Fellows discuss strategies for treating Infectious Disease patients.

Infectious Disease Fellowship

Become an outstanding inpatient and outpatient consultant in infection control, treatment, and prevention as an Infectious Disease fellow.

Infectious Disease Fellowship

What sets us apart?

Infectious Disease fellows have opportunities to:

Provide inpatient care in a variety of settings, including one of Virginia's top medical centers, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
See patients weekly in continuity care and ambulatory clinics, including a half-day clinic focused on HIV medicine
Study global health, transplant infectious diseases, hospital epidemiology and HIV/AIDS care, treatment and coinfection with other diseases

A team of residents visits with a patient

Where you'll train

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is home to the area's only Level I trauma center and burn trauma unit, the region's premier heart program, and the primary teaching hospital for Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University. Its active heart, kidney, and pancreas transplant programs, High-Risk Obstetrics referral center status, Antibiotic Management Program, Infection Control Committee, and ID Specialty Group make it a great place for fellows to perform their inpatient consult service.

Hofheimer Hall

In our weekly half-day outpatient clinic at Hofheimer Hall, fellows provide care to a panel of more than 1,500 patients with HIV during their two years of fellowship. They also gain experience in common outpatient infectious disease consultations, including travel consultations, in our ambulatory clinic. Hofheimer Hall houses practice locations and offices in other specialties as well.

Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

‌Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters is the only freestanding children's hospital in Virginia. With 206 beds, it is the regional pediatric referral center for coastal Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. The hospital, a pediatric Level I trauma center, is home to the area's largest and most advanced neonatal and pediatric intensive care units, as well as the state's only acute inpatient rehabilitation unit. Faculty are involved in research locally, nationally and internationally.

Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center

The Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center has 142 acute beds in medicine, surgery, psychiatry and neurology, 234 extended care beds in intermediate medicine, palliative (hospice) care, spinal cord injury and nursing home care and a 294-bed rehabilitative residential care domiciliary for a total of 670 operating beds. Established in 1870, Hampton is the fourth oldest VA hospital in the country.

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Learn more about our GME programs

Our community-based Graduate Medical Education is one of the nation's few training programs in which all residencies are integrated among a number of hospitals and community clinic settings, instead of one fixed setting such as a university hospital. Our residents work at 14 teaching affiliate hospitals, staffing hospitals 24 hours a day, implementing new treatment methods and conducting research. They see patients from diverse backgrounds and work with community faculty.

Explore our shared campus

One of the benefits of attending this school is the proximity to CHKD and Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. The shared campus gives students access to educational opportunities as well as high-level subspecialty care.

See yourself in Hampton Roads

The Hampton Roads region is a vibrant community with 1.7 million residents scattered across nine cities and five counties in southeastern coastal Virginia.

Miles of waterfront, historical and cultural attractions, parks and outdoor recreation areas, lively nightlife, seasonal festivals, and family-friendly entertainment make it clear that there's something for everyone here in Hampton Roads.

We know life happens, and we want you to be covered when it does. That’s why we offer competitive benefits packages for our residents and fellows.

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A supportive environment

Work-life balance is important during your fellowship, and we are committed to supporting our fellows throughout their time here at the school. Through this, our residents and fellows receive the same wellness resources as our faculty and staff.

In addition, our for residents and fellows gives you access to support groups, after-hours counseling services, running clubs, leadership coaching, and more.

Contact Us

Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences
Infectious Disease Fellowship
at Old Dominion University
P.O. Box 1980
Norfolk, VA 23501

757.446.5910

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Accreditation status

The Infectious Disease Fellowship is a fully accredited two-year program leading to eligibility for certification in the Infectious Disease subspecialty of the American Board of Internal Medicine.

This website reflects current program information, including admission criteria and curricula. Information is subject to change.

Infectious Disease Fellowship

Become an outstanding inpatient and outpatient consultant in infection control, treatment, and prevention as an Infectious Disease fellow.