
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
1124 W Carson Street
RB-3, 2nd Floor
Torrance, CA 90502
lmorrison@lundquist.org
Overview
Our Division aims to provide outstanding patient care and contribute to our specialty by training the next generation of pediatric infectious disease specialists and leaders, contributing useful research, and participating in regional and national service activities.
The goal of our three-year Fellowship program is to train competent ID specialists through a broad-based experience in research, teaching and clinical infectious diseases. The particulars of the curriculum and research opportunities are tailored to the Fellow’s individual interests and expectations for success beyond Fellowship.
Harbor-UCLA is a level I trauma center within the Los Angles County Department of Health Services system and has a long and distinguished history of serving the underserved. Our southern California location provides tremendous exposure to a variety of immigrant and through-traveler populations enabling diverse infectious disease clinical and research opportunities.
Leadership

National Library of Medicine Profile
Research
My research areas have varied as I try to focus on issues of timely interest to the ID community and/or are related to developing pediatric infectious disease policy and practice at the national level. For >20 years, I was PI or co-PI on scores of phase II-IV vaccine studies funded by NIH. CDC, and industry. I continue some vaccine-related work, but more recently have focused on 1) large scale antimicrobial stewardship implementation work (through 30 California NICUs currently), 2) cohort studies of non-tuberculous disease in adults, 3) use of whole genome sequencing for mycobacterial disease, 4) clinical epidemiology and management of resistant urinary tract infection in children, 5) clinical and cost effectiveness of practical ID topics (diagnostic methods for Clostridium difficile infection, management strategies for neonates at risk for sepsis, dental practice antibiotic overuse, and 6) evaluations of various modern interventions to prevent healthcare-associated infection.
Clinical/Administrative
I serve as Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Harbor and am active on the inpatient general pediatrics and infectious disease services.
Contributions to our Specialty
I recently rotated off the AAP Section on Infectious Diseases for which I served as Chair, and also as a member of the Advisory Committee on Infectious Disease (Red Book). I have served our Pediatric Infectious Disease Society on several committees and am a member of the Pediatric Leadership Council at SHEA involved on its writing committee for various topics related to NICU-based infection prevention. I also recently completely a three year stint as an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Study Section member and have and/or continue to participate as a member of numerous Special Emphasis and other Review Panels for CDC, NIH, and internationally.
Background
I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, received a B.A. in Biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania, M.D. from Pennsylvania State University, completed residency at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, and served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer for two years at the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control followed by ID fellowship at Harbor. Non-fiction books and piano playing take up a big portion of my time when I’m not busy trying to understand my teenage daughters’ behavior!
Faculty

Research Interests: Clinical infectious diseases and population-based vaccine safety research.





Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Research Interests: Travel medicine, regulatory infectious diseases, clinical infectious diseases of international adoptees and health journalism.

Research Interests: Clinical infectious diseases.

Clinical Experience
At Harbor-UCLA we have a broad-based clinical rotational experience. We firmly believe that exposure to a variety of venues, approaches, and attendings is an important learning concept. That is, the more exposure to experienced critical thinking from those with differing backgrounds, served populations, and day-to-day clinical work, the better. So, in addition to Harbor-based and outside clinical work detailed below, our conference schedule is enhanced with pediatric “Intracity Rounds”, an event with didactics and case-based learning, over dinner, with other pediatric infectious disease programs in Los Angeles. Occurring quarterly, interesting cases are presented, providing a special learning opportunity with many other different Faculty and trainees. Our Fellows also participate in a similar intracity conference that considers adult infectious disease cases.
We also prioritize and actively engage in many teaching opportunities for other staff at Harbor-UCLA. Our Division is proud to have received the Harbor-UCLA Department of Pediatrics Outstanding Faculty and/or Fellow Teaching Award in 1997, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2018.
Inpatient Experience
Over the 3-year Fellowship, Fellows have clinical experiences for 12 months, as required by the American Board of Pediatrics. Inpatient rotations at Harbor-UCLA are supplemented with experience at other locations. These include Miller Children’s Hospital in Long Beach and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (for more exposure to transplant-related infectious diseases).
Outpatient and Public Health Experience
Fellows attends regular general ID and HIV clinics at Harbor-UCLA. In addition, outpatient clinic rotations at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (immunology) and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (STD, Tuberculosis, Leprosy) provide further depth and learning in a variety of populations.
Infection Prevention and Control
Dr. Zangwill is the Hospital Epidemiologist and Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Harbor-UCLA. As such, the Fellows have ongoing real-world learning and active involvement with the principles of IPC, disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, and policy development. This is supplemented by participation in IPC committee meetings, and an opportunity to attend various working Task Forces related to prevention of catheter-associated UTI, central line-associated blood stream infection, and hand hygiene.
Antibmicrobial Stewardship
Dr. Adler-Shohet is Director of the Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Program. Fellows play an active role in stewardship rounds throughout the hospital and work also with stewardship pharmacists, a major quality improvement activity.
Clinical Microbiology
Fellows rotate through the Harbor-UCLA Clinical Microbiology laboratory for routine and specialized education. As well, we have a rotation through the Orange County (California) Department of Public Health laboratory for exposure to processes related to more obscure pathogens and agents of bioterrorism.
Research Opportunities
We believe that the Fellow must be actively engaged in all aspects of a given research endeavor – with close Faculty guidance – including project conception, administrative tasks, (e.g., IRB submission), project implementation and completion, collaboration with other institutions as necessary, presentations, and manuscript preparation and submission. We believe this is necessary to fully appreciate and critically utilize the scientific literature that supports our specialty’s practices. As such, we work to craft a research experience that reflects the individual Fellow’s interests as much as possible. You will not simply be thrown into someone’s pet project as a worker bee.
Our divisional research encompasses a variety of areas often in collaboration with other institutions. In the past, we had longstanding funding through NIH, CDC, and industry. The division has received funding and/or collaborate with AHRQ, CDC, NIH CTSI, and DoD. Recently, our research areas include a large statewide antimicrobial stewardship intervention program in NICUs with clinical, sociocultural, epidemiologic, and cost-effectiveness components, clinical epidemiology (eg, non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections in adults, resistant Enterobacterales UTI among underserved children), clinical/cost-effectiveness evaluations (e.g. genome sequencing in tuberculosis care, MIC determination methods, dental prophylaxis, post-operative care, management of newborns exposed to chorioamnionitis), antimicrobial stewardship in various clinical areas, domains, and populations, and infection prevention intervention evaluations.
We are also fortunate to have a seamless and integrated relationship with The Lundquist Institute, one of the largest biomedical research institutes in the country. As well, our group has research-related educational resources available through the NIH-funded Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Lundquist. These relationships provide a tremendous trove of educational and training opportunities to our Fellows. For example, we have had Fellows in the CTSI Master of Science in Clinical Research program during Fellowship.
Conferences & Seminars
Required Conferences | Frequency |
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Peds ID Divisional Clinical Conference | Weekly |
ID Journal Club | Monthly |
Chest ID Conference | Monthly |
Pediatric-Adult ID Case Conference | Weekly |
Intracity ID Conference | Quarterly |
ID Didactics | Semi-weekly |
HIV Medicine Conference | Semi-monthly |
Additional Opportunities | |
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Pediatric ER Conference | Weekly |
Pediatric Grand Rounds | Weekly |
Pediatric Case Conference | Weekly |
Schwartz Rounds | Monthly |
Lundquist Presidential | Monthly |
Lecture Series | Monthly |
Renal Transplant Case Conference | Monthly |
Fellows

Keiko Yoshioka, DO
Information for Applicants
How to Apply:
We accept applications from either graduates or upcoming graduates of U.S. ACGME-accredited pediatric residency programs. Applications are accepted via ERAS (Electronic Residency Application System).
For additional questions, please contact our Fellowship Administrator Linda Morrison at lmorrison@lundquist.org
Benefits
Competitive salary & health, dental, life, and disability insurance options. Generous allowance for CME travel and Reimbursement for DEA registration
For salary and benefits, visit the institutional website.
Wellness
Life in Sunny Southern California
Harbor-UCLA is located in Torrance, California (in Los Angeles county) which is a culturally diverse and vibrant city with beaches, desert, and mountains in close vicinity.
Check out this site for the wealth of fun opportunities in Los Angeles, here.
Art and Culture
World famous art galleries, museums, historical venues (The Getty, LA County Museum of Art, Huntington Library and Art Museum, Natural History Museum of LA County, La Brea Tar Pits, The Queen Mary, Griffith Observatory, Historic Olvera Street)
Music and drama venues: (Dolby theatre, Pantages, Greek Theatre, Hollywood Bowl, Walt Disney Concert Hall)
Amusement parks: Disneyland, Universal Studios, Hollywood, Sea World, Legoland, Knott’s Berry Farm, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Aquarium of the Pacific
Foodies: Restaurants representing the diversity of our population, farm-to-table restaurants, local farms, wine producing regions (Malibu, Temecula Valley, San Diego)
Sports
Home to several prominent professional and college teams in all major sports.
Outdoor Activities
More than 80 miles of pristine beach
Winter skiing and snowboarding within a 2 hour drive
Hiking, biking, golfing, national parks (Joshua Tree National Park, Death Valley National Park, Channel Islands National Park)
Fellow Alumni
Fellow |
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YAMAUCHI Terry | Peds ID, Arkansas Children’s Hospital |
KELLER Margaret | Former Professor Emeritus, Peds ID, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center |
MURRAY Dennis L. | Former Chief, Peds ID, Georgia Regents Health System |
KIM Kwang Sik | Former Chief, Peds ID, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center |
BORK Jane | Chief, Peds ID, Loma Linda University |
DENGROVE Joan | Community ID |
MCGEARY Scott | Community ID |
CHEUNG Ambrose | Global Medical Head of the PMED & IBB Franchise, Sanofi Pasteur |
GREENBERG David | VP, US Scientific and Medical Affairs, Sanofi Pasteur |
LIEBERMAN Jay | VP, Clinical Development, Meissa Vaccines |
JELONEK Marie | Kaiser Permanente ID |
ALDROVANDI Grace | Chief, Peds ID, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA |
LITAM (Mondok) Aurora | Community ID |
BUI Hong Dang (Rose) | Community ID |
CHIU Susan | Peds ID, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong |
DEVILLE Jaime | Peds ID, David Geffen School of Medicine |
CHEY Myong | Community ID |
HUANG Hai-Feng | Kaiser Permanente ID |
WONG (Chang) Emily | Northridge Pediatrics, Charlottesville, VA |
LE Thuan | Community ID |
PURDY Kenneth | Kaiser Permanente ID |
BATRA Jagmohan | Chief, Peds ID Miller Children’s Hospital |
VIJAYAN Vini | Peds ID, Valley Children’s Hospital |
BOLARIS Mike | Chief Peds ID, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center |
NGUYEN Diana | Peds ID, Univ of Texas, Medical Branch |
DASGUPTA Shom | Tuberculosis Control Program, LA County Department of Public Health |
CHAWLA, Rachit | St. John’s Community Health system |