Fellowship Program
Fellowship Program Conferences
Fellowship training is augmented by core conferences that consist of didactic conferences and case conferences.
Didactic conferences : The fellowship program participates in the Department of Pediatrics didactic conferences, which occur on a weekly basis. Topics include: statistics, ethics, finances, legal issues, quality and safety, and clinical research. In addition, there are weekly combined Adult and Pediatric Infectious Diseases conferences which include sessions on a wide variety of infectious disease topics and research. These occur twice a week.
Case conferences : Fellows are given the opportunity to present interesting cases at this conference.
Journal Club: Fellows discuss import articles in the literature, usually associated with a case presentation or as an isolated event. This usually occurs once per month at our Pediatric Infectious Diseases Rounds.
Research Seminars: These occur throughout the year and among various divisions in the University. Once a year, the attendings and fellows present their active research projects.
Infectious Disease Intercity Rounds: Intercity Rounds are held at hospitals throughout the NY metropolitan area. Columbia fellows present at these rounds when our institution is the host. Schedules are available at http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/6241.cfm.
Pediatric HIV Case Conference: These conferences occur once a week with the division's HIV clinical providers to discuss active cases in the HIV clinic. Antiretroviral management, resistance testing, and HIV primary care are discussed.
Weekly Pediatric ID Rounds: This is a weekly clinical conference to discuss interesting or challenging cases on the inpatient service. Emphasis is placed on understanding the differential diagnosis, diagnostic modalities, and treatment and prevention strategies.
Other conferences are available throughout the medical center and the university and are open to attendance. These conferences at the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (CIRAR), and the Fogarty and Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiologic Research.