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The rotation for a first-year fellow includes 24 to 36 weeks of inpatient rotations, eight to 20 weeks of clinical research, and four weeks of microbiology rotation. During first year, each fellow selects a faculty mentor and scholarly project. The mentor will guide his/her research activity and development during the second year. 

The rotation for a second-year fellow includes 24 to 36 weeks of clinical research, eight to 20 weeks of inpatient rotations, and four weeks of infection control and antimicrobial stewardship. A second-year fellow is expected to present at least one poster in a national conference such as Infectious Diseases (ID) Week. The second-year fellow is allowed to attend ID Week.

• Transplant (bone marrow and solid organ transplant recipients - kidney, liver, pancreas, heart and lungs)
• Infections in leukemia, lymphoma, or other malignancies
• Immunocompromised host
• Bone, joint, and soft tissue infections
• Fever evaluations (including neutropenic fever, fever of unknown origin)
• Pleuropulmonary infections
• Gastrointestinal and intra-abdominal infections
• Sepsis syndromes
• Nosocomial Infections

• Organ system infections of the central nervous system, head and neck, respiratory, urogenital tract, etc.
• Endocarditis
• HIV/AIDS
• Hepatitides
• Infections in pregnant women
• Infections of prosthetic devices
• Trauma-related infections
• Travel and tropical medicine
• Hospital epidemiology and infection prevention
• Antimicrobial stewardship
• Bioterrorism

• Dermatological manifestation of diseases
• Pharmacy topics including pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic principles of antimicrobial prescribing, outpatient antimicrobial therapy, antimicrobial resistance, etc.
• Principles of prophylaxis: vaccination
• Introduction to biostatistics
• Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections
• Sexually transmitted infections/reproductive tract infections
• Vector-borne illness
• Food-borne illness
• Viral, fungal, mycobacterial, and bacterial infections
• Zoonoses