The Division of Infectious Diseases of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College offers an Infectious Diseases Fellowship based at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.  Our division is dedicated to training physicians to become leaders in the field of Infectious Diseases. 

We accept three fellows per year to our Program. Fellows will gain unparalleled clinical experience with a diverse patient community and multidisciplinary team to mature into compassionate, competent ID physicians.

Our fellows see patients at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital as well as several other locations for a well-rounded clinical experience.  Our fellows work alongside our 15 faculty members of the Medical College and actively manage patients on our general, opioid use disorder, solid organ transplant, bone marrow transplant, orthopedic surgery and neurological subspecialty consult services. 

In addition,  our program offers elective time to allow each fellow to tailor their training to their interest, for instance in medical education, Transplant Infectious Diseases, ambulatory HIV practice, critical care and global health.

There are plenty of opportunities for fellows to dive into research/quality improvement projects, educate other trainees including students and residents and partake in our Division's Antimicrobial Stewardship and/or Infection Control committees.

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Fellowship Benefits & Other Information

Thank you for visiting our website at Thomas Jefferson University Division of Infectious Diseases fellowship program. We welcome you to explore and learn about the many opportunities that await you as potential fellow in our program.

We are proud to offer several concentrated pathways within our Infectious Diseases fellowship program. These include additional and/or focused training in:

  1. Transplant Infectious Diseases
  2. Infectious Diseases-Critical Care Fellowship 
  3. Substance Use Disorder Associated Infections
  4. Medical Education

We are proud to celebrate our differences and believe a diverse training program and division strengthens our ability to serve our patients. 

We are constantly inspired by our fellows. Come join us and help shape not only your own education, but also the education of future Jefferson Infectious Diseases fellows for many years to come.

Devin Weber, MD  - Program Director 
Liz Novick, MD - Associate Program Director
Tina Melton - Program Coordinator

First Year

  • Inpatient consult service - 36 weeks (General, Transplant, Surgical, OUD)
  • Research - 8 weeks 
  • Elective - 2 weeks
  • Microbiology lab - 2 weeks
  • Vacation - 4 weeks

Second Year

  • Inpatient consult service - 22 weeks (General, Transplant, Surgical, OUD, Neuro)
  • Outpatient ID clinic - 6 weeks
  • Research - 8 weeks
  • ASP/IC - 4 weeks
  • Elective - 4 weeks
  • Subspecialty clinics - 2 weeks
  • Microbiology lab - 2 weeks
  • Vacation - 4 weeks

Outpatient

  • HIV clinic 1/2 day per week for all fellows with our HIV specialists
  • Transplant ID clinic while on service or elective
  • Lankenau outpatient clinic block in 2nd year (includes follow ups, new referrals, HIV, Hep C, Travel, miscellaneous)

Didactics

  • Weekly case management conference
  • Weekly board review
  • Weekly core curriculum lectures by faculty
  • Weekly microbiology rounds
  • Monthly HIV conference
  • Monthly journal club
  • Monthly city-wide conference amongst Philadelphia training programs
  • Quarterly IDSA guidelines reviews

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 

Thomas Jefferson University is an 800-bed university teaching hospital, based in Center City Philadelphia, with a broad referral base from the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Delaware tristate area. Fellows rotate on several consult services, including: general teaching service, solid organ transplant service, bone marrow transplant service, and neurological/neurosurgical service. Fellows will mentor other trainees, but will also have the opportunity to work one-on-one with faculty on specialty services. 

More information about Jefferson Health - Greater Philadelphia & South Jersey Region

Lankenau Medical Center

Lankenau Medical Center is a 500-bed community teaching hospital with a strong academic tradition. Fellows rotate on both inpatient and outpatient services with the Infectious Diseases physicians of the Delaware Valley Associates, including unique rotations in travel clinic consultation and exposure to private practice. Parking is free for fellows.

More information about Lankenau Medical Center

Drexel Partnership Comprehensive Care Pratice

The Drexel Partnership Comprehensive Care Practice (PCCP) is one of two sites where our ID fellows may rotate for their HIV continuity clinic experience.  PCCP has been a safe haven for many in our local community with HIV/AIDS and has one of the largest ambulatory patient panels.  PCCP offers an exceptional ambulatory experience inclusive of primary care, gender affirming care, behavioral health and case management.

More information about Drexel's Program

Wills Eye Hospital

Wills Eye Hospital is a freestanding eye hospital that has an affiliation with Thomas Jefferson University as its Department of Ophthalmology. The hospital includes an Emergency Department and four inpatient beds that fellows may visit while on the neurological/neurosurgical consult service.

More information about Will's Eye

We are enthused to offer several subspecitalty tracks within the field of ID to best prepare you for the career of your dreams.  These include:

ID-Critical Care Medicine 3-year combined fellowship

  • Fellows interested in pursuing a career inclusive of infectious diseases and critical care medicine may apply to our combined 3-year ID-CCM fellowship.  The program is administered through the Department of Medicine and is open to candidates who have completed an internal medicine residency training.  Upon completion of the combined fellowship, trainees will be eligible for board certification in both Infectious Diseases and Critical Care Medicine. 

Transplant ID

  • TID track will prepare the rising clinician to care for the immunocompromised patient with excellence.  Fellows should self-identify their interest in this concentration and notify the program leadership early in their training to best from the opportunity.
  • Fellows will have additional time on Transplant clinical services, as well as benefit from close mentorship from our Transplant ID faculty, access to research projects, and participation in journal clubs.

ID & Substance Use Disorder

  • SUD track will provide the Infectious Disease clinician with focused training to lead acute and longitudinal care for infectious complications of substance use disorder (SUD) and to develop a strong knowledge base of the treatment of SUD itself.
  • Fellows will have additional clinical time with addiction medicine, completing SUD focused research projects, and partaking in national modules.

HIV & Gender Affirming Care at the Drexel Partnership

  • Fellows will care for their HIV continuity patients at the Drexel Partnership Comprehensive Care Practice.  Fellows will be paried with faculty mentors from Jefferson and Drexel.  Fellows will master the wholistic care of persons living with HIV, as well as benefit from the site's gender-affirming care, opiod use disorder support, and research database.

Medical Education

  • The Medical Education concentration is ideal for the fellow who wishes to pursue a career as a clincian educator.  Fellows will utilize their elective blocks for formal didactics on learning theory, coupled with opportunities to train different learners with feedback over the 2-years.
  • Fellows will be paired with a mentor from our Medical Education Committee and provided opportunities for research in medical education for publication and presentation.

Class of 2026 Fellows

Isaac Daudelin, MD, PhD
Class of 2026

I was born and raised in New Jersey, completed medical training at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School with a combined PhD focused on the role of the immune system in drug distribution within tuberculosis pulmonary lesions and stayed to complete internal medicine residency.  I am thrilled to now be living in Philadelphia to complete my infectious disease specialty training at Jefferson. When I'm not in the hospital, I enjoy creating larger than life microbes by needle felting, exploring the diverse food scene in and around Philadelphia, and hiking around the surrounding parks.

Lucjan Lang, DO
Class of 2026

I'm originally from the Hudson Valley in upstate NY where I did most of my undergraduate and medical training before coming to Jefferson Health - New Jersey to complete my internal medicine training.  I came to Philly after visiting it a number of times during my residency training and fell in love with the city of brotherly love! Jefferson Health has been a great place to train in as an ID fellow, with a wide variety of pathologies, unique cases and a very supportive faculty has made it an incredible learning environment!  I enjoy going on runs in the woods, taking my dogs for walks and enjoying the great food scene in Philly!

Angelina Liddy, MD
Class of 2026

I was born and raised in Bucks County, PA. I attended medical school at St. George's University and completed my Internal Medicine residency and chief year at Jefferson Health - Northeast in Philadelphia. I am thrilled to continue my education in my home city of Philadelphia. Jefferson has provided me the opportunity to care for a diverse patient population, explore a broad range of pathology and learn from amazing faculty.  My interests within Infectious Diseases include orthopedic infections, tropical medicine, pandemic preparedness and tick-borne illnesses. Outside of medicine, I enjoy reading, hiking/camping, and spending time with familty and friends.

Welcoming our Class of 2027

Nicholas MacDonald, MD

Claire Zurlo, MD

Kaitlyn Barney, DO

Maliha Ahmed, DO
Class of 2021

Coming into fellowship the summer of 2019, there was no way I could have predicted that my training would include a worldwide pandemic. Prior to it, I was already receiving a first-class education in infectious diseases, simply by being at a large tertiary care center that acts as a referral hospital for many surrounding area hospitals. I was seeing cases that were transferred to Jefferson because the experts were here, and I was able to learn so much in a short period of time.

Once the pandemic was in full swing, I was able to witness how one department of a hospital system can contribute to and shape protocols that will affect every health care worker. My education at Jefferson has been highly clinical-based, but I will be walking away with a better understanding of hospital systems, infection control, and antimicrobial stewardship in ways that may not have been possible at other programs.

In addition to the learning, I was able to work with great mentors who I will continue to turn to as an attending. The faculty and staff here at Jefferson were all so welcoming, and I feel I was able to create real and lasting relationships that are invaluable to me.

Zahra Qamar, MD
Class of 2021

Entering the fellowship program, the thought of independently managing the complex patients at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital was daunting. Having worked with an outstanding faculty, I now feel confident to practice on my own. Weekly conferences, lectures, and a strong liaison with the pharmacy and microbiology departments has laid a strong foundation for my future career. I was fortunate to find true mentorship, something which was missing in my educational and training years. This has helped me immensely to grow as a learner, clinician, and an individual. I managed complex, rare, exciting, humbling, and bread-and-butter infectious disease cases; everyday has been a positive challenge and every experience a learning opportunity. Philadelphia and suburbs were a perfect place to raise my family - with good food, museums, parks, hiking trails, there is something new to do every time. I look forward to my future career and I know that in times of uncertainty, I will always have guidance and support from my co-fellows and the faculty.

Mitch Sternlieb, MD
Class of 2018; Attending, Delaware Valley Infectious Diseases Associates at Lankenau Medical Center, PA

I have very good memories from my time as an Infectious Diseases fellow at Jefferson. I formed close ties with the faculty and program staff. I am now thrilled to have them as colleagues. They taught me how to think critically about each patient and how to build an Infectious Diseases differential diagnosis - this was a collaborative process, and it was helpful to watch them model it alongside me. The faculty were genuinely interested in my personal and professional development and supported me in both areas. I also continued to build my relationships with the faculty at Delaware Valley Infectious Diseases Associates at Lankenau Medical Center, where I now work and continue to work with the Jefferson fellows. Perhaps the strongest ties I formed were with my co-fellows. We remain in close contact (almost daily) as close friends.

Anusha Govind, MD
Class of 2018; Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas

I trained at Thomas Jefferson for my internal medicine training, and quickly knew that I wanted to stay there for my infectious disease fellowship as well. I was lucky to match there and receive training under a stellar group of faculty. Every faculty member is knowledgeable and well versed in general infectious diseases, but are experts in their respective fields of infectious disease. As a fellow, you could reach out to an expert in every specific ID field, be it infections in immunocompromised patients or infection control or antibiotic stewardship. The pathology that we saw at Jefferson was humbling, and you see a wide breadth of cases in all areas of infectious disease. More important though than the superb clinical training was being treated as an equal colleague even as a fellow. Your ideas and plans were always valued on rounds, and there was always an exciting discussion to be had. While expectations of the fellows were very high, equal was the support that was provided by each and every faculty member. I had my first child during fellowship, and could not have asked for a better group of faculty and co-fellows to help manage a complicated and exciting time of life without any hindrance to my training. The collegiality between every member of the group is what I remember most about my time in the Jefferson ID training program. As an assistant professor now at UT Southwestern hospital in Dallas, I find myself constantly referring back to what I studied during fellowship to help treat patients. I have a built-in network of support and amazing mentors that I still turn to for help with managing complicated patients and for personal support and guidance. Philadelphia was also an amazing place to live, with a unique food scene and the ability to travel to many other metropolitan cities for a quick getaway. My years in the fellowship were a phenomenal two years that I will cherish for a lifetime. I’m always looking forward to heading back to Philly for a vacation and sitting in on an interesting Friday morning conference.

Puja H Nambiar, MD
Class of 2016; Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College, NYC 

I joined as an Infectious Disease Fellow at Thomas Jefferson University hospital in 2014. The decision was personal to move to Philadelphia, following residency training. When I look back in time, I can say it was one of my best career moves. Fellowship training at Jefferson was a fun learning joyride that I shared with my exceptional co-fellows. I was immersed in a diverse clinical experience that provided extensive exposure to ID, with unwavering support from faculty that were more like family. I felt confident to practice independently following my fellowship training. And above all got to enjoy a terrific city. I am so honored to be a Jefferson alumna!

Jay Sellers, MD
Class of 2014; Attending, Raleigh Infectious Diseases Associates, NC

I very much enjoyed my two years of ID training at Jefferson. I am very fortunate to have worked with several of the faculty, whom I consider mentors, and whom I model myself after every day in my current professional life. I found the environment to be very collegial, with the attending physicians always having their doors open to discuss patients, research projects, and future plans. The program is very unique in that fellows are exposed to both large-scale, urban academic medicine and private practice in a more suburban environment. I am currently in private practice and found the experience at Lankenau Hospital to be invaluable. The attending physicians there were extremely influential on my future in infectious diseases. Philadelphia is such a great city for learning medicine from a historical and cultural perspective as well - and the food scene is spectacular. I felt extremely well prepared to become an attending physician following completion of fellowship at Jefferson. We had weekly board review sessions, progressive autonomy with patient management, and a fund of knowledge obtained through weekly case presentations and lecture series. Of all the transitions in medical training, I have always thought the transition from fellow to attending was the smoothest - and this is because I was trained extremely well at Jefferson.

2025: Rochester Regional Health Infectious Diseases-NY

2025: Infections Limited East-NJ

2025: Thomas Jefferson University Infectious Diseases-PA

2024: Hackensack Meridian Health University Medical Ctr Infectious Diseases-NJ

2024: Allegheny General Health Infectious Diseases-PA

2024: Geisinger Infectious Diseases-PA

2023: Transplant Fellowship-Vanderbilt University, TN

2023: Main Line Health-Riddle Hospital, PA

2022: Albany Medical Center, NY

2022: Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson, NJ

2021: Delaware Valley ID Associates, PA

2021: Associates in Infectious Diseases, Abington Jefferson, PA

2020: Critical Care Fellowship Thomas Jefferson University; Associates in Infectious Diseases-Abington Jefferson, PA

2020: Upstate University Medical Center Infectious Diseases, NY

A selection of recently published and presented work by our Infectious Diseases fellows:

  1. Lazarevic, B., Daudelin, I., Feingold-Link, J., Damle, N., et al.  Enhancing Communication of Antimicrobial Side Effects for OPAT patients at Discharge.  IDWeek. Atlanta, GA.  October 22nd, 2025
  2. Singanamala., Walters, L., Weber, D., Comar, C.  QuantiFERON TB Gold Test Utilization during Inpatient and Emergency Department Encounters at a Multi-Site, Single Academic Institution.  IDWeek 2025 Atlanta, GA.  October 19, 2025.
  3. Papastamelos, C., Novick, E., Zurlo, J., Seval, N., et al. Viral Hepatitis and HIV Screening Amongst Inpatients with Substance Use Disorder:  An Initial PDSA Cycle Analysis.  Jefferson Health Equity and Quality Improvement Sumit. May 2025.
  4. Walters, L., Nassur, J., Weber., Pettengill, M.  The Use of BCID2 on CSF in Nosocomial CNS Surgical Site Infections.  Poster presented at IDWeek. Los Angeles, CA. October 17, 2024. 
  5. MacGuire. L., Zurlo, C., Urtecho., Weber, D.  "An Unusual Presentation of Meningitis".  Americal Academy of Neurology 2024 Annual Meeting. april 2024.
  6. Rockower, H., Yeager, S., Schulte, J., Coppock, D., Fenkel, J., Belden, K. Medication Access Barriers to Hepatitis C Anti-Viral Therapy Following Transplantation of Hepatitis C Positive Donors into Hepatitis C Negative Recipients.  Jefferson Health Equity and Quality Improvement Sumit. May 2024.
  7. Tsang, D., Cox, Avery.  "The Impact of Telemedicine on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Related Clinical Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic" was accepted for publication in AIDS and Behavior 2024.
  8. Glowacki, J, Weber, D, Coppock, D, Novick, E, Tucker, M.  Mixed Fungal Brain Abscess.  Contagion. March 2024. Mixed Fungal Brain Abscess (contagionlive.com)
  9. McCarthy, M., Glowacki, J., Livinsky, R. Taupin, D., Coppock, D. Removing barriers to tecovirimat for mpox-infected individuals via novel models of care delivery.  Poster presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine 2023 Annual Meeting Innovation in Healthcare Delivery, may 2023; Aurora, CO.
  10. Haddad, Sara., Zurlo, J., et al. Genetic Sequencing of Breakthrough Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infections in Fully Vaccinated Healthcare Workers. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice 31(1):e1202, January 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/IPC.0000000000001202