Training Facilities - Division of Infectious Diseases & Internationl Health ::

Training Facilities

The main offices of the Infectious Diseases Division are located in Duke Hospital South. Friendly administrative and secretarial help is available. Other offices located in Duke South include:

Hospital Infection Control Office, headed by Dr. Keith Kaye and staffed by four nurse practitioners. Drs. Dan Sexton and John Engemann are also active in Infection Control.
Antibiotics Trials Unit under Dr. John Perfect
Antibiotic Evaluation Team headed by Dr. Keith Kaye. Three Pharm. D.’s are also active contributors to these efforts.
AIDS Clinical Trials Unit, sponsored by NIH and headed by Dr. John Bartlett, is located in the ID Outpatient Clinic and is staffed by six physicians, nurse clinicians, research support personnel, administrative staff, and a phlebotomist.

The VA has comparable services led by Drs. Chris Woods (Infection Control) and Ken Wilson (Clinical Director, ID VA Clinic).

The consultation services are conducted at Duke Hospital North (approximately 750 beds) and the Durham VA Hospital (approximately 300 beds). The VA Hospital is directly across the street from Duke North. The main hospital wards and radiology are housed at Duke North, where most of the consultations are seen.

The Clinical Microbiology Laboratory

, directed by Dr. Barth Reller at Duke is a critical resource for the consultation service; this laboratory is conveniently located. The VA laboratory leadership is directed by an ID faculty member (Dr. Chris Woods).