Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellows at the University of Louisville provide medical services to patients with serious or complicated infections, such as HIV, meningitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, bone and joint infections and sepsis.  They provide care to children with primary immunodeficiencies and those undergoing both hematopoietic cell and solid organ transplantation.  Fellows also receive specific training in the prevention of hospital-acquired infections in children and in antimicrobial stewardship and are given the opportunity to play a key role in the infection prevention program at the children's hospital.

Norton Children's Hospital

Clinical service and teaching occurs at Norton Children’s Hospital and the pediatric infectious diseases office and multidisciplinary clinics at the Novak Center for Children's Health.  Fellows evaluate and care for serious and complicated infections in neonatal and pediatric patients, including immunocompromised hosts and evaluate ~600 new inpatients annually.  Outpatient visits number approximately 1800 per year, including, but not limited to children needing post-hospital care, those with congenital or acquired immune deficiencies, and infants with perinatal HIV exposure.  The division compromises seven faculty physicians and one nurse practitioner.

Novak Center for Children's Health located at 411 E. Chestnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

Fellows conduct research that culminates in the publication and presentation of scholarly papers that make important contributions to the field.  Research training sites include the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory of the University of Louisville, the Norton Children's Research Institute, and the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory of Norton Healthcare. Fellows also have the opportunity to work with the Child and Adolescent Health Research Design and Support Unit as well as to earn a Masters of Public Health at the School of Public Health and Information Sciences during their three years of fellowship training.  Additional learning and teaching opportunities occur through clinical experiences, didactic sessions, and multidisciplinary conferences.

The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship at the University of Louisville is a 3-year ACGME-accredited program. Established in 1994, the program produces outstanding clinicians, educators, and scientists who make major contributions to the field of pediatric infectious diseases through clinical service, teaching, and research.

Program Aims

1. Train fellows to provide expertise in the care of all children with infectious diseases, including the healthy child and the child with complex medical problems.
2. Produce excellent, independent clinicians with a service niche (including but not limited to care of the immunocompromised and neonatal host, antimicrobial stewardship, healthcare epidemiology, quality improvement/patient safety, vaccine advocacy) within the field of pediatric infectious diseases.
3. Train fellows to become outstanding clinician-educators.
4. Facilitate for each fellow the development of a research “toolkit” in the areas of clinical research and quality improvement

Faculty

The Pediatric Infectious Diseases faculty members are all recognized as exceptional teachers, role models, and leaders in their field. Each one is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases. They have a variety of research interests, including vaccine development, policy, implementation, and education; outcomes research in clinical infectious diseases; hospital infection control and epidemiology; antimicrobial stewardship; and management of infections in transplant and immunocompromised hosts.

University of Louisville Pediatric Fellowships

Visit the Pediatric Fellowships webpage to learn more about:

• How to apply for a pediatric fellowship
• Compensation & benefits for pediatric fellows
• Facilities where our fellows see patients, perform research, and learn
• What is it like to live in Louisville, Kentucky?