The Infectious Diseases Residency program began in 2021, and since then, one position has been available annually. It will have its first graduate in 2024.

Time: 3 years in the Making

Program type: Residence post-basicIt requires prior completion of residency in Internal Medicine or a related clinical specialty (e.g., Family Medicine or Intensive Care).

Title:  The residency program is recognized by the National Ministry of Health, which allows graduates to obtain specialty certification from the Ministry and has the academic endorsement of the Universidad Austral.

Infectious diseases are a clinical specialty dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infectious diseases, both community-acquired and healthcare-associated. It is a cross-disciplinary field that constantly interacts with multiple clinical and surgical specialties, actively participating in the care of complex patients and in the multidisciplinary approach to various pathologies.

The Service's healthcare activity encompasses outpatient and inpatient care, in both clinical and surgical areas, including highly complex programs such as transplants and immunocompromised patients.

The Infectious Diseases Department offers a residency program with a healthy ratio of staff members to residents, allowing for close support throughout the training process. Residents carry out their clinical, academic, and teaching activities under continuous supervision, actively participating in clinical decision-making and interdisciplinary work with other hospital departments.

• Number of residents: 1 per year (currently 3 residents in total).
• Guards: Passives.
• Schedule: 08:00 a 16:00 h.
• Observership & hands-on training Internal rotations in bacteriology, infection control, pediatric infectious diseases and HIV: with the possibility of completing an extra elective national or international rotation.
• Weekly teaching hours: Approximately 8 hours.
• Holidays: 28 days per year.

• High complexity and diversity of patients
  The service operates both on an outpatient and inpatient basis, providing care for patients with complex infections such as HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, infections in transplant recipients and immunocompromised patients, critical infectious diseases, osteoarticular infections, and cardiovascular conditions. It also includes specialized areas such as travel medicine and immunizations.

• multidisciplinary approach
  The service is part of the Department of Internal Medicine and works across multiple hospital specialties, including traumatology, cardiology, transplant teams, critical care areas, and institutional infection control and hospital epidemiology programs.

• Human, ethical and holistic development
  The residency promotes professional training based on clinical responsibility, critical thinking, teamwork, and a commitment to patient safety and infection prevention.

• Active scientific activity
  The department is actively involved in national and international academic activities, including regular presentations at infectious disease and clinical microbiology conferences. It also conducts clinical research and participates in multicenter studies, publishing in national and international scientific journals.

• Collaborative work environment
  The team works in an integrated manner with different hospital services and participates in collaborative research networks and multicenter study groups in infectious diseases.

• Links with scientific societies
  The members of the service are members of the Argentine Society of Infectology (SADI) and actively participate in its committees and academic activities.

Head of Service

Dr. María Laura Pereyra

Head of Service

Area of ​​expertise: immunocompromised patients, infections in solid organ and bone marrow transplantation. Member of the Committee on Infections in Immunocompromised Patients of the Argentine Society of Infectious Diseases (SADI).

Staff

Dr. Guillermina Kremer
Lecturer in the area of ​​Infectious Diseases in the Master's Program in Diabetes
Area of ​​expertise: osteoarticular infections (member of the SADI Osteoarticular Infections Commission), perinatal infections and travel medicine.

Dr. María Eugenia Harispe
Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology, Medicine Program, Universidad Austral.
Area of ​​expertise: immunocompromised patients, HIV, vaccines (Advanced University Diploma in Vaccinology) and perinatal infections.

Dr. Rocío Gago
Lecturer at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Austral.
Teacher in the SAT Higher Course.
Area of ​​expertise: immunocompromised patients, infections in solid organ transplantation and travel medicine.
Coordinator of the Solid Organ Transplant Infections Commission SADI-SAT.

Dr. Nicolás Zuljevic

The entire medical team of the Infectious Diseases Department actively participates in the training of residents as a teaching team and tutors.

The profile of the graduate of the Infectious Diseases residency will be that of a specialist physician with adequate humanistic, ethical, scientific and technical training, with the ability to solve the health problems presented, based on respect for diversity, taking into account the socioeconomic, cultural and epidemiological context, both in hospitalized patients and in outpatient care.

Furthermore, their training will enable them to integrate into healthcare teams by developing skills related to the surveillance, prevention, and control of infections in their various settings.

They will have adequate training in the epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections and diseases.

He will be able to diagnose and treat infectious diseases appropriately, both in outpatient settings and in patients requiring hospitalization.

You will have the appropriate knowledge to be able to design and implement policies for the responsible use of antimicrobials

You will have acquired knowledge that will allow you to optimize diagnostic resources and properly interpret the results of studies frequently used in infectious disease practice.

You will be able to present scientific papers in various settings (conferences, workshops, consensus statements, etc.) and/or publish them. Furthermore, you will be able to teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses on topics related to your specialization.

The work environment in the infectious diseases residency program is characterized by the continuous support provided to residents by the staff. Fluid communication and mutual respect among colleagues allow for the efficient management of the complexity of infectious diseases, transforming the daily challenge into a motivating professional growth experience and a strong sense of camaraderie.

Dr. Rocio Gago
RGAGO@cas.austral.edu.ar
Cell. 1134799548.

Dr. Maria Eugenia Harispe
MHARISPE@cas.austral.edu.ar
Cell. 2344426086.