Medicine-Pediatric Track

About Our Medicine-Pediatrics ID Training

This training track in Medicine-Pediatrics is the product of a collaboration between BIDMC and Boston Children’s Hospital Infectious Diseases Fellowship Programs and launched in 2014. The track accepts graduates of Medicine-Pediatrics residency training programs who are interested in continuing fellowship training in both adult and pediatric infectious diseases. Throughout the track curriculum, fellows train in clinical adult and pediatric infectious diseases, take advantage of a broad array of superb, integrated educational conferences and dedicate two full years to closely mentored research projects in their area of interest.

Interested and qualified applicants are accepted to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC)-Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Fellowship training track on a case-by-case basis. Because this track is not a formal combined Infectious Diseases (ID) fellowship program through the NRMP, interested candidates should apply to both the BIDMC and BCH categorical ID fellowship programs through ERAS and indicate in the personal statement a desire to pursue combined training. BIDMC and BCH Infectious Diseases Fellowship program directors, Dr. Wendy Stead and Dr. Tanvi Sharma, work together closely to review fellowship applications and coordinate interview invitations for eligible candidates. Once a candidate matches with our programs, a petition is submitted for combined training to the ABIM and ABP.

Our first Medicine-Pediatrics ID fellow graduated from this combined program in 2017 and we have successfully matched 6 fellows to this training track since its inception. Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to reach out with any questions to either Dr. Stead or Dr. Sharma. We would love to hear from any fellows interested in this unique and exciting training pathway.

Learn more about our current fellows on our Infectious Diseases Program Fellows page.

Medicine-Pediatrics ID Fellowship Alumni

Our program alumni are Preeti Mehrotra, MD, MPH (2017) and Rose Lee, MD, MSPH (2020).

Application Process

Candidates who have completed a residency in Internal Medicine or Medicine-Pediatrics will be considered for entry into the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training Program. Applicants for this training path will be considered on a case-by-case basis and will submit applications to both programs. If invited for interviews, dates will be coordinated between BIDMC and BCH for the convenience of the applicant.

Learn more about program requirements and how to apply.

Contact Us

Wendy Stead, MD
Email Dr. Stead
617-632-0772

Tanvi Sharma, MD
Email Dr. Sharma
617-919-2900

Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
Email: mgunnin2@bidmc.harvard.edu
617-632-0760