Message from the Program Director
Fellowship Program Director
Thank you for your interest in the UAMS Infectious Disease Fellowship Program, which is fully accredited by the ACGME. We pride ourselves on developing infectious disease physicians who graduate with excellent clinical acumen. The fellows see patients at the UAMS Medical Center and at the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital, which both provide a wide breadth of infectious disease pathology. In addition, each fellow has a panel of HIV patients that are followed in the outpatient clinic, scheduled one half-day each week.
Each year we accept two fellows into our program. Each fellow will complete two years of clinical training, which includes 12 months on general infectious disease consult service. There are many other opportunities for learning to complete your education, including rotations in inpatient HIV/ID service, orthopaedic infectious disease consult service, transplant infectious disease consult service, microbiology, antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention, public health at the Arkansas Department of Health and time dedicated to research.
We take pride in the history of our Division of Infectious Diseases, starting with the founding division directors, Dr. Robert Abernathy and Dr. Robert Bradsher, who were leading researchers in the early years of blastomycosis, to our current division director, Dr. Michael Saccente. We have a good group of infectious disease physicians who enjoy the camaraderie at work and social events. We look forward to meeting you and telling you more about our program!
Ryan Dare, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Fellowship Program Director
Email: rdare@uams.edu