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Dr. Kusha Davar
Kusha Davar, MD

Thank you for your interest in our fellowship program! Our goal is to train future clinicians and leaders in the field of Infectious Diseases while providing world-class care to our patients and community. Here, trainees gain the experience and knowledge needed as future Infectious Disease clinicians and experts in the fields of clinical Infectious Disease, Antimicrobial Stewardship, HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, Transplant ID, as well as Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention & Control. Opportunities abound in our program for faculty-mentored scholarship and publication in these and other disciplines.

The University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center Infectious Disease Fellowship is a two-year, ACGME-accredited training program. Our core training site is the Los Angeles General Medical Center, Southern California’s largest safety net hospital, which serves a highly diverse population, predominantly patients who are minorities, immigrants, and those with limited access to healthcare. Additional clinical sites include the USC Keck Medical Center with its renowned Transplant Institute and the nationally ranked USC Norris Cancer Hospital. At Keck and Norris, fellows will rotate on a General ID Service and a busy, highly specialized Transplant ID Service with nationally recognized Transplant ID attendings.

Fellows will also have extensive ambulatory HIV, General Infectious Disease, and Hepatitis C clinical training at the outpatient Los Angeles General Rand Schrader Clinic: Los Angeles’ largest (and one of the country’s oldest) HIV Clinics. At the Los Angeles General Medical Center, fellows will rotate on both General and Orthopedic Infectious Disease consult services as well as receive hands-on training with dedicated rotations in Antimicrobial Stewardship, Hospital Epidemiology, Microbiology, and Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

At the heart of our program is the ability of our trainees to customize their fellowship educational experience to meet their individual career goals and best prepare each fellow to enter independent practice in either academia or community practice. With specialized tracks available in Transplant ID, HIV/AIDS, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Hospital Epidemiology, QI/Research, or Medical Education, our program enables fellows to truly tailor their Infectious Disease training to their individual interests and goals within the field.

We are extremely proud of our program with its 100% Infectious Disease Board exam pass rates for many years. Our alumni have successfully entered clinical Infectious Disease practice in academic, community, private, and Public Health settings throughout California and across the US.
It’s my true pleasure to welcome you to the Program. Feel free to reach out with any questions you may have. And check out some of our amazing staff and clinical cases and follow us @LAGeneral_ID on Twitter (X)!

SINCERELY, KUSHA DAVAR, MD, MBA, MS PROGRAM DIRECTOR, ID FELLOWSHIP