Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School Program

Newark, NJ

Specialty:Infectious disease

ACGME Code:1463321172

NRMP Code:-

Status:Continued Accreditation

Overview

The Rutgers Health/New Jersey Medical School Infectious Disease Fellowship Program seeks to cultivate the next generation of leaders in the field of infectious diseases, integrating comprehensive clinical training with innovative research and patient care. The Division of Infectious Diseases is dedicated to enhancing patient health through quality care, groundbreaking research, and education.

Program Mission

The mission of the program is to be an infectious disease center of excellence recognized by patients for its superior quality of care. The program emphasizes creating a humanistic and culturally sensitive healthcare environment, accommodating a diverse patient population with various backgrounds and health challenges related to infectious diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and antimicrobial resistance.

Curriculum Overview

The fellowship curriculum is split into two years, incorporating clinical rotations and research opportunities at multiple key facilities. In the first year, fellows spend three months focused on infectious disease consults at University Hospital and the VA Medical Center, alongside additional rotations at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center and Jersey City Medical Center. Each fellow also engages in microbiology training and infection control initiatives.

The second-year curriculum allows for further specialization, with fellows rotating through transplant infectious disease services and engaging in elective rotations focused on research and patient care.

Clinical Rotations

Fellows rotate through various renowned facilities:

University Hospital: A principal teaching hospital, it serves as a Level 1 Trauma Center for Northern New Jersey.
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center: Known for its advanced cardiac and transplant care, it features significant programs in humanitarian outreach.
Jersey City Medical Center: A culturally diverse hospital noted for its exemplary LGBTQ healthcare and emergency services.
VA Medical Center: Provides rich educational experiences focused on antibiotic stewardship, HCV care, and various other medical specialties.

Research Opportunities

The program is bolstered by the Ruy V. Lourenco Center for Emerging and Re-emerging Pathogens, enhancing interdisciplinary research endeavors. Fellows are expected to formulate research projects that contribute to advancing knowledge in infectious diseases, culminating in opportunities to present at conferences and publish findings in peer-reviewed journals.

Highlighted Research Projects

Recent research projects include:

Investigating epidemiological outcomes of multi-drug resistant infections.
Evaluating the effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV in urban populations.
Studying the interactions between HIV and TB, and developing strategies for integrative care in co-infected patients.

Faculty and Mentorship

The program is staffed by distinguished faculty specializing in infectious diseases, contributing a wealth of expertise in areas like HIV, tuberculosis, and antibiotic resistance. Mentorship is a pivotal aspect of the fellowship, providing fellows guidance from experienced clinicians and researchers, fostering both professional and personal development.

Application Requirements

To apply for the program, applicants must hold U.S. citizenship or permanent residency and possess a valid ECFMG certificate if applicable. Competitive candidates typically also need:

Three letters of recommendation.
A completed application through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
An interview scheduled between August and October, which includes participation in weekly Infectious Disease Grand Rounds.

Visa Support

The program is open to international medical graduates who require visa sponsorship. Specifically, it supports J-1 Exchange Visitor visas through the ECFMG. This facilitates the inclusion of diverse international candidates in the fellowship.

Competitiveness

The program is highly competitive, favoring residents from MD and DO backgrounds as well as international medical graduates. Candidates who demonstrate a strong background in internal medicine, research interests in infectious diseases, and relevant clinical experiences are encouraged to apply.

Living in Newark

Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, offers a rich urban experience. Ideally located just 13 miles from Midtown Manhattan, it features vibrant cultural offerings, dining, and entertainment options, making it an attractive destination for fellows. Local attractions include the Newark Museum, Branch Brook Park, and the NJ Performing Arts Center, enhancing the overall fellowship experience.

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Program data

ACGME History ^[2]

Accreditation Last updated: Jul 16, 2026

Initial accreditation0

Full accreditation0

Continued23

Warning4

Probationary Accreditation0

Withdrawal0

#	Academic Year	Status	Effective Date
01	2000 - 2001	Warning	Jan 28, 2001
02	2001 - 2002	Warning	Jan 28, 2001
03	2002 - 2003	Warning	Jan 28, 2001
04	2003 - 2004	Warning	Jan 28, 2001
05	2004 - 2005	Continued	May 21, 2004
06	2005 - 2006	Continued	May 21, 2004
07	2006 - 2007	Continued	May 21, 2004
08	2007 - 2008	Continued	May 21, 2004
09	2008 - 2009	Continued	May 21, 2004
10	2009 - 2010	Continued	May 21, 2004

Program

Program Size

-- (2 years)^[1]

Accreditation Status

Continued Accreditation

(Effective: January 23, 2026)

Composition

Training

Fellowship Rate:--

Faculty-to-Residents Ratio:2.2X^[1]

Residents Career Path

Quality of Life

First Year Paid Sick Leave: --

First Year Paid Vacation: --

First Year Salary: $74,056^[1]

First Year Maximum Consecutive Hours on Duty: 12 hours ^[1]

First Year Average Weekly Hours: 50 hours^[1]

Admission

USMLE Step 2 Score: --

Visa Sponsorship:--

YOG Cutoff:--

Race / Ethnicity

No race data available.

Gender

No gender data available.

Incoming Schools

No incoming school data available.

Rotation Duration by Site

Rotation Duration Chart Data

Benchmarks

Roster

Publications

2 Publications (5 yr)

Peer-reviewed output from faculty and residents, last 5 years

2 Publications (5 yr)

Global public health2023

Roadblocks and resilience: A qualitative study of the impact of pediatric tuberculosis on Tanzanian households and solutions from caregivers.

Kristen Petros de Guex,¹Domitila Augustino,²Paulo Mejan,²Rehema Gadiye,²

PMID: 37021699doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2023.2196569

International journal of dermatology2023

Malignant syphilis: a new and revised definition.

Katrice M Karanfilian,¹Amer Ali Almohssen,²Rajendra Kapila,³Robert A Schwartz,⁴

PMID: 36250867doi.org/10.1111/ijd.16444

Location

Newark, NJ ^[4]

Population

311,549

Median income

$53,818Below

Education

20.9%On par

Employment

58.6%Above

Health

19.8%Above

Age

34On 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 - Newark, NJ

State - New Jersey

United States

1/31/2015

$1,087

$1,601

$1,193

2/28/2015

$1,091

$1,653

$1,199

3/31/2015

$1,095

$1,672

$1,206

4/30/2015

$1,081

$1,674

$1,213

5/31/2015

$1,076

$1,680

$1,228

6/30/2015

$1,082

$1,674

$1,233

7/31/2015

$1,093

$1,685

$1,235

8/31/2015

$1,111

$1,686

$1,241

9/30/2015

$1,122

$1,704

$1,245

10/31/2015

$1,129

$1,705

$1,253

11/30/2015

$1,128

$1,719

$1,259

12/31/2015

$1,138

$1,723

$1,263

1/31/2016

$1,143

$1,791

$1,275

2/29/2016

$1,140

$1,791

$1,279

3/31/2016

$1,148

$1,791

$1,282

4/30/2016

$1,162

$1,799

$1,285

5/31/2016

$1,171

$1,765

$1,291

6/30/2016

$1,162

$1,766

$1,294

7/31/2016

$1,162

$1,721

$1,295

8/31/2016

$1,159

$1,729

$1,303

9/30/2016

$1,160

$1,736

$1,307

10/31/2016

$1,175

$1,750

$1,311

11/30/2016

$1,198

$1,784

$1,312

12/31/2016

$1,214

$1,722

$1,313

1/31/2017

$1,206

$1,761

$1,317

2/28/2017

$1,217

$1,768

$1,324

3/31/2017

$1,227

$1,767

$1,335

4/30/2017

$1,239

$1,769

$1,346

5/31/2017

$1,237

$1,778

$1,353

6/30/2017

$1,243

$1,785

$1,357

7/31/2017

$1,250

$1,789

$1,359

8/31/2017

$1,252

$1,822

$1,363

9/30/2017

$1,248

$1,795

$1,406

10/31/2017

$1,239

$1,841

$1,414

11/30/2017

$1,250

$1,845

$1,413

12/31/2017

$1,263

$1,858

$1,420

1/31/2018

$1,284

$1,924

$1,422

2/28/2018

$1,291

$1,909

$1,427

3/31/2018

$1,295

$1,911

$1,429

4/30/2018

$1,306

$1,915

$1,434

5/31/2018

$1,311

$1,918

$1,438

6/30/2018

$1,324

$1,924

$1,444

7/31/2018

$1,325

$1,930

$1,449

8/31/2018

$1,344

$1,937

$1,455

9/30/2018

$1,360

$1,940

$1,461

10/31/2018

$1,369

$1,942

$1,465

11/30/2018

$1,364

$1,945

$1,473

12/31/2018

$1,362

$1,953

$1,482

1/31/2019

$1,372

$1,958

$1,492

2/28/2019

$1,381

$1,963

$1,495

3/31/2019

$1,389

$1,969

$1,503

4/30/2019

$1,389

$1,980

$1,509

5/31/2019

$1,404

$1,988

$1,514

6/30/2019

$1,410

$1,993

$1,519

7/31/2019

$1,424

$2,001

$1,526

8/31/2019

$1,426

$2,006

$1,531

9/30/2019

$1,433

$2,012

$1,534

10/31/2019

$1,444

$2,011

$1,541

11/30/2019

$1,455

$2,005

$1,545

12/31/2019

$1,464

$1,973

$1,552

1/31/2020

$1,465

$2,007

$1,560

2/29/2020

$1,470

$2,009

$1,565

3/31/2020

$1,468

$2,013

$1,565

4/30/2020

$1,475

$2,006

$1,566

5/31/2020

$1,474

$1,981

$1,563

6/30/2020

$1,477

$1,978

$1,562

7/31/2020

$1,486

$1,977

$1,571

8/31/2020

$1,487

$1,968

$1,574

9/30/2020

$1,503

$1,961

$1,586

10/31/2020

$1,500

$1,962

$1,593

11/30/2020

$1,512

$1,967

$1,602

12/31/2020

$1,512

$1,970

$1,606

1/31/2021

$1,530

$1,954

$1,613

2/28/2021

$1,545

$1,956

$1,620

3/31/2021

$1,554

$1,962

$1,629

4/30/2021

$1,565

$1,967

$1,649

5/31/2021

$1,565

$1,982

$1,663

6/30/2021

$1,576

$1,997

$1,686

7/31/2021

$1,573

$2,017

$1,707

8/31/2021

$1,596

$2,040

$1,729

9/30/2021

$1,596

$2,067

$1,752

10/31/2021

$1,628

$2,074

$1,767

11/30/2021

$1,635

$2,095

$1,777

12/31/2021

$1,659

$2,126

$1,791

1/31/2022

$1,663

$2,123

$1,800

2/28/2022

$1,676

$2,125

$1,820

3/31/2022

$1,700

$2,162

$1,829

4/30/2022

$1,709

$2,161

$1,841

5/31/2022

$1,738

$2,206

$1,852

6/30/2022

$1,764

$2,235

$1,861

7/31/2022

$1,799

$2,246

$1,868

8/31/2022

$1,814

$2,274

$1,872

9/30/2022

$1,825

$2,280

$1,875

10/31/2022

$1,818

$2,288

$1,873

11/30/2022

$1,824

$2,298

$1,875

12/31/2022

$1,830

$2,303

$1,874

1/31/2023

$1,851

$2,291

$1,877

2/28/2023

$1,858

$2,311

$1,879

3/31/2023

$1,856

$2,306

$1,884

4/30/2023

$1,869

$2,322

$1,886

5/31/2023

$1,883

$2,321

$1,886

6/30/2023

$1,891

$2,342

$1,886

7/31/2023

$1,898

$2,349

$1,891

8/31/2023

$1,903

$2,364

$1,908

9/30/2023

$1,916

$2,377

$1,912

10/31/2023

$1,926

$2,394

$1,916

11/30/2023

$1,949

$2,404

$1,918

12/31/2023

$1,971

$2,412

$1,921

1/31/2024

$1,978

$2,649

$1,928

2/29/2024

$1,986

$2,644

$1,932

3/31/2024

$1,999

$2,684

$1,935

4/30/2024

$2,012

$2,692

$1,942

5/31/2024

$2,023

$2,709

$1,946

6/30/2024

$2,034

$2,724

$1,973

7/31/2024

$2,049

$2,727

$1,958

8/31/2024

$2,054

$2,735

$1,992

9/30/2024

$2,059

$2,751

$1,993

10/31/2024

$2,067

$2,766

$1,995

11/30/2024

$2,086

$2,769

$1,999

12/31/2024

$2,099

$2,758

$2,003

1/31/2025

$2,117

$2,749

$2,006

2/28/2025

$2,120

$2,565

$2,007

3/31/2025

$2,131

$2,777

$2,016

4/30/2025

$2,136

$2,775

$2,019

5/31/2025

$2,137

$2,763

$2,022

6/30/2025

$2,140

$2,777

$2,026

7/31/2025

$2,138

$2,777

$2,029

8/31/2025

$2,147

$2,781

$2,027

9/30/2025

$2,151

$2,780

$2,030

10/31/2025

$2,156

$2,787

$2,052

11/30/2025

$2,142

$2,779

$2,095

12/31/2025

$2,131

$2,816

$2,086

1/31/2026

$2,119

$2,748

$2,160

2/28/2026

$2,120

$3,035

$2,178

Crime — All violent offences ^[6]

Rate per 100,000 residents

Rate per 100,000 people Over Time

Date

Region - Newark, NJ

State - New Jersey

United States

4/1/2021

5/1/2021

138

6/1/2021

151

7/1/2021

155

8/1/2021

155

9/1/2021

144

10/1/2021

145

11/1/2021

144

12/1/2021

125

1/1/2022

117

2/1/2022

119

3/1/2022

134

4/1/2022

131

5/1/2022

153

6/1/2022

148

7/1/2022

161

8/1/2022

153

9/1/2022

130

10/1/2022

134

11/1/2022

129

12/1/2022

123

1/1/2023

126

2/1/2023

112

3/1/2023

140

4/1/2023

122

5/1/2023

159

6/1/2023

142

7/1/2023

150

8/1/2023

145

9/1/2023

132

10/1/2023

144

11/1/2023

118

12/1/2023

135

1/1/2024

141

2/1/2024

124

3/1/2024

133

4/1/2024

151

5/1/2024

157

6/1/2024

162

7/1/2024

172

8/1/2024

161

9/1/2024

142

10/1/2024

142

11/1/2024

134

12/1/2024

120

1/1/2025

120

2/1/2025

105

3/1/2025

139

4/1/2025

147

5/1/2025

150

6/1/2025

142

7/1/2025

156

8/1/2025

133

9/1/2025

143

10/1/2025

125

11/1/2025

119

12/1/2025

108

1/1/2026

2/1/2026

3/1/2026

Living in Newark, NJ

Newark, NJ is a city rich in history and culture. Here are some aspects to consider about living in Newark:

Crime Rate and Safety

Newark has a reputation for having a higher crime rate compared to other cities. While efforts have been made to improve safety, it's important to be vigilant.

Fun Activities

Newark offers a variety of cultural attractions, restaurants, and entertainment venues. The city is home to the Newark Museum, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and Prudential Center.

Climate

Newark experiences all four seasons, with hot summers and cold winters. Be prepared for snow in the winter months.

Races and Population

Newark is a diverse city, with a population that includes a mix of African American, Hispanic, and Caucasian residents.

Education

Newark is home to several universities and colleges, including Rutgers University and New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Cost of Living

The cost of living in Newark is relatively high compared to national averages, especially in terms of housing costs.

Proximity to Major Cities

Newark is approximately 9 miles from New York City, which can be reached in about 30-40 minutes by car (depending on traffic). New York City offers additional opportunities for entertainment, dining, and cultural experiences.

Pros

Cultural diversity
proximity to New York City
educational opportunities.

Cons

Higher crime rate
higher cost of living.

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References

1. Freida - https://freida.ama-assn.org/program/1463321172

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=160XX00US3451000

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