Welcome from the Program Director

Michael L. Sands, M.D., M.P.H. and T.M.
Program Director


Christina L. Bailey, M.D.
Assistant Program Director

Welcome to the web site for the University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville (UFCOM-J) Infectious Disease Fellowship Program in Jacksonville, FL. Our two-year program offers outstanding clinical training and is accredited by the ACGME.

Shands Jacksonville is the primary site for the general infectious diseases consultation experience during the 2 years of training. In the first year of training, fellows spend 2 months learning clinical microbiology at 3 local laboratory sites, each providing a unique experience. Fellows are exposed to inpatient ID consultations and hospital infection control consultations for Shands Jacksonville, along with medical oversight and clinical services for the UFCOM-J ID outpatient clinics and the Duval County Health Department's Communicable Diseases Clinics.

During the second year of training, the fellow delves more deeply into infectious diseases with rotations at the Mayo Hospital - Jacksonville on a busy solid organ transplantation service, at Wolfson Children’s Hospital – Jacksonville consulting in pediatric infectious diseases and at Shands-Jacksonville being the infectious diseases consultant to the MICU team. Approximately 20% of each year's rotations are devoted to research and scholarly activity.

Our affiliation with the Duval County Health Department, Communicable Diseases Division provides a rich diversity of outpatient clinical resources for our fellows with academic supervision in continuity clinics for HIV/AIDS care, TB diagnosis and management, sexually transmitted disease diagnosis and treatment, travel medicine, pre- and post-exposure rabies vaccination, as well as general infectious diseases outpatient consultation.

In addition to Medical Grand Rounds and core conferences available through the Department of Medicine, the Infectious Disease Division has a continuing active schedule of conferences including core topics, board reviews, case conferences, TB, research and transplantation conferences.

Please explore our site further for detailed information on our fellowship, faculty and division. If you have additional questions, please contact us. Thank you for your interest in our program.

Michael L. Sands, M.D., M.P.H. and T.M.
Associate Professor; Chief, Division of Infectious Disease; Program Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship

Christina L. Bailey, M.D.
Assistant Professor; Assistant Program Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship