Welcome to the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program at UTMB!
As you explore our website, you will discover one of the most distinctive ID fellowship programs in the United States. Located at the coastal edge of one of country's largest and most diverse metropolitan areas and home to one-of-a-kind training opportunities, UTMB is an ideal location to launch your subspecialty career.
Home to a world-class academic infectious diseases community, UTMB ID fellows have ample opportunities to engage in basic science, clinical/translational, QI, and/or educational research projects. In fact, our fellows have authored >30 publications and review chapters in the past 5 years and given presentations across the world at IDWeek, ASTMH, ESCMID Global, ACP National Meeting, and more.
We offer no fewer than seven longitudinal tracks to optimize trainees' professional development during fellowship including:
// Addiction Medicine - ID
// Aerospace - ID
// Antimicrobial Stewardship & Infection Control
// Clinical / Translational Research
// Global Health & Tropical Medicine
// Medical Education
// Transplant & Immunocompromised ID
Our Mission
We strive to develop outstanding infectious diseases specialists by equipping them with the requisite knowledge and skills necessary to demonstrate excellence in the specialty. Our program is academically oriented with a strong emphasis on research. There is an important focus on global health which is shared across the university. Reflecting the breadth of our field, we welcome bright, curious, and enthusiastic physicians from across the world to train with us on beautiful, historic, sunny Galveston Island.
Our Vision
We aim to be one of the most unique infectious diseases fellowship programs in the United States, training the next generation of ID physicians committed to excellence and improving the health of Texas and beyond.
Thanks for visiting and we hope to meet you soon,
J. Patrik Hornak, MD
Program Director, ID Fellowship
Associate Dean for Global Initiatives, John Sealy School of Medicine
Clinical Co-Director, AIDS Education & Training Center (AETC)
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine - Division of Infectious Diseases
Daniel J. Stanton, MD
Associate Program Director, ID Fellowship
Clinical Co-Director, AIDS Education & Training Center (AETC)
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine - Division of Infectious Diseases