The Tulane University Adult Infectious Diseases Section is one of 9 internal medicine subspecialty sections within the Department of Medicine. Our clinical faculty provide infectious diseases inpatient and outpatient consultations at the main teaching hospital, Tulane Medical Center, as well as at University Medical Center New Orleans (formerly known as "Charity Hospital"), and at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System. In addition, we sponsor two Ryan White-funded HIV clinics in New Orleans (Total Health Clinic @ Ruth Fertel Tulane Community Health Center, formerly Tulane T-Cell Clinic) and Alexandria, LA (Tulane CD4 Clinic).
Our Section has an ACGME-accredited ID Fellowship Training Program, accepting 3 new fellows every July 1. Our location provides trainees with exposure to everything from HIV and TB, to geographic fungal infections, tropical diseases and most recently COVID-19. We have dedicated bone marrow and solid organ transplant ID services as well.
Our faculty are involved in research that spans the spectrum from community HIV trials, to next generation sequencing diagnostics, Dengue, Zika and now SARS CoV-2.
We are proud of our reputation as excellent clinicians and educators, and strive to provide compassionate and cutting-edge care to our patients.
In the words of Francis W. Peabody, "One of the essential qualities of the clinician is interest in humanity, for the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient."
Sincerely,
David Mushatt, MD, MPH&TM, FIDSA, FACP
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Tulane Adult Infectious Diseases Section
