Alumni excellence in all areas of ID:

// 50 : 50 split between academic medicine and private practice careers

// Leadership roles in antimicrobial stewardship, HIV, medical education, public health, tropical medicine programs

// Many current UTMB ID faculty are program graduates

// 100% board pass rate for 10+ years with weekly board review

Wide-ranging backgrounds, connections, and interests of fellows and faculty:

// From HIV to murine typhus to fascioliasis to drug development

// From Peru to Nepal to Colombia to Japan to Switzerland

// UTMB - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) Collaborative Research Center in Cusco, Peru

Signature clinical programs, including:

// World's only corrections hospital at an academic medical center (TDCJ-Hospital Galveston)

// Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program

// Federally designated Biocontainment Care Unit (BCU) and associated special pathogens program

// Global telemedicine operations with cruise lines and remote scientific stations in Antarctica

// Level 1 Trauma Center, the world-class Blocker Burn Unit, and rapidly growing Texas Transplant Center

// Partnership with St. Vincent's House, one of the USA's largest student-run free clinics

1st authored publications (by fellows!) in premier journals:

// Clinical Infectious Diseases

// Open Forum Infectious Diseases

// Transplant Infectious Diseases

// American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene

Fellow-led national and international presentations at top-tier meetings:

// IDWeek (Infectious Diseases Society of America)

// ASTMH Annual Meeting (American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene) 

// ESCMID Global (European Society of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases)

// ACP National Meeting (American College of Physicians)

// Texas Medical Center Antimicrobial Resistance & Stewardship Conference

One-of-a-kind educational opportunities:

// Longitudinal tracks (seven!) including a one-of-a-kind aerospace - ID pathway

// Elective rotations (seventeen!) to explore any and all interests in infectious diseases

// Opportunities for advanced fellowship training & graduate school (M.S., M.P.H., M.A.)

// International medical education exchange partnership with Teine Keijinkai Hospital in Sapporo, Japan - in conjunction with UTMB's Internal Medicine Residency Program

Signature geographical location:

// Located in one of the country's largest and most diverse metropolitan areas, 1 hour south of Houston

// All at once, UTMB is coastal, urban, suburban, & rural

// TDCJ-Hospital Galveston receives patients from across Texas

// Galveston's thriving tourism and cruise ship industries offer unique clinical cases due to a significant population of travelers and maritime workers