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Careers in A/I: Training Programs - Illinois
Address
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine Division of Allergy-Immunology 676 North Saint Clair Street, Rm#14018 Chicago, IL 60611 Phone: (312) 695-4147 or 4000 Fax: (312) 695-4141 Director
Pedro C. Avila, MD FAAAAI
Co-Director (Pediatrics)
Ramsay Fuleihan, MD
Contact
Shay Knuth
Email: shay-knuth@northwestern.edu Major Goals of Training Program
This fully-accredited program has a long-standing reputation for excellence in clinical training and clinical research. We have trained over 135 fellows since 1950s. Eight of our fellows and faculty have served as Presidents of the AAAAI, and 2 as Presidents of the ACAAI. Since 2004, the Adult and Pediatric Divisions of Allergy-Immunology have more than doubled their sizes with the addition of several basic science researchers and clinicians who greatly expanded opportunities for basic and clinical research, creating an excellent environment for training in academic career. The goals of this fellowship program is to train future clinical and scientist leaders in our field who will be apt to manage complicated cases and conduct research to advance science in Allergy and Immunology. Robert Schleimer, PhD, is the Chief of the Adult Division of Allergy-Immunology (17 faculty) located at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and Jacqueline Pongracic, MD, is the Chief of the Pediatric Division of Allergy-Immunology at the Children's Memorial Hospital (5 faculty), where Ramsay Fuleihan, MD Co-Directs the fellowship training activities in Pediatrics. Our outpatient and inpatient clinical services are busy (>15,000 visits/year). We train fellows to care for adults and children with a wide range of common to complex allergic and immunologic diseases. We also have joint clinical services with other Depts. to provide multidisciplinary care. Fellows attend several courses in clinical and basic allergy & immunology during their training, which are organized by our own faculty. Research programs take advantage of partnerships between our basic science and clinical faculty and of our collaborations with other Departments and Universities. There are multidisciplinary basic, translational and clinical research programs in innate immunity, chronic rhinosinusitis, suppression of IgE antibodies, occupational lung diseases, allergic rhinitis, idiopathic anaphylaxis, food allergy, eosinophilic esophagitis, leukocyte migration, mechanism of action of corticosteroids, primary immunodeficiencies, and asthma (epidemiology, obesity, ABPA, inner city, potentially fatal type, severe type, exacerbations, genetics and animal models). Our faculty is funded by 7 R01s, 1 U01, the NHLBI-AsthmaNet and the NIAID-Inner City Asthma Consortium. In addition, we have received funding from Foundations, AHA, AAAAI and other sources.
Trainees Accepted Each Year
4
Duration of Fellowship
3 years
Number of Graduates Last 5 Years and Subsequent Career Choice
20 (17 private practice, 3 full-time academic)
Application Deadline
Medicine: Dec. 31, PG-Y2; Pediatrics: Dec. 31, PG-Y2
Joint Residency (Fellowship) Availability
Negotiable
Electives for Residents and Students
Yes
Special Requirements
Eligibility for ABP or ABIM
RUMC-Stroger Integrated Allergy/Immunology Program, Rush University Medical Center (Rush Medical College) and The John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Address
Section of Allergy/Immunology
Department of Immunology/Microbiology Rush Medical College 1725 W. Harrison St., Suite 117 Chicago, IL 60612-3828 Phone: (312) 942-6296 Fax: (312) 563-2201 Email: allergy_trainingprogram@rush.edu Director
Giselle Mosnaim, MD MS
Major Goals of Training Program
The Rush University Medical Center/Stroger Hospital integrated fellowship program in Allergy/Immunology offers ACGME-approved training to physicians who have met requirements for certification in Internal Medicine or Pediatrics.
The program is fully accredited and provides two years of required training in classical allergy as well as basic and clinical immunology in preparation for certification by the American Board of Allergy and Immunology. Trainees see adult and pediatric patients under faculty supervision at both Rush and neighboring Stroger. This includes patients from varying socioeconomic backgrounds with a variety of diseases including rhinitis, asthma and other respiratory problems, dermatitis, primary and acquired immunodeficiencies and autoimmune diseases. Trainees work closely with both clinical and scientific faculty at both institutions. Special interests of the faculty include mechanisms of immediate hypersensitivity and biology of the allergic response, with emphasis on the role of neutrophils and eosinophils; epidemology of, and intervention for, allergic disease including asthma in inner city children; risk factors for anaphylaxis, and the management of primary immunodeficiency and autoimmune disease. Trainees Accepted Each Year
2-3
Duration of Fellowship
2 years of required training for ABAI certification
Number of Graduates Last 5 Years and Subsequent Career Choice
13 (1 full-time academic, 12 private practice)
Application Deadline
January 15, 2007
Joint Residency (Fellowship) Availability
No
Electives for Residents and Students
Program director's letter indicating satisfactory preparation for certification in Internal Medicine or Pediatrics
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