It is the only private tertiary-care university hospital in New Orleans. These four hospitals provide the training program with a unique balance of general pediatric patients and subspecialty patients. In addition, we staff a weekly pediatric tuberculosis clinic for the State of Louisiana. During the first year of training, fellows spend six to eight months on the clinical infectious diseases service under the direct supervision of a full-time faculty member. The remainder of the first year is devoted to an introduction to clinical and laboratory research in infectious diseases.
Fellows have the opportunity to work in the laboratories of the full-time members of the division.
In addition, the laboratories of members of the Departments of Microbiology at Tulane and LSU, the Tulane School of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, and the Delta Regional Primate Center are available. The program is closely affiliated with the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and fellows have the option of earning an M.P.H. during their training. The majority of the second and third years of fellowship is spent in pursuing an individual research project in preparation for a career as an independent investigator. Senior fellows are given the opportunity to function as a consultant at the attending level. Dr. Russell Steele is head of pediatric infectious diseases at LSU and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics.