Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program

This two-year fellowship trains a total of 3-5 internal medicine and/or pediatric physicians per class in the field of Allergy and Immunology. During training, physicians will become experts in areas including asthma, allergic rhinitis, food/drug/vaccine/insect allergy, immunizations, urticaria/angioedema and immunodeficiency. Graduates will be proficient in procedures including prick and intradermal skin testing, immunotherapy administration and management, asthma testing, food and drug challenges, rhinoscopy, patch testing, and drug desensitizations. Upon completion of training, physicians are board-eligible and boast an 100% board pass rate since 1998.

Location

The majority of training is conducted at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center (WHASC) with inpatient consultation through the San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC). During the second year of training, fellows will additionally attend Immunodeficiency Clinic through CHRISTUS Santa Rosa and will have 2 months of electives.

Education

The Allergy/Immunology program consists of 50% devoted to patient care activities, 25% devoted to scholarly activities and research and 25% devoted to other educational activities. Didactics include daily educational conferences attended by faculty and fellows, and weekly faculty/guest lecturers, journal clubs and clinical case conferences. Fellows have the opportunity to attend national specialty conferences during their training with research submission/approval.

Points of Contact

Program Director/Associate Program Director/Program Coordinator

Phone: (210) 292-5717

Mailing Address

SAUSHEC Allergy/Immunology Fellowship
59 MDOS/SGO5A
Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center
2200 Bergquist Drive, Suite 1
Lackland AFB, TX 78236-9908