugs and drugs. As to which programs you should consider, go see your peds ID guys. They will give you the best advice and will likely have contacts at various institutions.
From what I hear, it's not a very competitive fellowship. The peds ID guys are more tied to an academic center than adult ID people and you're less likely to go out and practice on your own unless you want to do general peds after your fellowship. So you have to be okay with academics. Also money is not good in ID because there are few to no procedures. In fact some ID guys I know make less than the general pediatricians, though I don't know if that's considered normal.
Still it's a facinating field. Aside from emerging viruses and bacteria (looking at MRSA resistance patterns), I have a friend who works for the CDC and travels all over the world. Another guy I know goes abroad and provides aid to third world countries. His knowledge of ID is essential in those areas. It all depends on what you want to do.
Stitch pretty well covered it. It's common for pedi ID fellows to have done some clinical or lab research in med school or residency, although that isn't an absolute. Pedi ID is a great field if you're interested in international work. Late onset sepsis, especially with gram negatives is a killer in NICUs across the world, even more so than in the US.
It is not competitive, it doesn't pay well, and it is hard work. But that describes a lot of things worth doing in pediatric specialty care.🙂
You will get to say the following words, almost daily "Yes, you need to take out the central line."
It is not competitive, it doesn't pay well, and it is hard work. But that describes a lot of things worth doing in pediatric specialty care.🙂
You will get to say the following words, almost daily "Yes, you need to take out the central line."
Oh, so trueI believe James Bass (who was a military Peds ID guy) was considered a legend in the field (our and the local children's hospital ID folk talked a good bit about him)
