Director’s Letter

Dear colleague! Welcome to our program.

Our fellowship program aims to create an environment that prepares leaders in integrative and innovative general Infectious Diseases care. We are here to support realization of your educational and professional goals.

We offer robust training in clinical infectious diseases in a busy healthcare system encompassing several hospitals. Rochester General Hospital has an LVAD service, oncology/hematology wards, several ICUs, and is on track to establish a stem cell transplant program. Unity hospital offers comprehensive hepatitis and HIV care clinic. You will have the opportunity to work hand-in-hand with our superb, innovative infection preventionists and the IDSA designated Center of Excellence antibiotics stewardship program members. At the trying time of the COVID-19 pandemic, our department participated as a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and therapeutics clinical trials site. We make a difference.

Our program's values reflect the personal values of our members: community-orientation, inclusiveness, quality improvement, and pursuit of knowledge and innovations. Above all, we strive to prepare specialists who can make their communities healthier. We encourage fellow participation in quality improvement projects within rotations intended to develop leadership skills, a must-have aptitude for infectious disease specialists.

In 2013, I rotated at Rochester General Hospital as a fellow. Two years later, I had the honor to join my teachers as an infectious diseases consultant and worked my way to the supervisor of the Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotics Therapy (OPAT) service and the program director. Take advantage of our novelty program and work with our topmost experienced educators and impactful mentors. My rotation at RGH as a fellow influenced my personal and professional development, and I hope you can have the same experience here.

Review prolific publications of the ID department members, contact us with questions, and join us!

Sincerely,

Olga Vasylyeva, MD.
Program Director

About the Rochester General Hospital Infectious Diseases Fellowship

Program Vision

To prepare leaders in integrative and innovative Infectious Diseases care for healthier communities  

Program Mission

To be the regional excellence program that educates and trains leaders in adult Infectious Diseases according to ACGME core competencies 

Program Values

1. Community orientation
2. Inclusiveness
3. Quality improvement
4. Integrative medicine
5. The pursuit of knowledge and innovations in health care  

In our program fellows will:

1. Obtain clinical competence by experiencing comprehensive training in both inpatient and outpatient settings for a broad range of infectious diseases.
2. Acquire knowledge and cognitive skills to be an effective independent ID physician.
3. Develop life-long learning skills and establish a strong foundation for continued professional growth.
4. Learn quality improvement, healthcare finance and healthcare system operations from prospect of infectious diseases practice.
5. Learn about critical review of medical literature, research design, informed consent, ethics in research and research results presentation.

Areas of Study

First year fellows

• Inpatient ID consultation – 36 weeks
• Ambulatory ID – 4 weeks
• Elective/Research – 4 weeks
• Microbiology – 2 weeks
• Pharmacology – 2 weeks
• Vacation – 4 weeks

Second year fellows

• Research- 24 weeks
• Inpatient consultation – 12 weeks
• Ambulatory ID – 4 weeks
• Antibiotic stewardship/Infection Prevention – 4 weeks
• Quality improvement – 4 weeks
• Vacation – 4 weeks

Benefits & Compensation

PGY – 4: $68,000

PGY – 5: $70,000

The following is a list of benefits granted to all fellows.