The Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Program at BMC cares for patients who are receiving IV or oral antibiotics for severe infections. Infectious disease specialists and staff support patients on these high-risk medications to ensure that they recover safely.
Location and Contact
Infectious Diseases Department
Fax: 857.504.6246
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Infectious Diseases
Education and Training
Infectious Diseases Fellowship
BMC offers a two-year infectious diseases fellowship with an optional third year of research as part of the hospital epidemiology and antimicrobial stewardship track. Our program aims to produce well-rounded infectious disease practitioners with experience in microbiologic techniques, inpatient and outpatient care, and research.
Infectious Diseases and Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Our Infectious Diseases Department has partnered with the Grayken Center for Addiction to offer a three-year fellowship in infectious disease and addiction medicine. This unique program offers one year focused on clinical infectious diseases, one year focused on addiction medicine, and a third year focused on training that combines both disciplines.
Infectious Diseases Research Overview
BMC's infectious diseases faculty are leaders in research related to global health, hospital epidemiology and stewardship, HIV, public health, tuberculosis, Chagas disease, and more. This includes research at BMC's Infectious Disease Clinical Research Unit (ID-CRU), which manages ongoing research studies related to the care and treatment of people with HIV.