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Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West

  1. Residencies & Fellowship Programs

The Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West provides comprehensive training in infectious diseases, preparing fellows for careers in clinical practice, research, medical education, and public health. With educational opportunities across all key areas, we offer training in general infectious diseases, emerging infectious diseases, HIV, hospital epidemiology, infection prevention and control, microbiology, transplant infectious diseases, and viral hepatitis. Our fellows also participate in infectious diseases research.

Our fellowship allows participants to tackle cases across a wide range of patient populations. Our fellows also engage in meaningful research, with possibilities in both clinical and bench investigations that typically result in presentations at conferences and peer-reviewed publications.

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Our program offers distinctive clinical training opportunities that provide fellows with experiences rarely found elsewhere. These include:

Institute for Advanced Medicine

The Institute for Advanced Medicine coordinates six HIV primary care centers across the Mount Sinai Health System to serve more than 10,000 HIV-infected individuals throughout the New York metropolitan area. It integrates outstanding physicians and multidisciplinary staff into unified delivery of accessible, affordable, and expert primary and specialty care to HIV patients and their families. Faculty and staff also provide coordinated specialty services including mental health, case management, social services, and clinical care across multiple specialties such as Cardiology, Endocrinology, Nephrology, and Rheumatology.

Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Program

Our fellows train in one of the largest outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy programs in the nation, occurring across Mount Sinai-Union Square, Mount Sinai Morningside, and Mount Sinai West. This training provides fellows with substantial experience in managing complex antimicrobial therapies in the outpatient setting, preparing them for the evolving landscape of infectious disease care.

To apply for the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program at Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West, candidates must have at least three years of post-graduate house staff experience in an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited residency.

All applications are processed through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and accepted according to the ERAS calendar. Please note that the name listed in ERAS is Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center Program (Icahn SOM St. Luke’s-Roosevelt-NY; NRMP: 2070146F0).

In addition to a completed ERAS application, each application must include:

  • CV
  • Medical School Transcript
  • Three Letters of Recommendation
  • United States Medical Licensing Exam Scores
  • Personal Statement and Photo

Division of Infectious Diseases Leadership

Michelle S Cespedes, MD
Michelle S Cespedes, MD

Professor, Global Health and Health Systems Design, and of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

Valida Bajrovic, MD
Valida Bajrovic, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West

David Perlman, MD
David Perlman, MD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; Mount Sinai-Union Square

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