Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) Program

Rochester, MN

Specialty:Medical microbiology

ACGME Code:3142621006

NRMP Code:-

Status:Continued Accreditation

Overview

The Clinical Microbiology, M.D. (ACGME) or Ph.D. (CPEP) Postgraduate Fellowship at Mayo Clinic's campus in Rochester, Minnesota, is an esteemed educational program designed for healthcare professionals seeking advanced training in medical microbiology. The program is unique, providing an integrated approach to learning within the renowned Mayo Clinic healthcare system, celebrated for its commitment to medical innovation and quality patient care.

This fellowship enhances fellows' expertise in diagnostic microbiology, clinical consultation related to infectious diseases, laboratory management, and infectious disease pathology. Graduates are well-prepared for directorship roles in clinical microbiology laboratories, focusing on diagnosing infections caused by various pathogens, including bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites.

Program Structure

Fellowship Options

The program offers two distinct fellowship tracks:

Ph.D. (CPEP) Program: A two-year program for those with a doctoral degree that encompasses specialized training in clinical microbiology.
M.D. (ACGME) Program: A one-year program tailored for medical graduates with prior residency training in pathology or infectious diseases.

Core Rotations and Responsibilities

Fellows will experience comprehensive training through rotations in seven specialized clinical microbiology laboratories, engaging with board-certified microbiology medical lab directors. Key experiences include:

Hands-on practical training across bacteriology, mycology, virology, mycobacteriology, parasitology, and molecular microbiology.
Involvement in clinical consultations and on-call responsibilities alongside infectious disease clinicians and laboratory services.
Opportunity to rotate at partner Mayo Clinic campuses in Jacksonville, Florida, or Scottsdale, Arizona.

Curriculum and Education

The fellowship curriculum is designed to blend didactic sessions with practical lab experiences, self-directed learning, and research time. It includes:

Core microbiology education through lectures and small group discussions.
Critical exposure to antimicrobial susceptibility testing and molecular assay techniques.
Structured research project leading to the development or evaluation of diagnostic tests, with a focus on peer-reviewed publication.

Research and Publications

The program places significant emphasis on research, expecting fellows to publish at least one article in a peer-reviewed journal and participate in national conferences. Resources for research include support from the DLMP Research Innovation Office, providing administrative assistance to allow fellows to concentrate on scientific inquiry.

Application and Admission Requirements

Eligibility Criteria

The Clinical Microbiology fellowship programs are particularly competitive and require specific qualifications:

For the Ph.D. (CPEP) Fellowship: Applicants should ideally hold Ph.D., M.D., Sc.D., or similar advanced degrees. DCLS and Pharm.D. degrees require verification for eligibility.
For the M.D. (ACGME) Fellowship: Applicants must have completed a residency in an accredited pathology program or a primary medical specialty residency, or a fellowship in infectious diseases.

Visa Support

The program offers visa sponsorship for international applicants, primarily processing J-1 and H-1B visas to accommodate qualified candidates.

Application Process

Prospective fellows must submit their applications through the appropriate channels before the stated deadlines. Core components of the application include:

A letter of recommendation from residency program directors and/or thesis supervisors.
Completion of mandatory application supplemental documents.
Participation in a personal interview scheduled in advance of the program start.

Graduate Outcomes

Graduates from the Clinical Microbiology fellowship at Mayo Clinic are recognized for their superior training, boasting a 100% pass rate for the American Board of Pathology's Medical Microbiology exam. With their rigorous training and comprehensive skill set, many fellows proceed to prestigious fellowship placements or clinical roles in leading healthcare organizations.

Fellow Life and Support Systems

The Mayo Clinic fosters an environment that prioritizes fellows' well-being. From facilities dedicated to promoting physical and mental health to active mentorship opportunities, the program invests in the holistic development of its trainees. Fellows are part of a vibrant learning community backed by robust resources, facilitating both personal and professional growth.

Faculty and Training Environment

The faculty in the Clinical Microbiology program are highly regarded professionals committed to education and fostering a collaborative learning atmosphere. The depth of their expertise provides fellows with insights into both clinical practice and the management of complex laboratory operations.

Web sources

1. Clinical Microbiology Fellowship Overview 2. Clinical Microbiology Alumni 3. Application Process for Fellowship 4. Curriculum Details for Fellowship 5. Meet the Faculty of the Fellowship 6. Fellow Experiences

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Program data

ACGME History ^[2]

Accreditation Last updated: Jul 16, 2026

Initial accreditation0

Full accreditation0

Continued27

Warning0

Probationary Accreditation0

Withdrawal0

#	Academic Year	Status	Effective Date
01	2000 - 2001	Continued Full Accreditation	Mar 30, 2001
02	2001 - 2002	Continued Full Accreditation	Mar 30, 2001
03	2002 - 2003	Continued Full Accreditation	Mar 30, 2001
04	2003 - 2004	Continued Full Accreditation	Mar 30, 2001
05	2004 - 2005	Continued Full Accreditation	Mar 30, 2001
06	2005 - 2006	Continued Full Accreditation	Mar 30, 2001
07	2006 - 2007	Continued	Apr 27, 2007
08	2007 - 2008	Continued	Apr 27, 2007
09	2008 - 2009	Continued	Apr 27, 2007
10	2009 - 2010	Continued	Apr 27, 2007

Program

Program Size

-- (1 years)^[1]

Accreditation Status

Continued Accreditation

(Effective: January 28, 2026)

Composition

Training

Fellowship Rate:--

Faculty-to-Residents Ratio:4X^[1]

Residents Career Path

Quality of Life

First Year Paid Sick Leave: --

First Year Paid Vacation: --

First Year Salary: $86,025^[1]

First Year Maximum Consecutive Hours on Duty: 10 hours ^[1]

First Year Average Weekly Hours: 40 hours^[1]

Admission

USMLE Step 2 Score: --

Visa Sponsorship:--

YOG Cutoff:2^[1]

Race / Ethnicity

No race data available.

Gender

No gender data available.

Incoming Schools

No incoming school data available.

Rotation Duration by Site

Benchmarks

Roster

Location

Rochester, MN ^[4]

Population

121,395

Median income

$85,240Above

Education

52.6%Above

Employment

67.3%Below

Health

2.3%On par

Age

36On par

Above the national average
Below the national average
Similar to the national average

Housing — Rental prices ^[5]

Rental prices

Typical Observed Market Rent Index - ZORI Over Time

Date

Region - Rochester, MN

State - Minnesota

United States

1/31/2015

N/A

$1,125

$1,193

2/28/2015

N/A

$1,128

$1,199

3/31/2015

N/A

$1,132

$1,206

4/30/2015

N/A

$1,133

$1,213

5/31/2015

N/A

$1,140

$1,228

6/30/2015

N/A

$1,145

$1,233

7/31/2015

N/A

$1,150

$1,235

8/31/2015

N/A

$1,153

$1,241

9/30/2015

N/A

$1,155

$1,245

10/31/2015

N/A

$1,158

$1,253

11/30/2015

N/A

$1,118

$1,259

12/31/2015

N/A

$1,190

$1,263

1/31/2016

$1,131

$1,122

$1,275

2/29/2016

$1,144

$1,125

$1,279

3/31/2016

$1,145

$1,126

$1,282

4/30/2016

$1,135

$1,131

$1,285

5/31/2016

$1,121

$1,133

$1,291

6/30/2016

$1,132

$1,143

$1,294

7/31/2016

$1,145

$1,146

$1,295

8/31/2016

$1,151

$1,148

$1,303

9/30/2016

$1,153

$1,154

$1,307

10/31/2016

$1,151

$1,160

$1,311

11/30/2016

$1,151

$1,228

$1,312

12/31/2016

$1,153

$1,197

$1,313

1/31/2017

$1,175

$1,190

$1,317

2/28/2017

$1,181

$1,194

$1,324

3/31/2017

$1,187

$1,205

$1,335

4/30/2017

$1,185

$1,209

$1,346

5/31/2017

$1,190

$1,213

$1,353

6/30/2017

$1,184

$1,216

$1,357

7/31/2017

$1,178

$1,223

$1,359

8/31/2017

$1,171

$1,230

$1,363

9/30/2017

$1,172

$1,231

$1,406

10/31/2017

$1,163

$1,231

$1,414

11/30/2017

$1,164

$1,232

$1,413

12/31/2017

$1,172

$1,240

$1,420

1/31/2018

$1,165

$1,250

$1,422

2/28/2018

$1,158

$1,264

$1,427

3/31/2018

$1,164

$1,267

$1,429

4/30/2018

$1,181

$1,268

$1,434

5/31/2018

$1,200

$1,270

$1,438

6/30/2018

$1,201

$1,274

$1,444

7/31/2018

$1,209

$1,278

$1,449

8/31/2018

$1,211

$1,283

$1,455

9/30/2018

$1,227

$1,291

$1,461

10/31/2018

$1,238

$1,299

$1,465

11/30/2018

$1,250

$1,306

$1,473

12/31/2018

$1,248

$1,312

$1,482

1/31/2019

$1,245

$1,327

$1,492

2/28/2019

$1,253

$1,318

$1,495

3/31/2019

$1,252

$1,324

$1,503

4/30/2019

$1,250

$1,330

$1,509

5/31/2019

$1,244

$1,336

$1,514

6/30/2019

$1,253

$1,341

$1,519

7/31/2019

$1,255

$1,346

$1,526

8/31/2019

$1,265

$1,350

$1,531

9/30/2019

$1,261

$1,353

$1,534

10/31/2019

$1,266

$1,357

$1,541

11/30/2019

$1,265

$1,359

$1,545

12/31/2019

$1,272

$1,362

$1,552

1/31/2020

$1,282

$1,367

$1,560

2/29/2020

$1,289

$1,357

$1,565

3/31/2020

$1,282

$1,359

$1,565

4/30/2020

$1,282

$1,360

$1,566

5/31/2020

$1,281

$1,357

$1,563

6/30/2020

$1,267

$1,357

$1,562

7/31/2020

$1,269

$1,354

$1,571

8/31/2020

$1,265

$1,359

$1,574

9/30/2020

$1,270

$1,369

$1,586

10/31/2020

$1,264

$1,408

$1,593

11/30/2020

$1,265

$1,375

$1,602

12/31/2020

$1,278

$1,370

$1,606

1/31/2021

$1,287

$1,374

$1,613

2/28/2021

$1,304

$1,390

$1,620

3/31/2021

$1,311

$1,394

$1,629

4/30/2021

$1,319

$1,401

$1,649

5/31/2021

$1,324

$1,412

$1,663

6/30/2021

$1,331

$1,422

$1,686

7/31/2021

$1,338

$1,433

$1,707

8/31/2021

$1,348

$1,445

$1,729

9/30/2021

$1,357

$1,454

$1,752

10/31/2021

$1,364

$1,470

$1,767

11/30/2021

$1,373

$1,477

$1,777

12/31/2021

$1,382

$1,483

$1,791

1/31/2022

$1,394

$1,490

$1,800

2/28/2022

$1,395

$1,495

$1,820

3/31/2022

$1,410

$1,503

$1,829

4/30/2022

$1,420

$1,512

$1,841

5/31/2022

$1,436

$1,510

$1,852

6/30/2022

$1,448

$1,518

$1,861

7/31/2022

$1,462

$1,523

$1,868

8/31/2022

$1,467

$1,524

$1,872

9/30/2022

$1,472

$1,504

$1,875

10/31/2022

$1,470

$1,509

$1,873

11/30/2022

$1,482

$1,484

$1,875

12/31/2022

$1,487

$1,481

$1,874

1/31/2023

$1,498

$1,485

$1,877

2/28/2023

$1,500

$1,486

$1,879

3/31/2023

$1,491

$1,492

$1,884

4/30/2023

$1,493

$1,886

5/31/2023

$1,496

$1,886

6/30/2023

$1,512

$1,479

$1,886

7/31/2023

$1,509

$1,483

$1,891

8/31/2023

$1,509

$1,487

$1,908

9/30/2023

$1,508

$1,488

$1,912

10/31/2023

$1,528

$1,497

$1,916

11/30/2023

$1,523

$1,497

$1,918

12/31/2023

$1,524

$1,506

$1,921

1/31/2024

$1,516

$1,508

$1,928

2/29/2024

$1,529

$1,517

$1,932

3/31/2024

$1,541

$1,523

$1,935

4/30/2024

$1,546

$1,529

$1,942

5/31/2024

$1,552

$1,536

$1,946

6/30/2024

$1,548

$1,531

$1,973

7/31/2024

$1,545

$1,547

$1,958

8/31/2024

$1,546

$1,539

$1,992

9/30/2024

$1,550

$1,545

$1,993

10/31/2024

$1,569

$1,552

$1,995

11/30/2024

$1,586

$1,558

$1,999

12/31/2024

$1,596

$1,578

$2,003

1/31/2025

$1,594

$1,570

$2,006

2/28/2025

$1,594

$1,576

$2,007

3/31/2025

$1,598

$1,585

$2,016

4/30/2025

$1,603

$1,588

$2,019

5/31/2025

$1,605

$1,593

$2,022

6/30/2025

$1,608

$1,599

$2,026

7/31/2025

$1,619

$1,608

$2,029

8/31/2025

$1,627

$1,608

$2,027

9/30/2025

$1,633

$1,626

$2,030

10/31/2025

$1,617

$1,624

$2,052

11/30/2025

$1,612

$1,633

$2,095

12/31/2025

$1,610

$1,640

$2,086

1/31/2026

$1,621

$1,641

$2,160

2/28/2026

$1,620

$1,636

$2,178

Crime — All violent offences ^[6]

Rate per 100,000 residents

Rate per 100,000 people Over Time

Date

Region - Rochester, MN

State - Minnesota

United States

4/1/2021

5/1/2021

103

6/1/2021

121

7/1/2021

123

8/1/2021

120

9/1/2021

109

10/1/2021

146

11/1/2021

101

12/1/2021

1/1/2022

2/1/2022

3/1/2022

103

4/1/2022

106

5/1/2022

127

6/1/2022

118

7/1/2022

120

8/1/2022

113

9/1/2022

112

10/1/2022

127

11/1/2022

100

12/1/2022

103

1/1/2023

2/1/2023

3/1/2023

4/1/2023

102

5/1/2023

111

6/1/2023

108

7/1/2023

107

8/1/2023

110

9/1/2023

113

10/1/2023

103

11/1/2023

12/1/2023

1/1/2024

2/1/2024

3/1/2024

4/1/2024

5/1/2024

115

6/1/2024

107

7/1/2024

123

8/1/2024

105

9/1/2024

101

10/1/2024

11/1/2024

12/1/2024

1/1/2025

2/1/2025

3/1/2025

4/1/2025

5/1/2025

110

6/1/2025

103

7/1/2025

118

8/1/2025

9/1/2025

10/1/2025

11/1/2025

12/1/2025

1/1/2026

2/1/2026

3/1/2026

Living in Rochester, MN

Safety

Rochester is known for its low crime rate, making it a safe place to live.

Fun Activities

Residents can enjoy outdoor activities at nearby parks, visit the famous Mayo Clinic, and explore local museums and art galleries.

Climate

Rochester has a four-season climate with cold winters and warm summers, perfect for those who enjoy experiencing all seasons.

Population

Around 120,000 people reside in Rochester, creating a medium-sized city atmosphere.

Educational Opportunities

Rochester is home to the esteemed Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, providing excellent educational resources for residents.

Cost of Living

The cost of living in Rochester is slightly below the national average, making it an affordable place to reside.

Nearby Cities

Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota, is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes away from Rochester by car. Minneapolis offers a vibrant urban experience with cultural attractions, restaurants, and shopping opportunities.

Pros

Safe environment
diverse educational opportunities
affordable cost of living.

Cons

Cold winters
limited nightlife options compared to larger cities.

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References

1. Freida - https://freida.ama-assn.org/program/3142621006

2. ACGME - Accreditation Data System (ADS) - https://apps.acgme.org/ads/Public/Programs/Search

3. NRMP Results and Data: 2022-2026 Main Residency Match - https://www.nrmp.org/match-data/2026/03/program-results-2022-2026/

4. United States Census Bureau - https://data.census.gov/profile/City,_VS?g=160XX00US2754880

5. Zillow Research - Observed Rent Index (ZORI) - https://www.zillow.com/research/data/

6. FBI - Crime/Law Enforcement Stats (Uniform Crime Reporting Program) - https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr