Statement of Support for 2019 IDSA Fellows (FIDSA)

Nominate a Colleague

Please use this form to submit a supporting letter to nominate a colleague for IDSA Fellowship. Fellowship recognizes individuals who have achieved professional excellence and provided significant service to the profession. Applicants may meet the specified criteria for either the clinical practice or academic/investigator/administrator track.

Clinical Track: Clinical practice of infectious diseases or related field as primary activity. Service to the profession must be significant in quality and have local, regional, or national impact as described at the bottom of this form.

Academic/Investigator/Administrator Track: Clinical or basic research, administration, or teaching in infectious diseases or in a related field as primary activity. Service to the profession must be significant in quality and have local, regional, or national impact as described at the bottom of this form.

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* 1. Who are you nominating for IDSA Fellowship?

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* 2. Please confirm that the fellowship candidate has been an IDSA member for at least 5 years after completing fellowship training.

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* 3. Your Contact Information

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* 4. Your relationship to the candidate

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* 5. Is the candidate applying in the clinical or academic/investigator/administrator track?

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* 6. Supporting Statement. Describe the candidate's work and how they specifically meet the criteria in the fellowship track they are applying for. The criteria for each track are detailed below (Max length: 2000 characters). Please enter your comments below, the box is sized to accommodate a 2000 character statement without scrolling.

Clinical Track: Clinical practice of infectious diseases or related field as primary activity. Service to the profession must be significant in quality and have local, regional, or national impact as described below.

Clinical Track candidates must meet the following criteria:

1. Continuing identification with the field of infectious diseases (as infectious diseases clinician, researcher, microbiologist, epidemiologist, pharmacologist, or administrator)

2. National or local recognition

Local recognition
Evidence of local recognition could include any of the following: organization and/or participation as a teacher in local courses; and/or service as an officer for a local or state infectious diseases society; and/or documented excellence as a teacher, clinical microbiologist; and/or clinical appointment at a medical school (associate professor or higher); and/or leadership positions in hospital (e.g., related to infection control, pharmacy, and microbiology); and/or leadership in local or state public health initiatives (e.g., related to planning for bioterrorism or pandemic influenza).

National recognition
Service on committees and task forces of IDSA; service on national committees addressing infectious diseases issues, e.g., those of the American Medical Association (AMA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

3. Publication of work

Publication after post infectious disease Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) training is not a requirement for advancement to fellowship in the clinical track. However, significant contributions to articles in peer-reviewed journals (e.g., case reports, case series, and review articles), chapters in textbooks, and/or contributions to other publications endorsed and disseminated by hospitals or health departments provide additional evidence that candidates for fellowship in this track have met the scholarly and pedagogical expectations of a fellow.

Academic/Investigator/Administrator Track: Clinical or basic research, administration, or teaching in infectious diseases or in a related field as primary activity. Service to the profession must be significant in quality and have local, regional, or national impact as described below.

Academic/Investigator/Administrator candidates must meet the following criteria:

1. Continuing identification with the field of infectious diseases (as infectious diseases clinician, researcher, microbiologist, epidemiologist, pharmacologist, or administrator)

2. National or local recognition

Local recognition
Evidence of local recognition could include any of the following: medical school appointment as associate professor or above; and/or documented excellence as researcher, administrator, teacher; and/or appointment as department head or head of infectious diseases division.

National recognition
Principal investigator or major investigator on National Institutes of Health (NIH), Veterans Administration (VA), CDC, foundation or industry sponsored grant; IDSA committee membership; NIH study section or VA merit review board member; and/or invited participant in national/international meetings

3. Publication of work

Five or more substantial, scholarly first-authored publications or 10 or more multi-authored publications in peer reviewed journals; and evidence of continued productivity as a researcher and scholar since completed training, e.g., via presentations at national/international meetings and publications