The Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Tufts Medical Center (Tufts MC) provides comprehensive, compassionate and confidential care for every type of infectious disease, both in the inpatient and outpatient settings. We solve problems and are here to help with the most up-to-date treatments.
Everything we do is centered on improving health and preventing infectious diseases at the patient, hospital and global community levels.
For patients and referring physicians: Expect the best
Our dedication doesn't stop when our patients leave our care. We follow our patients until their problem is resolved. Our specialties in our outpatient clinic include infectious disease, comprehensive HIV care, travel medicine, complex wound care, outpatient IV antibiotics and the evaluation of patients before and after solid organ or bone marrow transplantation.
Communication with you, the referring physician, is our highest priority. We value the importance of including primary care or other referring doctors throughout your time in our care.
For trainees and researchers: Everything you need to succeed
Our state-of-the-art research in bacterial, HIV and other viral and parasitic diseases spans basic science, clinical research, outcomes and translational research in the U.S. and multiple international sites.
The division's high standards for medical training are combined with a rich teaching environment at all levels, including our ACGME-accredited Infectious Diseases Fellowship. Our over $4 million research budget includes $1 million for structured, mentored research training to help our fellows become independently funded academic researchers. To this end, we also funded higher education for MPH, MS or PhD degrees at the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences in Boston.
For the hospital community: Patient safety is #1
We promote patient safety through our infection control and epidemiology efforts. For example, our Antimicrobial Management Team helps control the spread of resistant microbes by promoting the appropriate use of antibiotics. We also provide collegial, same-day inpatient consultations to our physician colleagues on any aspect of preventing and treating infectious diseases, with close communication and coordination with multiple specialists. We are available for emergency consultation 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
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