Department of Internal Medicine

Infectious Disease Fellowship Program

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Katelyn Booher, D.O., Director

The Infectious Disease Fellowship program is fully accredited and two years in duration. The primary emphasis is on training infectious disease experts in clinical infectious diseases. As part of the fellowship, trainees will study a wide variety of infectious diseases at the primary teaching institutions, including the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), a 338-bed referral facility, and Miami Valley Hospital (MVH), a large community teaching hospital affiliated with Wright State University. In addition, fellows rotate at the Dayton Children's Hospital (DCH) to gain experience in pediatric infectious diseases.

Qualified fellowship candidates must have U.S. citizenship or permanent residency. All applications must be submitted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Interviews are scheduled by invitation in September or October. Fellowship positions are filled through the match (NRMP).


Fellowship Documents (PDFs)


Sample Rotation Schedule

Month

 

July

VA (F1)

August

MVH (F2)

September

MVH

October

MVH

November

VA

December

VA

January

VA

February

MVH

March

Transplant

April

MVH

May

Research

June

VA

July

VA


  • Clinical rotations are divided between the VAMC and MVH. One month of pediatrics is done during the first year at the DCH.
  • During the first month, the fellow will have a two-week clinical microbiology/research rotation.
  • The fellow has three months for research in the first year and four months in the second year.
  • During the second year, (contingent on current COVID restrictions) a one-month transplant rotation is scheduled at the University of Cincinnati.
  • Fellows will have two continuity clinics throughout the two-year fellowship: Five Rivers Health Center HIV clinic on Friday mornings, and Dayton VA General ID/HIV clinic Tuesday afternoons. If the fellow has specific interests, wound care clinic can be arranged as well.
  • There are two main conferences each month: a journal club and a citywide clinical conference. Fellows present at both.
  • Faculty are divided between the main training sites. There are seven adult medicine fully-affiliated faculty and one pediatric infectious diseases physician.

Faculty Members

Faculty Member

Hospital Affiliation

Sherman Alter, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics

Dayton Children's Hospital

Jack M. Bernstein, M.D, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Pathology Dayton VA Medical Center
Katelyn Booher, D.O., Program Director Miami Valley Hospital

Steve Burdette, M.D., Professor of Medicine

Miami Valley Hospital

Thomas Herchline, M.D., Professor of Medicine

Miami Valley Hospital

Michael Klatte, M.D., Division Chief, Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Dayton Children’s Hospital
Bradley Lloyd, M.D., Professor of Medicine Dayton VA Medical Center

Hari Polenakovik, M.D., Professor of Medicine

Dayton VA Medical Center

Ryan Q. Simon, M.D., Assistant Professor Miami Valley Hospital
William Starrett, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor Dayton VA Medical Center
Jon Woltmann, M.D., Assistant Professor Dayton Children’s Hospital

 

Last edited on 08/19/2022.