Transplant/Oncology Infectious Diseases Fellowship
The MD Anderson Transplant and Oncology Infectious Diseases fellowship enables trainees to become leading subspecialists in the transplant and oncology field of infectious diseases.
Fellows in our program gain more experience in a variety of common and uncommon infectious diseases in immunocompromised, cancer and transplant patients undergoing chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted cell therapy and stem cell transplant. They receive and participate in didactic and educational activities, including scholarly research.
Our program, which has been approved by the Texas Medical Board since 2019, also includes rotations to the Houston Methodist Hospital (HMH) and the McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC) for solid organ transplant.
A Letter from our Program Director
Dear applicant,
Hello and welcome. Thank you for your interest in our Transplant and Oncology Infectious Diseases Fellowship training program at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Our comprehensive cancer center offers inpatient and outpatient rotations to ID fellows who are seeking advanced training. Fellows who have completed the requirements for board certification in an ACGME-approved ID program, can seek additional training (1-2 years) in our Transplant and Oncology infectious Diseases nonstandard program (NST) approved by the Texas Medical Board.
Infectious Diseases clinicians and researchers are witnessing a revolution in cancer care with the development of new treatment modalities including immunotherapy and targeted cell therapies. Patients are severely immunocompromised during cancer therapy and post-transplant and have a substantial risk of opportunistic and life-threatening infections. Furthermore, the emergence of multidrug resistant organisms has significantly complicated their management. This created the need for advanced training in infectious diseases in transplant and oncology.
If you are interested in joining our NST program, I invite you to visit our website. There, you will find much information on the program, our faculty, rotations offered, our clinics and hospital. I am looking forward to hearing from you and please let me know if you have any questions. I can be reached at pcokhuysen@mdanderson.org.
Sincerely,
Pablo C. Okhuysen, M.D., FACP, FIDSA
Professor
Program Director, Transplant and Oncology Infectious Diseases
Meet our Current Fellow
Mamtha Balla, M.D., MPH, FACP.
Dr. Balla is a graduate from Deccan College of Medical Sciences in India. She received an MPH From Missouri State University in 2011. Completed her Internal Medicine residency at Abington Jefferson Hospital, Abington, Penn. She worked as a hospitalist physician at Promedica Toledo Hospital and was clinical assistant professor at the Department of Internal Medicine in the University of Toledo.
Our Alumni
Takahiro Matsuo, M.D. - 07/2023 - 06/2024
Inderjit Mann, M.D. - 07/2022 - 06/2023
Oscar Morado, M.D. - 09/2021 - 08/2022
Denise Francisco, M.D. - 06/2020 - 06/2021
Alexandre Malek, M.D. - 02/2020 - 02/2021
Shivan Shah, M.D. - 07/2019 - 06/2020
Julio Alvarez Cardona, M.D. - 01/2019 - 01/2020
For more information on the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program, please contact Dr. Okhuysen:
Pablo C. Okhuysen, M.D., FACP, FIDSA
Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Site Program Director for The University of Texas Health Science Center - McGovern School of Medicine
Site Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Baylor College of Medicine
Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program at MD Anderson
Phone: 713-792-6830
Email: pcokhuysen@mdanderson.org