About Us
Our division serves as an infectious disease academic center of excellence in Florida. We impact the quality of healthcare statewide by developing and maintaining collaborative relationships with the infectious disease components of all Florida Colleges of Medicine and the statewide Department of Health's County Health Departments.
- 40 full-time faculty members
- Committed to research, teaching, and patient care
- Comprehensive ID Fellowship Training program fully accredited by the Council for Graduate Medical Education
- Fellows receive clinical training as well as education in laboratory and clinical research
- New Transplant ID Fellowship program
- Our faculty oversee tissue banking and operate a number of international programs
- Our faculty hold Chief of Infectious Disease and other important positions at our partner hospitals - including director of the new Global Emerging Diseases Institute (GEDI) at Tampa General Hospital
Announcements
Bridging Nations: Development of New Exchange Opportunities in South Africa for the Infectious Disease Fellowship
We are thrilled to announce a significant milestone in our infectious disease fellowship program. Dr. Lauren Rybolt has successfully arrived in South Africa, marking the beginning of a promising collaborative research initiative and exchange opportunity for the USF Infectious Disease Fellowship program. This new international rotation aims to strengthen the ties between our institution and those in South Africa, fostering an exchange of knowledge and expertise in infectious diseases as well as global and public health.
This opportunity builds on 10 years of capacity building work, global health exchange, and research collaboration in South Africa by USF Assistant Professor J. Zachary Porterfield, MD PhD. Dr. Lauren Rybolt (PGY-5 Chief ID Fellow), has taken the initiative to help create this opportunity and will be working with Dr. Porterfield over a three-week period to evaluate the clinical and research opportunities for USF fellows in South Africa. Their progress in laying the groundwork for future collaborations has been met with warm reception from our partners in South Africa.
We are excited to see the impacts of this collaboration and eagerly anticipate more such initiatives as we continue to foster international collaboration and advance our understanding of infectious diseases.
Stay tuned for more updates as we continue this international collaboration and discovery journey.
2023 Healio Honoree Sandra Gompf, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Recognized by their peers, this year's honoree embodies the qualities of POWER: Passionate, Observant, Whole-Hearted, Empathetic, Reliable. Congratulations to USF ID Division's own Professor, Dr. Sandra Gompf, for recognition among 88 2023 Healio Honorees in 38 specialties across 78 institutions.
These superPOWERs are who we are as a Division, and our Faculty are our pillars. ID is a science-based profession that recognizes the whole person with humility and compassion. We love what we do and it shows.Through practice, research and the patient experience, health care professionals are creating a world where people trust them with their lives.
It is an honor for our team to work with Dr. Gompf! We appreciate all you do to contribute to and inspire the medical community.
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