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HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Tanvi Sharma, MD
Program Director,
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
Boston Children’s Hospital
Phone 617-355-6832
[email protected]
May 31, 2012
Dear Program Director,
Our Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training Program at Boston Children’s Hospital has an unexpected opening
for a position available beginning July 1, 2013. We welcome the opportunity to receive applications from current
residents from your program who may be interested.
Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) is a world-renowned institution ranked as the U.S. News and World Report Best
Children’s Hospital 2011-12. This 396-bed comprehensive pediatric care center serves as the world’s largest research
enterprise at a pediatric center, receiving more federal research funding than any other pediatric facility. BCH has over
25,000 annual admissions, 228 specialized clinical programs, and nearly 500 residents and clinical fellows.
Our pediatric infectious diseases fellowship program is a 3-year, ACGME-accredited program comprised of 86 faculty,
fellows, and staff. Fellows in our program provide consultative care to patients with general pediatric infections, surgical
site and hardware infections, cardiac infections, and patients in the ICU or on ECMO. In addition, our
immunocompromised hosts service evaluates infections in solid organ and stem cell transplant recipients, HIV-infected
children and adolescents, patients with congenital immunodeficiencies, and neonates. Our outpatient clinics care for
patients with a broad range of community-acquired infectious diseases, HIV infection, congenital infections, and conduct
pre-transplant infectious assessments. These clinical experiences provide an unparalleled opportunity for fellows to
receive comprehensive training in the management of both common and complex infections in children.
The training of fellows in our program is further enhanced by a structured, integrated research training model that
provides strong mentorship, funding resources, protected time for research, and opportunities for formal coursework in
research methodologies. Many fellows in our program are able to complete a Masters in Public Health or Masters of
Science in Epidemiology and other degree programs during the research years of their training. Fellows benefit from
research mentorship provided by distinguished faculty not only from our division and Boston Children’s Hospital, but
also from the greater Harvard-wide community, including Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General
Hospital, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, Dana Farber
Cancer Institute, and many others. Faculty in our division are currently conducting research in an array of fields relevant
to infectious diseases including microbial pathogenesis, host responses and vaccines, epidemiology, health services and
health policy, and global health. Ninety percent of our graduating fellows in the last 10 years currently work in academic
positions or at the NIH or CDC, and greater than 50% of fellows have received independent research grants.
I hope that I have been able to convey the remarkable attributes of our training program, and I would be delighted to
speak with anyone who is contemplating a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases. Please direct interested
candidates to my e-mail address [email protected]. Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Tanvi Sharma, MD