This 12 week clinic covers the clinical rotations focused on opioid use disorders in relation to infectious diseases.
Core Faculty
Jessica Meisner, MD
Track Director
Jillian Baron, MD, MPH
Zsofi Szep, MD
Jessie Torgersen, MD
Key Required Clinical Experiences
- 12 weeks clinical ID rotations (preference to HIV primary service and HUP Cedar)
- Second ID clinic
- Potential sites include: Lax/FIGHT, Prevention Point Philadelphia, Center for Viral Hepatitis at PPMC, PWID/ID discharge clinic at HUP
- Rotation with Addiction Medicine team (at PPMC)
- May be substituted for addiction rotation at VA or Addiction Psych at HUP
- Buprenorphine prescribing clinic experience
- 1-week rotation at Prevention Point
This will include both clinical and non-clinical experiences
Elective/Optional Clinical Experiences
- Shadowing experience with CORE navigators
- Shadowing experience with methadone clinic/NA if possible
- Attending weekly Endocarditis huddles with CT surgery about the PWID admitted
- Attending Opioid Task Force meetings (HUP/UPHS)
- Outpatient wound care rotation at Prevention Point
- Rotation at the Center for Viral Hepatitis at PPMC
May involve work with Advocacy and HepCAP
- ID Care Integration in SUD Inpatient and Outpatient Programs
This is a potential opportunity for fellows beyond this period to imbed themselves within these programs for a week to understand challenges/barriers in care cascades.
- Involvement with EHE meetings and PEP COE
- Toxicology shadowing for drug screens
Key educational experiences
- Research or QI project related to Substance use/ID topic
- Goal of project is to submit ID week abstract/publication
- Attend Addiction fellowship didactics when possible
- Gain comfort with buprenorphine prescribing and all forms of MOUD
- Applying for the fellowship immersion training in addiction at BU