Fellowship Title: | Antimicrobial Stewardship |
Division: | Infectious Diseases |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Andrew M. Morris |
Duration: | 1-2 year |
Application Open and Close Date: | Minimum 6 months prior to start date |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1 annually |
Number of position(s) per year: | 2 (maximum) |
Description: | The Sinai Health System-University Health Network Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (SHS-UHN ASP) is the oldest and largest ASP in Canada, and has a wealth of experience in teaching antimicrobial stewardship to a variety of health professions, having run national and international antimicrobial stewardship courses. SHS-UHN ASP Team members include physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and project and research support teams. Many members are national leaders in the field. The SHS-UHN ASP Fellowship is a 1-2 year clinical and research fellowship for infectious diseases specialists, medical microbiologists, and general internists planning on leading an antimicrobial stewardship program. Fellows will gain clinical knowledge and experience around important antimicrobial stewardship interventions such as prospective audit-and-feedback, algorithm and guideline development, order sets, digital decision support, and education. Additionally, fellows will gain a first-hand understanding of quality improvement and knowledge translation, using these principles in implementing their own project within one or more hospitals. Fellows will also participate in regional, provincial, national, and international antimicrobial stewardship initiatives. |
Contact Name: | Dr. Andrew M. Morris |
Role: | Director, SHS-UHN ASP |
Telephone: | 416.586.4800 x8102 |
E-mail: | Andrew.morris@sinaihealthsystem.ca |
Mailing Address: | 415-600 University Ave. Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 |
Fellowship Title: | Transplant Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program |
Division: | Infectious Diseases |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Sasan Hosseini |
Duration: | 1 - 2 years |
Application Open and Close Date: | Open: June 1st Close: July 31st |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1 |
Number of position(s) per year: | 2 |
Description: | The University Health Network (UHN) and University of Toronto offer a world-class experience for graduating fellows seeking to develop, or continue developing, an academic career in transplant infectious diseases (TID). The program is based on the curriculum suggested by the AST Infectious Diseases Community of Practice and is further enhanced under the leadership and guidance of internationally recognized TID experts: Drs. Shahid Husain, Coleman Rotstein, Atul Humar, Deepali Kumar, Sasan Hosseini, and Asma Syed. Currently, we offer two training tracks for fellows entering our program: a one-year clinical track for fellows interested in a career as a clinician-educator and a two-year track for fellows interested in an academic research career. For inpatient consultation, fellows rotate through two sites, one that specializes in solid organ transplant (SOT) and the other in allo- and auto-stem cell transplant/leukemia/solid tumour. For a comprehensive outpatient experience, fellows have a once-weekly outpatient clinic throughout the fellowship. Fellows can also choose to do electives in primary SOT rotations, which enriches the transplant experience. In addition, we provide a well-structured weekly, interactive lecture series where invited speakers, core faculty, and fellows review the core and advanced topics in TID. Fellows interested in the research track are encouraged to participate actively in the research endeavors of our faculty and begin their own projects. We pay special attention to developing, clinical, translational and laboratory research skills through well-funded clinical and lab-based research programs in TID. Interested applicants are advised to submit their updated CV, statement of interest and three letters of recommendation. |
Contact Name: | Dr. Sasan Hosseini |
Role: | Program Director |
Telephone: | (416) 340-4800 ext. 3144 |
E-mail: | Sasan.Hosseini@uhn.ca |
Mailing Address: | Toronto General Hospital Peter Munk Building, 11 PMB 138 585 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario M5G 2N2 Canada |
Fellowship Title: | Tropical Medicine |
Division: | Infectious Diseases |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Andrea K. Boggild |
Duration: | 1 year |
Application Open and Close Date: | Rolling |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | Rolling |
Number of position(s) per year: | 2-3 |
Description: | This self-funded fellowship is intended to advance the knowledge and skill set of the trainee in the field of tropical medicine. This is not an introductory fellowship, and is only offered to those with advanced training or experience in the field of tropical medicine, typically signified by some developing world experience and/or graduate training. The fellowship is completed on a part-time basis (2.5-days per week x 1 year for clinical and scholarly work) so as not to impede the fellow's ability to engage in remunerative work that is either hospital or clinic-based. There is no on-call or patient care expectations beyond the time during which the fellow is in clinic with the supervisor. Teaching occurs around each clinical case, and is supplemented by formal and informal lectures, clinical scenarios, readings, and meetings throughout the year. The fellow will also have the opportunity to attend the full roster of educational rounds offered by the Division of Infectious Diseases at UHN, which includes weekly HIV rounds, weekly city-wide ID/Microbiology rounds, weekly clinical case rounds, weekly tropical medicine rounds, and monthly national tropical medicine rounds. The fellow will have the opportunity to engage in a scholarly activity of his or her choosing, and this may include writing of a case report(s) or book chapter(s), or completion of a QI or research project relevant to the practice of tropical medicine. If a QI or research project is selected as the scholarly activity, the supervisor will assist the fellow in obtaining competitive funding awards to enable presentation of the work at an international scientific conference. |
Contact Name: | Dr. Andrea K. Boggild |
Role: | Fellowship Supervisor |
Telephone: | 416-340-3675 |
E-mail: | Andrea.boggild@utoronto.ca |
Mailing Address: | Tropical Disease Unit, Toronto General Hospital 200 Elizabeth Street, 13EN-1350 Toronto, ON M5G 2C4 |