The Allergy-Immunology Fellowship is a two-year program, with an optional third year dedicated to research, designed to give fellows room to concentrate on the experiential training and academic subjects that matter to them. During the first two years, fellows will spend 50% of their clinical time in direct patient care activities, including both inpatient and outpatient care and clinical conferences. The program consists of 80% pediatric Allergy and Immunology training completed at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, one of the largest free-standing pediatric hospitals in the United States. The program consists of 20% adult Allergy and Immunology training completed at UAMS, the states’ leading and only academic health system.
Fellowship Year One
- The first-year fellows follow a block clinical schedule format that consists of rotating between our two clinical sites combined with an educational curriculum and scholarly/research activities.
- Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Clinic
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Adult Allergy and Immunology Clinic
- Fellows have their own weekly continuity clinic.
- Fellows also participate in a variety of other attending-led clinics:
- Adult Allergy and Immunology Clinic
- Pediatric Allergy Clinic
- Pediatric Immunology Clinic
- Pediatric Multidisciplinary Eosinophilic Esophagitis Clinic
- Pediatric Multidisciplinary Severe Asthma Clinic
- Pediatric Procedure Clinic
- Inpatient call is designated for 10 weeks during the first year.
- First-year fellows also expand their clinical immunology experience through a combined Immunodeficiency and Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) rotation that includes work in the ACH Special Immunology Laboratory and clinical care and didactics focused on Immunodeficiency and BMT during a four-week combined laboratory, clinical and research month during the first half of the year.
- First-year fellows are allotted up to eight weeks of elective time to work with specialties such as Dermatology, ENT, Pulmonary, Rheumatology and others.
Fellowship Year Two
- Second-year fellows follow a schedule that includes clinical care, a scheduled didactic/educational curriculum, and research as outlined in collaboration with their research mentor.
- Clinical responsibilities are limited to a weekly continuity clinic and one adult and pediatric half-day clinic per week.
- Inpatient call is designated to four weeks.
- Second-year fellows are allotted up to four weeks of elective time.
Fellowship Year Three (optional research year)
Third-year fellows follow a schedule outlined by their research mentor. Clinical experience during this year is individualized by the fellow and the program director.